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Defining and Implementing a Smart Working Environment for Employee Sustainability: Action Research for Organisational Development and Learning
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Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Polo, Federica; Kullbäck, Caroline; Asplund, Staffan – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study consisted of an organisational development intervention in a growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) where the top management's objective was to become an attractive workplace for the next generation of employees. The central problem is how to develop a smart working environment (SWE) based on the needs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Organizational Development, Employees
The Equity of Opportunities in Emerging Service Work Robotisation
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Turja, Tuuli – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: In a best-case scenario, both organisations and their employees gain from technological changes by staying up to date on developing digitalisation. However, opportunities to learn and use modern technologies may not be shared equally in the workplace. Employee groups can be divided between those with and without access to new…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Attitudes, Work Environment, Health Personnel
In the Margins of Training and Learning
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Silvennoinen, Heikki; Nori, Hanna – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the distribution of learning and training opportunities in the Finnish workforce. It will concentrate on the sectors of the workforce that lack these opportunities. Design/Methodology/Approach: The Working Conditions Barometer (WCB) data from 2008, 2009 and 2010 are used (N = 3,326) in this…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Employees, Employers, Foreign Countries
Non-Linear Modeling of Growth Prerequisites in a Finnish Polytechnic Institution of Higher Education
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Nokelainen, Petri; Ruohotie, Pekka – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: This study aims to examine the factors of growth-oriented atmosphere in a Finnish polytechnic institution of higher education with categorical exploratory factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and Bayesian unsupervised model-based visualization. Design/methodology/approach: This study was designed to examine employee perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multidimensional Scaling, Factor Analysis, Higher Education
Learning at Work in Technology Intensive Environments.
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Tikkanen, Tarja – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2002
Interviews in two technology-intensive Finnish companies (banking and engineering) found that workplace learning was continuous and active. Learning stimuli and competence development differed in two settings. A more systematic, long-term approach to learning and acknowledgment of collective competence could improve the work environment as a…
Descriptors: Banking, Clerical Workers, Educational Environment, Engineers
Connecting Work and Learning: Design Engineers Learning at Work
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Collin, Kaija – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The paper seeks to investigate design engineers' and product developers' learning through their work. The aim was to approach designers' work practice and their learning in the course of it as perceived by the designers themselves. The aim is also to examine their learning through the various individual and social processes, which take…
Descriptors: Design, Engineering, Technical Occupations, Learning