Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to broaden previous work on organizational learning and the factors that influence learning in organizational settings. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative and quantitative research methods that included in‐depth interviews and questionnaire...

Purpose – Provides a detailed account of how a UK Primary Care Trust implemented a learning management system incorporating self‐service and e‐learning functionality. Design/methodology/approach – Case study. Written by workforce planning manager for Hertfordshire PCTs who was intimately...

Although flexible training is widely supported by enterprises and government, there are considerable challenges in ensuring successful training outcomes. The evidence is that business learners, at a vocational training level, are not typically well‐equipped for the self‐directed learning...

A previous article in this journal, by the same author, reported on research that indicated that flexible training for business learners in the workplace needed to take account of their need for instructor guidance and direction, and of their preference for learning in affiliative environments...

The paper introduces the concept of not‐yet‐embodied or self‐transcending knowledge. The concept of self‐transcending knowledge proposes a distinction between two types of tacit knowledge: tacit‐embodied knowledge on the one hand and not‐yet‐embodied knowledge on the other hand....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of subjective career success, organizational learning climate, and the calling work orientation on the protean career. Design/methodology/approach – For this study employees of a Korean financial service company...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of short training in self‐management skills on employees' efficacious beliefs and skills across cultures. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal pre‐post field investigation repeated measures analysis is used to compare...

Focuses on competence assessment, and its development in the context of self‐management. Detailed case histories are included. Concludes that competence assessment will be an approach adopted by an increasing number of companies.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the construct validity of the measurement model of Schein's Career Orientation Inventory, where entrepreneurship and creativity constitute two separate constructs. Design/methodology/approach – A fairly representative sample of 1,847 Israeli...