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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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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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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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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