Today's work environments are characterized by constant change, driven by rapid technological advances, market fluctuations, and shifting work tasks, requiring organizations as well as individuals to continuously adapt and develop. Purely formal learning, which has long been the focus of work-related learning research, is no longer sufficient in this context. Although research is increasingly turning to other forms of learning such as informal and self-regulated learning, various strands of learning research remain rather disconnected. At the organizational level, research focuses on culture, structure, and technological systems conducive to learning, and sometimes investigates specific learning methods. However, there is a lack of comprehensive approaches that focus on learners. Research on new work and psychological empowerment, protean and sustainable careers, as well as collaborative and agile learning methods can be beneficial here.

This research topic aims to explore the individual and organizational conditions that facilitate effective work-related learning in dynamic work environments. We aim to explore strategies that enable organizations to adopt holistic approaches to learning that integrate formal, informal, and self-regulated learning methods. This will provide answers to how psychological empowerment and the aspects of new learning, among others, help learners achieve continuous, meaningful, and productive learning and learning outcomes, such as sustainable careers associated with happiness, health, and productivity. We aim to investigate how the promotion of basic needs such as autonomy, engagement, and competence, can enable learners to take control of their development while contributing to organizational agility and innovation. We also strive to explore aspects of organizational cultures that are conducive to learning and how learning ecosystems need to be designed to support learners in the pursuit of their learning paths while aligning with organizational goals.

Contributions are invited to explore for example the following aspects:
• Strategies for fostering a learning culture integrating psychological empowerment and diverse learning forms (e.g., formal, informal, and self-regulated)
• Challenges and opportunities in creating adaptive learning ecosystems that accommodate the dynamics of modern work environments while promoting, for example, employees' needs in learning pathways.
• Ways to align psychological empowerment, sustainable career concepts, and new learning principles to empower learners in pursuing meaningful learning paths within dynamic work settings
• Conditions to effectively align learning cultures and learning ecosystems with individual learning needs, contributing to both personal and organizational goals
• Learner-centered empowerment strategies supporting individuals in work-related learning while contributing to organizational adaptability
• Innovative practices and case studies illustrating successful implementations of holistic learning approaches in dynamic organizations.

We invite submissions employing a variety of research methodologies, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches, as well as conceptual papers and systematic literature reviews that contribute to the development of theory. We emphasize the value a study brings to the broader community and the rigor with which the research has been conducted. Thus, for empirical studies - quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods - a restrictive methodological design with a reproducible method of analysis (e.g. content analysis or thematic analysis for qualitative data) should be applied. Studies conducted using only cross-sectional self-report data will be considered only in exceptional circumstances. The study should be grounded clearly in a theoretical approach (at least either deductive to derive the research questions or inductive with clear theoretical implications). We particularly welcome submissions that not only examine single forms of work-related learning but apply holistic learning approaches that also address the interplay between different forms of learning.

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