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Flávia Lucena Barbosa; Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of Hofstede's six national cultural dimensions on informal learning behaviors (ILBs) and how they moderate the prediction of these behaviors by workplace interaction (WI), autonomy (WA) and readiness to learn (RtL). Design/methodology/approach: Cultural scores were extracted from The Culture…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Cultural Context, Nationalism, Learning Processes
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Alrø, Helle; Dahl, Poul Nørgård – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to group coaching in the workplace that can enhance shared learning in groups and teams through dialogue as opposed to group members' individual positioning through discussion and debate. Design/methodology/approach: An action research project conducted throughout one year in…
Descriptors: Groups, Coaching (Performance), Work Environment, Action Research
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Goldman, Ellen; Plack, Margaret; Roche, Colleen; Smith, Jeffrey; Turley, Catherine – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how, when, and why emergency medicine residents learn while working in the chaotic environment of a hospital emergency room. Design/methodology/approach: This research used a qualitative interview methodology with thematic data analysis that was verified with the entire population of learners.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Health Facilities, Hospitals, Emergency Programs
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Nafukho, Fredrick M.; Graham, Carroll M.; Muyia, Machuma H. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The primary purpose of the study was to determine the type of relationships that existed among organizational learning dimensions studied. In addition, the study sought to establish whether the correlations were statistically significant at 0.05 and 0.01 levels. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a correlational quantitative…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Interpersonal Relationship, Factor Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
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Billett, Stephen – Adult Education Quarterly, 2002
Constructs a workplace pedagogy of practices on three planes: participation in workplace activities, learning guided by more-experienced workers, and guided learning for transfer. Discusses how workplace pedagogy must account for ways in which workplaces provide access to guided learning and how individuals choose to participate. (Contains 49…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Learning Processes, On the Job Training
Darrah, Charles N. – 1996
This book explores how people look at workplaces and the consequences for one's understanding of work. Chapter 1 discusses the rhetoric of skill requirements. Chapter 2 follows the attempt of Kramden Computers to provide training to reduce problems in workmanship and the program's failure due to the inadequacy of the skill concept. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cooperative Learning, Interpersonal Relationship
Hansman, Catherine A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains six papers exploring emerging viewpoints, issues, and trends related to mentoring and adult learning. "Mentoring: From Athena to the 21st Century" (Catherine A. Hansman) traces the definitions of the term "mentor" and mentoring practices that have evolved since antiquity. "Emerging Perspectives on…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Colleges, Cultural Differences