Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/338928 
Year of Publication: 
2026
Citation: 
[Journal:] Vocations and Learning [ISSN:] 1874-7868 [Volume:] 19 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer Netherlands [Place:] Dordrecht [Year:] 2026
Publisher: 
Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht
Abstract: 
Barriers to learning in the workplace form a holistic set of missing individual, team, and organizational aspects that hinder the initiation of successful learning, interrupt learning possibilities, delay proceedings, or end learning activities much earlier than intended. These barriers ultimately determine the way individuals seek learning opportunities in the workplace. Based on an explorative interview study and the development and validation of a measurement instrument for barriers to learning at the workplace, this cross-sectional questionnaire study ( N  = 230) was conducted to investigate barriers to learning as a dynamic construct in workplace learning. Factor analysis, analysis of Cronbach’s alpha, descriptive analyses, and structural equation modeling (SEM) of a non-recursive model with feedback loops were conducted to identify the dynamic aspects and interplay of barriers to learning with the factors job satisfaction and turnover intention. The non-recursive model with feedback loops (CFI = .98 and RMSR = .073) indicated that the relationship between barriers to learning with sub-categories such as individual components and organizational limitations are negatively related to job satisfaction and have an indirect effect on turnover intention. With this interdisciplinary contribution, trainings and work-based learning scenarios can be initiated to unlock the potential of learners that has been blocked due to previously under-researched barriers to learning.
Subjects: 
Barriers to learning
Workplace learning
Non-recursive model
Feedback loops
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