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Talking up learning at work : cautionary tales in co‐opting everyday learning
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posted on 2009-05-01, 00:00 authored by David BoudDavid Boud, Donna Rooney, Nicky SolomonLearning in workplaces is always mediated through talk. It is tempting for management to seek to utilise everyday talk as part of learning and therefore enhance productivity. This paper examines the responses of workers to interventions that aim to formalise informal conversations at work as part of an explicit workplace learning strategy. It draws on interviews with managers and workers in a public sector organisation to examine their experience of these practices. The paper raises questions about whether interventions in the name of fostering informal learning may well be hindering what they seek to promote.
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International journal of lifelong educationVolume
28Issue
3Pagination
323 - 334Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0260-1370eISSN
1464-519XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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