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Matu, Jeffrey Ben – Career and Technical Education Research, 2022
Promoting inclusive and equitable postsecondary learning environments is a global priority Postsecondary institutions, particularly community colleges' career and technical education (CTE) programs, are increasingly held accountable for achieving education-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are expected to provide knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Governance, Community Colleges, Sustainable Development, Equal Education
Seo, Jaekyo; Lee, Suhyung; Ardichvili, Alexandre – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: Human resource development (HRD) as an applied discipline is an example of a scholarly field that has emerged through the collaboration of scholars and practitioners with backgrounds in various foundational disciplines. This study interested in both the influence of other disciplines on HRD research and in HRD's influence on other…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Citation Analysis, Content Analysis
Williams, Sandra L.; Hurley, Mark N. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2017
In this second segment of HRD in a developing country situation, accelerated pressure for organizational growth is placed upon leaders by the international board of directors. This growth pressure is accompanied by new technology which can assist in growth accomplishment, but which demands further training and orientation of cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Cornelissen, Frank; de Jong, Tjip; Kessels, Joseph – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to propose a framework which connects perspectives on knowledge and learning to various approaches of social networks studies. The purpose is twofold: providing input for the discourse in organizational studies about the way different views on knowledge and networks drive design choices and activities of researchers,…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Learning Processes, Social Networks, Labor Force Development
Roy, Ria; Pershing, James A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Despite its existence for over six decades, the practice of human performance technology (HPT) has not been widely accepted within organizations. Varying levels of confusion surround the understanding of HPT, which has been influenced by myriad fields and disciplines. Although HPT is focused on improving performance at the organizational, team,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management, Performance Technology, Organizational Development
Getting People Involved: The Benefit of Intellectual Capital Management for Addressing HR Challenges
Pook, Katja – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the benefits of intellectual capital assessment for facing current challenges of human resources work and organizational development. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes findings of studies on challenges in HR work and maps them with features of intellectual capital assessment methods. It is thus a…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Personnel Management, Labor Force Development, Organizational Development
Cho, Yonjoo; Yoon, Seung Won – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2010
This study examines major theory developments in human resource (HR) fields and discusses implications for human performance technology (HPT). Differentiated HR fields are converging to improve organizational performance through knowledge-based innovations. Ruona and Gibson (2004) made a similar observation and analyzed the historical evolution…
Descriptors: Theories, Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Personnel Management
Kauffeld, Simone; Lehmann-Willenbrock, Nale – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The benefits of spaced training over massed training practice are well established in the laboratory setting. In a field study design with sales trainings, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of spaced compared with massed practice on transfer quantity and quality, sales competence, and key figures.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sales Occupations, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Short, Tom; Harris, Roger – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Modern organisations have become more complex, less mechanistic and increasingly sensitive to rapid changes in the external environment than in previous eras. Today, executives lead employees through a maze of complexity and changing contexts. However, another group of dedicated professionals, the human resource managers and practitioners, also…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Strategic Planning
Rasdi, Roziah Mohd; Ismail, Maimunah; Uli, Jegak; Noah, Sidek Mohd – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework for measuring public sector managers' career success. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical foundation used in this study is social cognitive career theory. To conduct a literature search, several keywords were identified, i.e. career success, objective and subjective…
Descriptors: Public Sector, Organizational Development, Career Development, Models
Simkins, Tim; Maxwell, Bronwen; Aspinwall, Kath – Professional Development in Education, 2009
Dramatic changes have occurred in the composition of the schools' workforce in England over recent years to incorporate a much higher proportion of support staff. Consequently, policy-makers and school leaders are now placing increasing emphasis on addressing the training and development needs of the whole workforce, rather than solely focusing on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Effective Schools Research, Labor Force Development
Song, Ji Hoon; Chermack, Thomas J. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2008
The primary purpose of this research is to adapt the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire developed by Watkins and Marsick, and examine its validity and reliability in a Korean context. Although the concept of the learning organization is well established, there has not been rigorous validation of the application of the…
Descriptors: Validity, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics
Fitzpatrick, Maeve; O'Connell, Janice; Murphy, Eamonn – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
The role of work-based learning is a pivotal part of developing the learning region. With rates of employment at their highest for many years across Europe, the need for up-skilling the workforce in many areas will be essential to retain competitiveness and employability. This paper will focus on quality management up-skilling in small to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Economic Climate, Labor Force Development
Mendoza-Diaz, Noemi V.; Dooley, Larry M.; Dooley, Kim E. – Online Submission, 2007
Human Resources are often times challenged by the integration of new technologies (Benson, Johnson, & Kichinke, 2002). Universities pose a unique challenge since they reluctantly adapt to changes (Torraco & Hoover, 2005; Watkins 2005). This is a dissertation study of the human resource concerns about adopting Internet2 in a…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Organizational Development, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
McDonnell, Anthony – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) by Irish MNCs, and more specifically, to investigate their approach to human capital development and how these correspond to foreign MNCs in Ireland. In particular, it seeks to investigate training and development expenditure, adoption of…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Labor Force Development