The importance of informal learning at work

Grip, Andries de

doi:10.15185/izawol.162

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“…This is confirmed by the results of empirical studies [20,27]. Furthermore, keeping workers' competencies up to date through self-education is important for their employability because competency demands a constant change in response to organizational and technological innovations [110]. Therefore, it is important to use modern technologies in the learning process.…”

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The Relationship between Organizational Learning at the Individual Level and Perceived Employability: A Model-Based Approach

2021

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The challenges of the modern labor market determine increased job insecurity and the growing importance of sustainable employability. Today, in an era of the growth of the world’s knowledge resources, permanent learning is indispensable in order to maintain or strengthen one’s employability. Therefore, this article aims to determine the relationship between organizational learning solutions at the individual level and perceived employability in the modern labor market according to the workers’ opinions. Studies conducted on the subject literature confirm the lack of research in this field. A survey was conducted among 351 employees from a number of organizations based in Poland and was performed using a computer-assisted web interview (CAWI). The study’s results indicate that out of eleven analyzed solutions, people value those connected with sustainable actions the most, such as learning from one’s own mistakes (own mistakes), observing other employees’ work (observing others), self-education, incentive systems (contributing to an increase in the commitment to competency development), and providing employees with feedback on the results of their work (feedback). Moreover, it is important to state that EFA first revealed, and CFA subsequently confirmed, two factors: Factor 1, Practical Aspects, which includes organizational learning that covered such activities as incentive systems, feedback, self-education, modern technologies, and the use of case studies, and Factor 2, Active Learning, which consists of two activities—one’s own mistakes and observing others. The research results lead to the conclusion that Factor 1, Practical Aspects, had a significant impact on perceived employability, while Factor 2, Active Learning, did not have an impact on the general assessment of organizational learning in the context of perceived employability. The authors also present the diamond attempt toward actions that might be taken by organizations in order to enhance the employability of workers in general. The conducted research is considered to be idiographic and exploratory.

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2021

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“…It is also proven to have a positive relationship with household food security (Tolno et al, 2015;Rahmadanih et al, 2018), social cohesion with regulatory, normative, and cultural cognitive elements activities for social life stability (Janssen & Nonnenmann, 2017). It is also related to the performance and management practices (de Grip, 2015), particularly in informal learning processes of rural economic development (Marsick & Volpe, 1999;Dotcenko et al, 2016).…”

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Behavioral Changes of Independent Palm Smallholders Farmers through Farmer Institution

Nurliza

Fauyan

2021

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Farmer institutions along with regulatory, normative, and cultural cognitive aspects have important roles in social cohesion to achieve the food security of independent palm smallholder farmer households. However, some dysfunctionalities and external challenges affect the structure of their institutions. This paper aims to find ways to change the behavior of independent palm smallholder farmers by identifying the internal and external factors of their behaviors in their institutions. The data were collected from 100 smallholders in West Kalimantan using Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results indicate that the internal factors do not influence farmers’ behavior because of lack of social influences on their relationships, exceptional characteristics of the region, and a mismatch between perceived risk sources and risk management strategies. Meanwhile, the external factors (the surrounding environment, institutional information, the extension roles, ISPO, reward, and family encouragement) show positive influences on farmers' behavior. Therefore, to optimize the behavioral changes of independent palm smallholders in their institutions, knowledge exchange is necessary through formal or informal communication networks. Also, they need to have the connections with institutional buyers and potential agro-processing entrepreneurs and the connection with appropriate formal saving schemes, and financial products in their value chains.

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“…More recently, an interest has emerged in other modes of learning, such as informal learning in the workplace, by either learning by doing or learning from peers (e.g. Kyndt and Baert 2013;Noe et al 2013;Froehlich et al 2014;De Grip 2015;De Grip et al 2016).…”

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Workshop Attendance as a Mode of Learning: Evidence from the Netherlands

Grip

Pleijers

2019

Vocations and Learning

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Although workshop attendance appears to be as high as participation in training, this paper is the first study in the educational science, human resource management and labour economics literature that explores the drivers of workshop attendance among the working population. In our analysis of the Dutch Adult Education Survey, we find that workshop attendance is highest among managers and professionals, in contrast to their participation in training. These results confirm our expectation that workshop attendance is important in acquiring state-of-the art knowledge on external developments as a dominant source of competitive advantage for the organization. Furthermore, workshop attendance is positively related to individuals' level of education. Particularly in workers' mid-career years, attending workshops appears to be an important mode of learning: Workshop attendance is peaking at the age of 47. Moreover, we find that workshop attendance is complementary to training participation instead of a substitute. Our results show that there are interesting differences between the drivers of workshop attendance and those of participation in training and informal learning.

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The importance of informal learning at work

Cited by 21 publications

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The Relationship between Organizational Learning at the Individual Level and Perceived Employability: A Model-Based Approach

The Relationship between Organizational Learning at the Individual Level and Perceived Employability: A Model-Based Approach

Behavioral Changes of Independent Palm Smallholders Farmers through Farmer Institution

Workshop Attendance as a Mode of Learning: Evidence from the Netherlands

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