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The Daily. Wednesday, April 4, 2001
The research paper, Training as a human resource strategy: The response to staff shortages and technological change, is now available. The paper examines the ways that innovation and technology use affect the training activities of manufacturing plants. It examines training that is introduced as a response to specific skill shortages versus training that is implemented in response to the introduction of advanced equipment. The study finds that plants that use advanced technology are more likely to have workers in highly skilled occupations, to face greater shortages for these workers, and to train workers in response to these shortages than are plants that do not use advanced technologies.
The Analytical Studies Branch produces research papers on a variety of topics such as labour, business firm dynamics, mortality, immigration, statistical computing and simulation. These papers are based on research conducted by branch staff, visiting fellows and academic associates. These papers can be downloaded free of charge from Statistics Canada's Web site (www.statcan.ca).
Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper no. 154, Training as a human resource strategy: The response to staff shortages and technological change, (11F0019MPE01154, $5), is now available. See How to order products. An electronic version (11F0019MIE01154, free) can be downloaded from Statistics Canada's Web site (www.statcan.ca). From the Products and services page, choose Research papers (free), then Social conditions.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Valerie Thibault (613-951-1804; thibaul@statcan.gc.ca), Analytical Studies Branch.