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Sarah A. Courchesne; Dave Stynen; Judith H. Semeijn; Marjolein C. J. Caniëls – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2025
Purpose: Currently, lifelong learning and sustainable employability are increasingly fostered in the context of interorganizational networks, which provide workers with access to network activities (e.g., training, career counseling). This study aims to investigate the relationship between workers' participation in network activities and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Lifelong Learning, Work Life Expectancy
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Poell, Rob F.; Lundgren, Henriette; Bang, April; Justice, Sean B.; Marsick, Victoria J.; Sung, SeoYoon; Yorks, Lyle – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: Employees are increasingly expected to organize their own human resource development activities. To what extent and how exactly employees in various organizational contexts manage to shape their individual learning paths however remains largely unclear. The purpose of this present study is to explore, leaning on the empirical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Employees, Learning Strategies
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Toiviainen, Hanna; Sadik, Sahara; Bound, Helen; Pasqualoni, Pier Paolo; Ramsamy-Prat, Padma – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: Technological innovation and the flexibilisation of labour markets have expanded the pool of workers engaged in globally distributed work. This paper aims to propose an analytical framework to understand and support the productive professional learning of those engaged in global work. Drawing on the theory of expansive learning in the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Professional Personnel
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Schreurs, Bieke; Van den Beemt, Antoine; Moolenaar, Nienke; De Laat, Maarten – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the extent professionals from the vocational sector are networked individuals. The authors explore how professionals use their personal networks to engage in a wide variety of learning activities and examine what social mechanisms influence professionals' agency to form personal informal learning networks.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Social Networks, Learning Activities
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Beausaert, Simon; Segers, Mien; Fouarge, Didier; Gijselaers, Wim – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2013
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effects of using a personal development plan (PDP) on the undertaking of learning activities and the employee's job competencies. Design/methodology/approach: Data from Dutch pharmacy assistants was collected (n=2,271). Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) as well as regression analyses were conducted on this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmacy, Allied Health Personnel, Competence
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Thijssen, Thomas – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: The present study aims to focus on workplace learning and understanding learning as creation (Kessels, 1995, 1996, 2001; Verdonschot, 2009; Billett and Choy, 2013) to bridge the gap between education and practice addressing the complex real world issue of poverty and social exclusion in The Netherlands. When researchers and practitioners…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Work
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Sanders, Jos; Oomens, Shirley; Blonk, Roland W. B.; Hazelzet, Astrid – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion on how to increase lower educated workers' participation in training programs inside and outside the workplace through stimulating intentions with respect to training. Design/methodology/approach: This article is based on data from the Study on Life Long Learning and Employment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Educational Background, Low Achievement
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Steensma, Herman; Groeneveld, Karin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The aims of this study are: to present a training evaluation based on the "four levels model"; to demonstrate the value of experimental designs in evaluation studies; and to take a first step in the development of an evidence-based training program. Design/methodology/approach: The Kirkpatrick four levels model was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Evidence
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Hoekstra, Annemarieke; Korthagen, Fred; Brekelmans, Mieke; Beijaard, Douwe; Imants, Jeroen – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore in detail how teachers' perceptions of workplace conditions for learning are related to their informal workplace learning activities and learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: From a sample of 32 teachers, a purposeful sampling technique of maximal variation was used to select two cases…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Learning Activities, Interaction, Experienced Teachers
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Dealtry, Richard; Howard, Keith – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the key project learning points and outcomes as a guideline for the future quality management of demand-led learning and development. Design/methodology/approach: The research methodology was based upon a corporate university blueprint architecture and browser toolkit developed by a member of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Corporate Education, Research Methodology, Leadership
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Mittendorff, Kariene; Geijsel, Femke; Hoeve, Aimee; de Laat, Maarten; Nieuwenhuis, Loek – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to get a clear view on how can we judge groups in relation to the characteristics of a community of practice (CoP), and the presence of collective learning in these groups. Design/methodology/approach: A review of literature on collective learning and CoPs led to the development of a conceptual model, which…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Change, Groups, Models
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Mulder, Martin; Lans, Thomas; Verstegen, Jos; Biemans, Harm; Meijer, Ypie – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the learning of entrepreneurs in authentic learning environments. The research questions are: How do entrepreneurs assess their compentencies, and how do employees and external consultants assess the compentencies of these entrepreneurs? What are the competence strengths and weaknesses of…
Descriptors: Competence, Horticulture, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
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Renkema, Albert – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: Since the end of the previous century social partners in different branches of industry have laid down measures to stimulate individual learning and competence development of workers in collective labour agreements. Special attention is given to stimulating learning demand among traditional non-participants to lifelong learning, such as…
Descriptors: Employees, Intention, Lifelong Learning, Labor Force Development