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"Am I Supposed to Call Them?" Relearning Interactions in the Digital Workplace
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Karin Högberg; Sara Willermark – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to develop the understanding of learning processes related to the new ways of interacting in the enforced digital workplace over time. Design/methodology/approach: A multiple, longitudinal case study of knowledge-based workers in three firms located in Sweden has been conducted from March 2020 to March 2023. In total, 89…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Learning Processes, COVID-19
A New Sustainable Change Theoretical Framework for the Professional Disciplines
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O'Connell, Brendan T.; Stupans, Ieva; Jollands, Margaret – Higher Education Quarterly, 2023
This paper contends that one key reason for the lack of adoption of comprehensive change models based in higher education (HE) teaching and learning is that they lack a strong theoretical underpinning, thus potentially impeding their effectiveness in dealing with the complexities of human and organisational behaviour. Change theories that…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Behavior Change, Networks
AUTODIDACT: Introducing the Concept of Mutual Learning into a Smart Factory Industry 4.0
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Ansari, Fazel; Hold, Philipp; Mayrhofer, Walter; Schlund, Sebastian; Sihn, Wilfried – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
This paper explores the concept of mutual (reciprocal) learning as an enabler of the emergence of a collective human-machine intelligence across a smart factory. The interlinking of digital profiles of humans and machines permits the identification and measurement of learning outcomes through participating in and performing of (shared) tasks. To…
Descriptors: Measurement, Identification, Outcomes of Education, Artificial Intelligence
The Influence of Sociocultural and Structural Contexts in Academic Change and Development in Higher Education
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Englund, Claire; Olofsson, Anders D.; Price, Linda – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Teaching quality improvements frequently focus upon the 'development' of individual academics in higher education. However, research also shows that the academics' context has considerable influence upon their practices. This study examines the working environments of teachers on an online pharmacy programme, investigating contextual conditions…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Change, College Faculty, Work Environment
The Role of Culture on Knowledge Transfer: The Case of the Multinational Corporation
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Lucas, Leyland M. – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to look at the issue of culture's role in knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs). Studies of MNCs have hinted at the importance of culture to the performance of subsidiaries. Using Hofstede's cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism/collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Corporations, Cultural Influences, Context Effect
Operationalizing the Concept of Value--An Action Research-Based Model
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Naslund, Dag; Olsson, Annika; Karlsson, Sture – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: While the importance of measuring customer satisfaction levels is well established, less research exists on how organizations operationalize such knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to describe an action research (AR) case study resulting in a workshop model to operationalize the concept of value. The model facilitates organizational…
Descriptors: Action Research, Training Methods, Staff Development, Employee Attitudes