Journal of Work-Applied Management: Volume 14 Issue 2 , Open Access

Editorial: Exploring the impact of agility and learning in organisations

Lisa Rowe, Cheryl Brook

Action learning and the ambidextrous organization

Eric Zabiegalski, Michael John Marquardt

This article couples organizational theory with practice with the union of action learning and the ambidextrous organization. It aims to show how action learning contributes to…

Learning by… Knowledge and skills acquisition through work-based learning and research

Lee Fergusson

Issues around informal, non-formal and formal learning, intended and unintended learning and competencies and capabilities have been considered in work-based learning (WBL)…

Self-managed action learning and assessors of newly qualified social workers in multiple organisations in England: a facilitator's perspective

Cheryl Brook, Christine Abbott

This study aims to explore a self-managed action learning (SMAL) initiative undertaken by social work assessors in England, which led to insights into the practice of SMAL.

Infusing strategic planning with psychoanalytic insight: an exploratory case study

Nathan Gerard, Seth Allcorn

This paper aims to demonstrate the value of combining the strategic planning process with psychoanalytically informed interpretation through an exploratory case study.

A week is a long time in a pandemic: learning strategy and survival insights from a micro-enterprise owner

Monica Murphy, Felicity Kelliher

This article explores the value of engaging a hybrid learning strategy in a micro-enterprise setting when responding to a global pandemic. The research question asks: “Does a…

Enhancing the degree apprenticeship curriculum through work-based manager and mentor intervention

Rebecca Jane Quew-Jones, Lisa Rowe

Educational policy instruments such as apprenticeship levy and forthcoming lifetime skills guarantee are creating unprecedented opportunities for rapid growth in a range of…

Evaluating the effectiveness of serious games in facilitating strategic decisions-making under COVID-19 crisis conditions

Avo Schönbohm, Tingyue Viktoria Zhang

This research seized the COVID-19 pandemic-induced economic recession as a strategic response background to answer whether serious games (SGs) can be effectively applied to…

In search of performance-oriented leadership behaviours in the Ghanaian financial service sector: the role of knowledge sharing

Michael Kyei-Frimpong, Isaac Nyarko Adu, Abdul-Razak Suleman, Kwame Owusu Boakye

This study seeks to examine the mediating role of knowledge sharing (KNS) in the nexus between leadership behaviours and organizational performance (OP).

A knowledge-intensity-based collaborative community governing mechanism for inter-organisational HR collaborations

Ferry Koster

Studies of inter-organisational relationships have mainly investigated collaborations in the technical domain. There is considerably less research conducted in the field of…

Refining virtual cross-national research collaboration: drivers, affordances and constraints

Irina A. Lokhtina, Laura Colombo, Citra Amelia, Erika Löfström, Anu Tammeleht, Anna Sala-Bubare, Marian Jazvac-Martek, Montserrat Castelló, Lynn McAlpine

The study aims to explore and explain the affordances and constraints of two-mode virtual collaboration as experienced by a newly forming international research team.