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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
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Germain, Marie-Line – Human Resource Development Review, 2011
An attachment theory perspective of mentoring is presented to explain the degree of functionality of a mentor-protege formal match in an organizational setting. By focusing on Bowlby's (1969/1982) behavioral system of attachment and its triarchic taxonomy of secure, avoidant, and anxious-ambivalent attachment, previous conceptualizations are…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Social Theories, Mentors, Human Resources
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Roth, Gene L.; Vivona, Brian – Human Resource Development Review, 2010
Within work settings, humor is used by workers for a wide variety of purposes. This study examines humor applications of a specific type of worker in a unique work context: crime scene investigation. Crime scene investigators examine death and its details. Members of crime scene units observe death much more frequently than other police officers…
Descriptors: Crime, Investigations, Technical Occupations, Work Environment
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Kormanik, Martin B.; Rocco, Tonette S. – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
One aspect of personality, perceptions of internal versus external control of reinforcement, shifts under conditions of change. This review of the literature examines the relationship between planned organizational change and locus of control. The review includes literature from the disciplines of clinical and social psychology, adult development,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Learning Theories, Locus of Control, Organizational Change
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Fornes, Sandra L.; Rocco, Tonette S.; Wollard, Karen K. – Human Resource Development Review, 2008
This article investigates the previous research and theories of workplace commitment using content analysis and concept mapping. It provides a conceptual model of workplace commitment, integrating the literature on organizational commitment, occupational/career commitment, and individual commitment. The significance of this article lies in the…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Content Analysis, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
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Hatala, John-Paul; Fleming, Pamela R. – Human Resource Development Review, 2007
In this article the authors introduce social network analysis (SNA) as a methodology for analyzing transfer climate prior to training. The literature has indicated that transfer climate is critical to a trainee's ability to apply the new knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes they gain through training back to the workplace. SNA serves as a…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Transfer of Training, Work Environment, Social Networks
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Opengart, Rose – Human Resource Development Review, 2005
Emotional intelligence and emotion work are two research areas traditionally presented as distinct. This article reviews their definitions, examines their intersections, and illustrates the advantage of approaching emotion research from an interdisciplinary framework. Conclusions address the following: (a) An employee's emotional intelligence or…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Ability, Interdisciplinary Approach, Human Resources
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Brewer, Ernest W.; Shapard, Leslie – Human Resource Development Review, 2004
This study examined the relationship between age or years of experience and employee burnout by performing a meta-analysis on research studies that present findings on relationships between employee burnout and age or years of experience. The problem has practical significance in that the appropriateness of approaches to addressing employee…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Burnout, Correlation, Age Differences
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Bernerth, Jeremy – Human Resource Development Review, 2004
With the development of the global economy in the late 1980s and 1990s, organizations have been forced to continually reevaluate operations and strategies. As a result, the one constant in this dynamic world is the ever-changing work environment. The human resource and organizational development fields have long looked to investigate what makes…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Change, Readiness, Communication (Thought Transfer)