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Hökkä, Päivi; Vähäsantanen, Katja; Ikävalko, Heini – Vocations and Learning, 2023
The concept of agency has recently emerged as a fruitful construct in understanding organizational practices and development. However, agency has tended so far to be seen as a rational and goal-oriented phenomenon, with little attention paid to the role of emotions within it. There is thus a need for theoretical discussion on both agency and…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Emotional Response, Emotional Experience, Work Environment
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Cangialosi, Nicola; Odoardi, Carlo; Battistelli, Adalgisa – Vocations and Learning, 2020
This study aims to explore the relationship between learning climate, in the dimensions of learning facilitation and error avoidance, learning potential of the workplace (task-related and interactional) and innovative work behavior. Survey data were collected from a sample of 374 employees and their supervisors from an automatic food distribution…
Descriptors: Correlation, Innovation, Employee Attitudes, Food Service
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Hetzner, Stefanie; Gartmeier, Martin; Heid, Helmut; Gruber, Hans – Vocations and Learning, 2011
Reflection on events at work, including errors is often as a means to learn effectively through work. In a cross-sectional field study in the banking sector, we investigated attitudes towards workplace errors (i.e. error orientation) as predictors of reflective activity. We assumed the organisational climate for psychological safety to have a…
Descriptors: Banking, Finance Occupations, Employee Attitudes, Work Attitudes