Informal Workplace Learning and Employee Development

Growing in the Organizational New Normal

Malgorzata Rozkwitalska-Welenc, Beata A. Basinska, Alicja Dettlaff

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781040038154
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Negocios y empresa
• Subtopic: Gestión de recursos humanos

The new paradigm in employee development assumes that employees should proactively direct their learning and growth. Most workplace learning is basically informal and occurs through daily work routines, peer-to-peer interactions, networking, and typically brings about significant positive outcomes to both individuals and organizations. Yet, workplace learning always occurs in a pre-defined context and this context has recently changed, and hereafter many people have been delegated to work from home or any other remote locations. Many employees would like to maintain remote or hybrid work design in the future, as well. In this research monograph, the authors explore an unexplored topic in social science research concerning proactive employee development through informal learning in new ways of working (NWW). The authors are esteemed experts in organizational studies, organizational psychology, and human resource management. The monograph will be of interest to students and researchers in organizational studies, organizational behavior, organizational psychology and organizational learning, as well as human resource professionals concerned with employee development and the changing nature of work.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Introduction
• 1 Proactive employee development and informal workplace learning
• 2 New ways of working and new workplaces
• 3 Workplace learning and proactive employee development in new ways of working
• 4 Can new workplaces enhance proactive employee development through informal workplace learning?
• 5 Concluding remarks
• Appendix 1
• Index