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Leader Humility, Leader Authenticity and Informal Learning: How Humble Team Leaders Model Everyday Workplace Learning
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Rigolizzo, Michele; Zhu, Zhu; Harvey, Jean-François – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between the leader characteristic of humility and the informal learning of team members. It also evaluates the role of leader authenticity in mediating that relationship. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected on 518 salespeople reporting to 66 managers in a time-lagged…
Descriptors: Sales Occupations, Administrators, Leadership Qualities, Personality Traits
Communicating Influence: Positioning the Trainer as an Organizational Leader
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Mathis, Robin Smith – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2020
Purpose: This study aims to examine participants' perspectives in organization-sponsored training and provides support for further research positioning the trainer as an organizational leader. Design/methodology/approach: The interactions described in the trainees' experiences were examined through a social constructivist lens. Interviews were…
Descriptors: Trainers, Leadership Training, On the Job Training, Workplace Learning
Leadership toward Creativity in Virtual Work in a Start-Up Context
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Humala, Iris Annukka – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to better understand how to lead toward creativity in virtual work in a start-up context. Design/methodology/approach: The study investigates the participants' experiences about the learning challenges in leadership toward creativity in virtual work in a start-up company and the meanings attributed to their experiences,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Leadership Qualities, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries
Managing Team Learning in a Spanish Commercial Bank
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Doving, Erik; Martin-Rubio, Irene – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how team management affects team-learning activities. Design/methodology/approach: The authors empirically study 68 teams as they operate in the natural business context of a major Spanish bank. Quantitative research utilizing multiple regression analyses is used to test hypotheses. Findings: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Banking, Teamwork, Multiple Regression Analysis
Using Appreciative Intelligence for Ice-Breaking: A New Design
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Verma, Neena; Pathak, Anil Anand – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of applying appreciative intelligence and appreciative inquiry concepts to design a possibly new model of ice-breaking, which is strengths-based and very often used in any training in general and team building training in particular. Design/methodology/approach: The design has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Activities, Goal Orientation
Developing a Work-Based Leadership Programme in the UK Social Care Sector
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McCray, Janet; Palmer, Adam – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the application of action research in the design of a degree-level leadership skills programme in the English social care sector. Design/methodology/approach: The action research study involved four formal semi-structured interviews with strategic leaders in the social care sector…
Descriptors: Action Research, Focus Groups, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Are "High Potential" Executives Capable of Building Learning-Oriented Organisations? Reflections on the French Case
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Belet, Daniel – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The author's interest in learning organisation development leads him to examine large French companies' practices regarding "high potential" executives policies and to question their selection and development processes and their capabilities to develop learning oriented organisations.The author also tries to explain why most…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Leadership Styles, Foreign Countries, Management Development