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Andreas Gegenfurtner; Hans Gruber; Erno Lehtinen; Roger Säljö – Frontline Learning Research, 2024
Expert performance in a domain is often defined as maximal adaptation to stable task constraints. This definition is useful when analysing the vertical transition when novices become experts. However, many workplaces undergo considerable changes and, thus, task constraints change as well. In this paper a complementary conceptualisation of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Occupational Mobility, Technology Integration, Organization
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Soila Lemmetty; Kaisu Hämäläinen; Kaija Collin – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
As the learning needs of adults grow in the workplace and society, there is a need to understand the specificities of adult learning and how to support and guide adult learning at work. This article explores the applicability of andragogical theory to learning at work. The research seeks answers to the following question: What are the (individual…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Adult Learning, Police, Information Technology
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C. Heilala; M. Lundkvist; N. Santavirta; M. Kalland – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
Work climate affects the quality of early childhood education and care activities. The aim was to explore how the staff describe demands and resources in their jobs, and whether different profiles could be distinguished among those with turnover intentions and those without. The research was based on the Job Demands-Resources model [Bakker, A. B.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, School Social Workers, School Nurses
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Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Polo, Federica; Kullbäck, Caroline; Asplund, Staffan – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study consisted of an organisational development intervention in a growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) where the top management's objective was to become an attractive workplace for the next generation of employees. The central problem is how to develop a smart working environment (SWE) based on the needs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Organizational Development, Employees
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Ilmari J. A. Puhakka; Markku Niemivirta; Liisa Postareff; Petri Nokelainen – Vocations and Learning, 2025
This study uses a person-centered approach to investigate construction workers' learning at work, focusing on their approaches to learning, self-efficacy beliefs and work engagement and how these vary according to their goal orientation profiles. Survey data were collected from Finnish construction sector employees (N = 1,280) in June 2021. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construction Industry, Building Trades, Skilled Workers
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Siekkinen, T.; Pekkola, E.; Nokkala, T. – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The role of universities in knowledge production has changed. Although most higher learning still takes place in universities, knowledge is increasingly produced in collaborative networks comprising partners from different sectors (Välimaa, Papatsiba, and Hoffman, 2016. "Higher Education in Networked Knowledge Societies." In…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Barriers, Public Sector, Private Sector
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Mäkiniemi, Jaana-Piia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2022
Purpose: The study explores techno-work engagement, which is a positive and fulfilling state of well-being with respect to the use of digital technology at work. It provides insight into the circumstances in which the educational use of ICT enhances work well-being. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 60 Finns from the education sector wrote…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Well Being, Foreign Countries
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Lehtonen, Eija Elina; Nokelainen, Petri; Rintala, Heta; Puhakka, Ilmari – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand factors related to turnover intention (TI) and job satisfaction (JS) in the information technology and engineering sectors. Specifically, this study investigates the role of workplace learning opportunities (WLO) afforded by the environment and individual's subjective career success (SCS).…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Success, Career Development, Job Satisfaction
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Turja, Tuuli – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: In a best-case scenario, both organisations and their employees gain from technological changes by staying up to date on developing digitalisation. However, opportunities to learn and use modern technologies may not be shared equally in the workplace. Employee groups can be divided between those with and without access to new…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Attitudes, Work Environment, Health Personnel
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Haapakorpi, Arja – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
Post-industrial society has witnessed trends according to which the labour market has become more flexible, services have expanded and immaterial work and horizontal work organisation has emerged, shaping professions in respect to the employment and work they can offer. An outcome of these trends is a portfolio career, an employment pattern based…
Descriptors: Careers, Self Employment, Employment Level, Industry
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Wallin, Anna; Pylväs, Laura; Nokelainen, Petri – Vocations and Learning, 2020
In this article, we explore workers' stories about digitalization of work and professional development. The data (101 stories) were collected from 81 Finnish government workers through the method of empathy-based stories (MEBS). MEBS is a qualitative data collection method in which participants write short imaginary texts based on an introductory…
Descriptors: Government Employees, Employee Attitudes, Work Attitudes, Automation
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Siklander, Pirkko; Impiö, Niina – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
We need to know what it means to be an expert in working life today. Universities are often accused of neglecting the basic idea that higher education should be relevant to working life, and research on the subject of expertise in today's workplace is lacking. Thirteen experts from different fields were interviewed and the obtained data were…
Descriptors: Universities, Education Work Relationship, Specialists, Grounded Theory
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Rashid, Sufyan; Mustafa, Hasrina – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of studies on antecedents of the corporate reputation of higher education institutions (HEIs) from the perspectives of employees. Design/methodology/approach: The approach is an examination of previous literature on antecedents of corporate reputation in HEIs, published between…
Descriptors: Reputation, Employee Attitudes, Universities, Public Colleges
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Overberg, Jasmin; Ala-Vähälä, Timo – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Even though quality assurance has played a role in European higher education for decades by now, it is still a topic of great discord. While several studies have focused on the initiation phase of quality assurance, little attention has been paid to the question on how attitudes towards quality assurance in higher education change over time. This…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Higher Education
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Lemmetty, Soila; Collin, Kaija – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
Rapid changes in working life have raised awareness of the need for lifelong learning among personnel, and there is increasing concern regarding the sustainability of such learning, especially in growth companies, where learning can be seen as a prerequisite for many work practices. Hence, the aim of this study is to understand the sustainability…
Descriptors: Well Being, Workplace Learning, On the Job Training, Lifelong Learning
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