The World Of Work-Related Learning

Learning to innovate : a series of studies to explore and enable learning in innovation practices

“…In medieval guilds where apprentices learned their craft from their master, combining learning and work was common practice. The roots of workplace learning can be found in these guild systems (Streumer & Kho, 2006). Two reasons can explain the renewed interest for organizing learning in closer connection to the work people are doing.…”

“…What factors influence this process? (Streumer & Kho, 2006). Studies that evolve around these kinds of questions aim to learn more about the learning potential of the workplace (Onstenk, 1997).…”

Mediating Effect of Psychological Contract in the Relationship between Learning and Development Initiatives and Engineers’ Intention to Stay

“…5, No. 5;2013 extent are they experiencing a need for learning and developing opportunities and psychological contract? c) can social exchange theory, particularly theories of the effects of perceptions of psychological contract, provide an insight into L&D (organizational and individual) factors that would influence engineers' intention to stay with an organization?…”

“…5, No. 5;2013 initiatives and employee retention, by examining the mediating effect of psychological contract on this relationship. In this paper, the authors have presented a proposition to study on to what extent do Malaysian engineers value learning and development opportunities and psychological contract, and to what extent are they experiencing a need for learning and developing opportunities and psychological contract.…”

“…So, human resource managers' roles in effective implementation of L&D achieved through intensive training and supportive environment that promotes personal competence, adoptability, and retention. According to Streumer (2006) many organizations are afraid to roll the dice and invest in something of which the effectiveness they are unsure of. Therefore, determining the best L&D initiatives, methods or practices need to be investigated, now more than ever because of the growing interest of HRMs in retaining has been discussed theoretically and rhetorically (Abdull Rahman, 2012) but there are not many researches captured the relationship in actual work-setting.…”