Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 27 Issue 1

Mentoring in the rail context: the influence of training, style, and practice

Anjum Naweed, Angelina Ambrosetti

The purpose of this paper is to investigate workplace learning in the context of the rail industry, specifically for the type of learning required to become a train driver. It…

Participative work design in lean production: A strategy for dissolving the paradox between standardized work and team proactivity by stimulating team learning?

Annika Lantz, Niklas Hansen, Conny Antoni

The purpose of this paper is to explore job design mechanisms that enhance team proactivity within a lean production system where autonomy is uttermost restricted. We propose and…

Using workplace changes as learning opportunities: Antecedents to reflection in professional work

Stefanie Hetzner, Helmut Heid, Hans Gruber

This paper aims to contribute to an understanding of how individual characteristics and perceived contextual conditions shape reflection in professional work, particularly in…

Circulating power and in/visibility: layers of educational leadership

Denise Mifsud

The purpose of this paper is to study circulating power and in/visibility. In the unfolding Maltese education scenario of decentralization and school networking, suffused with…

Alternative classification framework for engineering capability enhancement

Mana Patamakajonpong, Tirapot Chandarasupsang

This paper aims to present an alternative practical framework to classify the skill and knowledge of the individual trainees by comparing it with the expert in an organization…

Editorial

Tauno Kekäle