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Sunnemark, Fredrik; Gahnström, Emil; Rudström, Hedvig; Karlsson, Erika; Assmo, Per – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: Social sustainability is a concept frequently referred to in public debates concerning how to construct the governance of future societies. The interpretations of its meaning, however, are ambiguous, and practices often dubious. Confronting top-down technocratic governance structures, this paper aims to argue for for tripartite…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Governance, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education
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Ori Eyal; Izhak Berkovich – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: The current body of research has separately examined ethics education design and evaluation, as well as the development of ethical identity in managers. However, a notable deficiency in the literature lies in the absence of a comprehensive investigation into the interconnections between these two areas. This conceptual paper aims to…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Administration, Higher Education, Labor Force Development
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Adeline Yuen Sze Goh – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: This paper aims to extend the workplace learning literature by conceptualising the relationship between college-based and workplace learning, through critically examining how trainee teachers learn when they enter an initial teacher training programme. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on the findings of a completed research…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Career and Technical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Chawla, Saniya; Lenka, Usha – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to study the antecedents and consequences of learning organizations (LOs) in Indian higher educational institutes. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology used is survey-based. Primary data were collected from 300 faculty members of Indian higher educational institutes. Findings: It was found that all the variables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture, Learning, Higher Education
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Travers, Nan L. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore faculty definitions of college-level learning in order to develop a universal definition to assist employers, career counselors, and academic institutions in assessing college-level workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach: Faculty were administered an electronic survey to gather definitions…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Definitions, Counselors, Methods
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Sham, Clare – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical status of corporate universities (CUs) in China. An a priori CU framework was employed in an attempt to describe the key functions that an ideal type of CU in China should perform. Design/methodology/approach: Three case studies were conducted to test the relevance of this…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Data Collection
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Hodkinson, Phil – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: This paper seeks to problematize common assumptions in the existing workplace learning literature, to the effect that college-based and workplace learning are inherently different. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on empirical data from four different research projects, two focusing on the workplace and two on college. The…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Learning Processes, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education
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Rhodes, Garth; Shiel, Gillian – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the value and learning potential of work-based projects to both worker-researchers and their organisations. Design/methodology/approach: Within the School of Health, Community and Education Studies at Northumbria University, work-based learning (WBL) programmes are becoming increasingly important as…
Descriptors: Action Research, Experiential Learning, Workplace Literacy, Partnerships in Education
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Walsh, Anita – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose--In the UK there is currently a national consultation on the structure/adoption of an academic credit framework for higher education. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the principles underlying such a framework, when applied in the context of a workplace research project, can facilitate debate between the academic disciplines and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Recognition (Achievement), Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Bosley, Sara; Young, David – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose--The aim of this paper is to describe a study of online, asynchronous dialogues between tutors and nine work-based postgraduate learners on learning through work (LtW) programmes. Design/methodology/approach-- Adopting a constructivist perspective and using a qualitative approach, 670 messages were segmented into semantic units and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Models, Semantics
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Dealtry, Richard – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2003
Considers the role of learning accreditation in relation to demand for quality assurance in organizational learning. Develops a four-dimensional management perspective that outlines four pathways of learning: learning needs in relation to aspirations, academic learning, learning to qualify for professional practice, and learning to sustain career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Corporate Education, Credits, Educational Objectives
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O'Connor, Bridget N. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2004
Building on the conceptual foundations suggested in the previous two papers in this issue, this article describes the application of a workplace learning cycle theory to the construction of a curriculum for a graduate-level course of study in workplace education. As a way to prepare chief learning officers and heads of corporate universities, the…
Descriptors: Training, Learning Processes, Work Environment, Corporate Education