Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 24 Issue 2/3/4
Table of contents
Contemporary HRD research: a triarchy of theoretical perspectives and their prescriptions for HRD
Thomas N. Garavan, Patrick Gunnigle, Michael MorleyAddresses some of the key debates within the HRD literature and considers the extent to which HRD can be described as a field of study. The paper addresses the issues raised in…
The resource‐based view of the firm: some stumbling‐blocks on the road to understanding sustainable competitive advantage
John FahyThe resource‐based view of the firm (RBV) is an important, emerging theory of firm heterogeneity. It is well grounded in industrial economics and has benefited in its development…
Human resource development in small organizations
Rosemary Hill, Jim StewartThe paper draws on case‐study research into human resource development (HRD) within three small organizations in the north‐west of England. It positions the investigations within…
Mapping intellectual resources: insights from critical modernism
Philip O’Regan, David O’DonnellA consensus is emerging that the key to competitive success is becoming the ability to create, leverage, maintain and develop specialised knowledge, competencies and intellectual…
An exploration of the relationships between the adoption of managerial competencies, organisational characteristics, human resource sophistication and performance in Irish organisations
Margaret M. Heffernan, Patrick C. FloodThis paper is developed from research conducted with the Irish Management Institute. A model is presented to illustrate the relationships between the adoption of competency‐based…
Management of new product development in small electronics firms
A. LedwithThis paper reports on the findings of a study of the development of 63 new products in 36 electronics firms in Ireland. The firms range in size from fewer than ten to over 1,000…
Company‐based lifelong learning: what’s the pay‐off for employers?
Judy Pate, Graeme Martin, Phil Beaumont, Jim McGoldrickAddresses the question: will investment in HRD through company‐based programmes of lifelong learning pay dividends to companies in terms of knowledge transfer from courses and…
Post‐ “psychological contract” violation: the durability and transferability of employee perceptions: the case of TimTec
Judy Pate, Charles MaloneThis paper is concerned with the role played by the psychological contract in the relationship between an individual and his or her employer. In particular, the research…
The durability of Japanese personnel management?
Tom Dalzell, Joe WallaceThis paper reports on the initial results of a study on the changing personnel systems of large Japanese manufacturing companies. The study used participant observation to take…
Beyond the traditional linear view of international managerial careers: a new model of the senior female career in an international context
Margaret Linehan, James S. WalshThe focus of this paper is on the senior female international managerial career move in Europe. The study assesses an exclusively senior sample of 50 female managers who have made…
The time bounded glass ceiling and young women managers: career progress and career success – evidence from the UK
Ruth Simpson, Yochanan AltmanThis article presents evidence on the career success of young women managers and suggests an interaction between age and seniority as young women managers outpace their male…
Learning to labour: an exploratory analysis of the “New Deal”
Jason J. Turner, John W. McKinlayExplores, through semi‐structured interviews, participants’ perceptions of the “New Deal”. The paper draws on empirical data from research on the New Deal training scheme for…
Factors influencing learning in European learning oriented organisations: issues for management
Sally Sambrook, Jim StewartThis paper reports on one aspect of a European Union‐funded research project, focusing in exploring factors that influence lifelong learning. Influencing factors were categorised…
Towards a new approach to understanding service encounters: establishing, learning from and reconciling different views
Mark N.K. Saunders, Christine S. WilliamsReviews traditional measures of service quality. Argues that the constraints imposed by such measures mean that they can do little more than facilitate single loop learning…
Eyes wide shut? Querying the depth of call centre learning
Maeve HoulihanCall centres are high‐pressure work environments characterised by routinisation, scripting, computer‐based monitoring and intensive performance targets. This promises a series of…
Knowledge management practices within a knowledge‐intensive firm: the significance of the people management dimension
Maxine Robertson, Geraldine O’Malley HammersleyThis paper draws attention to the potentially focal role that appropriate people management practices can and do play in facilitating knowledge management within the context of a…