... and bootstrapping are used to test the proposed model. Findings The study reveals complicated influencing mechanisms of formal learning on different types of informal learning among in-service teachers. Teachers’ basic psychological needs, satisfaction and challenge-seeking behavior are found to play crucial...

... evidence that uncertainty avoidance is an important factor for formal and informal learning in the globalized world of work. In a sequence where an informal activity follows a formal activity, formal learning may account for informal learning to an extent because of the reflection on the training...

... do motivation. Moreover, the authors found that informal learning played the dominant role in the reason to motivation, whereas informal and formal learning were separately connected to the energised to motivation. The authors used a qualitative case study approach to describe the relationships...

... the advantages of informal and formal learning. It can ensure that the curriculum is flexible enough to be aligned to the contextual, needs of the SME whilst at the same time, structuring the learning outcomes. The next section will outline the research method adopted to explore the potential of PBL...

...Nadia Roos Spaan; Anne R.J. Dekker; Alike W. van der Velden; Esther de Groot Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the influence of formal learning from a web-based training and informal (workplace) learning afterwards on the behaviour of general practitioners (GPs) with respect...

... that (Brown, 1995 ; McMullan et al., 2003 ; Redman, 1994 ; Seng and Seng, 1996 ; Smith and Tillema, 1998 ; Snadden et al., 1996): © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Personal development plan (PDP) Formal learning Job competencies Continuing professional development...