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Karen Venturini; Guido Capaldo; Federica Palazzi; Chiara Amatori; Amos Capicchioni – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore the effectiveness of action learning (AL) in PA education through the action research (AR). Public administration (PA) requires training paths for its officials aimed at developing managerial skills. Training designers must construct pathways that identify goals and results to be obtained. Most importantly, they…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Public Administration Education, Action Research, Training
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Anne Stouby Persson; Line Revsbaek – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to answer report how mentors who onboard newcomers to a high-stress social work organization can learn about their onboarding practice by treating onboarding as a wicked problem that escapes definitive formulation and final solutions. Design/methodology/approach: The authors follow an action research approach with three…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Social Work, Action Research, Organizational Learning
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Haj-Bolouri, Amir; Master Östlund, Christian; Rossi, Matti; Svensson, Lars – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2021
Purpose: Although there is a large body of literature available on the foundations of workplace learning (WPL), little is known about designated research methods that systematically combine intervention, design and learning at work. The purpose of this study is to propose action design research as an alternative method for organizing WPL in…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Electronic Learning, Action Research, Learning Activities
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Samuelson, Sarah; Svensson, Ann; Svenningsson, Irene; Pennbrant, Sandra – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: To meet future healthcare needs, primary care is undergoing a transformation in which innovations and new ways of working play an important role. However, successful innovations depend on joint learning and rewarding collaborations between healthcare and other stakeholders. This study aims to explore how learning develops when…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Cooperative Learning, Innovation, Laboratories
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Capaldo, Guido; Depolo, Marco; Rippa, Pierluigi; Schiattone, Domenico – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present a study performed in conjunction with a branch of the Italian Public Italian Administration, the ISSP (Istituto Superiore di Studi Penitenziari--the Higher Institute of Penitentiary Studies). The study aimed to develop a Transfer of Training (ToT) evaluation methodology that would be both scientifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transfer of Training, Evaluation Methods, Reliability
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Islind, Anna Sigridur; Lundh Snis, Ulrika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand how the role of an mHealth artifact plays out in home care settings. An mHealth artifact, in terms of a mobile app, was tested to see how the quality of home care work practice was enhanced and changed. The research question is: In what ways does an mHealth artifact re-shape a home care practice and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Caregivers, Older Adults, Action Research