Development and Learning in Organizations
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Why Won’t People Speak Up? Unpacking Silence at Work
Angela Workman-StarkThis paper examines employee silence, namely, the causes of silence and how it might be overcome.
Successful family business succession: Utilizing peer groups for critical leadership skills development
Jenell Lynn-Senter Wittmer, Clinton Oliver Longenecker, Angie JonesThe current study explores the necessary leadership skills required for leadership succession in family businesses as well as best development activities for each skill…
Reframing educator preparation to collaboratively prepare teachers and administrators: challenges and advantages
Ginger Rhodes, Kerry K. Robinson, Dennis S. Kubasko, Andrew J. Ryder, Steven D. Hooker, Angelia Reid-Griffin, William L. SterrettThis study examines reframing an organization that permitted three typically siloed university programs to collaborate around a shared experience focused on teaching…
The learning organization: the time is ripe for starting to certify the idea
Anders ÖrtenbladTo convince readers that the time is ripe to start certifying the learning organization and to outline what would be needed to accomplish such a certification.
Does Time Perspective Influence Knowledge Hiding? Empirical Evidence from Indian Employees
Namita Ruparel, Rajneesh Choubisa, Himanshu Seth, Gaurav NagpalThe current study aims to explore the relationship between time perspective and knowledge hiding at the workplace.
SME learning: leave it as a mess or solve it like a maze
Steven TamThis paper gives executives new perspective on how well employee learning is being managed in their small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Effects of Learning Style and Learning Source Preferences on Organizational Learning Capability
Gregoris Demetriou, George Papageorgiou, Andreas EfstathiadesThe purpose of this research is the modeling of the relationship of Learning Style and Learning Source Preferences to Organizational Learning Capability (OLC).
Individual and organizational mindfulness: a social exchange-based approach
Soumendra N. Bagchi, Rajeev SharmaUnderstanding multiple dimensions of problem or opportunity and the context in an evolving environment is an essential task for leaders. The allied expectation is to be…
The taming of the scoundrel: how to tempt European Millennials to engage in international work-related mobility
Riina Koris, Iris KollingerThis research identifies the factors which motivate (or not) European Millennial students to accept work-related mobility. Insight into preferred length of mobility is…
Embracing the role of artificial intelligence in accounting and finance: contemplating the changing skillset expectations
Bhumika Gambhir, Anindita BhattacharjeeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight how Artificial intelligence (AI) and its subsets are changing the face of the accounting and finance (A&F) profession…
Learning as cognition: a developmental process for organizational learning
Rob E. CarpenterThe aim of this article is to present a viewpoint from learning as individual and group cognition for the benefit of organization learning scholarship.
Active learning and instructor accessibility in online talent training: a field experiment in China during COVID-19
Xingheng Wang, Weihan Lin, Yan Jiang, Yihua Wu, Yingyi Liu, Wen-Qian ZhouDrawing on self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan, 2012) and Hew’s (2016) five-factor model, our study aimed to investigate the impact of two online training design…
Leading learning and innovation in organizations: A distributed leadership perspective
Ankita TandonThis paper explores the role of distributed leadership for learning and innovation in organizations. Learning and innovation being collective interactive processes…
Inclusive organizations: developmental reciprocity through authentic leader-employee relationships
Anthony TarrantThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how managers develop employees with disabilities, to investigate how managerial decision-making accomplished in an inclusive…
Building a sense of justice and belonging: Commitment to family firms from non-family employees
Employee commitment increases when they perceive their company acts fairly towards them. Family-owned firms can address this important issue and increase perceptions of…
Perceived instructional requirements of hard skills trainers and soft skills trainers
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether hard-skills trainers and soft-skills trainers have different perspectives regarding the instructional skills and…
Enhancing job satisfaction and commitment: How organizational culture and HR practices can help
Firm performance can be optimized when job satisfaction and organizational commitment among employees is high. Companies can help increase levels by developing a…
Learning to effectively manage your emotions: the impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in caring roles
Smarty P. Mukundan, Dhanya M.Psychological constructs like emotional labor, emotional intelligence etc. are gaining importance now to understand employee outcomes such as job satisfaction in a health…
It is not a case of “one size fits all”: the need for customized HRM practices for employee engagement
Geetha Jose, Nimmi P. M., Sebastian Rupert MampillyThis study seeks to evaluate the role of HRM practices in enhancing Employee Engagement, particularly at varying levels of perceived psychological safety.
Exploring push and pull factors for talent development and retention: implications for practice
Justine Mutanga, Godwin Kaisara, Khulekani Yakobi, Sulaiman Olusegun AtikuThis study explores some of the key push and pull factors to consider in talent development and retention of competent employees by businesses operating in Namibia.
Outpacing the pandemic?: Decision speed of COVID-19 task forces
The purpose of the study is to determine which of individual competencies, team collaboration and clarity of roles and tasks assigned predict the decision speed of such…
Predicting human resource competencies
The purpose of the research is to conceptually define and empirically investigate the density of work experience along with individual characteristics [cognitive ability…
Integration of exploitative and exploratory learning: Bureaucracy as a surprise enabler
Extensive collaboration has become critical as increasing complexity of products and processes require firms to access specialized knowledge from diverse sources. Such…
Improving project-to-organization learning: A suggested framework
Project-based learning is an effective means for companies to capture, retain and use knowledge. To exploit both explicit and tacit knowledge, firms can combine knowledge…
Self-efficacy: A key mediator between transformational leadership and volunteers’ performance?
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and volunteers' performance and the role of self-efficacy as a mediator in…
The meaning of work for Italian school principals
Firstly, to verify whether and how school principals' meaning of work is associated with personal, organizational and relational aspects of work. Secondly, to verify…
The influence of organizational commitment on turnover intention: Employee perceptions of training make a difference
The growing challenge to effectively address turnover intention is helped when organizational commitment is strong. Company leaders can increase commitment levels by a…
Towards effective talent management and employer branding: The importance of employee perception of work-life balance
Concerns about unsatisfactory work-life balance is negatively affecting turnover in many firms. Family-friendly HRM practices that address employee needs can help…
Managerial coaching: where are we now and where should we go in the future?
Charles Carvalho, Fallan Kirby Carvalho, Sheldon CarvalhoIn this paper, we provide a brief understanding of the field of managerial coaching, specifically, offering insights on what has been studied and ideas on where the field…
Commitment to change
The purpose of the study was to develop and validate an integrative measure of commitment to change using a mixed-methods approach. Changes in employees' commitment to…
Human resource management and innovation in SMEs
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between HRM and innovation in SMEs through gift/counter-gift exchanges.
Facilitating organizational change: Political skill as a key enabler
Resistance to proposed change is a typical reaction in most firms. Change agents can address this prevailing attitude by developing and utilizing different aspects of…
How individual employees might react to organizational change likely influential factors
Employee response to organizational change impacts on its overall effectiveness. Firms can develop greater understanding by identifying various individual and…
Industry 4.0 disruption: assessing the need for adaptive capability
Uma Shankar RangaswamyConsidering the advent of Industry 4.0, organizations need to undergo digital transformation to survive disruptions owing to rapid technological changes. Accordingly…
Do perceptions of organizational politics influence turnover intentions? Organizational cynicism as a potential mediator
Sabia Singh, Gurpreet RandhawaThe purpose of this study is to examine the impact of perceptions of organizational politics on turnover intentions with a focus on the role of organizational cynicism as…
Empowering employees to increase creativity: The positive influence of authentic leadership
Businesses today must constantly innovate in order to remain competitive. Employee creativity is critical to such aims and can be enhanced when they are trusted, empowered…
An ideal climate for knowledge-sharing and organizational learning: Transformational leadership holds the key
In order to innovate effectively, firms must develop a learning culture. Transformational leadership can play a critical role in building an organizational climate which…
Finding effective ways to address work-family conflict: The critical role of supervisor support
An unhealthy work-life balance is a major cause of turnover intentions among the workforce. Firms can effectively address the issue by ensuring that supervisor support is…
Making diversity a workplace asset: Focus on inclusion and employee well-being
Diversity in the workplace has scope to function as a double-edged sword. Firms must recognize different forms of diversity and their scope to vary in how they shape…
Technological illiteracy in an increasingly technological world: methods to help employees create with rather than simply consume technology
Daniel Pfaltzgraf, Gary S. InschThis paper discusses the technology gap in today’s newer hires where younger employees are often believed to be more technologically astute than they really are. Younger…
What is behind grit? Developing stamina for your organization
Juan Manuel Menéndez BlancoThis paper offers a practical conceptualization and understanding of grit, exploring what grit adds to the organizations and how to develop it at an individual and…
Millennial turnover intentions: how can B-schools make a difference?
Pragnya Acharya, Joaquin Garcia-Tapial, Lalatendu Kesari JenaThe article intends to instigate a new thought process for management institutions to reshape their curriculum and design their teaching around mitigating the rising…
Regulatory focus and learning. How the pursuit of promotion and prevention-focus goals influence informal learning in the workplace
Jessica E. FedermanThe purpose of the study is to understand how regulatory focus influences informal learning behaviors.
Bridging the industry-education skills gap for human resource development
Nana Arthur-MensahThe purpose of the study was to describe one advanced engineering company's efforts to build a channel of skilled workforce by developing an apprenticeship program with…
Managers’ experiences as recipients: impact on organizational change
The purpose of this study is to explore how managers’ prior experiences as recipients of change influence the organizational changes they then go on to make in their…
Co-creating value for customers: A collaborative approach to organizational learning helps
Strong emphasis on learning can help organizations more closely engage with customers to co-create value for them. Collaboration is vital and leadership plays an important…
Project managers’ roles
Jan Terje Karlsen, Parinaz Farid, Tim TorvatnThe purpose of the research was to investigate which management roles were adopted in this merger process and to look at project management skills and competencies and how…
“Reinventing the wheel, over and over again”. organizational learning, memory and forgetting in doing diversity work
Marieke van den BrinkThe purpose of this paper is to advance knowledge of organizational change towards diversity by bringing together concepts from organizational learning and diversity studies.
Towards increased understanding of organizational learning: The role of fieldwork in providing greater depth
Current approaches to organizational learning are limited in the insight they provide. Greater understanding is attainable through more engagement in fieldwork and an…
Smooth power: identifying high-level leadership skills promoting organizational adaptability
Alicia Ohlsson, Aida Alvinius, Gerry LarssonThe purpose of this research is to gain deeper understanding of the leadership skills that are important to enhance adaptability in a hierarchical organization together…
Understanding learning spillover
Svenja Richter, Simone Kauffeld, Timo KortschThe study explored whether and how satisfaction with and the perceived utility of the formal training positively influenced subsequent informal learning and the ways in…
Multiple jobholders and workplace learning
Anu JärvensivuThe purpose of this research is to explore the career development and workplace learning of Finnish multiple jobholders who are university graduates.
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