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A Person-Centered Study of Construction Sector Workers' Goal Orientation Profiles and Their Connections to Approaches to Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Work Engagement

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Ilmari J. A. Puhakka; Markku Niemivirta; Liisa Postareff; Petri Nokelainen – Vocations and Learning, 2025

This study uses a person-centered approach to investigate construction workers' learning at work, focusing on their approaches to learning, self-efficacy beliefs and work engagement and how these vary according to their goal orientation profiles. Survey data were collected from Finnish construction sector employees (N = 1,280) in June 2021. The…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construction Industry, Building Trades, Skilled Workers

Learning as an Apprentice in Sweden: A Comparative Study on Affordances for Vocational Learning in School and Work Life Apprentice Education

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Fjellström, Magnus; Kristmansson, Per – Education & Training, 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare, and identify both similarities and differences in, affordances for vocational learning in two contrasting education systems, for construction worker and shop salesperson apprentices, in Swedish contexts. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through interviews and observations in two…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Affordances

VET for Secondary School Students: Acquiring an Array of Technical and Non-Technical Skills -- Support Document

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Ackehurst, Maree; Polvere, Rose-Anne; Erzinger, Tania – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2019

This supporting document sets out the content analysis technique and detailed findings that underly part of the research conducted for the report titled "VET for secondary school students: acquiring an array of technical and non-technical skills." That report is the first in a set of studies that aims to understand the value of…

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Job Skills