Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 27 Issue 3

The nature and development of liminality competence: Narratives from a study of mobile project workers

Elisabeth Borg, Jonas Soderlund

This paper aims to present findings from an interpretative study documenting how mobile project workers develop their conceptions of work performed in liminal (in-between…

Benefits and Barriers: Case study of a government technology-mediated group mentoring program

Brigitte Harris, Kwan Fan Cheng, Charlotte Gorley

– This study aims to describe the design of a provincial government ministry group mentoring program and examine mentees’ and mentors’ experiences in the program.

Knowledge and skills transfer between MBA and workplace

Melvin Prince, David Burns, Xinyi Lu, Robert Winsor

– This paper aims to use goal-setting theory to explain the transfer of knowledge and skills between master of business administration (MBA) and the workplace.

How online journalists learn within a non-formal context

Morten Kronstad, Martin Eide

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of workplace learning, with a focus on the non-formal learning that takes place among online journalists. The focus…

The role of natural abilities, intrinsic characteristics, and extrinsic conditions in air traffic controllers’ vocational development

Laura Pylväs, Petri Nokelainen, Hilkka Roisko

The purpose of this paper is to apply the Developmental Model of Vocational Excellence (DMVE) in the domain of air traffic control and to describe the characteristics and…

Editorial

Sara Cervai, Tauno Kekäle