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Spirituality as Foundation of Agency in Turbulent Economic Times
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Kuchinke, K. Peter – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
The changing meaning of work calls for care and concern for the spiritual dimension of the workplace. Toward this end, a more liberal form of workforce education and human resource development in response to workplace preparation for managers is needed.
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Spiritual Development, Work Environment
Developing Cross-Cultural Awareness through Foreign Immersion Programs: Implications of University Study Abroad Research for Global Competency Development
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Lokkesmoe, Karen J.; Kuchinke, K. Peter; Ardichvili, Alexandre – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficacy of foreign immersion programs in terms of increasing cross-cultural awareness among university students in business, accounting, human resources and agriculture. The authors extrapolate from their population to the practice of developing business professionals on international…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Immersion Programs, Intercultural Communication, Program Effectiveness
Birds of a Feather? The Critique of the North American Business School and Its Implications for Educating HRD Practitioners
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Kuchinke, K. Peter – Human Resource Development Review, 2007
The recent vehement and highly visible critique of the North American business school curriculum illuminates core tensions in the field of human resource development (HRD) related to the role and responsibility of the profession in for-profit organizations and the educative process by which future practitioners are prepared. If the business school…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Business Administration Education, College Programs
Adult Development towards What End? A Philosophical Analysis of the Concept as Reflected in the Research, Theory, and Practice of Human Resource Development.
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Kuchinke, K. Peter – Adult Education Quarterly, 1999
Presents three views of adult development: (1) person-centered, focused on self-realization and based on humanistic psychology and liberalism; (2) production-centered, focused on organizational goals and based on behaviorism and libertarianism; and (3) principled problem solving, based on cognitive psychology, progressivism, and pragmatism.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Educational Philosophy, Human Resources
Institutional and Curricular Characteristics of Leading Graduate HRD Programs in the United States. [and] Invited Reaction: Institutional and Curricular Characteristics of Leading Graduate HRD Programs in the United States.
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Kuchinke, K. Peter – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2002
A survey of 55 human resource development graduate programs uncovered great heterogeneity of program names, departmental affiliations, and specializations. Compared with a 1991 survey, master's enrollment declined, part-time study increased. Core curricula do not reflect current literature. (Contains 31 references. Includes "Invited Reaction" by…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Content, Departments, Enrollment
Philosophical Foundations of Human Resource Development.
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Kuchinke, K. Peter – 1999
Three alternative views of adult development can serve to distinguish competing schools of thought regarding the research, theory, and practice of human resource development (HRD). These views are as follows: (1) the person-centered view, which aims at self-realization of the individual and is grounded in humanistic psychology and liberalism; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Definitions
Applying Metaphor in HRD Research and Practice: Innovative Session.
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Short, Darren C.; Ardichvili, Alexander; Daley, Barbara J.; Kalata, Erica; Kraemer, Theresa J.; Kuchinke, K. Peter; Willis, Verna J. – 2002
A group of human resource development (HRD) practitioners participated in an innovative session on applying metaphor in HRD research and practice. The session objectives were as follows: (1) facilitate a dialogue between those who wrote for and those who read the Advances in Developing Human Resources (ADHR)issue on metaphor in HRD; (2) extend the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Definitions, Educational Research, Group Discussion