Purpose: The purpose of this study is to critically review current studies on job crafting to identify contextual factors related to employees' job crafting and to integrate the findings to help organizations improve employees' job crafting. Design/methodology/approach Based on the guidelines provided by Torraco (2016), the authors reviewed 44…

This study examines how middle managers support their employees' strengths use via three sequential analyses. In Study 1, an open-ended questionnaire survey of high-performing middle managers at a global manufacturer in Japan (n = 144) was conducted to collect comments on strengths use support (SUS). The grounded theory approach was used to…

Despite the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act and its amendments, there are still barriers to successful employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Known barriers include lack of accommodations; negative stigma; and lack of investment in education, on-the-job training, and work experiences.…

Purpose: This study aims to examine how transformational leadership impacts learning flows that are critical for enhancing the learning capabilities of organizations. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 502 employees of business organizations located in India. A cross-sectional design was adopted, and partial least squares…

The first year of employment is a critical time that significantly impacts new hire perceptions of the organization and their level of engagement. This experience, commonly referred to using the term "onboarding," is the complex process of facilitating the new hire's adjustment to the organization and providing them with a clear…

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the merits of the unified model of task-specific motivation (UMTM) in predicting transfer of training and to investigate (relationships between) changes in UMTM components over time. In doing so, this study takes the multidimensionality of transfer motivation into account. Design/methodology/approach: The…

Institutions have tended to provide online training and in-service training by using today's technologies due to the increasing number of employees and the increase in the number of in-service trainings to be given. While the number of trainings held in online environments is increasing day by day, it has gained importance to help learners learn…

This study addressed the language in professional communication and national identity of civil servants-bilinguals in the Ukrainian border oblasts with Russia. It was empirically determined that the civil servants mainly use the Ukrainian language in professional communication with the users of civil services, but with colleagues, the Russian…

Providing library instruction, often via one-shots in someone else's classroom, may reduce feelings of agency or job control for academic instruction librarians. This study addresses potential differences in job control across core responsibilities, specifically looking at the difference between job duties overall and instruction responsibilities.…

Mentoring is a series of collaborative activities and conversations between young people and older or more experienced persons (i.e., mentors) who are acting in a helping capacity to provide support that benefits one or more areas of the young person's development. This resource offers those who develop and implement mentoring services meaningful…

The results of the 2024 Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Biennial Survey of Disability Resource Professionals in Higher Education provide benchmark data for the field. As in past surveys about professionals, survey questions are organized in three sections: Part 1: About You, Part 2: About Your Current Position, and Part 3:…

The purpose of this study was to design a tool measuring the influence of educational leaders in the health and wellness promotion of their employees. A reliable and valid multidimensional Likert scale instrument "Leaders' Perception of Health and Wellness Promotion" to assess the health and wellness promotion of staff was developed. A…

Entrepreneurship education can embrace the concept of diversity not only through the prism of demographics and identity but also through the inclusion of diverse competences. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform professional practice, integrating AI skills into established frameworks can broaden the scope and relevance of…

Background: The purpose of this study was to increase the body of knowledge regarding the workplace discrimination experiences of individuals with disabilities residing in the New England and Northeastern regions (NENR) of the United States by exploring their allegations filed under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) across the…

Public Administration (PA) as an academic discipline has traditionally been anchored in the principles of state-centric governance, national implementation policies, and the management of domestic public affairs. However, the rise of global and transnational governance has significantly reshaped the context in which public administrators operate.…