INFORMAL LEARNING AT WORK CONTEXT: A META-STUDY OF BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION

• Autor(a) principal: CARRASCO,TIELE SILVEIRA
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: SILVA,FRANCIELLE MOLON DA
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: RAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-69712017000400137
• topic: Informal Learning; Organizational learning; Meta-study; Mapping; Systematic review

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study aimed at analyzing Brazilian scientific production about informal learning at work context in journals of Administration. Originalityvalue: Especially in Brazil, research on informal learning is featured as shallow, scattered type. Therefore this is a latent topic in the field of organizational learning. The aim, thus, is providing contribution to the characterization of this subject, indicating gaps and research possibilities from national scientific production. Design/methodology/approach: a meta-study analyzing a set of 36 studies published in Business journals was developed for this purpose, with no initial time delimitation until 2016. Findings: Results obtained indicated a slow increase on publications about informal learning since 2010. It can be inferred that researches aiming specifically at informal learning still occupy a small backward space highlighted by the investigation of how learning processes take place, mostly by means of qualitative researches, in a clear attempt to comprehending such phenomenon.