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Key Stakeholder Perceptions of the MI Food & Agricultural Sector Workforce Development System

Key Stakeholder Perceptions of the Michigan Food and Agricultural Sector Workforce Development System: A Qualitative Study Using Grounded Theory Laura Bogardus Clemson University August 13, 2014. Key Stakeholder Perceptions of the MI Food & Agricultural Sector Workforce Development System.

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Key Stakeholder Perceptions of the MI Food & Agricultural Sector Workforce Development System

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  1. Key Stakeholder Perceptions of the Michigan Food and Agricultural Sector Workforce Development System: A Qualitative Study Using Grounded Theory Laura Bogardus Clemson University August 13, 2014

  2. Key Stakeholder Perceptions of the MI Food & Agricultural Sector Workforce Development System • Introduction • Literature Review • Method • Results • Implications / Future Research

  3. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemIntroduction • Global Food Protection Institute, Battle Creek, MI • Clemson Comprehensive Examination Component • Grounded Theory, Qualitative Study • Preliminary • Part of a Larger Study

  4. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemLiterature Review • About the Food & Agriculture Cluster in MI • 2nd Strongest Industry Cluster: Food & Agriculture • $91.4B Annual Economic Impact, 923,000 Jobs • 2013-2015: 90,000 Food & Ag Jobs (10% increase) • 47% Food Processing; 30% Farming; 22% Wholesale/Retail • No Coordinated System for Supplying Workers • Food Processing & Manufacturing; Farm Workers • Domestic, Seasonal, Migrant Workers • High School & Below; Tech Certificate (1 to 2 Yr deg); 4 Yr and up

  5. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemMethod • Stakeholder Perceptions • Staffing & Placement, Employer Associations, Unions • Education, Government, Industry, Workers, Foundations • Research Plan Developed • Proposal Approved by Committee, IRB, GFPI • Research Plan Implementation

  6. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemMethod • Grounded Theory – Exploratory, Iterative • Generative Questions • Your involvement? What’s working? What’s not? What issues need to be addressed? By whom? Why? • List of Organizations, Stakeholders • Associations, Unions, Staffing & Placement Agencies • 90 Prospective (28 Assoc; 20 Other; 34 Staffing; 8 Union) • 45 Contacts • Interview Protocol & Questions • Stakeholder Contact – Email & Phone • 30 Subject matter experts interviewed 10 Assoc; 5 Other; 12 Staffing; 3 Union)

  7. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemMethod • Core Concepts Identified • Public perceptions of the industry • Increasing use of technology in work processes • Traditional nature of industry • Links between education tiers, industry • Domestic, seasonal, migrant farm worker issues

  8. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemMethod / Results • Links between Core Concepts and Data • Traditional Nature of Industry • Low use of Internet job postings, government work supports • Frustration with labor regulations • High use of local networking to find workers • Gender, race, age of farmers, owners • Links Between Education Tiers, Industry • ONET and SOC codes do not sync with Career Cluster curriculum • Enrollment up in higher ed • Domestic, Seasonal, Migrant Farm Worker Issues • Few staffing agencies • Fewer domestic workers and fewer migrant workers • Improvements in housing, coordinated efforts to recruit migrants

  9. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemMethod / Results • Key Analytic Strategies • Coding, Memoing, Diagrams • New Observations, Revisions, More Data • Core Concept(s) Identified, Detailed • Report combined, sent to Michigan Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD)

  10. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemImplications / Future Research • Further research to validate this limited qualitative study • Study best practice examples / innovative solutions • MSU Agriculture Technology Inst. / FFA of Michigan • Apprenticeship Development • FFA / K-12 programs and Industry • Industry Partnerships • New methods for farm worker recruiting and onboarding • Reconcile ag industry data and jobs data • Develop job posting tool

  11. MI Food & Ag Workforce Development SystemImplications / Future Research QUESTIONS?

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