Factors Supporting Workplace Learning in Vietnam

Abstract

Learning in the workplace is a fundamental component of lifelong learning, valuable and significant for both employees and employers. Learning in the workplace helps employees improve their skills, qualifications, and labor productivity. Learning in the workplace also contributes to a culture of lifelong learning. In Vietnam, there have only been small-scale studies on the workplace learning activities of each group of learners.  However, in each field and industry, there have been no direct studies on factors supporting learning in the workplace. This article has researched factors that support the workplace learning of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and employees in organizations in Vietnam. The paper conducts an overview of existing work to identify and focus research on four factors that support learning in the workplace with nine basic variables. From there, a survey of employees who have regularly studied at work in different fields, and organizations. Through the processing and analysis of survey results, this study uncovered several important issues about factors supporting workplace learning. This study found that: organizations already have factors that support learning in the workplace; Workers evaluate supporting variables to varying degrees. Besides, the level of support for these factors is different between organizations as well as localities. These results have great practical significance, helping employers have plans and policies to improve the quality of workplace learning