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Vanthournout, Gert; Noyens, Dorien; Gijbels, David; Van den Bossche, Piet – Vocations and Learning, 2014
Workplace learning is becoming a central tenet for a large proportion of today's employees. This seems especially true for so-called knowledge workers. Today, it remains unclear how differences in the quality of workplace learning are affected by differences in perception of the workplace environment and the motivation of knowledge workers to…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies
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Fleming, Jenny – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
Fundamental to cooperative education is a philosophical commitment to learning through the experience of work. The workplace can be viewed as a social environment and provides a context for learning that is very different from that provided within a university. The aim of this research was, through an interpretive case study, to explore the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Workplace Learning, Education Work Relationship, Case Studies
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Weng, Cathy; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Weng, Apollo – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Drawing from the social influence theory and acknowledging that the others' support within the work context affects employees' learning, values, and behaviours, an alternative framework was proposed to explain employees' learning satisfaction and future intention to participate in e-training programs in the current study. 578 survey data collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Social Support Groups, Learning Motivation
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von Treuer, Kathryn; McHardy, Katherine; Earl, Celisha – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Workplace training is a key strategy often used by organisations to optimise performance. Further, trainee motivation is a key determinant of the degree to which the material learned in a training programme will be transferred to the workplace, enhancing the performance of the trainee. This study investigates the relationship between several…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Organizational Culture, Human Resources
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van de Wiel, Margje W. J.; Van den Bossche, Piet – Vocations and Learning, 2013
This study examined physicians' motivation to engage in work-related learning and its contribution to expertise development beyond work experience. Based on deliberate practice theory, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 residents and 28 experienced physicians in internal medicine, focusing on the activities they engaged in during…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews, Learning Motivation
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Prugsamatz, Raphaella – Learning Organization, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to broaden previous work on organizational learning and the factors that influence learning in organizational settings. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative and quantitative research methods that included in-depth interviews and questionnaire distribution were used. Data gathered were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Multiple Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Nonprofit Organizations