- Title
- Informal training and learning in Australian firms : the need for a new perspective
- Creator
- Smith, Erica; Smith, Andrew
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/199672
- Identifier
- vital:19264
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12307
- Identifier
- ISSN:1360-3736 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This paper examines the use of informal training for workers, by Australian companies and other organisations. Using survey data, it reports the prevalence of informal training and also the utilisation of different types of informal training. Differences are found by employer size, particularly for the different types. By examining qualitative responses, it is found that employers' perceptions of informal training are often not those reflected in existing literature. The paper therefore argues for a new definition of informal training which is comprehensible to employers and workers alike, so that more, and more reliable, research can be undertaken. © 2023 The Authors. International Journal of Training and Development published by Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- International Journal of Training and Development Vol. 27, no. 3-4 (2023), p. 442-460
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3505 Human resources and industrial relations; 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Open access publishing facilitated by Federation University Australia, as part of the Wiley - Federation University Australia agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
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