How to Foster Informal Learning

Author:

Welk Svenja1ORCID,Kortsch Timo2ORCID,Kauffeld Simone1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Industrial/ Organizational and Social Psychology, University of Braunschweig, Germany

2. IU Internationale Hochschule, Erfurt, Germany

Abstract

Abstract: This article explains how three different informal learning strategies are influenceable by feedback and if and how feedback further mediates the impact of the cultural value of power distance on informal learning. We also examined the three informal learning strategies regarding their stableness and separability. A survey at two different timepoints was administered to technical staff members from a globally acting company from the automotive industry within six different countries ( N = 777). We tested our hypotheses by conducting a multigroup factor analysis based on a bootstrap-based structural equation model. Results showed informal learning strategies to be stable over time and cultures. Additionally, feedback availability showed to be a predictor of informal learning. The effect of power distance on informal learning is also mediated by feedback availability. The overall results show that informal learning strategies can be influenced differently in various countries.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Applied Psychology

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