Leonard Cairns, PhD, FRSA, is an Adjunct Associate professor at Monash University, Australia, and was previously Associate dean in the Faculty of Education, at Monash University. Len is a past Chair of the Workplace Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and has been a long-time member of the EERA, VETNET group. Len is an associate editor of a number of international journals and reviews for journals in the areas of VET, Management and Learning and Teacher Education. His research on work, learning and VET, and Capability Theory and application, has led to many publications. Past SAGE edited books have included The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning (Malloch, Cairns, Evans and O′Connor, Eds, 2011) and the four volume "major work", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (Malloch, Cairns and O′Connor Eds, 2016).Karen Evans, PhD, FAcSS is Emeritus Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education. She held the Chair in Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at UCL and served as Head of Lifelong Education and International Development in the Institute of Education, University of London. Karen’s research and publications focus on learning in the life and work transitions of youth and adulthood. Honorary Professorships currently include the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES, UCL) and RMIT University, Australia.  She also plays leading roles in the Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning and in VETNET (European Educational Research Association). She was honoured to be awarded the European Commission’s Vocational Education and Training Research Award in 2017. Bridget N. O’Connor, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Higher Education and Business Education, New York University where she taught graduate level courses including curriculum development and workplace learning. In addition to her work with SAGE Publishing, her work includes six college-level textbooks related to either end-user computing or learning in the workplace. Bridget chaired AERA’s Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and was president of the Organizational Systems Research Association, and editor of its journal. Bridget was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.  She either chaired or served as a member of 60 NYU doctoral committees; several of her students have won national research awards.

′Over the past decade, workplace learning has become one of the major areas of development for business, management and education. Yet ideas about it are diverse and complex and its practice is affected by competing influences and differing perspectives. This essential guide brings together many of the world′s leading scholars to clarify and explore the various concepts and approaches in ways that will benefit practitioners, researchers, educators and policymakers alike′Tom NesbitSimon Fraser University

• PART ONE: THEORYTheories of Work, Place and Learning: New Directions - Len Cairns and Margaret MallochTheories of Workplace Learning - Paul HagerWorkplaces and Learning - Knud IllerisWorkplace Learning and the Organization - Alison Fuller and Lorna UnwinSubjectivity, Self and Personal Agency in Learning Through and for Work - Stephen BilletLearning in the Workplace: Communities of Practice and Beyond - Len CairnsActivity Theory and Learning at Work - Yrjo EngestromInformal Learning at Work: Conditions, Processes and Logics - Per Erik EllstromTowards a Meta-Theory of Learning and Performance - Darlene Russ-EftKnowledge and Workplace Learning - Nicholas M AllixRethinking Work-Based Learning: For Education Professionals and Professionals Who Educate - Karen Evans, David Guile and Judy HarrisPART TWO: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Researching Workplace Learning: An Overview and Critique - Peter H SawchuckHow Researching Learning at Work can Lead to Tools for Enhancing Learning - Michael ErautResearching Workplace Learning in the United States - Victoria Marsick, Karen Watkins and Bridget N O′ConnorResearching Workplace Learning in Australia - Nicky Solomon and David BoudResearching Workplace Learning in Europe - Hans Gruber and Christian HarteisInitiatives in VET and Workplace Learning: A Korean Perspective - Sang-Duk ChoiAge Management in Organisations in the European Union - Gerhard Naegele and Alan WalkerWork and Learning: From Schools to Workplaces - Richard D LakesCompetency-based Training and its Impact on Workplace Learning in Australia - Allie Clemans and Peter RushbrookWork-related Learning in the United States: Past Practices, Paradigm Shifts, and Policies of Partnerships - John M DirkxWorkplace Learning in East Africa: A Case Study - Martin Mulder and Judith GulikersPolicies for the Knowledge Economy: Knowledge Discourses at Play - Tara FenwickVirtual Workplace Learning: Promises Met? - Robert G Brookshire, Kara M Lybarger and Lynn B KeaneSeeing Workplace Learning through an Emotional Lens - Brenda R BeattyTowards a Social Ecology of Adult Learning in and through the Workplace - Karen Evans, Edmund Waite, and Natasha KershPART THREE: ISSUES AND FUTURESBeyond the Workplace: Learning in the Lifeplace - Margaret Harris and Colin ChisholmWorkplace Learning in the Knowledge Economy: The Development of Vocational Practice and Social Capital - David GuileWorkplace Learning and Higher Education - Carol CostleyIdentifying and Classifying Corporate Universities in the United States - Amy Lui-AbelPartnerships Between and Among Education and the Public and Private Sectors - Bridget N O′Connor and Doug LynchBrave New Workplace: The Impact of Technology on Location and Job Structures - Elizabeth Regan and Chester DelaneyTechnology and Knowledge Management - Jingli Cheng, Su Jin Son and Curtis J BonkWorkplace Learning: Organizations, Ethics and Issues - Craig E Johnson

Leonard Cairns, PhD, FRSA, is an Adjunct Associate professor at Monash University, Australia, and was previously Associate dean in the Faculty of Education, at Monash University. Len is a past Chair of the Workplace Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and has been a long-time member of the EERA, VETNET group. Len is an associate editor of a number of international journals and reviews for journals in the areas of VET, Management and Learning and Teacher Education. His research on work, learning and VET, and Capability Theory and application, has led to many publications. Past SAGE edited books have included The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning (Malloch, Cairns, Evans and O′Connor, Eds, 2011) and the four volume "major work", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (Malloch, Cairns and O′Connor Eds, 2016).Karen Evans, PhD, FAcSS is Emeritus Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education. She held the Chair in Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at UCL and served as Head of Lifelong Education and International Development in the Institute of Education, University of London. Karen’s research and publications focus on learning in the life and work transitions of youth and adulthood. Honorary Professorships currently include the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES, UCL) and RMIT University, Australia.  She also plays leading roles in the Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning and in VETNET (European Educational Research Association). She was honoured to be awarded the European Commission’s Vocational Education and Training Research Award in 2017. Bridget N. O’Connor, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Higher Education and Business Education, New York University where she taught graduate level courses including curriculum development and workplace learning. In addition to her work with SAGE Publishing, her work includes six college-level textbooks related to either end-user computing or learning in the workplace. Bridget chaired AERA’s Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and was president of the Organizational Systems Research Association, and editor of its journal. Bridget was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.  She either chaired or served as a member of 60 NYU doctoral committees; several of her students have won national research awards.

′Over the past decade, workplace learning has become one of the major areas of development for business, management and education. Yet ideas about it are diverse and complex and its practice is affected by competing influences and differing perspectives. This essential guide brings together many of the world′s leading scholars to clarify and explore the various concepts and approaches in ways that will benefit practitioners, researchers, educators and policymakers alike′Tom NesbitSimon Fraser University

• PART ONE: THEORYTheories of Work, Place and Learning: New Directions - Len Cairns and Margaret MallochTheories of Workplace Learning - Paul HagerWorkplaces and Learning - Knud IllerisWorkplace Learning and the Organization - Alison Fuller and Lorna UnwinSubjectivity, Self and Personal Agency in Learning Through and for Work - Stephen BilletLearning in the Workplace: Communities of Practice and Beyond - Len CairnsActivity Theory and Learning at Work - Yrjo EngestromInformal Learning at Work: Conditions, Processes and Logics - Per Erik EllstromTowards a Meta-Theory of Learning and Performance - Darlene Russ-EftKnowledge and Workplace Learning - Nicholas M AllixRethinking Work-Based Learning: For Education Professionals and Professionals Who Educate - Karen Evans, David Guile and Judy HarrisPART TWO: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Researching Workplace Learning: An Overview and Critique - Peter H SawchuckHow Researching Learning at Work can Lead to Tools for Enhancing Learning - Michael ErautResearching Workplace Learning in the United States - Victoria Marsick, Karen Watkins and Bridget N O′ConnorResearching Workplace Learning in Australia - Nicky Solomon and David BoudResearching Workplace Learning in Europe - Hans Gruber and Christian HarteisInitiatives in VET and Workplace Learning: A Korean Perspective - Sang-Duk ChoiAge Management in Organisations in the European Union - Gerhard Naegele and Alan WalkerWork and Learning: From Schools to Workplaces - Richard D LakesCompetency-based Training and its Impact on Workplace Learning in Australia - Allie Clemans and Peter RushbrookWork-related Learning in the United States: Past Practices, Paradigm Shifts, and Policies of Partnerships - John M DirkxWorkplace Learning in East Africa: A Case Study - Martin Mulder and Judith GulikersPolicies for the Knowledge Economy: Knowledge Discourses at Play - Tara FenwickVirtual Workplace Learning: Promises Met? - Robert G Brookshire, Kara M Lybarger and Lynn B KeaneSeeing Workplace Learning through an Emotional Lens - Brenda R BeattyTowards a Social Ecology of Adult Learning in and through the Workplace - Karen Evans, Edmund Waite, and Natasha KershPART THREE: ISSUES AND FUTURESBeyond the Workplace: Learning in the Lifeplace - Margaret Harris and Colin ChisholmWorkplace Learning in the Knowledge Economy: The Development of Vocational Practice and Social Capital - David GuileWorkplace Learning and Higher Education - Carol CostleyIdentifying and Classifying Corporate Universities in the United States - Amy Lui-AbelPartnerships Between and Among Education and the Public and Private Sectors - Bridget N O′Connor and Doug LynchBrave New Workplace: The Impact of Technology on Location and Job Structures - Elizabeth Regan and Chester DelaneyTechnology and Knowledge Management - Jingli Cheng, Su Jin Son and Curtis J BonkWorkplace Learning: Organizations, Ethics and Issues - Craig E Johnson

Leonard Cairns, PhD, FRSA, is an Adjunct Associate professor at Monash University, Australia, and was previously Associate dean in the Faculty of Education, at Monash University. Len is a past Chair of the Workplace Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association and has been a long-time member of the EERA, VETNET group. Len is an associate editor of a number of international journals and reviews for journals in the areas of VET, Management and Learning and Teacher Education. His research on work, learning and VET, and Capability Theory and application, has led to many publications. Past SAGE edited books have included The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning (Malloch, Cairns, Evans and O′Connor, Eds, 2011) and the four volume "major work", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (Malloch, Cairns and O′Connor Eds, 2016).Karen Evans, PhD, FAcSS is Emeritus Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education. She held the Chair in Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at UCL and served as Head of Lifelong Education and International Development in the Institute of Education, University of London. Karen’s research and publications focus on learning in the life and work transitions of youth and adulthood. Honorary Professorships currently include the UK Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES, UCL) and RMIT University, Australia.  She also plays leading roles in the Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning and in VETNET (European Educational Research Association). She was honoured to be awarded the European Commission’s Vocational Education and Training Research Award in 2017. Bridget N. O’Connor, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita, Higher Education and Business Education, New York University where she taught graduate level courses including curriculum development and workplace learning. In addition to her work with SAGE Publishing, her work includes six college-level textbooks related to either end-user computing or learning in the workplace. Bridget chaired AERA’s Special Interest Group Workplace Learning and was president of the Organizational Systems Research Association, and editor of its journal. Bridget was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.  She either chaired or served as a member of 60 NYU doctoral committees; several of her students have won national research awards.

′Over the past decade, workplace learning has become one of the major areas of development for business, management and education. Yet ideas about it are diverse and complex and its practice is affected by competing influences and differing perspectives. This essential guide brings together many of the world′s leading scholars to clarify and explore the various concepts and approaches in ways that will benefit practitioners, researchers, educators and policymakers alike′Tom NesbitSimon Fraser University

• PART ONE: THEORYTheories of Work, Place and Learning: New Directions - Len Cairns and Margaret MallochTheories of Workplace Learning - Paul HagerWorkplaces and Learning - Knud IllerisWorkplace Learning and the Organization - Alison Fuller and Lorna UnwinSubjectivity, Self and Personal Agency in Learning Through and for Work - Stephen BilletLearning in the Workplace: Communities of Practice and Beyond - Len CairnsActivity Theory and Learning at Work - Yrjo EngestromInformal Learning at Work: Conditions, Processes and Logics - Per Erik EllstromTowards a Meta-Theory of Learning and Performance - Darlene Russ-EftKnowledge and Workplace Learning - Nicholas M AllixRethinking Work-Based Learning: For Education Professionals and Professionals Who Educate - Karen Evans, David Guile and Judy HarrisPART TWO: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Researching Workplace Learning: An Overview and Critique - Peter H SawchuckHow Researching Learning at Work can Lead to Tools for Enhancing Learning - Michael ErautResearching Workplace Learning in the United States - Victoria Marsick, Karen Watkins and Bridget N O′ConnorResearching Workplace Learning in Australia - Nicky Solomon and David BoudResearching Workplace Learning in Europe - Hans Gruber and Christian HarteisInitiatives in VET and Workplace Learning: A Korean Perspective - Sang-Duk ChoiAge Management in Organisations in the European Union - Gerhard Naegele and Alan WalkerWork and Learning: From Schools to Workplaces - Richard D LakesCompetency-based Training and its Impact on Workplace Learning in Australia - Allie Clemans and Peter RushbrookWork-related Learning in the United States: Past Practices, Paradigm Shifts, and Policies of Partnerships - John M DirkxWorkplace Learning in East Africa: A Case Study - Martin Mulder and Judith GulikersPolicies for the Knowledge Economy: Knowledge Discourses at Play - Tara FenwickVirtual Workplace Learning: Promises Met? - Robert G Brookshire, Kara M Lybarger and Lynn B KeaneSeeing Workplace Learning through an Emotional Lens - Brenda R BeattyTowards a Social Ecology of Adult Learning in and through the Workplace - Karen Evans, Edmund Waite, and Natasha KershPART THREE: ISSUES AND FUTURESBeyond the Workplace: Learning in the Lifeplace - Margaret Harris and Colin ChisholmWorkplace Learning in the Knowledge Economy: The Development of Vocational Practice and Social Capital - David GuileWorkplace Learning and Higher Education - Carol CostleyIdentifying and Classifying Corporate Universities in the United States - Amy Lui-AbelPartnerships Between and Among Education and the Public and Private Sectors - Bridget N O′Connor and Doug LynchBrave New Workplace: The Impact of Technology on Location and Job Structures - Elizabeth Regan and Chester DelaneyTechnology and Knowledge Management - Jingli Cheng, Su Jin Son and Curtis J BonkWorkplace Learning: Organizations, Ethics and Issues - Craig E Johnson