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Sarfraz, Muhammad; Hussain, Zahid; Syed, Nausheen; Rehman, Faiza; Rollah Bin Abdul Wahab, Shah; Salihuddin, Muhammad – SAGE Open, 2021
The work environment plays a vital role in the transfer of the newly attained knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) at the workplace. In the past decades, a series of studies have investigated the direct relationship between the work environment and training transfer. Surprisingly, empirical findings noted the inconsistent relationship between…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Transfer of Training, Intention, Employees
Olson, Richard; Klein-Collins, Rebecca – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2014
Many are accustomed to the idea that we learn at school and that a college education is acquired in college classrooms. In reality, however, learning takes place in all aspects of a person's life--through military experience, raising a family, volunteering, and, perhaps most significantly, in the workplace. Learning that occurs in the workplace…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Workplace Learning, Employers, Informal Education
Park, Sunyoung – Online Submission, 2008
The paper explores the concept of self-directed learning (SDL) in the workplace. This paper introduces a definition and argument for the importance of SDL, presents conditions that promote SDL, and suggests how future issues and implications should be applied for greater understanding and utilization of SDL in the workplace. The significance of…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Institutional Environment, On the Job Training, Motivation
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Riddell, Sheila; Ahlgren, Linda; Weedon, Elisabet – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2009
Workplace learning is identified by UK and Scottish governments as an important means of achieving social mobility, and therefore producing a more equal society. However, there appears to be a patchwork of provision and funding arrangements, making it difficult for employers and employees to identify suitable routes. Analysis of large scale survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Social Mobility, Education Work Relationship
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Houldsworth, Bronwyn; O'Brien, John; Butler, Jim; Edwards, John – Education + Training, 1997
The learning processes of an employee in a new role were analyzed using the Dreyfus model of skill development (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert). Influences of the trainer, informal workplace interactions, and formal courses on the transition to the new role were identified. (SK)
Descriptors: Job Skills, Learning Processes, On the Job Training, Organizational Change
Carnevale, Anthony Patrick – Training and Development Journal, 1986
The author discusses various aspects of training and development: formal job-related training and development, the behavioral/cognitive split in informal learning on the job, workplace training inside and out, costs and benefits of workplace learning, and forces accounting for growth and decline in the training and development function in…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Nonformal Education, On the Job Training, Retraining
Billett, Stephen – Vocational Aspect of Education, 1994
Learning situated in authentic settings such as the workplace can provide peer and expert models and a physical environment that enhance problem solving and transfer of learning. In such settings, learners can access the social and cultural aspects of vocational skills. (SK)
Descriptors: On the Job Training, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Skilled Workers
Dirani, Khalil – Online Submission, 2004
This study focuses on the influence of professional training programs on trainees' development. A training program was evaluated through exploring trainees' perceptions of its influence on their skill development. The findings suggest that while professional training programs may be relevant to trainees' needs for career development and life-long…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Career Development, Professional Training, Case Studies
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Wojcik, Thomas T. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
Hoechst Celanese, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical and chemical companies, used an Innovation Model as a framework for integrating the technology, business, and human factors needed to solve problems and create business successes. The model involved three elements (expertise, skills, and motivation). An experiential course in principles…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning, Industry
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Rosenbaum, James E.; Binder, Amy – Sociology of Education, 1997
Compares employers' stated needs for entry-level workers possessing better academic skills with their training programs and hiring practices to supposedly meet this need. Discovers a dichotomy between the stated needs and the corrective practice. Most remedial training emphasizes short-term job skills and hiring practices do not reward academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Goldberg, Marge; Urbain, Cathleen – 1988
Supported employment offers opportunities for severely disabled adults to carry out paid work at regular work sites within their communities and provides a path to normalization. Supported employment differs from traditional programs in that the positions are integrated into the community, skills are taught on the job, and support is need-based…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Citizen Participation
Long, Michael; Fischer, John – 2002
Leading-edge firms (LEFs)--at the forefront of their industry in terms of growth or market share--may influence skill development through diffusion of technology, products, or practices and use of market power to set standards or change customer businesses. Study of LEFs can identify the type and mix of skills needed in the industry. LEFs are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Smith, Peter; Wakefield, Lyn; Robertson, Ian – 2002
Research identified feasible strategies to support flexible delivery in operating workplaces. Sites were 12 enterprises in Victoria. Findings indicated flexible delivery was largely implemented by enterprises through the provision of a range of learning opportunities that included on-the-job observation, practice and mentoring, access to learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Corporate Education, Delivery Systems
Grunewald, Uwe; Zimmer, Gerhard; Sauter, Edgar – 1993
This document reports the findings of a 3-year study of company strategies and the training impact of labor organization in Germany. Among the topics discussed in the theoretical overview presented in section 1 are the following: the growing importance of learning in a working environment; Germany's continuing training "system" and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
Kristensen, Peer Hull; Petersen, James Hopner – 1993
The impact of developments in work organizations on the skilling process in Denmark was studied through a macro analysis of available statistical information about the development of workplace training in Denmark and case studies of three Danish firms. The macro analysis focused on the following: Denmark's vocational training system; the Danish…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education