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Workplace Learning

Subjective Motives and Supervisor Support Matter

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  1. Stefan Baron
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  • Subjective Motives and Supervisor Support Matter

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. Introduction

    • Stefan Baron
    Pages 9-13

  3. Strengthening further training

    • Stefan Baron
    Pages 15-33

  4. Further training – Subjective factors matter

    • Stefan Baron
    Pages 35-60

  5. Influencing confidence in training competence The impact of employees, team, and supervisors

    • Stefan Baron
    Pages 61-85

  6. The role of supervisors and educational credentials in further training Bringing the boss back in!

    • Stefan Baron
    Pages 87-104

  7. Concluding remarks

    • Stefan Baron
    Pages 105-113

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 121-135
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About this book

Stefan Baron gathers information on reasons for the consistently low further training rates of both older and less educated employees, and provides suggestions to increase their participation in further training. He shows that employees are not solely rational decision-makers and that training decisions are affected by different educational motivation and investment risks. In particular, lacking confidence in own training competence can be a handicap for future training participation. Still, supervisors can help to strengthen confidence levels, but in many cases they are not trained to provide emotional support and may run the risk of following stereotypes and prejudices about older and less educated employees. As a consequence, both groups might not get the support they need for taking part in further training.

About the author

Dr. Stefan Baron is a Research Associate at the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development at Jacobs University Bremen.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Workplace Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Subjective Motives and Supervisor Support Matter

  • Authors: Stefan Baron

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92870-8

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-17857-8Published: 05 April 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-92870-8Published: 01 April 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 135

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociology, general

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