Determinants of employer-provided training in construction firms: evidence from transition economies

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dc.contributor.authorDelaney, Chloe
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Marie
dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Eleanor
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-24T11:50:02Z
dc.date.available2026-06-24T11:50:02Z
dc.date.issued2026-12-14
dc.descriptionĀ© 2026, Chloe Delaney, Marie Ryan and Eleanor Doyle. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors.
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This paper aims to investigate the determinants of employee training provision in construction across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Design/methodology/approach: Using Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2019 data, the study analyses 1,372 construction firms (1,098 after listwise deletion) across 28 countries. A probit model with average marginal effects examines how managerial experience, perceived workforce education adequacy, innovation activity, firm size and locality size influence training provision. Institutional grouping controls and extensive robustness checks are reported. Findings: Training provision is predominantly reactive, driven by perceived skill deficiencies rather than strategic planning. Perceived workforce education inadequacy is jointly significant as a determinant of training (Wald test pā€‰=ā€‰0.011), though the graduated intensity pattern observed in point estimates is not statistically distinguishable from a simple binary effect. Manager experience, perceived education inadequacy, firm size, innovation activity and smaller locality size significantly increase training likelihood. Practical implications: Policy should address skill deficiencies through vocational partnerships and place-based strategies rather than relying solely on financial subsidies. If the association between managerial experience and training reflects a causal pathway, management development programmes can indirectly benefit workforce training. Training initiatives should target smaller localities, where firms demonstrate greater receptivity. Originality/value: The findings challenge the assumption that training decisions in construction follow the strategic optimisation logic of human capital theory, revealing a reactive pattern shaped by bounded rationality. The study provides sector-specific evidence from 28 transition economies. The finding that firms in smaller localities are more likely to provide employee training contributes new evidence on place-based workforce development.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidDelaney, Chloe
dc.identifier.authororcidRyan, MarieĀ§0000-0003-3111-7060
dc.identifier.authororcidDoyle, EleanorĀ§0000-0001-9838-9154
dc.identifier.citationDelaney, C, Ryan, M & Doyle, E 2026, 'Determinants of employer-provided training in construction firms : evidence from transition economies', European Journal of Training and Development, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 102-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-02-2026-0030, https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-02-2026-0030
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/EJTD-02-2026-0030
dc.identifier.endpage126
dc.identifier.issn2046-9012
dc.identifier.issued10
dc.identifier.journaltitleEuropean Journal of Training and Development
dc.identifier.othercrossref: 10.1108/EJTD-02-2026-0030
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-3111-7060/work/218711625
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9838-9154/work/218711876
dc.identifier.startpage102
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18969
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105045259114
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.emerald.com/ejtd/article/doi/10.1108/EJTD-02-2026-0030/1383208/Determinants-of-employer-provided-training-in
dc.identifier.volume50
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightscc_by
dc.subjectSDG 4 - Quality Education
dc.subjectSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject[CUBS]
dc.subjectEmployee training
dc.subjectConstruction industry
dc.subjectHuman capital theory
dc.subjectTransition economies
dc.subjectPlace-based development
dc.subjectReactive training
dc.titleDeterminants of employer-provided training in construction firms: evidence from transition economiesen
dc.typeArticle (Peer reviewed)
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