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Szymczak, Michal; Kowal, Krzysztof – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: Statistics shows terrifying tendencies in people' unwillingness to develop themselves by reading books. The situation is even more serious if we look at companies and their employees. People want to be specialists, but in fact reading culture in companies is rare. Many actions which are undertaken to reverse this trend may lead to sales…
Descriptors: Models, Guides, Case Studies, Reading
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Hauer, Esther; Nordlund, Annika M.; Westerberg, Kristina – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the learning climate in elderly care, its potential improvements after the "Steps for skills," and its influence on knowledge from formal training. The assumptions were: the different activities of the Steps for skills should enhance the perceived learning climate; differences in working…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Knowledge Level
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Nawab, Ali – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: Literature on workplace learning emphasizes that learning should be continually generated and negotiated in the workplace. How does this concept unfold in the developing context? This paper aims at understanding teachers' workplace learning and the conditions which influence such learning in a private school of Pakistani context.…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Private Schools, Learning Strategies, Context Effect
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Lantz, Annika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: Employees' work in innovation processes generates ideas, but more often it serves to create conditions so that new products or services can be effectively produced or delivered. Self-organizational activities involve proactively handling new possibilities, unexpected situations, problems or tasks. The aim of this paper is to provide…
Descriptors: Evidence, Innovation, Group Dynamics, Job Analysis