Learning theory in the context of organisations has come a long way in its efforts to encapsulate the cultural, political and social dimensions of learning (Cook & Yanow, 1993; Coopey, 1995; Easterby-Smith et al., 1999, 2000). However, learning as practiced by individuals still remains relatively little...

In recent years notions like the ‘learning society’, ‘knowledge economy’, ‘information society’ have populated management and organisation debates, particularly as knowledge and learning are increasingly promoted as the new sources of wealth (Ball, 1991; Drucker, 1993). Moreover, a trend...