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Pace, R. Wayne – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show the foundational place that communication theory and its practice occupies in functioning work systems. Design/methodology/approach: This paper defines the word communication in terms of the creation and interpretation of displays, describes what it means to have a theoretical foundation for a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Systems Approach, Employment, Organizational Communication
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Sebrant, Ulla – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2008
In a previous ethnographic study (Sebrant, 2000) a social constructionist view of how social identity is produced among professional groups in Swedish healthcare was developed. Looking at the workplace as an important environment for identity construction suggested that these processes were conditions for learning. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Health Services, Geriatrics