... management (SHRM) and organizational performance (OP). An attempt is made to find out the mediation effect of cognitive diversity (CD) and affective diversity (AD) in the relationship between DM and OP. Design/methodology/approach The constructs investigated in the present study include DM, OP, CD and AD...

...Frank Nana Kweku Otoo; Evelyn Akosua Otoo; Godfred Kwame Abledu; Akash Bhardwaj Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of employee performance in the association between human resource development (HRD) practices and organizational performance. Design/methodology...

...Frank Nana Kweku Otoo; Mridula Mishra Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of employee competencies in the association between human resource development (HRD) practices and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach An integrated research model...

.... Originality/value The overt linking of classic theories – Polanyi and Lyotard – and applying these to contemporary (digital-age) training and development contexts is original. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Organizational performance...

... Knowledge management Knowledge conversion Organizational performance All of the interviews were recorded (with prior consent and confidentiality assured). Following the transcription of the interviews, we reviewed the transcripts and consolidated findings therefore developing a profile of study...

... engagement in the HRD literature, second only to the original qualitative research by Kahn. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Employee involvement Human resource development Qualitative research Organizational performance Employee engagement has been defined as “an individual...

... organizational performance. Intrapreneurship is a relatively recent area of exploration in which scholarly efforts have primarily focused on identifying the construct and distinguishing it from entrepreneurship. The proposed model of intrapreneurial learning and performance joins a growing number of works...

... Training Group dynamics Organizational performance While various disciplines acknowledge the potential of multiple influences on behavior, the human sciences generally anchor behavior within the individual. From this perspective, the individual is the arbiter of his or her own behavior...

...Eleni Stavrou‐Costea Purpose The study aims to examine the human resource management challenges in Southern EU and their effect on organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach First, key challenges were identified in the existing literature. Then, these challenges were matched...

... Organizational performance Metaphors Today’s organisations are faced with increasingly difficult choices about appropriate development strategies and structures, within an environment that is increasingly characterised by the large amount of data that is available for decision making. Judging...

... came from 12 organisations as shown in Table II . © MCB UP Limited 2002 Neurolinguistic programming Organizational performance Individual behaviour A programme for neurolinguistic programming (NLP) training was commissioned by the Training and Employment Agency in Northern...

... of being prepared to resource a sustained, ongoing, continuous upgrading of all areas management practice across their entire organisation. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Organizational performance Management Organizational learning Small firms Surveys United Kingdom With firms striving...

... Organizational development Organizational performance Small to medium‐sized enterprises Training One of the key characteristics of the debate on the evolution of the socio‐economic environment of business in advanced industrial economies at the end of the twentieth century is the progressive emphasis...

... by attribution theory? © MCB UP Limited 1994 Organizational performance Managers Newspaper publishing Organizations Success In his seminal book Simon asserted that each executive perceives those aspects of the situation that relate specifically to the activities and goals of his or her...

... of the Open Business School and is also engaged in consultancy work. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Organizational performance Learning Management development Management learning Top management Training ...