Purpose – This study aims to examine which variables at the level of the individual employee and at the company level are predictors of self‐directed learning in low‐qualified employees. Methodology – Results were obtained from a sample of 408 low‐qualified employees from 35 different...

Purpose – The present study seeks to investigate how small firm owners' “poaching” concerns could be overcome so that workforce skills development could be stimulated in such firms. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws on case‐study work in two small firms in Greece. The data...

Purpose – University‐workplace partnerships are becoming increasingly important as the demands for authentic learning are growing. Partnership management ensures availability of authentic learning environments, joint‐learning tasks, and knowledge‐producing commissions for the students....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the barriers experienced as “apprentice practitioners” transitioned from a course of project management (PM) education into a project‐centric work place, in order to improve understanding of the limitations of classroom‐based education...

This article examines the impact of the 2008–9 recession on training activity in the UK. In international terms, the UK is assumed to have a deregulated training market which is sensitive to changing economic conditions. However, national datasets and qualitative interviews suggest that,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine specifically the impacts of transformational leadership on job‐related learning at the individual level. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was conducted. The survey questionnaire contained measurements of job‐related...