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Bull, Stephanie; Mattick, Karen; Postlethwaite, Keith – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Unacceptable levels of adverse healthcare events, combined with changes to training, have put the spotlight on junior doctor decision-making. This study aimed to describe the decisions made by junior doctors and the contextual factors influencing how decisions were made and justified. Stimulated recall interviews with 20 junior doctors across five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Interviews, Health Services
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Choy, Sarojni; Billett, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2013
Current tertiary education and training provisions are designed mainly to meet the learning needs of those preparing for entry into employment and specific occupations. Yet, changing work, new work requirements, an ageing workforce and the ongoing need for employability across lengthening working lives make it imperative that this educational…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Vocational Education, Industry, Community Services
Harner, Michael Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Workplace learning is complex as employees engage in activities to meet organizational objectives. This study investigates incidental learning in a complex clinical environment. The systems created to collect information and perform patient-visit functions involve several people who have distinct roles that can impact how subsequent people in the…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Workplace Learning, Clinics, Employees
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Wilson, John P.; Beard, Colin – Learning Organization, 2014
Purpose: Marks and Spencer's Plan A environmental strategy is an ambitious one which addresses economic, social and environmental considerations. As part of this process it recently used a sustainable learning store strategy to develop, capture and disseminate learning before, during and after construction so that learning could be transferred to…
Descriptors: Retailing, Sustainability, Workplace Learning, Futures (of Society)
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Paloniemi, Susanna; Collin, Kaija – Vocations and Learning, 2012
This paper discusses how discursive power and creativity are found to be inter-related in a context not traditionally associated with creative work; the operating theatre of a hospital. Here, it is proposed that creativity relies on socio-cultural factors emphasizing the practical nature of creativity, and highlighting the fact that a large part…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Creativity, Hospitals, Social Influences
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Martin, Lyndon; Towers, Jo – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2012
This paper presents some ongoing findings from a larger project exploring the growth of mathematical understanding in a variety of construction trades training programs. In this paper we specifically focus on the notion of collective mathematical understanding in an ironworking apprenticeship classroom. We identify the particular ways in which a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Training, Construction Industry
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Flumerfelt, Shannon; Siriban-Manalang, Anna Bella; Kahlen, Franz-Josef – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to peruse theories and practices of agile and lean manufacturing systems to determine whether they employ sustainability, complexity and organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: The critical review of the comparative operational similarities and difference of the two systems was conducted while the new views…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Cost Effectiveness, Sustainable Development, Comparative Analysis
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Toiviainen, Hanna; Lallimo, Jiri; Hong, Jianzhong – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: This article aims to analyze emergent learning practices for globalizing work through two research questions: "What are the conceptualizations of work represented by the Virtual Factory and how do they mediate globalizing work?" and "What is the potential of expansive learning efforts to expand conceptualizations towards…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Workplace Learning, Learning Theories, Social Responsibility
Coffey, Matthew – Adults Learning, 2011
Numeracy is central to success at work and to educational progress. As "Numeracy Counts," the report of the NIACE Committee of Inquiry on Adult Numeracy Learning, pointed out, being numerate and understanding when to use maths is a vital part of being able to function in the world, as an employee, employer or entrepreneur, or as a citizen or…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Correctional Institutions, Numeracy, Young Adults
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Meredith, John – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
Unique features of the 2006 census, as well as 33 employer interviews, provide an opportunity to test key assumptions in Canadian apprenticeship policy. Apprenticeship is widely understood to be a crucial contributor to the national skills supply, but also an institution critically vulnerable to market failures, mainly due to the insecurity of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Certification
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Chivers, Geoffrey – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: The main aims of this paper are to determine the extent to which experienced traders in investment banks based in London are learning by informal methods, which methods are to the fore, and whether HRD staff are providing support for informal learning. It also seeks to find evidence that such investment banks were attempting to become…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Banking, Professional Personnel
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Kohn, Liberty – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2015
This article analyzes literature on university-workplace partnerships and professional writing pedagogy to suggest best practices for workplace mentors to mentor new employees and their writing. The article suggests that new employees often experience cultural confusion due to (a) the transfer of education-based writing strategies and (b) the…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Mentors, Workplace Learning, Writing Instruction
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Weng, Cathy; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Weng, Apollo – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Drawing from the social influence theory and acknowledging that the others' support within the work context affects employees' learning, values, and behaviours, an alternative framework was proposed to explain employees' learning satisfaction and future intention to participate in e-training programs in the current study. 578 survey data collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Social Support Groups, Learning Motivation
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Pataraia, Nino; Margaryan, Anoush; Falconer, Isobel; Littlejohn, Allison – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This paper investigates the role of personal networks in academics' learning in relation to teaching. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 11 academics, this study examines, first, how and what academics learn through their personal networks; second, the perceived value of networks in relation to academics' professional development; and, third,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Learning Processes, Interviews
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Kenny, Maureen E.; Medvide, Mary Beth; Minor, Kelly A.; Walsh-Blair, Lynn Y.; Bempechat, Janine; Seltzer, Joanne M. Ruane; Blustein, David L. – Journal of Career Development, 2015
Although meaningful work experience and the support of caring adults are recognized as factors that promote positive youth development, research has given minimal attention to the role of the work-based learning (WBL) supervisor. Interviews with 12 supervisors, from work sites that were identified as successful by leaders from a Catholic high…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Inquiry, Supervision, Workplace Learning
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