Search Results - subject:"Workplace Learning"

The role of learning agility and career variety in the identification and development of high potential employees

Dries, Nicky; Vantilborgh, Tim; Pepermans, Roland - In: Personnel Review 41 (2012) 3, pp. 340-358

Purpose – A survey study was conducted in seven best practice organizations in the field of talent management. By cross‐checking their existing high potential lists, the authors aimed to examine to which extent assessments of learning agility were able to predict being identified as a high...

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What drives training in industrial micro‐firms? Evidence from Greece

Panagiotakopoulos, Antonios - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 43 (2011) 2, pp. 113-120

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the determinants of training in micro enterprises in the context of Greece in order to understand what stimulates workplace training and learning interventions. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on interview evidence from 14 owners and...

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Workplace learning evaluation: a conceptual model and framework

Paul Griffin, Richard - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 43 (2011) 3, pp. 172-178

learning transfer research and programme theory. Findings – This paper sets out a conceptual model of workplace learning based … scientifically robust but practitioner friendly framework for workplace learning evaluation. Practical implications – While most … workplace learning. The model and framework set out in this paper aim to assist evaluation by addressing this gap in a …

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The value of work‐based projects in management education

Rogers, Beth - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 43 (2011) 6, pp. 335-342

Purpose – National policy appears to be supportive of part‐time management education, but many researchers have observed difficult challenges in this type of skills development. This paper seeks to discuss how academic assessments that are also work‐based projects could benefit all...

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Behaviors linked to high levels of hotel managers' work‐related learning

Nicely, Annmarie; Palakurthi, Radesh; Denise Gooden, A. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 23 (2011) 6, pp. 764-783

Purpose – The goal of this study is to identify behaviors linked to hotel managers who report a high degree of work‐related learning. To achieve this the researchers seeks to determine whether the extent to which managers were intrinsically motivated to learn, their perceived risk‐taking...

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A new mode of learning organization

Chuen Huang, Yueh; Shih, Hui‐Chuan - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) 5/6, pp. 623-644

Purpose – This is a case study paper. A major research goal of this study is to extend the existing theories of learning organization put forth in the 4I model by adding more complicated ideas to it. One minor goal of this research is to show that the first stage of organizational learning,...

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Entrepreneurial learning in family business : A situated learning perspective

Hamilton, Eleanor - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 18 (2011) 1, pp. 8-26

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute towards understanding how entrepreneurial learning might be understood as being socially situated, embedded in everyday practice in the context of family business. The study is framed by three main principles drawn from situated learning...

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Workplace learning and its organizational benefits for small enterprises : Evidence from Greek industrial firms

Panagiotakopoulos, Antonios - In: The Learning Organization 18 (2011) 5, pp. 350-360

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore small firm owners' perceptions of the impact of employee training on small firm competitiveness in the context of Greece. Design/methodology/approach – The research adopts a qualitative orientation. Empirical data were collected from 43...

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Empowerment, knowledge conversion and dimensions of organizational learning

Van Grinsven, Marlieke; Visser, Max - In: The Learning Organization 18 (2011) 5, pp. 378-391

Purpose – Research on antecedents of organizational learning generally ignores the fact that organizational learning is at least a two‐dimensional construct and that its dimensions may be conflicting. This research often fails to investigate the simultaneous effects of antecedents on these...

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Learning at work: practical steps to maximize the individual and organizational benefits

Teare, Richard - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 3 (2011) 1, pp. 14-29

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore how organizations can use workplace learning to cope with and respond to change …/methodology/approach – The paper uses a series of questions and summaries from selected articles to review workplace learning and its role in … carefully crafted strategy for workplace learning will yield significant individual and organizational benefits. Practical …

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