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Autor/inHunter, Carrie Patricia
TitelWays of Learning in the Pharmaceutical Sales Industry
QuelleIn: Journal of Workplace Learning, 22 (2010) 7, S.451-462 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Spracheenglisch
Dokumenttypgedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN1366-5626
DOI10.1108/13665621011071118
SchlagwörterInformal Education; Foreign Countries; Pharmaceutical Education; Pharmacy; Sales Occupations; Delphi Technique; Interviews; Workplace Learning; Industrial Psychology; Occupational Surveys; Learning Processes; Learning Strategies; Canada
AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to document the ways pharmaceutical representatives learn for work and report attributes of (in)formality and other characteristics of ways of learning perceived as effective and frequently used. Design/methodology/approach: A total of agents 20 from 11 pharmaceutical manufacturers across Canada participated in a Delphi collaboration creating a comprehensive list of ways in which they learn for work. In-depth individual interviews with four agents explored the ways of learning they perceived as most frequent and effective. The Colley et al. framework was interpreted, extended, and applied to identify attributes of (in)formality and other elemental characteristics of these ways of learning. Findings: Agents in this rapidly changing, competitive industry worked alone in geographically distributed territories. Learning had a special role in this industry: agents developed themselves broadly as resources to gain customer-access required to promote products. Delphi participants identified 64 ways of learning (five categories). Most ways were self-initiated, self-directed, minimally structured, and may involve intentional incidental learning. Reported frequent and effective ways differed by agent, but all reported frequent and effective learning through self-directed means with mixed (in)formal attributes. Customer facilitated and peer-facilitated learning were common, despite isolation from co-workers. Originality/value: This paper reports on learning in a distinct and under-researched industry. It demonstrates the importance of peer-facilitated and on-the-job learning even in a distributed workforce and documents intentional incidental learning. It discovers an indirect way in which learning supports business objectives and it provides a framing tool for guiding reporting of characteristics of ways of learning. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst vonERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update2017/4/10
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