...Steven Tam; David E Gray Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how employees in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) practise and view workplace learning at three different life-cycle stages. Design/methodology/approach – It is a qualitative study using a sample of 30 Hong...

... Workplace learning Employee participation Narratives Family firms The aim of this paper is to introduce and examine the concept of intergenerational entrepreneurial learning in family business. It is draws on an empirical study of the founders and second generation in five family businesses...

...Alan Coetzer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe findings of an exploratory study, guided by the question: “What are the effects of managers on salient elements of work environments that have the potential to influence informal workplace learning?”. Design/methodology/approach...

..., to those who own, manage and/or work in SMEs. This paper suggests a number of directions that should be taken by researchers’ policy makers, to promote lifelong learning among SMEs. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Employee development Training Workplace learning...