Showing papers in "Human Resource Development International in 2019"
TL;DR: In this paper, a gap in understanding of how leaders' leadership styles devolve to leaders is identified in human resource development (HRD) roles, and a gap is also identified in how HRD roles devolving to leaders in recent years.
Abstract: Human resource development (HRD) is key to organizational success. With some HRD roles devolving to leaders in recent years, a gap in understanding is now evident in how leaders’ leadership styles ...
83 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the role of the owner manager as a facilitator of learning in small businesses, but these studies were typically not framed by distinctive characteristics of small businesses.
Abstract: Few studies have examined the owner-manager as a facilitator of learning in small businesses. Furthermore, these studies are typically not framed by distinctive characteristics of small businesses....
30 citations
TL;DR: In this article, women's perspectives on requirements for enabling their access to senior leadership roles in the under-researched context of the Arab Middle East are examined, drawing on an approach that u...
Abstract: This study examines women’s perspectives on requirements for enabling their access to senior leadership roles in the under-researched context of the Arab Middle East. It draws on an approach that u...
22 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative and narrative research approach was used to examine why public sector managers leave their positions and identify a multitude of environment push and pull factors with a focus on administrative support, supervisory support and illegitimate tasks.
Abstract: The public sector faces a grave problem as far as managerial retention as the result of the increasing number of retirements and of voluntary resignations. Despite the vital interest in managerial turnover in the public sector, research is scarce. This study, which increases our understanding of why public sector managers leave their positions, takes a qualitative and narrative research approach in examining voluntary turnover. Interviews were conducted with operations managers (in education, social care, and technical activities) at three Swedish municipalities. We identify a multitude of environment push and pull factors with a focus on administrative support, supervisory support and illegitimate tasks. The narratives of managerial turnover reveal the complexity of the decision to leave or remain in a job, containing a mixture of push and pull factors, negative feelings, unmet expectations and extraordinary events. Three possible HRD actions to decrease undesirable managerial turnover are identi...
17 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the workplace learning processes among small Hungarian firms by building on the human capital approach, focusing on two small firm-specific façade specific façades.
Abstract: This article investigates the workplace learning processes among small Hungarian firms by building on the human capital approach. The exploratory study focuses on two small firm-specific fa...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this article, HRD and learning in SMEs is generally regarded as informal in nature, due to characteristics such as size, financial constraints and entrepreneurial origins, HRD is considered as informal.
Abstract: Due to characteristics such as size, financial constraints and entrepreneurial origins, HRD and learning in SMEs is generally regarded as informal in nature. How SME employees, including those in f...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the phenomenon of career transitions in terms of learning using an auto-ethnographic story of our own career moves in the contemporary world of globalized flexible employment.
Abstract: This paper examines the phenomenon of career transitions in terms of learning using an autoethnographic story of our own career moves. In the contemporary world of globalized flexible employment, i...
15 citations
TL;DR: This paper examined how organizational career management relates to teachers' career self-management, i.e., searching for opportunities, networking, or seeking supervisory support, and examined the mediating roles of occupational self-efficacy and learning goal orientation in this relationship.
Abstract: The current study examines how organizational career management – i.e. activities undertaken by schools in order to plan and manage teachers’ careers – relates to teachers’ career self-management – i.e. teachers steering their careers by means of searching for opportunities, networking, or seeking supervisory support. Moreover, it examines the mediating roles of occupational self-efficacy and learning goal orientation in this relationship. Mediation analysis in SPSS, using the PROCESS macro of survey data from 220 Dutch secondary school teachers, showed that positive relationships between organizational career management and career self-management were mediated by occupational self-efficacy and learning goal orientation.
15 citations
TL;DR: This article examined the overall impact of four leadership styles (charismatic, directive, participative, and supportive) in four Confucian Asian countries, China, Japan, and South Korea.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the overall impact of four leadership styles (charismatic, directive, participative, and supportive) in four Confucian Asian countries, China, Japan, South ...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how practitioners engage in processes of identity work to collectively construct definitions of the domain of HRD in two Twitter chat events, and present HRD as a highly individualised practice taking place within professional networks and is characterized as an "enterprising self-hood".
Abstract: Defining Human Resource Development (HRD) as either a scholarly domain or field of practice is widely recognised as problematic. This article investigates how practitioners engage in processes of identity work to collectively construct definitions of the domain of HRD in two Twitter chat events. HRD is presented in these events as a highly individualised practice taking place within professional networks and is characterized as an ‘enterprising self-hood’. The enterprising-self strives to demonstrate professional competence within networks that provide affiliation and relational support in the experiences of becoming and being a professional. HRD is seen to be shaped by the demands of the knowledge economy and by emerging digital technologies. This determinist stance positions technology as a challenge for the practices of HRD and as a means for HRD to develop better, more effective practices. The participants in the chat events position themselves in contrast to an ‘other’ HRD that is slow, old f...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a key challenge facing small professional service firms (PSFs) in the context of implementing human resource development (HRD) is access to resources and the use of external and internal networks.
Abstract: A key challenge facing small professional service firms (PSFs) in the context of implementing human resource development (HRD) is access to resources. The use of external and internal networks repr...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified that minority-ethnic, family-run SMEs perform an increasingly important role in the Scottish economy and that such businesses are less likely to access publicly funded resources.
Abstract: Minority-ethnic, family-run SMEs perform an increasingly important role in the Scottish economy. Yet, research has identified that such businesses are less likely to access publicly funded ...
TL;DR: Although most of the interview and selection literature views unstructured interviews as being vastly inferior to structured interviews in terms of validity and reliability, this critical review at as mentioned in this paper is different.
Abstract: Although much of the interview and selection literature views unstructured interviews as being vastly inferior to structured interviews in terms of validity and reliability, this critical review at...
TL;DR: In this paper, a relational, multilevel perspective on gender equality and mainstreaming is presented, arguing that single-level conceptualizations of equality within organizational or legal policy domain are insufficient.
Abstract: This paper offers a relational, multilevel perspective on gender equality and mainstreaming. It argues that single-level conceptualizations of equality within organizational or legal policy domain ...
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that mentoring could enhance individuals' early career development by assisting them in their career development, however, it is still unknown if mentoring can enhance individuals early career deci...
Abstract: As a Human Resource Development (HRD) intervention, mentoring assists individuals in their career development. However, it is still unknown if mentoring could enhance individuals’ early career deci...
TL;DR: In this paper, training literature highlights the gap between training literature and organizational performance, highlighting the need to invest in training initiative with an objective to improve the performance of its employees and ultimately organizational performance.
Abstract: Organizations invest in training initiative with an objective to improve the performance of its employees and ultimately organizational performance. However, training literature highlights the gap ...
TL;DR: The authors argues that NHRD practices, policy imperatives and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are linked to colonial experiences and coloniality, and argues for decolonization of NHRDs.
Abstract: This paper argues that national human resource development (NHRD) practices, policy imperatives and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are linked to colonial experiences and coloniality. In doing this, the essay provides a brief overview of the intersections between postcolonialism and NHRD theory and practice, arguing that postcolonial insights can help overcome the ahistorical nature that characterizes much NHRD theorizing and also its reification. By demonstrating how current challenges to education and skills development in SSA are linked to colonial heritage and coloniality, the paper seeks to stimulate HRD theorists and practitioners to think differently and work beyond dominant neoliberal constructs and taken-for-granted assumptions about NHRD in postcolonial contexts. The paper also argues for the decolonization of NHRD and proposes some ideas about how knowledge about NHRD theory and practices might be made global and inclusive, thereby contributing to a tradition of paradigmatic crit...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the role of organizational identity in acculturation, or organizational culture development, between the acquired and the acquiring organizations during a cross-organizational transfer.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the role of organizational identity in acculturation, or organizational culture development, between the acquired and the acquiring organizations during a cr...
TL;DR: In this article, a newly hired educator in a research-1 university, step in to the classroom to teach my first class of undergraduate students who were all wired -either to their pho...
Abstract: 3.30 p.m., 25 August 2011 As a newly hired educator in a research-1 university, I step in to the classroom to teach my first class of undergraduate students who were all wired – either to their pho...
TL;DR: In this paper, the density of work experience along with individual characteristics (cognitive ability, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) was defined and empirically investigated for each individual.
Abstract: The paper conceptually defines and empirically investigates the density of work experience along with individual characteristics (cognitive ability, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) a...
TL;DR: Reliability and the effect of common method variance on the factor structure were examined, with the results suggesting that the LTSI is valid for use in the Korean industry.
Abstract: Lack of a valid instrument to measure learning transfer predictors has been the major obstacle hindering Human Resource Development (HRD) professionals from moving forward. This problem is one of t...
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TL;DR: In the special issue of Human Resource Development International (HRDI) devoted to Learning in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as mentioned in this paper, the authors set up a stream for this vital, but often ignored, area.
Abstract: This Special Issue of Human Resource Development International (HRDI) is devoted to Learning in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Having set up a stream for this vital, but often ignored, area a...
TL;DR: The Scandinavian countries, i.e. Denmark, Norway and Sweden, are often described as European leaders within equal opportunity and diversity as discussed by the authors, in spite of the fact that the Scandinavian count...
Abstract: The Scandinavian countries, i.e. Denmark, Norway and Sweden are often described as European leaders within equal opportunity and diversity. However, in spite of the fact that the Scandinavian count...
TL;DR: In this paper, the purpose of the editorial is to help prospective authors contemplate how to advance research on international HRD and use HRDI as a vehicle to disseminate their cutting-edge work.
Abstract: The purpose of this editorial is to help prospective authors contemplate how to advance research on international HRD and use HRDI as a vehicle to disseminate their cutting-edge work. As articulate...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that as Generation Xers move into middle age, the field of human resource development (HRD) should keep pace with the midlife transition, which every adult faces during his or her life.
Abstract: Midlife transition is an inevitable process that every adult faces during his or her life. As Generation Xers move into middle age, the field of human resource development (HRD) should keep pace wi...
TL;DR: The Indian HRD special interest group deliberated on topics related to contemporary HRD such as gender inequity, changing status of women leaders, skill development programme, and HRD for agricultu...
Abstract: The Indian HRD special interest Group deliberated on topics related to contemporary HRD such as gender inequity, changing status of women leaders, skill development programme, and HRD for agricultu...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a descriptive analysis of HRD in the UK 2014 Research Excellence Framework (this paper2014) to assess the state of Human Resource Development (HRD) research.
Abstract: The state of Human Resource Development (HRD) research can be assessed in various ways. This paper presents a descriptive analysis of HRD in the UK 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), est...
TL;DR: The authors discusses the trends and patterns of emigration from Eastern Africa, otherwise known as the Horn of Africa, and focuses on the countries that collectively account for the majority of the emigration.
Abstract: This paper discusses the trends and patterns of emigration from Eastern Africa, otherwise known as the Horn of Africa. In particular, the paper focuses on the countries that collectively account fo...
TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental assumptions and beliefs about "talent" that are held by key decision-makers in three award-winning Thai Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are discussed.
Abstract: This paper provides insight into talent philosophies, the fundamental assumptions and beliefs about ‘talent’ that are held by key decision-makers, in three award-winning Thai Small and Medium Enter...
TL;DR: Despite the growing interest in and literature regarding practitioner research in human resources (HR), not much is known about the factors that play a role in the actual practice by HR practitione....
Abstract: Despite the growing interest in and literature regarding practitioner research in human resources (HR), not much is known about the factors that play a role in the actual practice by HR practitione...