Artikel
The importance of informal learning at work
Although early human capital theory recognized the relevance of workers’ experience, its focus was on education and formal training. Recent studies find that much of the performance of newly hired workers is driven by learning by doing or learning from peers or supervisors in the workplace. Descriptive data show that workers learn a lot from the various tasks they perform on the job. Informal learning at work seems to be relevant for all age groups, although it drives more of the performance of younger workers. Informal learning is far more important for workers’ human capital development than formal training courses.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2015 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Personnel Economics: Training
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- Thema
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informal learning
human capital
learning by doing
knowledge spillovers
high performance workplace
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Geistige Schöpfung
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de Grip, Andries
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2015
- DOI
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doi:10.15185/izawol.162
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Artikel
Beteiligte
- de Grip, Andries
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2015