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Job-demand for Learning, Job-related Learning and Need for Achievement

Loon, Mark and Casimir, G. (2007) Job-demand for Learning, Job-related Learning and Need for Achievement. In: Asia-Pacific Academy of Management and Business, International Academy of Management and Business, and SIM University, March 5-8, 2007, Singapore.

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Abstract

Individual learning is important, as it is both a precursor and an outcome of learning in organisations. Job-related learning is driven by external factors (e.g., the demands of the job) and internal factors (i.e., the personality of the individual). The study examined whether need for achievement moderates the relationship between job-demand for learning and job-related learning. Data were obtained from 153 full-time, white-collar employees from a range of industries. Hierarchical regression analysis using the product term revealed that need for achievement moderates the relationship between job-demand for learning and job-related learning. Specifically, although job-demand for learning is correlated positively to job-related learning for both the high and the low need for achievement groups, this correlation is stronger amongst the high group. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for future research and practice.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: workplace learning, employee attitudes, learning, individual learning, job-related learning, organisations
Subjects: A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General)
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > Worcester Business School
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Depositing User: Mark Loon
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2016 14:36
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:12
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4671

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