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Investigating the Relationship between Learning Climate and Occupational Self-Efficacy in the Workplace
Dasgupta, Bidisha (2023) Investigating the Relationship between Learning Climate and Occupational Self-Efficacy in the Workplace.
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| Abstract: | Employees need to consistently develop their knowledge and skills in order to be competitive in the global economy. Increasingly, organisations are looking for ways to create effective policies and practices that encourage participation in workplace learning. Researchers have argued that engagement in learning processes and activities in the workplace is actually a product of the reciprocal interaction between individual learner factors and the organisational context. However, little evidence has been found on the nature of this interaction. Therefore, this thesis aims to investigate the relationship between learning climate (the perception of the organisational learning and development policies and practices) and occupational self-efficacy (the individual’s belief in their own capability to achieve in the workplace). Additionally, it also seeks to understand if the job profile of an employee influences both variables. Survey results (n = 89) showed that all six dimensions of learning climate are correlated with occupational self-efficacy. Additionally, the job profile of an employee (gender, years of work experience, job grade, and unit) do not influence learning climate or occupational self-efficacy. Results revealed that a supportive learning climate influenced how confident an employee might feel in participating in workplace learning engagements such as taking risks, making mistakes, solving difficult problems, and sharing their knowledge and expertise with others. It was also observed that occupational self-efficacy influences how an employee perceives impediments and challenges in the workplace; and how having a high level of OSE encourages experimentation and innovation. Finally, it was also concluded that learning climate and occupational self-efficacy compensate for each other. The results of this study can be used to further improve organisational learning and development policies and practices to strengthen participation in workplace learning. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | TomTom, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general |
| Programme: | Educational Science and Technology MSc (60023) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96418 |
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