This book is to provide insights into the process of individual
unlearning, which is little known in previous studies. This is the first
book that described how employees should unlearn, i.e., abandon obsolete
and outdated beliefs or routines to acquire new ones, at workplace.
Updating old knowledge and skills to new one is crucial not only for
organizations but also for individuals to survive in today's competitive
and turbulent environment. It provides readers with mechanisms by which
personal factors, such as goal orientation, reflection, and critical
reflection, and promotes employees' unlearning under the influence of
situational factors such as supervisors' behaviors and promotion of the
positions. Based on the findings by quantitative and qualitative
analyses using questionnaire survey and interviews, this book is highly
recommended to readers who are interested in higher-order learning
process for self-change at work in the fields of organizational behavior
and human resources development.