Journal of Workplace Learning: Volume 35 Issue 4

Managing metaphors – executive coaching and the role and power of analogy

Evan Offstein, Ryan Kentrus, Ron Dufresne, Stacy Wassell

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the “black box” of how coaching is enacted and how it unfolds in practice. Indeed, some of the mixed results concerning the…

Workplace e-learning acceptance: combining symmetrical and asymmetrical perspectives

Donald Crestofel Lantu, Haifa Labdhagati, Irwan Dewanto

The use of e-learning in the workplace is increasing. This increase was mainly because of technological advancement within corporations, but the COVID-19 pandemic has further…

The inverse U-shaped relationship between challenge stressors and workplace learning outcomes: a study of young employees in Japan

Megumi Ikeda

In recent years, scholars have questioned the linear relationship between challenge stressors and positive outcomes. Nevertheless, few studies have examined whether challenge…

Reciprocal action learning: manager and employee development

Paul Lyons, Randall Bandura

The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a learning model for a manager and employee working collaboratively to make advances in knowledge, skills, work performance and in…

Training via learning oriented assessment: an investigation of knowledge acquisition, skill application and job effectiveness

Chunyan Lu, Aarren Minneyfield, Min Jia, Jun Lu, Yan Zheng, Jingying Huo, Ningyi Wang, Yihua Wu, Jennifer Brantley

The purpose of this paper is to explore more agile and effective learning processes that help identify potentially high-performing staff during workplace training.