... ; Pinderhughes, 2007 ; Speth, 2010). For example, Pinderhughes (2007 , p. 12) asked: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Green jobs Workforce development Economic development Emerging occupation Policy Careers Technical education United States of America Training The worldwide...

... management Cultural diversity National cultures Case studies Multicultural societies Workplace United States of America The US workforce is already threatened by the phenomenon of the “unhappy worker”, as Kaye and Jordan‐Evans (2007) testified that more and more HRD professionals feel...

... International HRD United States of America Taiwan Continually improving information and communication technologies are accelerating business globalization. Human resource development (HRD) is a key factor in companies' success in the inevitable move to globalization (McLean, 2001). As businesses...

... development United States of America Using the theoretical framework of social justice perspectives and critical HRD, the paper intends to uncover and critically examine the existing power structures of corporate America today, and to discuss structural as well as perceptual deterrents to women's...

.... E‐learning Electronic media Human resource development Learning processes United States of America In this stage, a questionnaire survey was developed based on the input generated from the first stage. The focus of the survey was to explore the two research questions. This section...

... to the word “expertise”, the former deriving from the latter, both words are used interchangeably. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Europe United States of America Skills Knowledge capture Experience From a set of humble beginnings some 50 years ago, the construct of expertise...

... Management power Workplace learning Training Decision making Modern history United States of America This paper is a selective review of these two texts. It is acknowledged both that there is a twenty year span between the publication dates of the two works, and that the most recent of the two...

... strong theoretical connections between the use of the organization learning dimensions and our study's purpose, and research questions. Learning organizations Leadership Small enterprises United States of America In the US, small‐size business enterprises, those with 500 or less employees...

... Limited 2008 Thinking Decision trees United States of America Retention Technicians Labour market XYZ does prefer to hire unskilled personnel and train them in the methods used by the company. The highly skilled CNC operator that XYZ uses as a trainer also has his own duties...

... goals and organizational effectiveness. Argyris and Schön (1978) pointed out that: Human resource development Organizational learning Organizational effectiveness Mission statements Leadership United States of America Effective organizations have employees who are committed and make...

... interested in building a learning culture. Culture Workplace training Small enterprises United States of America Marquardt (2002 , p. 27) referred to culture as “an organization's values, beliefs, practices, rituals, and customs”. The learning organization's culture habitually learns and works...

...Eduardo Tomé Purpose To compare in a fruitful way the human resources (HR) policies that exist in the European Union (EU) and in the United States of America (USA). Nowadays, the world is evolving to a situation in which big economic spaces like Brazil, Russia, India, China, Japan, the EU...

...) convergent institution, showing that is is virtually impossible for corporate‐minded members to implement traditional aspirations successfully. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Corporate ventures Universities Mission statements United States of America United Kingdom A number...

... training is discussed. Significant skills to be focused on in intercultural training are described and specific measures for pre‐assessment devices in intercultural training are presented. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Training methods Cross‐cultural management Design United States...