... regulation Personal development Discourse Self development Training Managers Identity has become an increasingly popular topic in the organisational research that reflects contemporary society's explosion of images and industries focused on how one should “be” (Alvesson et al., 2008...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Culture Confucianism Society Self development Employee attitudes China In a long run, culture value has been seen as a major role in differentiating work values and their priority (Hofstede, 1980b ; Pelled and Xin, 1997 ; Schneider and Barsoux...

.... Findings The findings of the studies suggest that there is less learning activity (in terms of education, training or self‐development activities) being undertaken by these participants than may be expected. While participants generally believe that they should take charge of their own learning and career...