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Muduli, Ashutosh – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to study the relationship between high-performance work system (HPWS) and organizational performance and to examine the role of human resource development (HRD) Climate in mediating the relationship between HPWS and the organizational performance in the context of the power sector of India. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture, Organizational Theories, Work Environment
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von Treuer, Kathryn; McHardy, Katherine; Earl, Celisha – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Workplace training is a key strategy often used by organisations to optimise performance. Further, trainee motivation is a key determinant of the degree to which the material learned in a training programme will be transferred to the workplace, enhancing the performance of the trainee. This study investigates the relationship between several…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Organizational Culture, Human Resources
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Liu, Dong; Fu, Ping-ping – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
This study examined the roles of 3 multilevel motivational predictors in proteges' personal learning in teams: an autonomy-supportive team climate, mentors' autonomy support, and proteges' autonomy orientation. The authors followed 305 proteges in 58 teams for 12 weeks and found that all 3 predictors were positively related to the proteges'…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teamwork, Cognitive Processes, Predictor Variables
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Gijbels, David; Raemdonck, Isabel; Vervecken, Dries; Van Herck, Jonas – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: A central issue in the field of workplace learning is how work-related learning can be stimulated so that a powerful learning work environment is created. This paper seeks to further enlarge understanding on this issue. Based on the demand-control-support the aim is to investigate the influence of job-characteristics on the work-related…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Multiple Regression Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Correlation
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Deutsch, Francine M.; Tong, Taryn L. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2011
As supervisors of preschool teachers, childcare center directors are well-situated to mentor their staff to pursue higher education. Telephone interviews with 78 directors examined their role as mentors in encouraging preschool teachers to take college classes. Educational mentoring was shown to be distinct from career mentoring. Logistic…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Attendance, Preschool Teachers, Administrator Attitudes
Garcia, Liodolee Salinas – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was conducted to identify the self-perceptions of superintendents regarding their instructional leadership practices. The focus of the research was to explore the linkages that exist between these perceptions and factors such as superintendent characteristics and district demographics. In their role as district instructional leaders,…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Superintendents, Administrator Role, Administrator Attitudes
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Ozcelik, Ayse Oya; Aydinli, Fulya – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: To explore the strategic role of human resource management (HRM) in Turkey by comparing Turkish companies to Spanish and German companies. Design/methodology/approach: The questionnaire form of the Cranet-G 1999-2000 Survey (Cranfield Network on Strategic International Human Resource Management) has been used to collect the data. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
Smith, Andrew; Oczkowski, Eddie; Noble, Charles; Macklin, Robert – 2002
The changing nature of the demand for training in Australian enterprises adopting new management practices and the implications of those changes for training providers were examined. More than 3,400 private sector enterprises were surveyed by mail, after which follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with 80 human resource practitioners from…
Descriptors: Contract Training, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Educational Demand