Table 2. Attributes qualifying an... | Emerald Publishing

Table 2.

Attributes qualifying an article as an example of workplace learning

Themes	WPL	Not WPL
Change	• Actively find ways for auditing mistakes and changing the results • Prompt new kinds of knowledge transfer • Deal with problems beyond those initially identified • Develop certain skills because of change/challenge	• Practices emerge over time as users engage with the IT artifacts • No discussion of tensions or challenges created by change are presented
Reflection	• Operational knowledge vs diagnostic knowledge • Knowledge brokers turn into knowledge blockers if direct access to knowledge is blocked • Compare your practice and your priorities with that of others • Prioritize the essentials to be accommodating towards those of others • Compare what goes on at the company with industry standards	• Lack of an understanding of why a practice was needed • How employees take advantage of the IT artifact to do what they are expected, and no assessment is included
Deliberation	• Bring about attitude and belief in the staff • Actively make the implicit aspects explicit • Negotiate a common ground • Identify what you think you can compromise • Arrange and mobilize stages of improvement	• No conscious overcoming of problems or making a change in the way things are being done • Over time, necessity causes change in the understanding of employees • The change in understanding is a result of passing time and not an active approach

Themes	WPL	Not WPL
Change	• Actively find ways for auditing mistakes and changing the results• Prompt new kinds of knowledge transfer• Deal with problems beyond those initially identified• Develop certain skills because of change/challenge	• Practices emerge over time as users engage with the IT artifacts• No discussion of tensions or challenges created by change are presented
Reflection	• Operational knowledge vs diagnostic knowledge• Knowledge brokers turn into knowledge blockers if direct access to knowledge is blocked• Compare your practice and your priorities with that of others• Prioritize the essentials to be accommodating towards those of others• Compare what goes on at the company with industry standards	• Lack of an understanding of why a practice was needed• How employees take advantage of the IT artifact to do what they are expected, and no assessment is included
Deliberation	• Bring about attitude and belief in the staff• Actively make the implicit aspects explicit• Negotiate a common ground• Identify what you think you can compromise• Arrange and mobilize stages of improvement	• No conscious overcoming of problems or making a change in the way things are being done• Over time, necessity causes change in the understanding of employees• The change in understanding is a result of passing time and not an active approach