ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS.
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DOI: 10.37572/EdArt_30042414710
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Palavras-chave: Aprendizagem organizacional, Aprendizagem formal, Aprendizagem organizacional informal, Desenvolvimento organizacional, Aprendizagem informal.
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Keywords: Organizational learning, Formal learning, Informal organizational learning, Organization development, Informal learning.
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Abstract: Over the years, researchers have focused on organizational learning as culture and behaviours, but recently, researchers started to highlight the importance of the processes and the need for identifying the organizational learning processes and activities. Organizational learning includes two types formal and informal learning. Most of the previous research focused on formal organizational learning, but few studies focused on the informal organizational learning processes. This research aims to better understand formal organizational learning and the differences between organizational learning and informal organizational learning. This research used a literature approach to collect all the relevant literature and to highlight the gaps in the literature. Also, in this study, it is mentioned that developing a scale that is mainly focusing on organizational informal learning processes is needed in the future. The findings of the study show the need for assessing informal organizational learning as it improves organizational efficiency. Also, the findings of the literature search show that informal organizational learning activities include informal knowledge dissemination and informal knowledge acquisition. The originality of this research lies in the theme. This research is about understanding informal organizational learning and identifying the differences between organizational learning and informal organizational learning. Few researchers have focused on investigating this concept in organization and management studies. This study's future is to empirically assess informal organizational learning and validate the scale so human resources practitioners and organization researchers can use it.
- Roba Elbawab