European Journal of Training and Development

Does ebullient supervision foster thriving, social and creative employees? – it all starts at the top!

Maria Mashkoor, Lakhi Muhammad

This paper aims to explore the impact of ebullient supervision on thriving at work, and relational social capital to stimulate employee creativity in the hospitality industry.

Exploring Generation Z’s expectations at future work: the impact of digital technology on job searching

Ke Ma, Bo Fang

The purpose of this study is to explore the perspectives of Generation Z college students regarding the job selection process, as well as the impact of digital technology on their…

Toward the sustainable development of corporate universities: the case of South Korea

Jeong Rok Oh, Cho Hyun Park, Kyungmin Baek

Despite the burgeoning interest in corporate universities (CUs), their pragmatic application and ongoing evolution present challenges. This study aims to analyze the South Korean…

The relationship between career satisfaction and organizational commitment: evidence from the Kuwaiti banking sector

Nizar Baidoun, Valerie Anne Anderson

Grounded in social cognitive career theory (SCCT), this study aims to examine the influence of contextual factors on the relationship between career satisfaction and…

Relationships among supervisors’ socialization behaviors, newcomers’ socialization outcomes, organizational commitment, and work outcomes

Andrew Sanghyun Lee, Ronald Lynn Jacobs

This study aims to explore relationships among supervisors’ socialization behaviors, newcomers’ socialization outcomes, organizational commitment, and work outcomes in three large…

A meta-analysis of the effects of lifelong vocational education in South Korea

Jhong Yun Joy Kim, EunBee Kim, Doo Hun Lim

This study aims to conduct a quantitative meta-analysis of previous research on lifelong vocational education to generate generalized conclusions about its effects, set directions…

Performance-oriented HR and career development of women managers: the mediation of self-leadership and the moderated mediation of supervisor’s gender equality

Jaehong Joo, Hee Sun Kim, Sae Gyoung Song, Yun Jeong Ro, Ji Hoon Song

The purpose of this study is to emphasize the important role of performance-oriented human resource (HR) practices and gender equality perceptions in supervisors and chief…

Integrating training for organizational sustainability: the application of Sustainable Development Goals globally

Stephanie Bilderback

This paper aims to emphasize integrating training for organizational sustainability with the United Nation’s (UN’s) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It shows how SDGs can be…

A conceptual framework for practicing inclusive dialogic organization development in times of uncertainty and complexity

Chang-kyu Kwon, Kibum Kwon

The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework for practicing inclusive dialogic organization development (OD).

Career competencies: an integrated review of the literature

Hyeonah Jo, Minji Park, Ji Hoon Song

A boundaryless career perspective suggests that career competencies are essential for employees who wish to advance their careers in high uncertainty. This study aims to propose…

Training and development in the Visegrad countries during Covid-19

Eduardo Tomé, Katarzyna Tracz-Krupa, Dorota Molek-Winiarska

The purpose of this paper is to define the impact of training and development (T&D) in the Visegrad countries (V4) as impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, namely, Hungary, Poland…

How might responsible management education (RME) be used to develop responsible leadership skills among students in business schools? Evidence from non-Western business schools

Mohamed Mousa, Levy del Aguila, Hala Abdelgaffar

This paper aims to find an answer to the questions: To what extent is the implementation of responsible management education (RME) perceived to be adequate for developing…

The significance of general skills training for early career graduates: relationships with perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and turnover intention

Ashly Pinnington, Farzana Asad Mir, Zehua Ai

The purpose of this study is to address the mixed predictions about the relationship between general skills training and turnover intention of early career graduates by examining…

Women-only training programmes as tools for professional development: analysis and outcomes of a transformative learning process

Stephanie Chasserio, Eliane Bacha

Based on the transformative learning theory, this paper analyses a French women-only training programme (WOTP) that aims to develop women’s soft skills in their professional…

Examining technology use within the ADDIE framework to develop professional training

Helen Crompton, Mildred V. Jones, Yaser Sendi, Maram Aizaz, Katherina Nako, Ricardo Randall, Eric Weisel

The purpose of this study is to determine what technological strategies were used within each of the phases of the ADDIE framework when developing content for professional…

Thinking out of the box’ exploring the dual outcomes of gritty leadership in project-based organizations

Shazia Faiz, Namra Mubarak, Samyia Safdar

This study aims to focus on the dual outcomes and consequences of gritty leadership, including how it encourages followers to engage proactively and, as a result, succeed in their…

Essential competencies for organizational learning professionals according to job ads in the Israeli employment market

Meital Amzalag, Omri Shoval

This study aims to examine core professional competencies required by organizational learning (OL) field, using the main knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) theoretical…

Linking learning goal orientation to learning from error: the mediating role of motivation to learn and metacognition

Martin Lauzier, Annabelle Bilodeau Clarke

Errors are increasingly recognized as beneficial to the learning process and are more frequently integrated into training curriculums. Despite this growing interest, the work…

Supervisors’ roles for newcomer adjustment: review of supervisors’ impact on newcomer organizational socialization outcomes

Andrew Sanghyun Lee

This study aims to explore and classify the fragmentary findings of previous studies and improve understanding of the overall roles of supervisors in newcomer organizational…

Investigating the link between socially-responsible HRM and organizational sustainability performance – an HRD perspective

Neelam Nakra, Vaneet Kashyap

The paper aims to investigate the impact of socially-responsible human resource (SR-HR) practices on organizational sustainability performance (OSP) in Indian business…

A bitter pill to swallow: the model of despotic leadership, bullying behavior, emotional intelligence and well-being

Talat Islam, Arooba Chaudhary, Hafiz Fawad Ali

This study aims to investigate how despotic leadership affects employee well-being through bullying behavior. The study further investigates emotional intelligence as a…

The role of mentors’ paradox mindset on career mentoring: application of attachment theory

Jun Yin

This study aims to investigate the relationship between mentors’ paradox mindset and career mentoring directly and indirectly through self-efficacy and work engagement, drawing…

Inclusive talent management philosophy, talent management practices and employees’ outcomes

Barrington Everton Graham, Monica Zaharie, Codruta Osoian

This study aims to propose that inclusive talent management (TM) philosophy and TM practices are related to individual outcomes, such as job satisfaction, turnover intentions and…

Using the metaverse in training: lessons from real cases

Omaima Hajjami, Sunyoung Park

The purpose of this study is to explore the potential contribution of the metaverse to improve training and development as a function of human resource development (HRD…

Impact of entrepreneurial training on career outcomes: mediated by work passion in Pakistani business owners

Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Rafiq, Kashif Mahmood, Sobia Nasir, Ayesha Zahid

Passion plays a vital role in entrepreneurship, and examining the role of training in passion development is a recent call. This study aims to examine the impact of…

Counteracting the curvilinear relationship between organizational tenure and career initiative: the role of mentoring and network barriers

Alaka N. Rao, Meghna Virick

This study investigates the antecedents of career initiative, a proactive behavior, whereby individuals engage in activities to promote their career development. The authors first…

Higher education leadership, quality of worklife and turnover intention among Lebanese academics in COVID-19: a moderated mediation model

Rola Chami-Malaeb, Nayla Menhem, Rasha Abdulkhalek

The purpose of this study is to explore the human resource development (HRD) implications of perceived higher education (HEd) leadership effectiveness on academics’ quality of…

An introduction to equity leadership: meeting individual employee needs across organizations

Laura E. Hurtienne, Matthew Hurtienne

As human resource development (HRD) seeks to develop organizations and unleash human expertise (Swanson and Holton, 2009), leaders should be encouraged to consider every employee…

Evolving approaches to employee engagement: comparing antecedents in remote work and traditional workplaces

Omaima Hajjami, Oliver S. Crocco

The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influenced employee engagement in the context of remote work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and compare them…

Linking training and development to employees’ attitudes and behaviors: the mediating role of engagement

Pham Tien Thanh, Nguyen Thu Ha

Because employees’ positive attitudes and behaviors are important to ensure organizational performance, organizations attempt to carry out human resource practices to shape these…

The competence-based VET curriculum and teaching of work values: the case of Lithuania

Vidmantas Tūtlys, Sigitas Daukilas, Rita Mičiulienė, Nijole Čiučiulkienė, Ričardas Krikštolaitis

This paper aims to explore how the competence-based vocational education and training (VET) curricula facilitate shaping of work values of VET students. It discusses…

Examination of the influence of transfer opportunity, assimilation of training content and motivation to transfer in the training transfer process

Raphael Papa Kweku Andoh, Elizabeth Cornelia Annan-Prah, Georgina Nyantakyiwaa Boampong, Josephine Jehu-Appiah, Araba Mbrowa Korsah, Emmanuel Afreh Owusu

Research has established that 38%, 56% and 66% of training is not transferred to work immediately, six months and 12 months after training, respectively. This has led scholars to…

Does fit perception influence career exploration in a relational context? The mediating role of career adaptability

Qi Kou, Roziah Mohd Rasdi, Nurfazreen Aina Muhamad Nasharudin, Ahmad Aizuddin Md Rami, Peng Cao, Nordahlia Umar Baki

This study aims to examine the relationship between contextual factors and career exploration. Career adaptability mediates the relationship between social support, sense of…

Career shock of female academics during Covid-19: can the transactional stress model offer coping strategies?

Mohamed Mousa

Through addressing female academics in four public universities in Egypt, the author of this paper aims to answer the question: How do female academics cope with the career shock…

Inclusion in the workplace: an integrative literature review

Loi Anh Nguyen, Rebecca Evan, Sanghamitra Chaudhuri, Marcia Hagen, Denise Williams

Organizations increasingly use inclusion initiatives to reflect a meaningful involvement of their entire workforce as part of their larger diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI…

Flying high: pilot peer coaching to champion well-being and mitigate hazardous attitudes

Nick Goodwyn, Nick Beech, Bob Garvey, Jeff Gold, Richard Gulliford, Tricia Auty, Ali Sajjadi, Adalberto Arrigoni, Nehal Mahtab, Simon Jones, Susan Beech

The “Germanwings” air crash in 2015 in which 150 people were killed highlighted the challenges pilots working in the aviation industry face. Pilots regularly work for extensive…

Making sense of the digital badging landscape in education and workplace settings: a scoping review of the empirical literature

Denise M. Cumberland, Tyra G. Deckard, Lisa Kahle-Piasecki, Sharon A. Kerrick, Andrea D. Ellinger

The concept of digital badges (DBs) as a form of microcredentialing has gained considerable traction in higher education and workplace settings in recent years. This scoping…

Hybrid negotiation simulations: how mixing fact and fiction can lead to a more comprehensive learning experience

Martin Gutmann, Erik Jentges, Douglas MacKevett

The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative approach to overcoming a common dilemma in designing negotiation simulations – that of situating a simulation in a real-life…

Examining the mediating role of team growth mindset on the relationship of individual mindsets and shared leadership

Soo Jeoung Han, Lei Xie, Michael Beyerlein, Rodney Boehm

As a cornerstone of team performance, learning depends on each member’s mindset. Drawing on implicit theories of intelligence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the…

Ethical issues in virtual workplaces: evidence from an emerging economy

Shubhi Gupta, Govind Swaroop Pathak

However, while the benefits of adopting virtual work structures have been extensively discussed, ethical considerations have been largely ignored in the existing literature. To…

Factors and obstacles determining the investments in continuing education and training of managers: the case of Bulgarian enterprises

Mariya Neycheva, Milen Baltov

This study aims to examine internal and external factors as well as main obstacles to managers’/owners’ participation in education and training.

Indispensable skills for human employees in the age of robots and AI

Szufang Chuang

Based on sociotechnical systems theory, social (human) and technological sub-systems in an organization should be taken in account when making strategic decisions and designed to…

Integrative literature review on employee turnover antecedents across different generations: commonalities and uniqueness

Michael Climek, Rachel Henry, Shinhee Jeong

The purpose of this study is to synthesize the current turnover literature that has investigated the nonfinancial antecedents of turnover intention across generations. This paper…

The integrative approach in the study of resilience in female entrepreneurship

Vânia Maria Jorge Nassif, Márcia Maria Garçon

This paper aims to understand resilience in entrepreneurial behavior and the major adversities faced by women entrepreneurs and identify theoretical and empirical bases that…

Linkages of organizational commitment and leadership styles: a systematic review

Prashant Sunil Borde, Ridhi Arora, Sanjeeb Kakoty

This paper aims to examine how the linkages between organizational commitment (OC) and five leadership styles, namely, authentic leadership, benevolent leadership, ethical…

Developing and validating protean and boundaryless career scale for college passing out students

Divyang Purohit, Rachita Jayswal

With changing employment conditions, technological advancement, frequent manpower reduction and global competition, the relevance of the protean and boundaryless career concepts…

“Power of words”: impact, concerns and applications of nonviolent communication training

Madhuri Korlipara, Hardik Shah

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program on nonviolent communication (NVC) and assess its impact, concerns and applicability to the context…

Generational differences in work values in the Korean Government sector

Sohee Park, Sunyoung Park

The purpose of this study is to compare the perceptions of work values among different generational groups (Boomers, Generation 386, Generation X and Millennials) in the Korean…

Futures and foresight learning in HRD

Jeff Gold, Patricia Jolliffe, Jim Stewart, Catherine Glaister, Sallyann Halliday

The purpose of this paper is to argue that human resource development (HRD) needs to embrace and include futures and foresight learning (FFL) as a new addition to its field of…