Evans, K;
Waite, E;
(2010)
Stimulating the innovation potential of ‘routine’ workers through workplace learning.
Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
, 16
(2)
pp. 243-258.
10.1177/1024258910364313.
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Abstract
Governments worldwide seek to upgrade the ‘basic skills' of employees deemed to have low literacy and numeracy, in order to enable their greater productivity and participation in workplace practices. A longitudinal investigation of such interventions in the United Kingdom has examined the effects on employees and on organizations of engaging in basic skills programmes offered in and through the workplace. ‘Tracking’ of employees in selected organizational contexts has highlighted ways in which interplay between formal and informal workplace learning can help to create the environments for employees in lower grade jobs to use and expand their skills. This workplace learning is a precondition, a stimulus and an essential ingredient for participation in employee-driven innovation, as workers engage with others to vary, and eventually to change, work practices. © 2010, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Stimulating the innovation potential of ‘routine’ workers through workplace learning |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1024258910364313 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1527286 |
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