Education + Training: Volume 61 Issue 1

Blended workplace learning: the value of human interaction

Suniti Hewett, Karen Becker, Adelle Bish

The purpose of this paper is to study the use of blended learning in the workplace and questions whether interpersonal interaction facilitates learner engagement (specifically…

Researching learning environments and students’ innovation competences

Meiju Marika Keinänen, Liisa Kairisto-Mertanen

The purpose of this paper is to present an example of pedagogical strategy, called innovation pedagogy, and study whether its learning environments (activating teaching and…

Video use in lecture classes: current practices, student perceptions and preferences

Frank Alpert, Chris S. Hodkinson

Despite the expansion of e-learning, higher education still involves live lectures, which students often see as “boring”. Lecture classes can be made more engaging and effective…

Entrepreneurship education and undergraduate students’ self- and paid-employment intentions: A conceptual framework

Innocent Otache

The purpose of this paper is to conceptually explore the relationship between Entrepreneurship Education (EE) and undergraduate students’ self- and paid-employment intentions…

Psychometric evaluation of the Serbian adaptation of the individual entrepreneurial orientation scale

Boris Popov, Suzana Varga, Dragana Jelić, Bojana Dinić

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) at the organizational level refers to the process which includes methods, practices and decision-making styles which enhance the company’s…

English language and graduate employability

Siti Zaidah Binti Zainuddin, Stefanie Pillai, Francisco Perlag Dumanig, Adriana Phillip

The purpose of this paper is to examine the perspectives of Malaysian employers and students on the need for English language proficiency and skills for employment.

Fostering creativity and communicative soft skills through leisure activities in management studies

Mercedes Mareque, Elena de Prada Creo, Maria Beatriz Gonzalez-Sanchez

The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the way leisure activities and soft skills relate to creativity in higher education. It determines which activities have a…

Tacit knowledge transfer from a master to an apprentice among hairdressers

Franklin Gyamfi Agyemang, Henry Boateng

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the factors affecting tacit knowledge transfer from a master to an apprentice in the informal sector among hairdressers in Ghana.