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Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Polo, Federica; Kullbäck, Caroline; Asplund, Staffan – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study consisted of an organisational development intervention in a growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) where the top management's objective was to become an attractive workplace for the next generation of employees. The central problem is how to develop a smart working environment (SWE) based on the needs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Organizational Development, Employees
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Zane Sheeran; Anna Sutton; Helena Dorothy Cooper-Thomas – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: The happy-productive worker hypothesis posits that employee well-being is an important factor in work performance. Educational institutions around the world are facing both internal and external pressures to integrate sustainability into their practices, with the goal of protecting the planet and ultimately boosting profits. This paper…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Well Being, Employees, Job Performance
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Finnestrand, Hanne – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how the Nordic model, featuring highly regulated trade union-employer collaboration, has enabled the building of learning organizations through a co-generative learning model involving both practitioners and action researchers. Design/methodology/approach: A literature search on the Nordic sociotechnical…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Unions, Employers, Cooperation
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Gaižauskiene, Laura; Tuncikiene, Živile – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2016
The theoretical research was conducted in order to identify the phenomena of "fit", to see its roots and development as well as theoretical progress in the main scientific areas and identify its position in management scientific field. Two elements of the fit model are highlighted: knowledge workers and workplaces in a broad sense. The…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Human Resources, Work Environment, Personality Theories
Forbes Oste, Heidi – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Expectations and demands in the changing contemporary workplace are driven by emergent technologies. Ubiquitous in nature, they are designed to enhance human and organization potential. These technologies provide access to information and connection at all times. They are increasingly reliant on human relationships and connection. BE-ing one's…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Wellness, Affordances, Attention
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Pleasant, Stephanie – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2017
This essay explores the intersection of employee engagement and workplace diversity and inclusion. The current trend of organizations fusing these two concepts has provided motivation to examine the (dis)connection between theory and practice. This essay advances the perspectives of practitioners, as well as a critical framework used to discuss…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Employees, Job Training
Liu, Debin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Insiders are one of the most serious threats to an organization's information assets. Generally speaking, there are two types of insider threats based on the insiders' intents. Malicious Insiders are individuals with varying degrees of harmful intentions. Inadvertent Insiders are individuals without malicious intent. In this dissertation, I…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Risk, Incentives, Game Theory
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Van den Bossche, Piet; Segers, Mien; Jansen, Niekie – International Journal of Training and Development, 2010
The transfer of training to the workplace often fails to occur. The authors argue that feedback generated within the work environment about the application of newly learned skills in the workplace helps to close the gap between the current performance and the desired goal of full application of what is learned during training. This study takes a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Motivation, Social Networks, Employees
Leary, Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This evaluation was conducted at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, located approximately 40 miles south of the Virginia state line. ECSU, a historically Black institution of higher learning, was founded in 1891 and is one of 17 constituent universities in The University of North Carolina system. The…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Satisfaction, African American Institutions, Leadership
Lessner, Ryan; Akdere, Mesut – Online Submission, 2008
The changing psychological contract has become a focus for organizational development, especially as job roles within organizations continue to change. This literature review examines the evolving employee-employer relationship and how this relationship has impacted career management and organizations for over the past century. The paper…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Psychology, Organizational Development, Literature Reviews
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Rowold, Jens; Hochholdinger, Sabine; Schilling, Jan – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: Although proposed from theory, the assumption that career-related continuous learning (CRCL) has a positive impact on subsequent job performance has not been tested empirically. The present study aims to close this gap in the literature. A model is derived from theory that predicts a positive impact of CRCL, learning climate, and initial…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Performance, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Madsen, Susan R.; Miller, Duane; John, Cameron R. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2005
Businesses are confronting continuous and unparalleled changes. For organizations to assist employees in being motivated and prepared for change, it is essential that managers, leaders, and organization development professionals understand factors that may influence individual change readiness. The purpose of the research study examined here was…
Descriptors: Employees, Organizational Development, Organizational Change, Counties
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Basadur, Min – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1997
Evaluates traditional organizational development approaches to crises in commitment and adaptability, and presents a new approach to organizational development based on organizational creativity. Discusses the need to encourage employees to master new thinking skills and create an infrastructure that ensures these skills will be used regularly.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Creativity, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship
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Kondratuk, Tammy B.; Hausdorf, Peter A.; Korabik, Karen; Rosin, Hazel M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
Today's organizations are undergoing constant and substantial change due to many internal and external forces. These changes are impacting on the inter- and intra-organizational career mobility of managers and employees. This research assessed the relationship between career mobility history and a recent internal or external job change on…
Descriptors: Employees, Career Change, Models, Professional Personnel
Gavin, James F. – Personnel Journal, 1977
Discusses some elements which contribute to the rising concern for occupational mental health and directions that can be taken by firms, companies, etc., to provide health-promoting work environments for their employees. (TA)
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Futures (of Society)
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