‎"‎This is a great book‎.‎ It succeeds in the nearly impossible task of presenting empirical and theoretical depth in a way that is engaging and easy to read‎.‎ I can recommend it to students‎,‎ researchers and anyone who is interested in work or learning‎.‎ It thoroughly deserves to be an academic best seller‎.‎‎"‎ ‎- Irena Grugulis‎,‎ Professor of Employment Studies‎,‎ AIM/ESRC Services Fellow‎,‎ Bradford University School of Management‎.‎ ‎"‎For most of us‎,‎ most of the time‎,‎ work plays a central part in our lives‎.‎ Improving Working as Learning‎,‎ by four prominent and widely‎-published scholars‎,‎ looks at the ways in which people learn as part of their everyday working life‎.‎ Drawing on an impressive array of solid social science research‎,‎ this is an original and wide‎-ranging book‎,‎ with far‎-reaching conclusions that challenge conventional views of how work is to be organized and valued‎.‎ It is a landmark study for anyone interested in workplace learning‎.‎‎"‎ ‎- John Field‎,‎ Professor of Lifelong Learning and Co‎-Director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning‎,‎ University of Stirling‎.‎ ‎"‎This book offers exciting new insights from the latest research on the workplace as a site of learning‎.‎ It will be an invaluable resource for employers‎,‎ policy‎-makers and practitioners‎.‎‎"‎ ‎- David Finegold‎,‎ Dean and Professor‎,‎ School of Management and Labor Relations‎,‎ Rutgers‎,‎ The State University of New Jersey‎,‎ USA‎.‎ ‎"‎This book provides a very welcome contribution to our understanding of how the organization of work can enhance or restrict learning‎.‎ As employment in the UK becomes increasingly knowledge based‎,‎ understanding the key drivers of workplace learning will be critical to developing effective skills policies in the future‎.‎‎"‎ ‎- Ian Brinkley‎,‎ Knowledge Economy Programme Director‎,‎ The Work Foundation‎.‎ ‎"‎This book should inform and inspire anyone who wants to understand and improve workplace learning‎.‎ That should include researchers‎,‎ students‎,‎ human resource professionals‎,‎ and policy makers‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎The final sentence of Improving Working as Learning almost invites researchers to take up the Working as Learning Framework to ‎'‎play an active role in facilitating dialogue within organisations in order to reveal how improving workplace learning can be achieved‎'‎ ‎(‎p‎.‎ 206‎)‎‎.‎ Given the importance of the issues‎,‎ let us hope that researchers and organisations take up the offer‎.‎‎"‎ ‎- Gordon Parker‎,‎ Freelance Research and Evaluation Consultant‎,‎ University of Derby and Sheffield Hallam University