European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 43 Issue 5/6

Learning @ work: informal learning strategies of German craft workers

Timo Kortsch, Eva-Maria Schulte, Simone Kauffeld

In competitive labor markets, promoting employees’ learning becomes a key challenge for companies. However, in small German craft companies, employee development is always…

Influences of career establishment strategies on generation Y’s self-directedness career: Can gender make a difference?

Siew Chin Wong, Roziah Mohd Rasdi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of generation Y’s career establishment strategies on self-directedness career and to determine the moderation effect of…

Training effectiveness in an enterprise resource planning system environment

Chris Niyi Arasanmi

This study aims to examine the link between supervisor support, transfer motivation and post-training usage of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The study tested the…

Interruptions in online training and their effects on learning

Jessica E. Federman

The purpose of this paper is to identify the types of interruptions learners experience during online training and their effects on learning.

Managerial behavior and performance in China, the UK, and the USA

Dennis W. Paetzel, Louis N. Quast, Pimsiri Aroonsri, Meida Surya, Tasha S. Hart-Mrema

The purpose of this study was determine which, if any, managerial behaviors were associated with high managerial job performance in three selected countries, China, the UK and the…

Training and development in small professional services firms

Pattanee Susomrith, Alan Coetzer, Emmanuel Ampofo

This paper aims to examine whether participation in training and development (T&D) events is associated with employees’ affective commitment and propensity to enact innovative…

The role of HRD in university – community partnership

Emmanuel Osafo, Robert M. Yawson

This paper aims to identify ways by which the core functions of human resource development HRD can be used to enhance the university–community partnership (UCP) in lieu of the…

Leveraging culture and leadership in crisis management

Raka M. Bhaduri

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship of organizational culture, leadership and crisis management through exploration of these three constructs with respect to…

The evaluation of learning transfer of industry skills council (ISC) training programs using success case method: Reinforcing role and function of ISC

Hanna Moon, Doam Ryu, Dongwon Jeon

Industry skills council (ISC) in Korea is at an earlier stage in terms of its formation and incubation. As a governance model similar to sector councils in Canada and UK, it still…

Comparison of training methods with ELECTRE I and Merrill’s principles

Afaf Jghamou, Aziz Maziri, El Hassan Mallil, Jamal Echaabi

In this paper, the authors focus on training as a frequently used knowledge management tool. This paper aims to help training function to achieve excellence at the first attempt…