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Multiple Jobholders and Workplace Learning: Understanding Strange Attractor Careers
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Järvensivu, Anu – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2020
Purpose: Multiple jobholders' workplace learning is an under-researched theme, although it offers possibilities to add knowledge of learning at several workplaces at a time. The purpose of this study is to explore the career development and workplace learning of Finnish multiple jobholders with university degree. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Multiple Employment, Workplace Learning, Career Development, Academic Degrees
Conditions for Workplace Learning: A Gender Divide?
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Sjöberg Forssberg, Karin; Parding, Karolina; Vänje, Annika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss conditions for workplace learning in gender-segregated workplaces in the public sector, how social constructions of gender contribute to (or constrain) the workplace learning conditions within two workplace contexts. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out through an…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Educational Environment, Organizational Culture
Impact of Mentoring on Practicing Engineers: A Meta-Synthesis
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Wong, Silky S.K.; Cross, Jennifer A.; Mueller, Phillip S. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to present a literature review to examine the career development outcomes on practicing engineering novices who are being mentored at work, and factors of mentoring that contribute to those career development outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Through a meta-synthesis, the research premises and findings of 12 articles…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Entry Workers, Workplace Learning
Networked Individualism and Learning in Organizations: An Ego-Network Perspective on Informal Learning Ties
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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
Amateurism and Professionalism in Work and Learning
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Edwards, Richard – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: This article aims to explore the concept of amateurism as a form of critique and addition to the concepts of professionalism, professional work and education. Design/methodology/approach: This is a theoretically driven article based upon a review of the historical and sociological literature on amateur-professional relations in various…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Novices, Professional Education, Workplace Learning
Not Learning in the Workplace: Austerity and the Shattering of "Illusio" in Public Service
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Colley, Helen – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: This paper seeks to discuss the impact of UK government austerity policies on learning in public service work, specifically youth support work. It also aims to argue that austerity policies intensify "ethics work", create emotional suffering, and obstruct workplace learning in a variety of ways. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Service, Youth Agencies, Youth Programs