Assessing the Effective Factors on Informal Learning of Employees in National Iran Petrochemical Company Using Group Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Subject Areas :Zahra Gharli 1 * , Ali Najafi 2 , meysam bolgorian 3
1 - Allameh Tabataba’I University
2 - Allameh Tabataba’I University
3 -
Keywords: Informal learning, Effective factors on learning, Group Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP).,
Abstract :
This article examined and also ranked effective factors on informal learning of employees in National Iran Petrochemical Company using AHP. Research method is evaluation. Using a simple random sampling method, we select a sample of 181 employees out of 336 employees in National Iran Petrochemical Company using Morgan table. Out of 181 questionnaires 143 ones returned. In order to gather data two separated questionnaires for measuring important factors of informal learning with 30 questions and pair comparison with 7 factors were used. Results of T tests showed that cultural, norms social values, industry type, motivation and personal factors are in good positions. This is while leadership style and organizational components are not in a good status. Finally using Analytic Hierarchy Process, our results show that leadership, cultural, organizational, personal, motivation and values, social norms and industry type respectively are the most important factors in the informal learning.
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