Workplace Learning: A Critical Introduction - Softcover

Bratton, John; Sawchuk, Peter; Helms Mills, Jean C.; Pyrch, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442601132 ISBN 13: 9781442601130

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2003

Synopsis

This innovative book is concerned with the power relations, complexities, and contradictions in the paid workplace. Workplace learning is not value-free or politically neutral, and cannot be studied independently of the political economy of work.

Workplace Learning is part of a growing body of work that offers an alternative to mainstream approaches to workplace learning, recognizing that power relations, politics and conflicts of interest all shape learning. The authors emphasize the lived experiences of working people, avoiding prescriptive accounts and uncritical Human Resource Development views.

About this title

About the Authors

John Bratton is an honorary professor at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Jean C. Helms Mills is Associate Professor of Management at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University. She has researched and written extensively on gender and the culture of organizations and is the author and editor of five books.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442601132
• ISBN 13: 9781442601130
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208