International Journal of Training and Development· 2015Q2· Review
Formal and informal learning in the workplace: a research review
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Short summary
This review synthesizes recent literature to analyze how knowledge and experience, encompassing both formal and informal learning, are crucial for developing workplace competencies and achieving organizational success amidst rapid economic and social changes.
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Key points
- Workplace learning is central to individual career development and organizational success.
- Rapid economic and social changes necessitate continuous skill acquisition and updating.
- Traditional learning models fail to capture the complexity of modern workplace learning.
- Formal and informal learning dimensions are interwoven and crucial for competency development.
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Abstract
The radical economic, social and cultural changes experienced by the labour market within recent decades have helped to highlight the central role played by the learning process in individual career development and organizational success. In such fast‐moving working contexts, skills and competencies rapidly become outdated and need to be continuously implemented and empowered as a strategic factor for global competitiveness. Traditional models of learning both inside and outside of the workplace have become unable to explain the complexity of such a process, weaving between and overlapping formal and informal components. Starting with this premise, the aim of the present paper was to analyse the role of knowledge and experience as important learning frames, which allow the acquisition and development of competencies in the workplace. A human resource development perspective was adopted, aimed at reconciling both the organizational and individual stances implied in the process. The methodology of achieving this was to review the most recent literature on workplace learning, with a special focus on its formal and informal dimensions.
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Field: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Human Factors and ErgonomicsSocial Sciences