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Kwon, Chang-kyu; Han, Seung-hyun; Nicolaides, Aliki – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of psychological safety on transformative learning in the workplace. This study focused on psychological safety as a specific practice that may or may not independently contribute to transformative learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Data was gathered from 132 employees in one…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Transformative Learning, Workplace Learning, Employee Attitudes
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Lundkvist, Agneta Halvarsson; Gustavsson, Maria – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This study focuses on a transformation effort in a social welfare department of a Swedish municipality where continuous improvement, which is a Lean principle, was introduced in employees' everyday work via a workplace development programme (WPDP). The aim of this paper is to explore the conditions (internal and external) that enabled or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Organizational Change, Program Development
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Diane Keeble-Ramsay; Andrew Armitage – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: This paper seeks to consider employees' perceptions of engagement from their lived experiences of UK employees following the global credit crisis, post 2008. It draws from the prior studies of Hassard et al. (2009), which researched work practices in the period preceding the study. Design/methodology/approach: The research utilised focus…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Work Attitudes, Work Ethic, Foreign Countries
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Gijbels, David; Raemdonck, Isabel; Vervecken, Dries; Van Herck, Jonas – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: A central issue in the field of workplace learning is how work-related learning can be stimulated so that a powerful learning work environment is created. This paper seeks to further enlarge understanding on this issue. Based on the demand-control-support the aim is to investigate the influence of job-characteristics on the work-related…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Multiple Regression Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Correlation
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Allan, Barbara; Lewis, Dina – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits and challenges of using a virtual learning community (VLC) as a vehicle for workforce development. This paper argues that VLCs provide a flexible vehicle for workforce development. However, workplace realities may lead to unexpected challenges for participants wanting exploit the…
Descriptors: Time Management, Training Methods, Labor Force Development, Work Environment
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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