A growing body of research has examined the construct of bottom-line mentality (BLM),
which captures a tunnel vision focus on securing bottom-line outcomes to the disregard of …

▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the recent research on motivation, beliefs, values, and goals,
focusing on developmental and educational psychology. The authors divide the chapter into …

Describes the development and testing of a German-language instrument for assessing
learning strategies in university students. The questionnaire distinguishes among cognitive …

Self-education has been discussed for over two centuries as a way to encourage individuals
to become educated on their own, primarily by undertaking personal programs of reading. A …

Using digital learning to assist in-service employees in promoting language skills has
become an efficient way that can save training costs and profits. However, the employees' …

Learning factories present a promising environment for education, training and research,
especially in manufacturing related areas which are a main driver for wealth creation in any …

Goal setting theory was first presented in our 1990 book, A Theory of Goal Setting and Task
Performance. The theory was based on close to 400 studies. Since 1990, over 600 …

A new challenge of learning in work organizations--both in business and public
administration--is to master entire life cycles of product, production and business concepts …

The study of human learning continues to develop and expand. As researchers from various
theoretical traditions test their ideas and hypotheses in basic and applied settings, their …

The overspread of the novel coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—over the globe has caused
significant damage to manufacturing and service businesses, regardless of whether they are …