Influencing Work-Related Learning: The Role of Job Characteristics and Self-Directed Learning Orientation in Part-Time Vocational Education |
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Authors: | David Gijbels Isabel Raemdonck and Dries Vervecken |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Education and Information Sciences, University of Antwerp, Venusstraat 35, BE2000 Antwerp, Belgium;(2) University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands;(3) Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | Based on the Demand-Control-Support (DCS) model, the present paper aims to investigate the influence of job characteristics
such as job demands, job control, social support at work and self-directed learning orientation on the work-related learning
behaviour of workers. The present study was conducted in a centre for part-time vocational education in Flanders (Belgium).
The students in the centre work for 3 days a week and attend school during the other two days. A questionnaire using scales
adapted from validated instruments was used. Students were asked to complete the questionnaire with the job in mind they were
doing at present. A total of 115 students from different sectors completed the questionnaire. It was assumed that high scores
for self-directed learning orientation and high scores for the job characteristics job demands, job control and social support
would be associated with more work-related learning behaviour. All scales had acceptable Cronbach alpha values. The results
of the linear regression analyses indicated that only the self-directed learning orientation scale predicted the work-related
learning behaviour to a significant extent. |
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