Abstract
Pharmaceutical-sales is a knowledge-intense, highly competitive and rapidly changing industry employing a geographically distributed workforce. The varied ways in which agents in this industry continue to learn for work are presented and examined. A framework is developed and employed for exploring and reporting fundamental characteristics of ways of learning beyond designation of in/formality. Findings include the importance of peer-learning for non-co-located peers, the identification of intentional incidental learning, and a non-traditional role for workplace learning in a knowledge-intense and competitive environment.
Keywords
Knowledge-workers, geographically-distributed learning, self-directed learning, peer- learning, incidental learning
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Recommended Citation
Hunter, C. P.
(2011).
Characteristics Beyond In/Formality of Ways of Learning for Work: A Case of Knowledge-intense, Geographically-distributed Learning.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2011/papers/45
Characteristics Beyond In/Formality of Ways of Learning for Work: A Case of Knowledge-intense, Geographically-distributed Learning
Pharmaceutical-sales is a knowledge-intense, highly competitive and rapidly changing industry employing a geographically distributed workforce. The varied ways in which agents in this industry continue to learn for work are presented and examined. A framework is developed and employed for exploring and reporting fundamental characteristics of ways of learning beyond designation of in/formality. Findings include the importance of peer-learning for non-co-located peers, the identification of intentional incidental learning, and a non-traditional role for workplace learning in a knowledge-intense and competitive environment.
