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Whetstone, Michael L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The U.S. federal government's Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Senior Executive Service (SES) is losing institutional knowledge at a rapid pace due mostly to "baby boomer" retirements. To retain as much knowledge as possible, the OPM must identify means and methods that extend the current senior executive knowledge base and quickly…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Administrators, Electronic Learning
Cohn, Ellen Sue – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study explored the educational preferences and motivational typology of Modern Orthodox adults, a community that according to previous research appeared to present a contrasting educational paradigm than that evidenced by other adult students. The research conducted in the liberal Jewish community and in the broader contemporary field of…
Descriptors: Jews, Attitude Measures, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Grossi, Roberta – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The way training is delivered in a corporate environment has a tremendous effect on its results. This study investigated the role of culture in the learning styles of adult French and American learners working in an international corporate setting. The assumption was that Americans prefer to learn from action-oriented methods and are more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Preferences, Hypothesis Testing, Adult Learning