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Germain, Marie-Line – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2011
Rapid globalization, advances in technology, flatter organizational structures, synergistic cooperation among firms, and a shift to knowledge work environments have led to the increasing use of virtual teams in organizations. Selecting, training, and socializing employees in virtual teamwork has therefore become an important human resource…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Global Approach, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
Banks, Claretha H.; Parker, Jean; Thomson, Anita M. – Online Submission, 2006
The role of social setting in adult IT literacy has not been a topic of research in much of the current literature. The purpose of this proposed study is to compare and contrast the extent to which social setting influence adult IT literacy. Participants will receive IT literacy training at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR)…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Literacy, Adult Education, Social Environment
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Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2001
The Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union of Canada assessed literacy learning needs. In focus group discussions, members were asked their perception of such needs in the face of changes in the workplace and society; local union officers (LUOs) were asked how they saw the role of unions in supporting members' literacy learning; employers…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Change
Groff, Warren H. – 1983
As our society evolves from an industrial society to a computer literate, high technology, information society, educational planners must reexamine the role of postsecondary education in economic development and in intellectual capital formation. In response to this need, a task force on high technology was established to examine the following…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Demography, Economic Development, Educational Finance