European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 47 Issue 1/2

Why trainees evaluate the same trainer differently? Examining a dual-process model of training effectiveness

Muhammad Usman Anwar Baig, Sayyed Muhammad Mehdi Raza Naqvi

It is commonly observed in trainings that all trainees do not get satisfied with the performance of the trainer. The usual way to increase the satisfaction of trainees is a stress…

Performance appraisal justice and work attitudes of health-care workers in Ghana

Adwoa Benewaa Brefo-Manuh, Alex Anlesinya

While the extant literature has mainly examined either organisational justice or performance appraisal on employee attitudes, studies assessing the effect of performance appraisal…

Validation study of the Korean version of decent work scale

Yunsoo Lee, Ji Hoon Song, Soo Jung Kim

This paper aims to validate the Korean version of the decent work scale and examine the relationship between decent work and work engagement.

Strategic human resource development in times of business and economic uncertainty: the case of Greek banks

Fotios Mitsakis

This paper aims to operationalise a modified strategic human resource development (SHRD) framework to examine managerial perceptions of the strategic embeddedness of human…

Enhancing critical thinking and media literacy in the context of IVET: a systematic scoping review

Francesco Tommasi, Andrea Ceschi, Riccardo Sartori, Marija Gostimir, Giulia Passaia, Silvia Genero, Silvia Belotto

The alignment between the labour market and initial vocational education and training (IVET) is placing always more importance on technical knowledge and skills, whilst…

Should I Go or Should I Stay: job hopping in Malaysia small medium enterprise (SME) service sectors

Jia Fang Siew, Siew Chin Wong, Chui Seong Lim

The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationships between learning opportunities, person-organization fit, self-directedness career attitude and job hopping among…

Motivation to learn, mobile learning and online learning climate: moderating role of learner interaction

Deepika Swain, Lalatendu Kesari Jena, Sanket Sunand Dash, Rama Shankar Yadav

The purpose of this paper is to empirically exhibit the moderating effect of learner interaction (LI) on motivation to learn (MTL), mobile learning (ML) and online learning…

Contextual antecedents of job crafting: review and future research agenda

Sunyoung Park, Sohee Park

The purpose of this study is to critically review current studies on job crafting to identify contextual factors related to employees’ job crafting and to integrate the findings…

Career indecision: an integrative review and research agenda

Xinyi Bian

The current review sought to bring light to the issue of an underexplored career phenomenon – career indecision. Career indecision is a significant developmental stage in one’s…

National human resource development in China: government–industry–university relations and roles

Bo Fang, Panpan Zhang, Sehoon Kim

The purpose of this paper is to explore recent national human resource development (NHRD) practices in China through a literature review focusing on programs and activities that…

The paradoxical consequences of leader feedback seeking for subordinates: a theoretical framework

Sheldon Carvalho, Fallan Kirby Carvalho, Charles Carvalho

Scholars in the feedback seeking domain have predominantly focused on subordinate feedback seeking. The authors still know very little about feedback seeking when the leader is…

Ethics, corporate social responsibility and the role of human resource development: the academic experts’ view

Amin Alizadeh, Deepu Kurian, Shaoping Qiu, Khalil M. Dirani

The purpose of this study is to get the perspectives of human resource development (HRD) scholars about connections among HRD, corporate social responsibility and ethics. The…

The multiple mediating effects of Korean workers’ perception of the fourth industrial revolution, career attitudes and future learning intent

Hanna Moon, Sungpyo Hong

This study aims at analyzing the impact of perceptions of the fourth industrial revolution (crisis and opportunity) in the relationship between workers’ career attitudes and…

Comparative study of the perceptions of Mexican and Colombian employees about managerial and leadership behavioural effectiveness

Carlos Enrique Ruiz, Robert Hamlin, Luis Eduardo Torres

The purpose of this qualitative study is to compare the perceptions of employed people in Mexico and Colombia about managerial and leadership behavioural effectiveness.