Table 1 Corporate university’s definitions.
From: Lifelong learning in the workplace: the knowledge management role of corporate universities in China
Source | Definition of the corporate university |
|---|---|
Meister (1994) | The corporate university is a lifelong learning process for employees at all levels, as well as key customers and suppliers, to improve their work performance. |
Prince (2001) | Corporate universities become laboratories for the creation or transformation of individual learning into organizational knowledge. |
Elkeles and Phillips (2007) | The biggest characteristic of a corporate university is its strategy, which helps the organization realize its strategic value. |
Singh et al. (2020) | A unique form of educational arrangement to accomplish an organization’s goals by building the intellectual capital of its employees |
Nguyen and Fan (2022) | Corporate universities can provide better educational outcomes than traditional universities because integrating corporate needs into higher education can close the gap between workforce demand and the educational supply of traditional universities |
