The potential and paradox of informal learning in the workplace

Rooney, DL; Boud, D

The potential and paradox of informal learning in the workplace

Rooney, DL

Boud, D

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Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Informal Learning at Work: Triggers, Antecedents, and Consequences, 2018, pp. 134 - 152
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rooney, DL https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7668-0936	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boud, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-2722	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Messman, M	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Segers, M	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Dochy, F	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Informal Learning at Work: Triggers, Antecedents, and Consequences, 2018, pp. 134 - 152	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Through reflection on a lengthy series of research studies of diverse workplace learning conducted in Australia over the past decade, this chapter seeks to position discussion of informal learning as part of everyday working life. It uses a practice theory perspective to show how learning can be understood as a key feature of working and how it is implicated in the normal ebb and flow of work practices. It elucidates some of the tensions that such a view generates and points to the paradox in how promoting informal learning can effectively inhibit it.	en_US
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Abstract:

Through reflection on a lengthy series of research studies of diverse workplace learning conducted in Australia over the past decade, this chapter seeks to position discussion of informal learning as part of everyday working life. It uses a practice theory perspective to show how learning can be understood as a key feature of working and how it is implicated in the normal ebb and flow of work practices. It elucidates some of the tensions that such a view generates and points to the paradox in how promoting informal learning can effectively inhibit it.

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