Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 19 Issue 6

From workplace learning to inter‐organizational learning and back: the contribution of activity theory

Yrjö Engeström, Hannele Kerosuo

The purpose of this paper is to show how activity theory transcends the boundary between workplace learning and organizational learning.

Inter‐organizational learning across levels: an object‐oriented approach

Hanna Toiviainen

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the research methodology of analyzing learning in inter‐organizational networks based on an object‐oriented approach.

Workplace learning in the New Zealand apple industry network: A new co‐design method for government “practice making”

Roberta Hill, Phillip Capper, Ken Wilson, Richard Whatman, Karen Wong

The purpose of this paper is to describe how, from 2004‐2006, a New Zealand research team experimented with the “change laboratory” learning process to create a new method of…

Analysing third generation activity systems: labour‐power, subject position and personal transformation

Harry Daniels, Paul Warmington

The purpose of this paper is to describe how Engeström's “third generation” activity theory, with its emphasis on developing conceptual tools to understand dialogues, multiple…

E‐learning in a large organization: A study of the critical role of information sharing

Grete Netteland, Barbara Wasson, Anders I. Mørch

The purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into the implementation of large‐scale learning projects; thereby better understanding the difficulties, frustrations, and…