European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 48 Issue 1/2

Factors and obstacles determining the investments in continuing education and training of managers: the case of Bulgarian enterprises

Mariya Neycheva, Milen Baltov

This study aims to examine internal and external factors as well as main obstacles to managers’/owners’ participation in education and training.

Developing and validating protean and boundaryless career scale for college passing out students

Divyang Purohit, Rachita Jayswal

With changing employment conditions, technological advancement, frequent manpower reduction and global competition, the relevance of the protean and boundaryless career concepts…

Linkages of organizational commitment and leadership styles: a systematic review

Prashant Sunil Borde, Ridhi Arora, Sanjeeb Kakoty

This paper aims to examine how the linkages between organizational commitment (OC) and five leadership styles, namely, authentic leadership, benevolent leadership, ethical…

Ethical issues in virtual workplaces: evidence from an emerging economy

Shubhi Gupta, Govind Swaroop Pathak

However, while the benefits of adopting virtual work structures have been extensively discussed, ethical considerations have been largely ignored in the existing literature. To…

“Power of words”: impact, concerns and applications of nonviolent communication training

Madhuri Korlipara, Hardik Shah

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program on nonviolent communication (NVC) and assess its impact, concerns and applicability to the context…

Integrative literature review on employee turnover antecedents across different generations: commonalities and uniqueness

Michael Climek, Rachel Henry, Shinhee Jeong

The purpose of this study is to synthesize the current turnover literature that has investigated the nonfinancial antecedents of turnover intention across generations. This paper…

Futures and foresight learning in HRD

Jeff Gold, Patricia Jolliffe, Jim Stewart, Catherine Glaister, Sallyann Halliday

The purpose of this paper is to argue that human resource development (HRD) needs to embrace and include futures and foresight learning (FFL) as a new addition to its field of…

Generational differences in work values in the Korean Government sector

Sohee Park, Sunyoung Park

The purpose of this study is to compare the perceptions of work values among different generational groups (Boomers, Generation 386, Generation X and Millennials) in the Korean…

The integrative approach in the study of resilience in female entrepreneurship

Vânia Maria Jorge Nassif, Márcia Maria Garçon

This paper aims to understand resilience in entrepreneurial behavior and the major adversities faced by women entrepreneurs and identify theoretical and empirical bases that…

Indispensable skills for human employees in the age of robots and AI

Szufang Chuang

Based on sociotechnical systems theory, social (human) and technological sub-systems in an organization should be taken in account when making strategic decisions and designed to…

Career shock of female academics during Covid-19: can the transactional stress model offer coping strategies?

Mohamed Mousa

Through addressing female academics in four public universities in Egypt, the author of this paper aims to answer the question: How do female academics cope with the career shock…

Flying high: pilot peer coaching to champion well-being and mitigate hazardous attitudes

Nick Goodwyn, Nick Beech, Bob Garvey, Jeff Gold, Richard Gulliford, Tricia Auty, Ali Sajjadi, Adalberto Arrigoni, Nehal Mahtab, Simon Jones, Susan Beech

The “Germanwings” air crash in 2015 in which 150 people were killed highlighted the challenges pilots working in the aviation industry face. Pilots regularly work for extensive…

Examining the mediating role of team growth mindset on the relationship of individual mindsets and shared leadership

Soo Jeoung Han, Lei Xie, Michael Beyerlein, Rodney Boehm

As a cornerstone of team performance, learning depends on each member’s mindset. Drawing on implicit theories of intelligence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the…

Making sense of the digital badging landscape in education and workplace settings: a scoping review of the empirical literature

Denise M. Cumberland, Tyra G. Deckard, Lisa Kahle-Piasecki, Sharon A. Kerrick, Andrea D. Ellinger

The concept of digital badges (DBs) as a form of microcredentialing has gained considerable traction in higher education and workplace settings in recent years. This scoping…

International Human Resource Management, 7th edition

Biniam Getnet Agazu, Zerihun Ayenew Birbirsa

Retraction notice: A bitter pill to swallow: the model of despotic leadership, bullying behavior, emotional intelligence and well-being

A bitter pill to swallow: the model of despotic leadership, bullying behavior, emotional intelligence and well-being

Talat Islam, Arooba Chaudhary, Hafiz Fawad Ali

This study aims to investigate how despotic leadership affects employee well-being through bullying behavior. The study further investigates emotional intelligence as a…