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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812229103321

Titolo

Activity theory and workplace learning / / guest editors: Yrjo Engestrom and Hannele Kerosuo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007

ISBN

1-281-07916-2

9786611079161

1-84663-577-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Collana

Journal of Workplace Learning ; ; 19, no. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

EngestromYrjo

KerosuoHannele

Disciplina

331.1330973

Soggetti

Employees - Training of

Occupational training

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; From workplace learning to inter-organizational learning and back: the contribution of activity theory; Inter-organizational learning across levels: an object-oriented approach; Workplace learning in the New Zealand apple industry network; Analysing third generation activity systems: labour-power, subject position and personal transformation; E-learning in a large organization

Sommario/riassunto

Workplace learning and organizational learning as areas of inquiry stem from different and still quite separate disciplinary backgrounds and commitments. Workplace learning has largely emerged as an extension of educational research stepping beyond the confines of schools and other institutions of formal learning. The commitment of studies of workplace learning is commonly pedagogical: improvement of conditions and practices of learning and instruction in work settings. Organizational learning emerged as a sub-field of organization and management studies, trying to find explanatory mechanisms