Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 24 Issue 2/3/4

Contemporary HRD research: a triarchy of theoretical perspectives and their prescriptions for HRD

Addresses some of the key debates within the HRD literature and considers the extent to which HRD can be described as a field of study. The paper addresses the issues raised in…

The resource‐based view of the firm: some stumbling‐blocks on the road to understanding sustainable competitive advantage

The resource‐based view of the firm (RBV) is an important, emerging theory of firm heterogeneity. It is well grounded in industrial economics and has benefited in its development…

Human resource development in small organizations

The paper draws on case‐study research into human resource development (HRD) within three small organizations in the north‐west of England. It positions the investigations within…

Mapping intellectual resources: insights from critical modernism

A consensus is emerging that the key to competitive success is becoming the ability to create, leverage, maintain and develop specialised knowledge, competencies and intellectual…

An exploration of the relationships between the adoption of managerial competencies, organisational characteristics, human resource sophistication and performance in Irish organisations

This paper is developed from research conducted with the Irish Management Institute. A model is presented to illustrate the relationships between the adoption of competency‐based…

Management of new product development in small electronics firms

This paper reports on the findings of a study of the development of 63 new products in 36 electronics firms in Ireland. The firms range in size from fewer than ten to over 1,000…

Company‐based lifelong learning: what’s the pay‐off for employers?

Addresses the question: will investment in HRD through company‐based programmes of lifelong learning pay dividends to companies in terms of knowledge transfer from courses and…

Post‐ “psychological contract” violation: the durability and transferability of employee perceptions: the case of TimTec

This paper is concerned with the role played by the psychological contract in the relationship between an individual and his or her employer. In particular, the research…

The durability of Japanese personnel management?

This paper reports on the initial results of a study on the changing personnel systems of large Japanese manufacturing companies. The study used participant observation to take…

Beyond the traditional linear view of international managerial careers: a new model of the senior female career in an international context

The focus of this paper is on the senior female international managerial career move in Europe. The study assesses an exclusively senior sample of 50 female managers who have made…

The time bounded glass ceiling and young women managers: career progress and career success – evidence from the UK

This article presents evidence on the career success of young women managers and suggests an interaction between age and seniority as young women managers outpace their male…

Learning to labour: an exploratory analysis of the “New Deal”

Explores, through semi‐structured interviews, participants’ perceptions of the “New Deal”. The paper draws on empirical data from research on the New Deal training scheme for…

Factors influencing learning in European learning oriented organisations: issues for management

This paper reports on one aspect of a European Union‐funded research project, focusing in exploring factors that influence lifelong learning. Influencing factors were categorised…

Towards a new approach to understanding service encounters: establishing, learning from and reconciling different views

Reviews traditional measures of service quality. Argues that the constraints imposed by such measures mean that they can do little more than facilitate single loop learning…

Eyes wide shut? Querying the depth of call centre learning

Call centres are high‐pressure work environments characterised by routinisation, scripting, computer‐based monitoring and intensive performance targets. This promises a series of…

Knowledge management practices within a knowledge‐intensive firm: the significance of the people management dimension

This paper draws attention to the potentially focal role that appropriate people management practices can and do play in facilitating knowledge management within the context of a…

Sexual Harassment: Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

The Roles of Evaluation for Vocational Education and Training: Plain Talk on the Field of Dreams

500 Tips for Developing a Learning Organization

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