Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance

Haile, Getinet

Abstract

The paper examines if the 'Investors in People' (IiP) organisational accreditation scheme promoted worker training and organisational performance in Britain using a panel of organisations. DID matching estimators relating to both employee and employer assessed training outcomes revealed that IiP status promoted workforce training, but only for private sector organisations. Conversely, losing the status was not found to have a significant training link. On organisational performance, the estimates revealed that gaining (losing) the status had a significant positive (negative) link with managers' perceptions of organisational performance in both sectors. Public sector organisations are reported to have a relative strength in workforce training, which appears to explain the lack of significant training link. The sector may thus require a different scheme to promote workforce training further.

Citation

Haile, G. (2021). Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance. Industrial Relations Journal, 52(4), 291-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12327

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 6, 2021
• Online Publication Date: May 26, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Deposit Date: Apr 14, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: May 27, 2023
• Journal: Industrial Relations Journal
• Print ISSN: 0019-8692
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2338
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 291-314
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12327
• Keywords: Accreditation; Workforce training; Organisational performance; Panel data; Britain JEL-Codes: J24; L5; M53; D22
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5465983
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/irj.12327