Narracja o wydajności i bezbłędności versus naturalna potrzeba rozwoju i samorealizacji – pracownicy i ich przełożeni wobec otwartości na uczenie się w sektorze przemysłu chemicznego
Narratives of efficiency and flawlessness versus the natural need for development and self-realization – the receptivity to learning of employees and their supervisors in the chemical industry

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the ways in which learning at work exists in the organizational cultures of companies belonging to the chemical industry sector. For this purpose, quantitative and qualitative data from employees and management staff were presented. The text informs how learning at work functions in the narratives of the sector’s staff, what goals and meanings are linked with it, what are the barriers to this practice, its preferred forms, and consequences. The study under analysis allowed us to observe that learning perceived from the perspective of management and employees are two different worlds and the narratives describing them, which differ at the level of values, meanings and preferences. Employees generally have a need for continuous improvement, and for them learning is often synonymous not only with expanding competences, but also with general development and the ability to cope with various tasks. Meanwhile, management staff is more often focused on short-term goals related to proper handling of processes. They relatively rarely plan employee development and do not expect an attitude of readiness to learn. They base on the competences already possessed by employees, treating training as an intervention. They expect employees to be reliable in carrying out their tasks, which is inconsistent with learning - understood as facing new situations and the risk of making mistakes. The conclusions of the article signal the need to harmonize the perspectives of employees and management staff and further research on the determinants of their approaches to learning.

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