Leading Intergenerational Learning in Organizations: An Example from Turkey

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults Pub Date : 2021-12-08 DOI:10.3384/rela.2000-7426.3473

Soner Polöat, Gizem Günçavdı, Yılmazer Yılmaz

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Within the fact that there are members of different generations in organizations nowadays, intergenerational learning in organizations has become more and more important. Some managers are observed to confuse about how to lead intergenerational learning environments in their organizations which makes important to conduct a research on this problem. Thus, this study was conducted and it aimed to understand the intergenerational learning process and how to lead it in a production facility in Turkey. The study group includes 61 people who are employees, team leaders, department directors, field directors and instructors. The study was carried out in the phenomenological research design. The data were gathered through interviews and analysed with content analysis. The results brought out six main themes, which are which are creating zone, acting according to generational differences, increasing motivation, supporting personal development, recording and managing “know-how”, and creating intergenerational respect and understanding.

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领导组织中的代际学习:来自土耳其的例子

在当今组织中存在不同世代成员的情况下，组织中的代际学习变得越来越重要。据观察，一些管理者对如何在组织中领导代际学习环境感到困惑，这使得对这一问题进行研究变得很重要。因此，进行了这项研究，旨在了解代际学习过程，以及如何在土耳其的生产设施中引导这一过程。研究小组包括61人，他们是员工、团队负责人、部门负责人、现场负责人和讲师。本研究是在现象学研究设计中进行的。数据是通过访谈收集的，并通过内容分析进行分析。研究结果提出了六个主要主题，即创造区域、根据代际差异采取行动、增强动力、支持个人发展、记录和管理“知识”以及创造代际尊重和理解。

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European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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1.80

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12.50%

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审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： The European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) is a refereed academic journal creating a forum for the publication of critical research on adult education and learning. It has a particular focus on issues at stake for adult education and learning in Europe, as these emerge in connection with wider international and transnational dynamics and trends. Such a forum is important at a time when local and regional explorations of issues are often difficult to foreground across language barriers. As academic and policy debate is increasingly carried out in the English language, this masks the richness of research knowledge, responses and trends from diverse traditions and foci. The journal thus attempts to be linguistically ''open access''. Whilst creating a forum for international and transnational debate, contributions are particularly welcome from authors in Europe and other locations where English is not the first language. RELA invites original, scholarly articles that discuss the education and learning of adults from different academic disciplines, perspectives and traditions. It encourages diversity in theoretical and methodological approach and submissions from non-English speakers. All published contributions in RELA are subjected to a rigorous peer review process based on two moments of selection: an initial editorial screening and a double-blind review by at least two anonymous referees. Clarity and conciseness of thought are crucial requirements for publication. RELA is published on behalf of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA).