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Ready and Willing to Learn: Exploring Personal Antecedents to Taking on Learning Challenges
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Rigolizzo, Michele – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the personal antecedents to taking on the challenge of learning, particularly when there is competition for time at work. Taking on challenging tasks, particularly those that enhance learning, is a critical behavior in today's dynamic business environments. This paper explores how individual…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Learning Motivation, Goal Orientation, Personality Traits
Leader-Follower Dynamics: Developing a Learning Environment.
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Agashae, Zoe; Bratton, John – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2001
A survey of 400 workers elicited opinions on the effectiveness of leader behaviors on informal learning. All three of Senge's leader roles (designer, teacher, steward) were present; the designer role was rated the weakest. Levels of agreement varied by occupational group and duration of employment. (Contains 69 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Environment, Informal Education, Leaders
Organising Learning: Informal Workplace Learning in a Trade Union Child-Care Campaign
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Brown, Tony – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: Trade unions, like many other membership-based social movement organisations, are confronted by the challenge of growth and revitalisation. Declining membership numbers, an increasingly restrictive legislative framework, and dramatic changes in modes of employment have combined to challenge many unions to rethink the way they work. In…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Unions, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Navigating the Wilderness of Becoming Professional
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Johnsson, Mary C.; Hager, Paul – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the nature of learning discovered by recent graduates participating in a symphony orchestra-initiated development program that is designed to nurture them through the transition to becoming professional orchestral musicians. Design/methodology/approach: Using a qualitative case study approach, the authors…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Young Adults, Transitional Programs
Talking about Tools--Investigating Learning at Work in Police Practice
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Lundin, Johan; Nulden, Urban – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to show how professional tools trigger workplace learning. The daily mundane work of Swedish police officers has been studied to investigate how the use of police tools triggers learning through discussions in police practice. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through a field study consisting of…
Descriptors: Police, Work Environment, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Applying the Learning Organisation Concept in a Resource Squeezed Service Organisation
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Somerville, Margaret; McConnell-Imbriotis, Alison – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2004
This paper explores the results of applying a diagnostic questionnaire for measuring the dimensions of a learning organization in a resource squeezed service organization. The questionnaire was conducted as the first stage of an ethnographic study of workplace learning in an aged care organization. It was distributed to the 600 employees in nine…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Questionnaires, Vocational Education, Adult Learning