Employee perceptions of employer influence on the outcomes of a degree apprenticeship work-based learning programme

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Booth, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-8791-9540 and Mills, S., 2019. Employee perceptions of employer influence on the outcomes of a degree apprenticeship work-based learning programme. International Journal of Human Resource Management. ISSN 0958-5192 (Forthcoming)

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Abstract

Set within the current Higher and Degree Apprenticeships agenda, the study investigated employee experiences of professional identity development through completion of a degree apprenticeship. The development of professional identity was researched within a conceptual framework adapted from Canrinus, et al. (2012) and Puurala and Löfströme (2003). Initial findings suggest that experiences of professional frustration have an impact on an individual’s professional identity. This links with job satisfaction and commitment to the organisation, as experience of professional frustration can contribute to negative feelings towards the organisation.

This research has been framed using a constructivist approach involving the collection of qualitative data and uses the inductive thematic analysis of oral narrative reflections, generated through semi-structured interviews. Research participants were sourced from two work-based learning programmes (WBLP’s) over a period of four years.

The study has revealed that investment of an organisation into work-based learning can help develop an individual’s sense of professional identity. However, if the organisation’s commitment to the individual is not played out in real terms, their sense of professional identity can be affected detrimentally.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Creators:

Booth, J. and Mills, S.

Publisher:

Routledge

Date:

19 March 2019

ISSN:

0958-5192