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Egan, Toby – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2013
Executive coaching is a booming, but understudied, HRD-related practice. Given the limited number of available studies that have been deployed with rigor and systematic methods, the study by Nieminen et al. adds to our understanding of the impact of executive coaching and multisource feedback on leadership development. Explored in the context of a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Management Development, Feedback (Response), Research
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Brown, Travor C.; Warren, Amy M. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009
This study assessed transfer from a customized executive training program involving 89 public sector employees. Participants who set a distal goal had higher self-efficacy than those in both the "do your best" (DYB) and the proximal plus distal goal conditions. Participants who set proximal plus distal goals had higher maintenance than…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Goal Orientation, Government Employees, Management Development
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Ardts, Joost C. A.; van der Velde, Mandy E. G.; Maurer, Todd J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2010
Employees' perceptions of Management Development (MD) programs is the topic of this study. The purpose is to examine the influence of three important perceived characteristics of MD programs on relevant MD outcomes. The MD characteristics are: availability of role models, perceived control, and understanding the MD program. Outcomes are:…
Descriptors: Management Development, Outcomes of Education, Program Attitudes, Employee Attitudes
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Wang, Jia; Wang, Greg G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2006
This phenomenological study explores critical issues related to participation in human resource development (HRD) interventions. Specifically focusing on master of business administration (M.B.A.) training programs in China, we conducted in-depth individual interviews with twelve middle-level managers to understand their perceptions and experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Cultural Context, Business Administration