European Journal of Training and Development

Authentic talent development in sociocultural context: interdisciplinary perspectives

Gelaye Debebe

This paper aims to describe how the multidisciplinary studies in the special issue expand and enrich the framework of authentic talent development in sociocultural context.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Nurturing focused motivation: leadership development in Indonesia

Charlina Gozali, Susan J. Paik

The present study aims to examine how a group of young leaders in Indonesia developed their leadership throughout their early and later years. In particular, the study…

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…

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…

The ethics of talent development: frameworks and identities

Kenneth Reinert, Gelaye Debebe

This paper aims to examine the ethics of authentic talent development in socioeconomic context by considering a set of alternative ethical frameworks. It juxtaposes 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…

The school stakeholder community as a source of capital for the talent development of black students in a high school engineering career academy

Edward C. Fletcher, Erik M. Hines, Donna Y. Ford, Tarek C. Grantham, James L. Moore III

This paper aims to examine the role of school stakeholders (e.g. advisory board members, school administrators, parents, teachers and school board members) at a 99% black…

Career chance events of highly educated women with doctoral degrees in South Korea

Yonjoo Cho, Jieun You, Yuyeon Choi, Jiyoung Ha, Yoon Hee Kim, Jinsook Kim, Sang Hee Kang, Seunghee Lee, Romee Lee, Terri Kim

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how highly educated women respond to career chance events in a Korean context where traditional cultural values and…

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.

Sociocultural factors that affect the identification and development of talent in children and adolescents

Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Rena F. Subotnik, Frank C. Worrell

The purpose of this paper is to inform readers about the nature of talent development prior to post-secondary education; describe the obstacles that individuals face…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

Heavy lifting: authentic talent development and leadership obtainment for Black women state legislators

Jatia Wrighten

The purpose of this paper is to apply a novel intersectional framework, the heavy lifter theory, to leadership attainability in state legislatures. It is a logical and…

Task performance and training of employees: the mediating role of employee engagement in the tourism and hospitality industry

Mohd Arwab, Mohd Adil, Mohd Nasir, Mohd Ashraf Ali

The purpose of this study is to analyse the perception of employees towards training and also examine the mediation effect of employee engagement between training and task…

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…

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…

Relationship between educational mismatches and job satisfaction: evidence from Korean young employees’ lifelong learning

Kyung Hee Park, Nan Luo

This study aims to demonstrate whether the educational mismatch prevalent in society can be overcome by various types of lifelong learning and whether lifelong learning…

Human resource development in SMEs in a context of labor shortage: a profile analysis

Andrée-Anne Deschênes

The purpose of this paper is to examine small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) level of participation in human resource development activities during a labor shortage…

Artificial intelligence in learning and development: a systematic literature review

Parag Bhatt, Ashutosh Muduli

The presented research explored artificial intelligence (AI) application in the learning and development (L&D) function. Although a few studies reported AI and the people…

Exploring learning outcomes for managers who coach

Beth Adele, Andrea D. Ellinger, Rochell R. McWhorter, Toby M. Egan

As a part of a larger study, the purpose of this study was to explore the learning outcomes for the “manager as coach” when exemplary managers are engaged in coaching…

A study to explore the linkage between green training and sustainable organizational performance through emotional intelligence and green work life balance

Pallavi Deshpande, Anugamini Priya Srivastava

This study aims to review the role of green training and green work life balance (GWLB) on sustainable organizational performance (SOP) with a moderating variable…

Forgetting to learn and learning to forget: the call for organizational unlearning

Mandolen Mull, Clayton Duffy, Dave Silberman

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide a foundation for human resource development (HRD) scholars in attempts to devise mechanisms for establishing and…

Exploring the authenticity, or lack thereof, of the discourse of talent management

Rita A. Gardiner, Wendy Fox-Kirk, Syeda Tuba Javaid

This paper aims to examine the ways in which discourses of talent management (TM) reinforce and perpetuate structural barriers of exclusion and discrimination. The…

How job complexity fosters employee creativity: a contextualized growth perspective and the mechanism of feedback-seeking

Wa Yang, Jinqiang Zhu, Shiyong Xu, Yanjun Liu, Dongying Luo, Yixiao Wang, Jia Yu

Drawing on the work design growth model (WDGM), this paper aims to explore the relationship between job complexity and employee creativity through feedback-seeking and the…

Determinants of research performance of university academics and the moderating and mediating roles of organizational culture and job crafting

Roziah Mohd Rasdi, Siti Zainab Tauhed, Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh, Seyedali Ahrari

This paper aims to identify the role of organizational and individual factors in predicting the research performance of academics when job crafting is a mediator variable…

Winterizing the Egyptian spring: why might business schools fail to develop responsible leaders?

Mohamed Mousa

This paper aims to theoretically answer the question: why might business schools in Egypt fail to develop responsible leaders?

CSR, marketing capabilities and human resource development: the endogenous role of network capabilities

Tu Van Binh, Linh Nguyen Khanh Duong, Ngo Giang Thy, Huynh Dang Khoa

This study aims to examine the relationship between human resource development (HRD) and the interaction between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and marketing…

Empowering leadership and employee creativity: the mediating roles of work engagement and knowledge sharing

Baek-Kyoo Joo, Jeong-Ha Yim, Young Sim Jin, Soo Jeoung Han

This study aims to investigate the relationship between empowering leadership and employee creativity and the mediating roles of work engagement and knowledge sharing in…

Trainees’ aversions of employee training programs

Raphael Papa Kweku Andoh, Elizabeth Cornelia Annan-Prah, Emmanuel Afreh Owusu, Paul Mensah Agyei

Training evaluation is an important part of training programs and evaluating the reactions of trainees is of immense value, but there are few studies on this level of…

Emotion in teams: a scoping literature review

Lei Xie, Jonathan Wilson, Todd Sherron

The empirical findings of the roles of emotions in teams are mixed. This study, a scoping literature review, aims to synthesize extant research on the roles of emotions in…

Understanding the talent development of notable artists and scientists of color and women: Why contextual factors matter

Susan J. Paik, Lindsey T. Kunisaki, Vinh Q. Tran, Kenya R. Marshall-Harper

The purpose of this study is to discuss the significance of “contextual factors” on the talent development of underserved populations. Understanding the “context” and…

Global scientific literature on human resource development: a bibliometric analysis using Scopus database

Binh Pham-Duc, Trung Tran, Dung Huu Hoang, Chau Bao Do

This paper aims to analyze the development of global human resource development (HRD) articles published in journals indexed in the Scopus database since 1960s until present time.

Impact of supervisory delegation on employee voice behavior: role of felt obligation for constructive change and voice climate

Um-e Rubbab, Sayyed Muhammad Mehdi Raza Naqvi, Muhammad Irshad, Ramsha Zakariya

The research linking organizational change-oriented activities with employee voice behavior is still in its initial stages. This study aims to contribute to this line of…

Design thinking: a cognitive resource for improving workforce analytics and training evaluation

Natasha Zafar, Muhammad Ali Asadullah, Muhammad Zia Ul Haq, Ahmad Nabeel Siddiquei, Sajjad Nazir

The firms use training evaluation practices (TEPs) to determine the return of billions of dollars spent on employee training and development activities. The firms need to…

Department chairs’ perceptions of union membership on academic human resource decision-making

Leigh Settlemoir Dzwik, Sunyoung Park

The purpose of this study is to explore unionization’s impact on university department chairs for academic human resource decision-making in terms of faculty hiring;…

Manager-as-coach and use of scenistic tools for instruction

Paul Lyons, Randall P. Bandura

The purpose of this essay is the provision of a conceptual approach for a manager-as-coach to use for instructional purposes with an employee. Using scenistic materials…

Principal self-efficacy, mindset and performance outcomes: exploring the connection

Kristen Justus, Vishal Arghode, David Barker

This study aims to explore the relationship between principals’ performance on the Pennsylvania Framework for Leadership evaluation tool and the corresponding…

A proposed research agenda concerning supervisor training for newcomer organizational socialization

Andrew Sanghyun Lee

The purpose of this paper is to identify extant training needs for preparing supervisors to support newcomers’ organizational socialization and to develop a research…

Integrative model of the leader competences

Paula Cristina Nunes Figueiredo, Maria José Sousa, Eduardo Tomé

The aim of the paper is to propose an integrative model of the leader competences through the analysis of the several models of competence found in the literature review.

Emotional intelligence, intercultural competence and online instruction: Review and reflection

Vishal Arghode, Gandhi Lakshmanan, Fredrick Muyia Nafukho

The purpose of this paper is to explain how emotional intelligence (EI) influences intercultural competence (IC), which in turn may influence online instruction. The…

Academic supports, motivation to learn, motivation to transfer and transfer of training: a comparative analysis of public and private universities

Shahbaz Sharif, Mary Braimah, Alice Emmanuela Dogbey

Public and private universities keep facilitating knowledge transfer and sharing within academic institutions. Multiple factors have been investigated to strengthen the…

The link between HRD professionals’ social capital and career adaptability: a moderated mediation analysis of social network

Jihye Oh, Shinhee Jeong, Seung Won Yoon, Daeyeon Cho

From a social capital perspective, this study aims to shed light on the link between social capital and career adaptability by focusing on how social connections and…