Formal and informal learning in the workplace: a research review

The radical economic, social and cultural changes experienced by the labour market within recent decades have helped to highlight the central role played by the learning process in individual career development and organizational success. In such fast‐moving working contexts, skills and competencies...

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Published inInternational journal of training and development Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17
Main Authors Manuti, Amelia, Pastore, Serafina, Scardigno, Anna Fausta, Giancaspro, Maria Luisa, Morciano, Daniele
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2015
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
Career Development
Competency Based Education
Conventional Instruction
Educational Change
Educational Practices
Educational Research
Educational Strategies
Employee development
Financial performance
Informal Education
Learning Processes
Literature Reviews
Operations research
Organizational Climate
Organizational Culture
Organizational Development
Organizational learning
Studies
Training Methods
Work Experience
Workplace Learning
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Summary:The radical economic, social and cultural changes experienced by the labour market within recent decades have helped to highlight the central role played by the learning process in individual career development and organizational success. In such fast‐moving working contexts, skills and competencies rapidly become outdated and need to be continuously implemented and empowered as a strategic factor for global competitiveness. Traditional models of learning both inside and outside of the workplace have become unable to explain the complexity of such a process, weaving between and overlapping formal and informal components. Starting with this premise, the aim of the present paper was to analyse the role of knowledge and experience as important learning frames, which allow the acquisition and development of competencies in the workplace. A human resource development perspective was adopted, aimed at reconciling both the organizational and individual stances implied in the process. The methodology of achieving this was to review the most recent literature on workplace learning, with a special focus on its formal and informal dimensions.
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ISSN:1360-3736
1468-2419
DOI:10.1111/ijtd.12044