Abstract

MORAES, Valéria Vieira de  and  BORGES-ANDRADE, Jairo Eduardo. Work related learning. Rev. Psicol., Organ. Trab. [online]. 2010, vol.10, n.2, pp. 112-128. ISSN 1984-6657.

Among all the arenas of human activity, the workplace is probably the one where more and better results from learning are most intensively pursued. Several authors point out that this demand will continue to grow as a result of the ongoing changes in work organization. For this reason, there is also a growing interest in studies about learning in work organizations. This review intends to present an overview of this promising area, which is marked by diverse epistemological origins, focusing on studies characterized by a descriptive approach to individual processes of learning in the organizational context. The main learning typologies present in the literature are discussed, and, considering a three-dimensional model of learning at work, a new typology is suggested, based on who is inducing the learning opportunity: the organization, the individual, or neither. The objective of the proposed typology is to offer a starting point for the coordination of organizational and individual learning efforts. Finally, some research findings are described and suggestions are made for future developments

Keywords : work related learning; organizational learning; informal learning.

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