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Gamified immersive safety training in virtual reality: a mixed methods approach 虚拟现实中的游戏化沉浸式安全培训:一种混合方法
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-01-2024-0008
Amir Haj-Bolouri, Jesse Katende, Matti Rossi
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University–industry collaborations as processual inter-organizational learning: implications of the third context 作为组织间学习过程的产学合作:第三环境的影响
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-08-2023-0123
Anja Overgaard Thomassen
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Social media and professional growth: the rhetoric of educator professional development 社交媒体与专业成长:教育工作者专业发展的修辞学
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-01-2024-0015
Beth Wilson
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The roots of errors in adaptive performance: clustering behavioral patterns after the introduction of a change 适应性能错误的根源:引入变化后的行为模式聚类
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-10-2023-0168
Wiebke M. Roling, Marcus Grum, Norbert Gronau, Annette Kluge
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Online knowledge sharing and employee innovation: the role of job self-efficacy and innovative climate 在线知识共享与员工创新:工作自我效能感和创新氛围的作用
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-30 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-09-2023-0153
Cong Thuan Le, Thi Kim Lan Phan, Thi Y Nhi Nguyen
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Wickedity in onboarding to high-stress social work: an action research study 高压力社会工作入职培训中的 "邪恶":一项行动研究
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-08-2023-0143
Anne Stouby Persson, Line Revsbæk
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Exploring workplace learning experience in work transition among K-12 teachers during COVID-19 在 COVID-19 期间探索 K-12 教师工作转型中的职场学习经验
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-09-2023-0154
Yuanlu Niu
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Adjusting and re-adjusting: learnings from the experience of coworkers for the future of coworking and shared working spaces 调整和再调整:从协同工作和共享工作空间的未来学习协同工作者的经验
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-11-2022-0162
Louise Suckley, Marko Orel
{"title":"Adjusting and re-adjusting: learnings from the experience of coworkers for the future of coworking and shared working spaces","authors":"Louise Suckley, Marko Orel","doi":"10.1108/jwl-11-2022-0162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jwl-11-2022-0162","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper aims to examine the learning gained from the evolving adjustment experiences of co-workers in moving to home-based working during the COVID-19 pandemic and the influence of these experiences on re-adjusting to return to co-working.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Results of a longitudinal qualitative study are reported where a group of co-workers were interviewed on three occasions between 2019 and 2022. Experiences are analysed alongside the adjustment to the remote work model using a boundary management lens.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The main adjustment experiences were in work location, temporal structures, professional and social interactions, and a new adjustment area was identified around family role commitment that emerged in the home-based setting. Boundary management practices were temporal, behavioural, spatial and object-related and evolved with the unfolding of adjustment experiences. A return to using co-working spaces was driven by the need for social interaction and spatial boundaries but affected by the requirement for increased privacy.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>This paper will help workplace managers to understand adjustment experiences and develop facilities that will support a positive shared working environment not fulfilled through home-based working.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Although many workers abruptly transitioned to home-based working during the pandemic, this research considers those who would normally choose to work in a community-centred working environment rather than being home-based. As such, their experience of adjustment is of greater interest, particularly in terms of their expectations for shared working spaces.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Workplace Learning","volume":"229 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139648129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Enhancing resilience, coping and self-talk of employees in large organisations; the development and mixed methods piloting of an online mental health and well-being toolkit 增强大型组织中员工的复原力、应对能力和自我对话能力;开发在线心理健康和幸福工具包并进行混合方法试点
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-01-23 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-04-2023-0058
Helen Jones, Shelley Gait, Philip John Tyson
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Employee cohesion and its influence on workplace learning: The lived experiences of public university lecturers in Ethiopia 员工凝聚力及其对工作场所学习的影响:埃塞俄比亚公立大学讲师的生活经历
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Journal of Workplace Learning Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1108/jwl-07-2023-0118
Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu, Mulugeta Awayehu Gugssa
{"title":"Employee cohesion and its influence on workplace learning: The lived experiences of public university lecturers in Ethiopia","authors":"Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu, Mulugeta Awayehu Gugssa","doi":"10.1108/jwl-07-2023-0118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jwl-07-2023-0118","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the driving factors for staff cohesiveness in the workplace and how they are related to workplace learning and development opportunities. Two research questions guided the inquiry: (1) What are the driving factors for staff cohesiveness in the workplace? and (2) How does staff cohesiveness influence workplace learning?</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study is based on a phenomenological research design. The data collection involved interviews and focus group discussions with 22 lecturers in two public universities. Thematic analysis was followed to analyse and interpret data.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings of this study indicate that staff cohesiveness is greatly influenced by several factors. Firstly, the presence of shared visions and goals plays a significant role in fostering staff cohesion. In addition, the similarity of age and gender among employees, as well as the presence of mutual support and a sense of belongingness, trust and solidarity, managerial support and the nature of the job that requires collective action, all contribute to staff cohesiveness. It is worth noting that previous studies have not reported the influence of age, gender and job characteristics as factors influencing staff cohesiveness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Employers should not only focus on the knowledge and hard skills of applicants but also on the soft skills which support teamwork and cohesion in the workplace. Managers who want to enhance workplace learning should create opportunities for social gatherings and informal contacts in the workplace to facilitate informal learning in the workplace. Researchers focusing on workplace learning should include tacit learning practices that occur in the workplace as a result of the closeness between teammates.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This manuscript, which the authors hereby present, is the result of own original work. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the authors wish to emphasise that it has not been submitted for publication in any other journals.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":47077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Workplace Learning","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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