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The Jingle Jangle of Employee Engagement: Further Exploration of the Emerging Construct and Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance
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Shuck, Brad; Ghosh, Rajashi; Zigarmi, Drea; Nimon, Kim – Human Resource Development Review, 2013
While research is emerging around the employee engagement construct, evolution is in early stages of development. Presently, some questions remain about how employee engagement differs from other well-researched and documented constructs such as job satisfaction, job involvement, and job commitment. Although such inquiry is seemingly academic in…
Descriptors: Employees, Workplace Learning, Job Satisfaction, Labor Force Development
Newcomer Adjustment among Recent College Graduates: An Integrative Literature Review
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Klemme Larson, Rachel E.; Bell, Alexandra A. – Human Resource Development Review, 2013
Newcomer adjustment, the process an individual goes through within the first year at a new organization, can be a challenging transition for traditionally aged recent college graduates. Unsuccessful adjustment can have profound negative consequences for young adults, organizations, and undergraduate institutions. Gaps exist in the human resource…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, College Graduates, Adjustment (to Environment), Human Resources
Integrative Literature Review: Methods in Identifying Exemplary Performance--A Review of the Literature and Implications for HRD
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Smith, Terri Freeman – Human Resource Development Review, 2008
This literature review provides an analysis of relevant ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) competency studies in Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) and other research findings related to the methodology used in identifying exemplary and average performers. These findings helped create the research model and methods used in…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Job Performance, Research, High Achievement
Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model
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Gubbins, M. Claire; Garavan, Thomas N. – Human Resource Development Review, 2005
The work of the human resource development (HRD) practitioner is continuously evolving. Human resource development is now expected to make a strategic level contribution and contribute to individual and organizational effectiveness. Human resource development practitioners are increasingly required to network and build relationships to obtain…
Descriptors: Organizational Effectiveness, Social Capital, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
Has Relapse Prevention Received a Fair Shake? A Review and Implications for Future Transfer Research
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Hutchins, Holly M.; Burke, Lisa A. – Human Resource Development Review, 2006
As learning and performance improvement continues to dominate the training research landscape, so does the need to justify the results of relevant interventions. One area in training research that has continued to elude practitioners and researchers is enhancing the use of trained skills back on the job (i.e., training transfer). Relapse…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Transfer of Training, Research Design
Selecting Organization Development Theory from an HRD Perspective
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Lynham, Susan A.; Chermack, Thomas J.; Noggle, Melissa A. – Human Resource Development Review, 2004
As is true for human resource development (HRD), the field of organization development (OD) draws from numerous disciplines to inform its theory base. However, the identification and selection of theory to inform improved practice remains a challenge and begs the question of what can be used to inform and guide one in the identification and…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Organizational Development, Labor Force Development, Human Resources