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Context: In the course of digitalisation, work and business processes in companies are changing worldwide. Currently, only a few studies explicitly deal with the consequences of the digital transformation for vocational training personnel in companies. Approach: This paper presents the results of a country-specific comparison of the assessed degree of digitalisation of vocational training personnel in Germany, Spain, and Great Britain from the perspective of company representatives (n = 482). Furthermore, possible influencing factors, such as the assessment of the degree of digitalisation, the number of employees, and the number of apprentices in the companies, were examined with the use of regression analysis. Findings: The results show that the predictors number of employees, country, number of apprentices, and degree of digitalisation predict the criterion digital competence of the vocational training personnel statistically significantly. Furthermore, the assessed degree of digitalisation, the country, and the number of apprentices have a significant influence on the assessed digital competence of the vocational training personnel. Also, the number of apprentices correlates stronger with the assessed digital competence of vocational training personnel than the number of employees in a company. The comparison of the countries Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom shows that company representatives asses the digital competence of vocational training personnel in the United Kingdom significantly better than in Germany. Conclusion: In summary, based on the present results, it can be argued that a high degree of digitalisation, several apprentices between 11 and 30 as well as the location of the company in the UK are more likely (compared to the other factors examined) to result in high digital competence of the vocational training personnel. |
