This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Johansen, B.-C. P. Articles by Gopalakrishna, D. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

A Buddhist View of Adult Learning in the Workplace

University of Minnesota

D. Gopalakrishna

Canabank School of Management, Central College Campus at Ambedkar Veede, Bangalore, India

The problem and the solution. Buddhism is a way of life practiced by more than 500 million people. The continued globalization of work and the expanding economic power and influence of Asian nations ensures that the beliefs, goals, practices, and traditions of Buddhism will take on increasing importance to business, education, and human resource development (HRD) professionals in every part of the world. Buddhism, like most worldviews, is not homogeneous and has many variations. Indeed, this adaptability is one of the hallmarks of Buddhism and is a major contributing factor to its spread and applicability around the world. The differences in these approaches are not as relevant to this article as are their commonalities in foundational beliefs, goals, and methods. Thus, this article presents a Buddhist view of learning, not the Buddhist view.

Key Words: Buddhism • religion • worldviews • HRD • work • adult learning

Advances in Developing Human Resources, Vol. 8, No. 3, 337-345 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1523422306288426


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?