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'I don’t think I am a learner': acts of naming learners at work
The terms “learning” and “learner” are used in discussions of workplace learning as if they were unproblematic and as if workers, organisations and researchers had a common, shared view about what these terms mean. A study of four different workgroups within an organisation in which the discourse of learning was pervasive suggests that having an identity as a learner may not be compatible with being regarded as a competent worker. The politics of naming oneself as a learner are considered and the power of naming learning and learners are discussed. The broader implications for research on workplace learning of such a discursive approach are noted.
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Journal of workplace learningVolume
15Issue
7/8Pagination
326 - 331Publisher
EmeraldLocation
Bingley, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1366-5626Language
engPublication classification
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