... across 13 SMEs in high-disruption sectors. The research questions focus on identifying distinct employee-led informal learning practices in the context of volatility and on understanding how these contribute to SME resilience over time, analyzed through an integrated theoretical lens combining...

...Otto Pankkonen; Ali Moazami-Goodarzi; Jukka Vuori Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term effects of a competence development intervention on mid- and late-career employees’ participation in informal learning activities and their work engagement, and how workplace...

.... Findings First, a positive relationship was found between perceived autonomy support and informal learning activities, but not with formal learning activities. Second, results indicated that SDL when using a PDP mediates the relation between perceived autonomy support and both formal and informal learning...

... multigroup models, including the conceptual model. Nevertheless, regarding the vertical mismatch, this study confirmed that informal learning influences job satisfaction differently according to the type of high school from which employees graduated. Furthermore, for those who graduated from specialized...

... the context of informal learning in the workplace, feedback-seeking has been considered a unique learning behaviour (Schürmann and Beausaert, 2016 ; Wolfson et al., 2018). Its interactive nature makes it a key factor bridging the learning process between job characteristics and learning outcomes...

...Florian Fahrenbach; Karin Luomi-Messerer Purpose This paper aims to draw on a socio-technical perspective to explore how information and communication technology (ICT) supports the validation of non-formal and informal learning (VNFIL) in specific practices and arrangements. Design/methodology...

...Muhammad Qamar Zia; Muhammad Adnan Bashir; Riaz Ahmed Mangi; Aamir Feroz Shamsi Purpose Based on trait activation theory, the purpose of the present study is to explore the relationship between the antecedents and outcomes of informal learning with the moderating effect of supervisor feedback...

...Osaretin Uhunoma; Doo Hun Lim; Woocheol Kim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating relationship between organizational culture, informal learning and work engagement of older workers in a public organizational setting. More specifically, this study aimed to investigate...

...Jessica E. Federman Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand how regulatory focus influences informal learning behaviors. A growing body of research indicates that regulatory focus has significant consequences for goal pursuit in the workplace, yet it has not been readily studied...

... by employees, depending on their previous working and learning experiences. Research limitations/implications Future research on HRD and workplace learning should acknowledge both formal and informal learning processes and the interaction between them – particularly in small and growing firms. Insights...

...Jessica E. Federman Purpose This paper aims to explore how negative emotions lead to differential relationships with informal learning. Informal learning is posited to serve as a coping mechanism and positively influence performance. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a conceptual...

...Doo Hun Lim; Seung Won Yoon; Jeeyon Paek; Yuri Choi Purpose This study aims to examine a structural relationship among agreeableness, similarity in agreeableness, positive affect and transfer of informal learning. Also, it investigates the mediating role of motivation. Design/methodology...

... to investigate the current informal learning strategies of craft workers and how they use the strategies, the effect of learning on employees’ internal and external marketability and beneficial workplace characteristics (autonomy, feedback). Design/methodology/approach An online prestudy (N = 131...

... congruence between the curriculum and the co-curriculum; and pair faculty and staff members in learning-focused research teams. David Frock can be contacted at: dfrock@clemson.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Human resource development Informal learning Resource allocation...

... , p. 1203‐4; Wright and Carrese, 2002 , p. 640). Informal learning and social learning are increasingly regarded as “central” to the required professional or managerial “character formation” (Kenny et al., 2003 ; see also Warhurst, 2011). Although the contributions of such forms...