Workplace Learning Concepts, Measurement, and Application

• Other Authors: Woerkom, Marianne Van 1971- (Editor), Poell, Rob F. 1968- Robert Frans (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2010
• Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development 17
• Subjects: Employees > Congresses > Training of; Organization; Organizational learning > Training of
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• Physical Description: xii, 259 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780415482622; 0415482623

This edited volume aims to evaluate the promises of workplace learning by addressing the following related questions: What are current developments in theory that informs workplace learning research? How can learning in the workplace be measured? What is the impact of various organizational settings (e.g., team-based work and call centres) on workplace learning? Which are the promising new avenues for research? And which research-based recommendations can be made to boost learning opportunities in various work contexts? The topic is conceptualized as an interaction between the individual and the work context, as a combination of individual and collective processes, as a link between cognition and action, and as a political process