Conditions for Workplace Learning among Professional 'Temps': A Qualitative Study of Temporary Agency Nurses in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Berg Jansson, Anna; Engström, Åsa
Titel	Conditions for Workplace Learning among Professional 'Temps': A Qualitative Study of Temporary Agency Nurses in Sweden
Quelle	In: Vocations and Learning, 15 (2022) 1, S.155-176 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Berg Jansson, Anna) ORCID (Engström, Åsa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1874-785X
DOI	10.1007/s12186-022-09283-x
Schlagwörter	Nursing Education; Workplace Learning; Temporary Employment; Barriers; Access to Education; Informal Education; Professional Development; Work Environment; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegepädagogik; Zeitarbeit; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Adopting a theoretical perspective that acknowledges both formal and informal learning as crucial and emphasises reproductive and developmental learning as complementary, this article analyses and discusses temporary agency nurses' experiences of working and learning, focusing on conditions for workplace learning. This provides opportunities to address questions about conditions for the integration of work and learning in a work situation characterised by flexibilization and individualisation. More specifically, among individuals moving between different organizational contexts rather than working at 'a' (single and stable) workplace provided by the employer. By presenting findings based on a thematic analysis of 21 interviews with individual temporary agency nurses working in Swedish health care, both opportunities and challenges for workplace learning is highlighted. While opportunities for informal learning linked to the movement between various client organizations as well as to nursing as common ground and as valued and recognized competence, is identified, at the same time, challenges connected to both formal and informal learning, are also illuminated. Regarding informal learning, challenges in terms of varied and general support and feedback as well as scarce opportunities and low expectations for the temporary agency nurses' participation in development work in daily work/at client organizations, is identified. The findings thus also illuminate a risk for temporary agency nurses adjusting to prevailing working conditions rather than engaging in developmental learning. Regarding formal learning, challenges in terms of few opportunities for planned learning activities, is identified. All in all, the findings illuminate conditions for workplace learning for temporary agency nurses as clearly dependent not only on the offers of specific temporary work agencies and client organisations, but also on temporary agency nurses' interest in and views regarding responsibility for learning, and thus highly varying. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01