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Journal of Workplace Learning

Published by Emerald Publishing • ISSN: 13665626

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Mapping knowledgeability and learning trajectories: insights from narratives of trainees in group psychotherapy

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Purpose: Framing communities of practice (CoPs) as contexts for learning and identity formation, this study examines the varied group experiences of psychoanalytic trainees. This study aims to understand what, where and how these professionals learn across their landscapes of practice. Design/method…

Workplace learning potential in uncertain situations in care work

Article Open Access
Purpose: This paper aims to examine uncertain situations with potential for learning in care work. While the dominant learning strategy in elderly care is lecture-based education, learning from and during daily care work routines is crucial and suitable. However, little is known about the potential …

Exploring learner and environmental factors in facilitating networked learning within the workplace

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Purpose: Networked learning facilitates collaboration and learning interactions. This study aims to explore networked learning in the workplace (knowledge sharing and connection building) and gain insights into the contextual factors (learner and environmental) of learning interactions. Design/metho…

What is informal workplace learning: a qualitative meta-synthesis

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a model for informal workplace learning. Despite the prevalence and recognized importance of informal learning in the workplace, scattered literature and different perspectives have caused a lack of shared understanding about its nature, and little r…

Organizational socialization strategies of interns transitioning to telecommuting work in uncertain times

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Purpose: The study aims to examine how organizational socialization occurs for interns transitioning from onsite to telecommuting work, particularly in a context where traditional supports have been reduced due to the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing from interviews (n = 22) of undergr…

Vocational teachers’ perceptions on workplace learning in facilitating students’ professional engagement in the context of industry-university collaboration in China

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Purpose: This study aims to explore vocational teachers' perceptions regarding workplace learning that align with students' training models and collaborative teaching involving specialised professionals within the context of industry-university collaboration. Design/methodology/approach: Using a qua…

Training orientation, organizational support and training satisfaction – the mediating role of perceived value of training

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Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationships between employees’ training orientation, organizational support for training and employees’ training satisfaction. It also investigates the mediating role of perceived value of training in the relationships. Design/methodology/approach: Based on …

How do care workers learn to care for people with dementia living in care homes? A model of informal learning

Article Open Access
Purpose: This paper describes a model of “Learning to care” derived from a study exploring how care workers in care homes learn to care for people living with dementia. The “Learning to care” model is primarily informal in nature in which influences such as formalised training and organisational cul…

Examining workplace affordances within work-study programmes for becoming an engineer

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Purpose: Work-study programmes aim to support young adults transitioning from tertiary education to work and contribute to enhancing their employability. The purpose of this study is to provide a detailed analysis of the learning experiences of trainees in work-study programmes within the broad fiel…

Action learning in public administration education: learning (evidence) from an action research case study

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Purpose: This study aims to explore the effectiveness of action learning (AL) in PA education through the action research (AR). Public administration (PA) requires training paths for its officials aimed at developing managerial skills. Training designers must construct pathways that identify goals a…

A century of retail work training: changes in employers’ instructional video modelling of cashier work in service encounters

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Purpose: This paper aims to examine how instructional videos produced by retail employers and tech companies have modelled cashier roles and skills in service encounters over time, providing insights into cashier training and job responsibility evolution across different retail eras. Design/methodol…

Reciprocal action learning: manager and employee development

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a learning model for a manager and employee working collaboratively to make advances in knowledge, skills, work performance and in the quality of their relationship. The model is called reciprocal action learning. Design/methodology/approach:…

The inverse U-shaped relationship between challenge stressors and workplace learning outcomes: a study of young employees in Japan

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Purpose: In recent years, scholars have questioned the linear relationship between challenge stressors and positive outcomes. Nevertheless, few studies have examined whether challenge stressors and workplace learning outcomes have an inverse U-shaped relationship. Therefore, this study aims to deter…

Apprentices’ perspectives of the tripartite collaboration at the heart of degree apprenticeships: a longitudinal study

Article Open Access
Purpose: The partnership which underpins degree apprenticeships is a tripartite collaboration between apprentices, employers and universities. This study aims to investigate the lived experiences and reflections of the apprentices at the centre, to inform effective collaboration. Design/methodology/…

Schooling beyond the school: workplace learning in Nepal

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the formal workplace learning situation in Nepal and argue that workplace learning is not in priority in Nepali Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) despite a regular policy emphasis. Design/methodology/approach: Data were gathered u…

In-company training in a safety-critical industry: lessons from the aircraft industry

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Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the in-company training according to the technologically demanding and safety-critical feature of the aircraft industry. This study addresses to the tension between the structured and the more incidental part of in-company learning in their training and learni…

Learning from errors in digital patient communication: professionals’ enactment of negative knowledge and digital ignorance in the workplace

Article Open Access
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how professionals learn from varying experiences with errors in health-care digitalization and develop and use negative knowledge and digital ignorance in efforts to improve digitalized health care. Design/methodology/approach: A two-year qualitat…

Measuring the quality of workplace learning environments – a qualitative meta synthesis of employee questionnaires

Review Open Access
Purpose: This study aims to support researchers and practitioners in finding suitable instruments for future research studies and organizational quality assessments. Design/methodology/approach: Employees’ success of learning at work is strongly influenced by the quality of the workplace learning en…

Learning via assistance systems in industrial manufacturing. An experimental study in an Industry 4.0 environment

Article Open Access
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how learning solely via an assistance system influences work performance compared with learning with a combination of an assistance system and additional training. While the training literature has widely emphasised the positive role of on-the-job…

Balancing medical education with service in the workplace: a qualitative case study

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Purpose: Finding a balance between the provision of quality individualized care and the ongoing education of junior doctors had been flagged as a concern at a large National Health Service (NHS) teaching hospital in the north of England. In response to this, the organization introduced an interventi…
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