Learning in the workplace
Newcomers’ information seeking behaviour and implications for education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21458694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thai Vu (0000-0001-9017-2858, Curtin University), David Bennett (0000-0002-0676-1623, Office of the Provost, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, corresponding author), Subramaniam Ananthram (0000-0002-2917-4800, Curtin University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 208-227 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Continuing Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0158-037X • E-ISSN: 1470-126X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0158037x.2022.2041593 |
| OpenAlex | W4293228060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 50 |
Information seeking is integral to the workplace learning of organisational newcomers including new recruits, graduates in study-to-work transition, and students on work-integrated learning (WIL) placements. Despite the importance of information seeking in newcomers’ workplace learning, previous research findings are fragmented and inconsistent. This indicates a need to inform research and practice by mapping the extant literature through a scoping review. This review synthesised and analysed findings from 25 empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals during 2000-2021 and relating to factors influencing organisational newcomers’ information seeking behaviour (ISB). The key theoretical contribution of the review is a model of organisational newcomers’ ISB and its antecedents. Through untangling complicated dynamics involved in workplace learning among newcomers, the model has implications for employers in enhancing newcomers’ learning and adaptation and for educators in preparing students for WIL placements and subsequent study-to-work transition
Empirical research · Extant taxon · Information seeking · Knowledge management · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Workplace learning · Engineering · Higher Education and Employability · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
Basics of qualitative research
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization
Handbook of Psychology, Second Edition
Models in information behaviour research
The Essential Impact of Context on Organizational Behavior
Newcomer adjustment during organizational socialization
Unwrapping the organizational entry process
Scoping reviews
Organizational Socialization as a Learning Process
Predictors and outcomes of proactivity in the socialization process.
Challenges to international students in work-integrated learning
Newcomers' relationship-building behavior, mentor information sharing and newcomer adjustment
Information Seeking Within Organizations
Information seeking and organizational socialization
Using computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (Caqdas; NVivo) to assist in the complex process of realist theory generation, refinement and testing
Getting on board
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Scoping studies
Development, validation and deployment of the EmployAbility scale
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |