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Approaches to Learning at Work and Workplace Climate
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International Journal of Training and Development 7:1
ISSN 1360-3736
Approaches to learning at
work and workplace climate
John R. Kirby, Christopher K.
Knapper, Christina J. Evans, Allan E.
Carty and Carla Gadula
Three studies are reported concerning employees’ approaches
to learning at work and their perceptions of the workplace
environment. Based on prior research with university stu-
dents, two questionnaires were devised, the Approaches to
Work Questionnaire (AWQ) and the Workplace Climate
Questionnaire (WCQ). In Studies 1 and 2, these questionnaires
were administered to two different samples of employees, and