550
Views
18
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Editorial

Individual agency in learning from incidents

, &
Pages 409-425 | Received 18 Sep 2012, Accepted 28 Mar 2013, Published online: 17 May 2013

References

  • Argyris , C. and Schön , D. A. 1996 . Organizational Learning II. Theory Method and Practice , Reading , MA : Addison-Weslay Publishing Company .
  • Bakker , A. B. , Albrecht , S. L. and Leiter , M. P. 2011 . Key Questions Regarding Work Engagement . European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology , 20 ( 1 ) : 4 – 28 .
  • Bauer , J. and Harteis , C. , eds. 2012 . Human Fallibility: The Ambiguity of Errors for Work and Learning , Dordrecht : Springer .
  • Bhatnagar , J. 2007 . Predictors of Organizational Commitment in India: Strategic HR Roles, Organizational Learning Capability and Psychological Empowerment . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 18 ( 10 ) : 1782 – 1811 .
  • Billett , S. 2002 . Toward a Workplace Pedagogy: Guidance, Participation, and Engagement . Adult Education Quarterly , 53 ( 1 ) : 27 – 43 .
  • Billett , S. and Pavlova , M. 2005 . Learning Through Working Life: Self and Individual's Agentic Action . International Journal of Lifelong Learning , 24 ( 3 ) : 195 – 211 .
  • Blackler , F. and Regan , S. 2009 . Intentionality, Agency, Change: Practice Theory and Management . Management Learning , 40 ( 2 ) : 161 – 176 .
  • Bryson , J. , Pajo , K. , Ward , R. and Mallon , M. 2006 . Learning at Work: Organisational Affordances and Individual Engagement . Journal of Workplace Learning , 18 ( 5 ) : 279 – 297 .
  • Cooke , D. L. and Rohleder , T. R. 2006 . Learning from Incidents: From Normal Accidents to High Reliability . System Dynamics Review , 22 ( 3 ) : 213 – 239 .
  • Crossan , M. M. , Lane , H. W. and White , R. E. 1999 . An Organizational Learning Framework: From Intuition to Institution . Academy of Management Review , 24 ( 3 ) : 522 – 537 .
  • Crossan , M. M. , Maurer , C. C. and White , R. E. 2011 . Reflections on the 2009 AMR Decade Award: Do We Have a Theory of Organizational Learning? . Academy of Management Review , 36 ( 3 ) : 446 – 460 .
  • Dedobbeleer , N. and Béland , F. 1991 . A Safety Climate Measure for Construction Sites . Journal of Safety Research , 22 ( 2 ) : 97 – 103 .
  • Denzin , N. K. and Lincoln , Y. S. , eds. 2005 . The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research , London : Sage Publications Incorporated .
  • Elkjaer , B. and Wahlgren , B. 2006 . “ Organizational Learning and Workplace Learning – Similarities and Differences ” . In Learning, Working and Living. Marking the Terrain of Working Life Learning , Edited by: Jarvis , P. , Andersen , V. , Elkjaer , B. and Høyrup , S. 15 – 32 . London : Palgrave Macmillan .
  • Elliott , D. and Macpherson , A. 2011 . Policy and Practice: Recursive Learning from Crisis . Groups and Organization Management , 35 ( 5 ) : 572 – 605 .
  • Friedman , V. J. 2001 . “ The Individual as Agent of Organizational Learning ” . In Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge , Edited by: Dierkes , M. , Antal , A. B. , Child , J. and Nonaka , I. 388 – 414 . New York : Oxford University Press .
  • Fuller , A. and Unwin , L. 2004 . “Expansive Learning Environments: Integrating Organizational and Personal Development ” . In Workplace Learning in Context , Edited by: Rainbird , H. , Fuller , A. and Munro , A. 126 – 144 . London : Routledge .
  • Geller , E. S. 1994 . Ten Principles for Achieving a Total Safety Culture . Professional Safety , 39 ( 9 ) : 18 – 24 .
  • Gherardi , S. and Nicolini , D. 2000 . The Organizational Learning of Safety in Communities of Practice . Journal of Management Inquiry , 9 ( 1 ) : 7 – 18 .
  • Gibbons , A. M. , von Thaden , T. L. and Wiegmann , D. A. 2006 . Development and Initial Validation of a Survey for Assessing Safety Culture within Commercial Flight Operations . International Journal of Aviation Psychology , 16 ( 2 ) : 215 – 238 .
  • Giddens , A. 1991 . Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age , Cambridge : Polity Press .
  • Gordon , H. J. 2008 . Integrating Learning into Safety: Developing a Robust Lessons-learned Program . Professional Safety , 53 ( 9 ) : 30 – 33 .
  • Hofmann , D. A. and Stetzer , A. 1998 . The Role of Safety Climate and Communication in Accident Interpretation: Implications for Learning from Negative Events . Academy of Management Journal , 41 ( 6 ) : 644 – 657 .
  • Koornneef , F. 2000 . Organised Learning from Small-scale Accidents , Delft University of Technology, Delft University Press .
  • Lave , J. and Wenger , E. 1991 . Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Lawrence , T. B. , Mauws , M. K. , Dyck , B. and Kleysen , R. F. 2005 . The Politics of Organizational Learning: Integrating Power into the 4I Framework . Academy of Management Review , 20 ( 1 ) : 180 – 191 .
  • López , S. P. , Peón , J. M. M. and Ordás , C. J. V. 2006 . Human Resource Management as a Determining Factor in Organizational Learning . Management Learning , 37 ( 2 ) : 215 – 239 .
  • Lukic , D. , Littlejohn , A. and Margaryan , A. 2012 . A Framework for Learning from Incidents in the Workplace . Safety Science , 50 ( 4 ) : 950 – 957 .
  • Lukic , D. , Margaryan , A. and Littlejohn , A. 2010 . How Organisations Learn from Safety Incidents: A Multifaceted Problem . Journal of Workplace Learning , 22 ( 7 ) : 428 – 450 .
  • Macrae , C. 2008 . Learning from Patient Safety Incidents: Creating Participative Risk . Health, Risk and Society , 10 ( 1 ) : 53 – 67 .
  • Malle , B. F. , Moses , L. J. and Baldwin , D. A. 2001 . “Introduction: The Significance of Intentionality ” . In Intentions and Intentionality: Foundations of Social Cognition , Edited by: Malle , B. F. , Moses , L. J. and Baldwin , D. A. 1 – 26 . Cambridge , MA : The MIT Press .
  • Minbaeva , D. B. , Makela , K. and Rabbiosi , L. 2012 . Linking HRM and Knowledge Transfer via Individual-level Mechanisms . Human Resource Management , 51 ( 3 ) : 387 – 405 .
  • Naot , Y. B. , Lipshitz , -H., R. and Popper , M. 2004 . Discerning the Quality of Organizational Learning . Management Learning , 35 ( 4 ) : 451 – 472 .
  • Oliveira , M. J. , Silva , S. and Arenas , A. 2010 . “The Role of Human Resources Practices on Promoting Learning from Work Incidents ” . In Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO 2010 , Edited by: Arezes , P. , Baptista , J. S. , Barroso , M. P. , Carneiro , P. , Cordeiro , P. , Costa , N. and Melo , R. 394 – 396 . Guimaraes: Portuguese Soc Occupational Safety & Hygiene .
  • Pedler , M. 2002 . Accessing Local Knowledge: Action Learning and Organizational Learning in Walsall . Human Resource Development International , 5 ( 4 ) : 523 – 540 .
  • Schilling , J. and Kluge , A. 2009 . Barriers to Organizational Learning: An Integration of Theory and Research . International Journal of Management Reviews , 11 ( 3 ) : 337 – 360 .
  • Seo , M. 2003 . Overcoming Emotional Barriers, Political Obstacles, and Control Imperatives in the Action-Science Approach to Individual and Organizational Learning . The Academy of Management Learning and Education , 2 ( 1 ) : 7 – 21 .
  • Sepeda , A. L. 2006 . Lessons Learned from Process Incident Databases and the Process Safety Incident Database (PSID) Approach Sponsored by the Center for Chemical Process Safety . Journal of Hazardous Materials , 130 ( 1–2 ) : 9 – 14 .
  • Shuck , B. , Reio , T. G. Jr and Rocco , T. S. 2011 . Employee Engagement: An Examination of Antecedent and Outcome Variables . Human Resource Development International , 14 ( 4 ) : 427 – 445 .
  • Smith , D. and Elliott , D. 2007 . Exploring the Barriers to Learning from Crisis . Management Learning , 38 ( 5 ) : 519 – 538 .
  • Snowden , D. 2002 . Complex Acts of Knowing: Paradox and Descriptive Self-awareness . Journal of Knowledge Management , 6 ( 2 ) : 100 – 111 .
  • Somerville , M. and Bernoth , M. 2001 . “Safe Bodies: Solving a Dilemma in Workplace ” . In Proceedings of Knowledge Demands for the New Economy. 9th Annual International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training , 253 – 260 . Gold Coast : Australian Academic Press .
  • Tucker , A. L. , Edmondson , A. C. and Spear , S. 2002 . When Problem Solving Prevents Organizational Learning . Journal of Organizational Change Management , 15 ( 2 ) : 122 – 137 .
  • Valsiner , J. 1998 . The Guided Mind: A Sociogenetic Approach to Personality , Cambridge , MA : Harvard University Press .
  • Wiegmann , D. A. , Zhang , H. , von Thaden , T. L. , Sharma , G. and Gibbons , A. M. 2004 . Safety Culture: An Integrative Review . The International Journal of Aviation Psychology , 14 ( 2 ) : 117 – 134 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.