... visible presence globally for its economic achievements, the paper allows for an often under-represented voice of a native Singaporean to be heard. The liberties taken here with the narrative inquiry mode also allow space for a deeper exploration of identity, pride and conflict in a Singaporean today...

... at identifying those who have been invisible as makers of knowledge. It then considers a body of critique that our dominant epistemologies within the social sciences are rooted in unequal global and local power relations. Findings – In the literature on workplace learning, a few theoretical paradigms...

...Jian Huang; Henning Salling Olesen; Hanna Toiviainen; Jiri Lallimo; Jianzhong Hong Purpose This article aims to analyze emergent learning practices for globalizing work through two research questions: “What are the conceptualizations of work represented by the Virtual Factory and how do...

... to make sense of their place in social, economic and cross‐national hierarchies. Research limitations/implications The study of emotion work in relation to workplace learning occurs in the context of global economic regimes. Originality/value Training curricula on communication skills serves...

...Siri Gamage M.A.   Wexler . Leadership in Context: The Four Faces of Capitalism . Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing   2005 . pp. 237 , ISBN: 1843765802 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Leadership Reflection Globalization Contract workers...

... critiqued the discourses and practices of workplace learning and education under globalisation. Butler (1999, p. 134) has coined the term “not so new” times, to emphasise the fact that the “spread of a globally based economy has been built on existing hierarchies of class, ‘race’ and age, promoting new...