ABSTRACT

Traditionally, organizations and researchers have focused on learning that occurs through formal training and development programs. However, the realities of today’s workplace suggest that it is difficult, if not impossible, for organizations to rely mainly on formal programs for developing human capital.

This volume offers a broad-based treatment of autonomous learning to advance our understanding of learner-driven approaches and how organizations can support them. Contributors in industrial/organizational psychology, management, education, and entrepreneurship bring theoretical perspectives to help us understand autonomous learning and its consequences for individuals and organizations. Chapters consider informal learning, self-directed learning, learning from job challenges, mentoring, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), organizational communities of practice, self-regulation, the role of feedback and errors, and how to capture value from autonomous learning. This book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and practitioners in psychology, management, training and development, and educational psychology.

chapter 1|11 pages

Autonomous Learning in the Workplace

An Introduction

part I|122 pages

Autonomous Learning

chapter 4|24 pages

Learning from Entrepreneurial Failure

Integrating Emotional, Motivational, and Cognitive Factors

chapter 6|22 pages

Regulating Our Own Learning

Stuff You Did Not Realize You Needed to Know

part II|125 pages

Organizational and Societal Influences Shaping Autonomous Learning

chapter 8|25 pages

Work Design Growth Model

How Work Characteristics Promote Learning and Development

chapter 10|22 pages

Continuous Development throughout a Career

A Lifespan Perspective on Autonomous Learning

chapter 12|18 pages

Informal Learning in the Healthcare Industry

The Detrimental Effects of a Hidden Curriculum

chapter 13|23 pages

The Medium is the Message

On the Emergence of Autonomous Learning, MOOCs, and Technology-Enabled Active Learning

part III|43 pages

Effectiveness and Value of Autonomous Learning

chapter 14|24 pages

Failing to Learn from Feedback

Inter- and Intrapersonal Roadblocks to Autonomous Learning

part IV|19 pages

Closing Comment

chapter 16|17 pages

Reflections and Future Directions