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Kuyken, Kerstin; Ebrahimi, Mehran; Saives, Anne-Laure – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to develop a better understanding of intergenerational knowledge transfer (IKT) practices by adopting a context-related and comparative perspective. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study design involving 83 interviews and non-participative observation in German and Quebec organizations has been chosen.…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Cross Cultural Studies, Case Studies, Interviews
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Babushko, Svitlana – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
Today Ukraine is in the process of establishing an integral base for adult education and the system of employees' professional development. Hence, the research of the experience of the countries with a fixed, ramified, but integral system of normative and juridical documents in the above-mentioned fields can be of great use. Addressing to the USA…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Tourism, Employee Attitudes, Laws
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Hensel, J. M.; Lunsky, Y.; Dewa, C. S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: Studies have shown that staff who support adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are exposed to challenging behaviour in their work including client aggression. Exposure to aggressive behaviour has been associated with staff stress and burnout. Study samples have been small however, and there has been very little data exploring…
Descriptors: Human Services, Mental Retardation, Burnout, Foreign Countries
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Taylor, Maurice; Evans, Karen – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate some of the kinds of formal and informal workplace training activities that workers with low literacy engage in from different parts of Canada and the United Kingdom. The study employed a multi-site case study research design with 31 employees and 18 instructors from seven different types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Workplace Literacy