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Predicting Workplace Transfer of Learning: A Study of Adult Learners Enrolled in a Continuing Professional Education Training Program
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Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia; Alfred, Mary; Chakraborty, Misha; Johnson, Michelle; Cherrstrom, Catherine A. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2017
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to predict transfer of learning to workplace among adult learners enrolled in a continuing professional education (CPE) training program, specifically training courses offered through face-to-face, blended and online instruction formats. The study examined the predictive capacity of trainee…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Transfer of Training, Workplace Learning, Education Work Relationship
The Impact of User Privacy Concerns and Ethnic Cultural Values on Attitudes toward the Use of Biometric Technology
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Carpenter, Darrell R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Biometric technology is rapidly gaining popularity as an access control mechanism in the workplace. In some instances, systems relying on biometric technology have not been well received by employees. One reason for resistance may be perceived privacy issues associated with biometrics. This research draws on previous organizational information…
Descriptors: Human Body, Identification, Technological Advancement, Work Environment
The Impact of Learning Culture on Worker Response to New Technology
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Reardon, Robert F. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide a framework to measure the response of blue-collar workers to new technology in manufacturing and to establish the relationship between learning culture and that response. Design/methodology/approach: The data were collected with a survey questionnaire from 12 manufacturing sites that were implementing…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Cognitive Structures, Technological Advancement, Employee Attitudes
Learning Conditions for Non-Formal and Informal Workplace Learning
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Kyndt, Eva; Dochy, Filip; Nijs, Hanne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the presence of learning conditions for non-formal and informal workplace learning in relation to the characteristics of the employee and the organisation he or she works for. Design/methodology/approach: The questionnaire developed by Clauwaert and Van Bree on learning conditions was…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics
Learning Organizations: Diagnosis and Measurement in a Developing Country Context--The Case of Lebanon
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Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of a sample of Lebanese organizations vis-a-vis some of the core learning organization dimensions identified in the literature, focusing specifically on those dimensions that are considered most salient and relevant in the Lebanese context. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Questionnaires, Measurement, Factor Analysis
Training Practices and Organisational Learning Capability: Relationship and Implications
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Jerez Gomez, Pilar; Cespedes Lorente, Jose J.; Valle Cabrera, Ramon – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2004
This paper provides an in-depth study of the relationship between the company's training strategy and its learning capability. On a sample of 111 Spanish companies from the chemical industry, tests a set of hypotheses which link four different training strategies with the learning capability dimensions. The results obtained from the regression…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Human Resources, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing