THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS: THE PERSPECTIVE OF EMPLOYEES.

Background. The importance of learning in and by organizations has since long been recognized by academic and practitioner scientists for both business and public sector organizations. In particular in the last decades interest in organizational learning has been growing. There are important reasons for considering the acquisition of knowledge in public service organizations. Research aims. The paper reviews the state of research evidence in the field. The main question of this study is how important it is for employees in public sector to acquire the knowledge and use their full potential in the workplace and whether these organizations Methods. The main source of empirical data is carried out by the authors of the study in public sector organizations. Key findings. The study was conducted using a questionnaire survey. The research shows high expectations related to knowledge acquisition opportunities in the workplace and partial fulfilment of these expectations by the subject organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]