Personnel Review: Volume 53 Issue 3

Learning and development in highly dynamic VUCA contexts: a new framework for the L&D function

Thomas N. Garavan, Colette Darcy, Laura Lee Bierema

This article introduces the special issue of Learning and Development in Highly-Dynamic VUCA Contexts. The issue reviews the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity…

Rethinking skill development in a VUCA world: firm-specific skills developed through training and development in South Korea

Junhee Kim, Kibum Kwon, Jeehyun Choi

This study aims to examine the effect of firm-specific skills on formal and informal training and development (T&D) effectiveness, job satisfaction, turnover intentions, and the…

A VUCA-ready workforce: exploring employee competencies and learning and development implications

Sateesh V. Shet

The author aims to develop an employee competency framework for a volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) environment and propose learning and development (L&D…

Measuring learning agility: a review and critique of learning agility measures

Brandon A. Smith, Karen E. Watkins

The purpose of this review is to evaluate existing learning agility measures and offer recommendations for their use in organizational and scholarly contexts.

Developing future competencies of people employed in non-standard forms of employment: employers’ and employees’ perspective

Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Dominika Bąk-Grabowska

The aim of this study is to analyze the differences between non-standard forms of employment (FoE) (i.e. dependent self-employment/business-to-business/B2B contract and contract…

Training under an extreme context: the role of organizational support and adaptability on the motivation transfer and performance after training

Ana Junça Silva, Deolinda Pinto

The present study used the job-demands and resources (JD-R) framework to understand how the training is transferred to an extreme working context through the analysis of job and…

Digitisation and automation in training and development: a meta-review of new opportunities and challenges

Jenny Sarah Wesche, Lisa Handke

To remain competitive, efficient and productive, organisations need to ensure that their employees continuously learn and develop. This is even more challenging and critical in…

The machine/human agentic impact on practices in learning and development: a study across MSME, NGO and MNC organizations

Debolina Dutta, Anasha Kannan Poyil

The importance of learning in development in increasingly dynamic contexts can help individuals and organizations adapt to disruption. Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as…