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Job Crafting and Identity in Low-Grade Work: How Hospital Porters Redefine the Value of Their Work and Expertise
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Fuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna – Vocations and Learning, 2017
Over 25 years ago, Brown and Duguid ("Organisation Science," 2(1), 40-57, 1991) highlighted the differences between the way organisations formally describe and delineate jobs and the actual practices of their employees. This paper combines ideas from their seminal contribution with theories of "job crafting" and identity to…
Descriptors: Unskilled Workers, Hospitals, Health Personnel, Professional Identity
Young Diplomats' Socialization to the Networked Professional Cultures of Their Workplace Communities
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Hytönen, Kaisa; Hakkarainen, Kai; Palonen, Tuire – Vocations and Learning, 2011
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine young diplomats' socialization to the professional expert culture of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland over a six-month on-job training period, as part of their preparation for service in the diplomatic corps. Using social network analysis, we analyzed departments' internal social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Public Officials, Work Environment
How Nurses Experience Their Work as a Learning Environment
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Skår, Randi – Vocations and Learning, 2010
This article explores and illuminates the meaning of nurses' experiences with their work as a learning environment. A qualitative hermeneutic approach guided the research process and the analysis and interpretation of the transcribed interview-texts of eleven graduate nurses. Three core themes emerged from these informants' descriptions of their…
Descriptors: Nurses, Qualitative Research, Hermeneutics, Interviews
Routine-Generating and Regenerative Workplace Learning
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Kira, Mari – Vocations and Learning, 2010
The research discussed in this article focuses on workplace learning in industrial manufacturing work. Everyday work episodes contributing to workplace learning are investigated in four companies operating in the Finnish and Swedish package-supplier sectors. The research adopts a qualitative, interpretive approach. Interviews with employees and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Manufacturing Industry, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training
Teachers' Professional Identity Negotiations in Two Different Work Organisations
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Vähäsantanen, Katja; Hökkä, Päivi; Eteläpelto, Anneli; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena; Littleton, Karen – Vocations and Learning, 2008
Recent studies have described professional identity as the interplay between individual agency and social context. However, we need to understand how these are intertwined in different kinds of work settings. This paper focuses on teachers' professional identity negotiations as involving the work organisation, the professional community and…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Work Environment, Interviews, Experience
Employee Retention: Organisational and Personal Perspectives
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Kyndt, Eva; Dochy, Filip; Michielsen, Maya; Moeyaert, Bastiaan – Vocations and Learning, 2009
In this continuously changing contemporary economy, companies have to be able to anticipate technological innovations and to compete with other companies worldwide. This need makes important a company's ability to evolve through its employees' learning and through continuous development. Securing and retaining skilled employees plays an important…
Descriptors: Employees, Persistence, Workplace Learning, Interviews