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Stefanie Findeisen; Lukas Ramseier; Markus P. Neuenschwander – Vocations and Learning, 2024
In Switzerland, access to non-academic occupations requires the completion of a vocational education and training (VET) program. Over two-thirds of adolescents choose to start a dual VET program after compulsory education. However, this path from school to work is not always linear, and changes can be a means of adjusting wrong career choices. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Dual Enrollment, Education Work Relationship
Froehlich, Dominik E.; Raemdonck, Isabel; Beausaert, Simon – Vocations and Learning, 2023
Two important and current trends in the domain of work are the aging workforce and the high and increasing requirement for work-related learning due to the rate of technological advancement and innovation. Together, they create a precarious situation, as many theories suggest a decline in motivation to learn as people age. This study investigates…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Labor Force
LeiB, Tamara Vanessa; Rausch, Andreas – Vocations and Learning, 2023
The present study examines the effects of social interactions' situational characteristics, emotions, and personality on self-perceived learning from social interactions at work based on diary and survey data. The sample comprises 43 German vocational education and training (VET) trainees in various apprenticeship programs. During the diary period…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Personality
Dahl, Olav; Damen, Marie-Louise; Bjørkelo, Brita; Meling, Camilla Pellegrini; Jensen, Magnus Rom – Vocations and Learning, 2023
Police officers, like other professionals, need to develop their competence and skills in correspondence with society. Peer feedback has been proven to significantly affect learning in the educational setting, and colleagues are seen as significant for the learning process in organizations. However, there seems to be little systematic knowledge…
Descriptors: Police, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Peer Influence
Alkan, Muhammet Fatih; Emmioglu-Sarikaya, Esma – Vocations and Learning, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the structural relationships among diverse variables to provide a comprehensive understanding of Turkish research assistants' workplace learning. The cross-sectional data of the study were collected online from 21 universities around Turkey. A total of 1218 research assistants from various disciplines took…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Assistants, Universities, Workplace Learning
Berg Jansson, Anna; Engström, Åsa – Vocations and Learning, 2022
Adopting a theoretical perspective that acknowledges both formal and informal learning as crucial and emphasises reproductive and developmental learning as complementary, this article analyses and discusses temporary agency nurses' experiences of working and learning, focusing on conditions for workplace learning. This provides opportunities to…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Workplace Learning, Temporary Employment, Barriers
Kristmansson, Per; Fjellström, Magnus – Vocations and Learning, 2022
In Sweden, upper secondary vocational education and training (VET) teachers must have high relevant vocational experience from a previous career, but 44% do not have a teaching certificate and thus are not formally qualified. However, there are significant differences between the 12 national VET programs in this respect. For example, 68 percent of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, Career Change, Career Choice
Köhler, Daniel P.; Rausch, Andreas – Vocations and Learning, 2022
Expertise is featured by continued high performance in a particular domain. Expertise research has primarily focused on absolute expertise in structured domains such as chess and emphasized the significance of deliberate practice for expertise development. We investigated the development of relative expertise in commercial domains as part of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Job Skills, Sales Occupations, Foreign Countries
Smeets, Laura; Gijselaers, Wim H.; Meuwissen, Roger H. G.; Grohnert, Therese – Vocations and Learning, 2021
This study explores how direct supervisors can hinder or enhance how professionals learn from their errors. Extant research has often focused on psychological safety as the main condition for this kind of learning to take place. We expand prior research by exploring which behaviors of direct supervisors effectively facilitate learning from errors…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisors, Supervisory Methods
Puhakka, Ilmari J. A.; Nokelainen, Petri; Pylväs, Laura – Vocations and Learning, 2021
In addition to well-being, workplace learning has gained increasing interest in supporting employee and organizational development and success. Focusing on specific factors affecting workplace learning and well-being, this study examines the links between individual factors (basic psychological need satisfaction) and environmental factors…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Work Environment, Correlation, Job Satisfaction
Decius, Julian; Schaper, Niclas; Seifert, Andreas – Vocations and Learning, 2021
We investigated informal workplace learning (IWL) within an under-researched target group: blue-collar workers. IWL is particularly important for these workers because of learning barriers to participation in formal training. Based on meta-analytical conceptualizations and findings, we developed a conceptual framework of antecedents, processes,…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Blue Collar Occupations, Small Businesses
Böhn, Svenja; Deutscher, Viola Katharina – Vocations and Learning, 2021
Despite the importance of dual VET for economic growth and stability, internationally, systems struggle with quality assurance and quality improvement. In recent years, numerous research efforts have been made to identify and describe quality aspects in dual VET, especially with regard to in-company training conditions as perceived by apprentices.…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Vocational Education
Cangialosi, Nicola; Odoardi, Carlo; Battistelli, Adalgisa – Vocations and Learning, 2020
This study aims to explore the relationship between learning climate, in the dimensions of learning facilitation and error avoidance, learning potential of the workplace (task-related and interactional) and innovative work behavior. Survey data were collected from a sample of 374 employees and their supervisors from an automatic food distribution…
Descriptors: Correlation, Innovation, Employee Attitudes, Food Service
Lambriex-Schmitz, Peggy; Van der Klink, Marcel R.; Beausaert, Simon; Bijker, Monique; Segers, Mien – Vocations and Learning, 2020
Our study aims to develop and validate a multidimensional Innovative Work Behaviour instrument to measure teachers IWB. Current IWB conceptualizations and operationalizations need further attention. Existing measurements miss empirical evidence of the construct validity and moreover do not include a sustainability dimension. Based on a thorough…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Work Environment
Froehlich, Dominik E.; Segers, Mien; Beausaert, Simon; Kremer, Michael – Vocations and Learning, 2019
Fluctuating demands and fast changing job-requirements require organizations to invest in employees so that they are able to take up new tasks. In this respect, fostering employees' employability is high on the agenda of many organizations. As a prerequisite for creating employability, many scholars have focused on the role of social informal…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Employment Potential, Informal Education, Competence