Informal Workplace Learning and Employee Development

<p>The new paradigm in employee development assumes that employees should proactively direct their learning and growth. Most workplace learning is basically informal and occurs through daily-work routines peer-to-peer interactions and networking and typically brings about signifi cant positive outcomes to both individuals and organizations. Yet workplace learning always occurs in a predefi ned context and this context has recently changed. Hereafter many people have been delegated to work from home or any other remote location. Many employees would like to maintain remote or hybrid work design in the future as well. In this research monograph the authors explore an unexplored topic in social science research concerning proactive employee development through informal learning in new ways of working (NWW).</p><p>The monograph will be of interest to students and researchers in organizational studies organizational behavior organizational psychology and organizational learning as well as human resource professionals concerned with employee development and the changing nature of work.</p>