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This research aims to analyze available theories on investment in-company training, knowledge and competence formation, and performance of employees in the workplace and explore empirical relations between these four variables. This research is exploratory and interpretative in nature. It is based on conclusions from the analysis of the existing theoretical literature and empirical studies conducted from 1962 to 2018 and related to the variables “in-company training,” “knowledge,” “competence,” and “employee performance in the workplace.” The findings show that the theoretical and methodological diversity of analyzed theories and empirical studies is quite large yet still limited. Numerous scientists have tried to explain relations between “training” and “employee performance” and operationalize the latter. However, the relations and interdependencies between in-company training, knowledge, competence, and performance of employees in the workplace have rarely, if ever, been explored thus far, and the economic efficiency of in-company training continues to be among the unknowns. This first stage will develop a theoretical framework for empirical research on the relationship between in-company training, knowledge, competence, and performance of employees in the workplace. The resulting findings will have academic relevance and significant practical relevance to design results-oriented learning strategies at companies.