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Predicting Knowledge Workers' Participation in Voluntary Learning with Employee Characteristics and Online Learning Tools
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Hicks, Catherine – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to explore predicting employee learning activity via employee characteristics and usage for two online learning tools. Design/methodology/approach: Statistical analysis focused on observational data collected from user logs. Data are analyzed via regression models. Findings: Findings are presented for over 40,000…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Electronic Learning, Participation, Employees
Leadership Styles and Self-Efficacy in Determining Transfer Intentions of Safety Training
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Vignoli, Michela; Mariani, Marco Giovanni; Guglielmi, Dina; Violante, Francesco Saverio – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the factors that can influence the transfer process of training in open skills, i.e. non-technical skills (NTS). Specifically, according to the model of the transfer process, the aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of both personal (e.g. self-efficacy) and work environment (e.g. safety leadership…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Self Efficacy, Transfer of Training, Safety Education
Impacts of Organizational Knowledge Sharing Practices on Employees' Job Satisfaction: Mediating Roles of Learning Commitment and Interpersonal Adaptability
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Malik, Muhammad Shaukat; Kanwal, Maria – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically impacts of organizational knowledge-sharing practices (KSP) on employees' job satisfaction (JS), interpersonal adaptability (IA) and learning commitment (LC). Indirect effects of KSP on JS are also confirmed through mediating factors (LC and IA). Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Service Occupations, Foreign Countries
Learning Strategies at Work and Professional Development
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Haemer, Hannah Deborah; Borges-Andrade, Jairo Eduardo; Cassiano, Simone Kelli – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the prediction of current and evolutionary perceptions of professional development through five learning strategies at work and through training and how individual and job characteristics predict those strategies. Design/methodology/approach: Variables were measured in a cross-sectional survey, with 962…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Workplace Learning, Professional Development
Self-Regulated Learning Behaviour in the Finance Industry
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Milligan, Colin; Fontana, Rosa Pia; Littlejohn, Allison; Margaryan, Anoush – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the role of self-regulatory behaviours in predicting workplace learning. As work practices in knowledge-intensive domains become more complex, individual workers must take greater responsibility for their ongoing learning and development. Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted with knowledge…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Regression (Statistics), Role, Prediction
Decoding Training Effectiveness: The Role of Organisational Factors
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Kodwani, Amitabh Deo – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: Organisations invest heavily in training and development initiatives (Miller, 2012). However, a small percentage of what is learnt by the trainees from training gets transferred to the job (Mackay, 2007). The purpose of this study is to extend previous findings and examine various organisational factors, which have not been studied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Instructional Effectiveness, Organizational Climate
Optimizing a Workplace Learning Pattern: A Case Study from Aviation
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Mavin, Timothy John; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This study aims to contribute to current research on team learning patterns. It specifically addresses some negative perceptions of the job performance learning pattern. Design/methodology/approach: Over a period of three years, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered on pilot learning in the workplace. The instructional modes…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Case Studies, Aviation Education, Cooperative Learning