TY - BOOK ID - 7913991 TI - Supporting workplace learning : towards evidence-based practice AU - Poell, Rob F. AU - Van Woerkom, Marianne. PY - 2011 SN - 9048191084 9786613085672 9048191092 1283085674 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Employees -- Training of. KW - Employment forecasting. KW - Management. KW - Personnel management. KW - Education KW - Commerce KW - Social Sciences KW - Business & Economics KW - Marketing & Sales KW - Education, Special Topics KW - Employees KW - Experiential learning. KW - Adult education. KW - Training of. KW - Adults, Education of KW - Education of adults KW - Experience-based learning KW - Learning, Experiential KW - Employee development KW - Employee training KW - Employees, Training of KW - In-service training KW - Inservice training KW - On-the-job training KW - Training of employees KW - Training within industry KW - Vestibule schools KW - Education. KW - Business. KW - Management science. KW - Lifelong learning. KW - Professional & Vocational Education. KW - Business and Management, general. KW - Lifelong Learning/Adult Education. KW - Human Resource Management. KW - Learning & Instruction. KW - Continuing education KW - Open learning KW - Experience KW - Learning KW - Active learning KW - Occupational training KW - Employer-supported education KW - Corporations KW - Employment management KW - Human resource management KW - Human resources management KW - Manpower utilization KW - Personnel administration KW - Management KW - Public administration KW - Employment practices liability insurance KW - Supervision of employees KW - Trade KW - Economics KW - Industrial management KW - Personnel management KW - Professional education. KW - Vocational education. KW - Learning. KW - Instruction. KW - Learning process KW - Comprehension KW - Lifelong education KW - Lifelong learning KW - Permanent education KW - Recurrent education KW - Adult education KW - Quantitative business analysis KW - Problem solving KW - Operations research KW - Statistical decision KW - Education, Vocational KW - Vocational training KW - Work experience KW - Technical education KW - Education, Professional KW - Career education KW - Education, Higher UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7913991 AB - During the 1990s, the workplace was rediscovered as a rich source of learning. The issue of workplace learning has since received increasing attention from academics and practitioners alike but is still under-researched empirically. This book brings together a range of state-of-the-art research papers addressing interventions to support learning in the workplace. The authors are experienced international scholars who have an interest in making HRD and workplace learning practices more evidence-based through practical relevant research. Although workplace learning is largely an autonomous process, many organizations want to manage it as part of their broader HRD strategy. There are limits, however, to the extent to which the complex dynamics of learning in the workplace can be guided in pre-determined desirable directions. This tension between the possible strengths of workplace learning and the limits of managing it is at the heart of this volume. The book is broken into three sections. The first section deals with workplace learning interventions, including HRD practitioners’ strategies, training and development activities, and e-learning programs. The second section investigates the impact of social support, or lack thereof, in workplace learning, such as mentoring, coaching, and socialization practices. The third section addresses collective learning in the workplace, looking at teams, knowledge productivity, and collaborative capability building. ER -