The Barriers to Workplace Learning Implementation

Vanmany Vannasy, Souksakhone Sengsouliya

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Inquiry into barriers to workplace learning implementation is ongoing. This paper uses qualitative content analysis to investigate possible barriers hindering workplace learning in higher education. The study involved a semi-structured interview with 12 faculty members from a Laotian university as key informants. By using qualitative content analysis, two aspects/components of an individual (lack of team learning, low motivation, limited self-learning, etc.) and organization (unqualified leadership, lack of learning culture, etc.) appear to be significant barriers to workplace learning. Future research may benefit from investigating this area quantitatively

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Faculty Members, Higher Education, Individual barriers, Organizational barriers, Workplace Learning .

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