This volume considers working environments as potential and actual learning environments. It encompasses a broad range of organisations for a range of industrial and occupational sectors in both Asian and European countries. The challenges of economic, technological and socio-cultural change render the topics of work-related and workplace learning a lively field for theory and research. This field increasingly draws inspiration and benefits from global exchange and debate.This publication is the third volume produced by the research network on competence development as workplace learning within the Asia-Europe-Meeting Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL). The network was established in 2005 and includes members from 14 countries in Asia and Europe. This volume is the outcome of the second network workshop, which was held at the University of Innsbruck in July 2011. Its chapters include both a selection of national studies conducted within the framework of a joint network survey on workplace learning from the perspective of employees themselves, and a set of reports on related themes which draw on other research initiatives.