Oleksandr Tkachenko, Jaekyo Seo and Alexandre Ardichvili
This study aims to examine how case study research has been applied in the field of human resource development (HRD).
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Purpose
This study aims to examine how case study research has been applied in the field of human resource development (HRD).
Design/methodology/approach
The authors examined HRD case study research by analyzing 118 refereed, empirical case study articles published between 2000 and 2020 in three Academy of HRD-sponsored journals.
Findings
Findings suggest that case studies have an established place in HRD research. The disciplinary convention has been exploratory case studies, which, to a greater extent, draw on single-case research designs. When examining the proportion of case study articles in relation to all empirical, peer-refereed publications in the journals, the authors found a slight decline in case study research publications in recent years. The results of our post hoc exploratory analysis indicate that HRD case study research that contributes to theory development by eliciting concepts and their relationships is likely to receive more scholarly attention than case studies that provide rich descriptions of the phenomenon. The results also suggest that it is rather case study’s contribution to theory than selected features of case study that attracts scholars’ attention.
Originality/value
The study identified several approaches to conducting case study research that have received less attention by HRD researchers. The authors encourage HRD researchers to expand their repertoire of case study approaches. The authors also provide recommendations addressing the issues of methodological self-awareness, rigor and transparency in case study research.
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Oleksandr Tkachenko, Abigail R. Ortiz and Yan Chen
This study aimed to explore factors that influence non-clinical staff’s feedback seeking from peers and supervisors.
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Purpose
This study aimed to explore factors that influence non-clinical staff’s feedback seeking from peers and supervisors.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors used a qualitative, interpretive approach to data collection and analysis. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 15 non-clinical staff regarding their experiences with feedback seeking at work. To identify themes and patterns of meaning, the authors followed the guidelines for reflexive thematic analysis.
Findings
The authors find that non-clinical staff’s feedback-seeking behavior was shaped by task-, motivation-, source- and context-related factors. The study’s findings also point to the critical role of peer feedback among non-clinical staff. The authors find that, regarding their daily tasks, non-clinical staff seek feedback from their peers more often than from supervisors.
Research limitations/implications
The authors encourage scholars to examine the role of trust and expertise in peer feedback-seeking behavior and to explore the use of artificial intelligence as a feedback source for staff performing administrative and clerical roles. The authors also underscore the value of the resource-seeking perspective in advancing research on feedback seeking and creating supportive feedback environments in the workplace.
Practical implications
The authors recommend non-clinical staff be intentional and proactive with feedback seeking. The authors also recommend healthcare leaders be clear about the expertise available within and outside their departments and create psychologically safe work environments for feedback seeking from peers and supervisors.
Originality/value
The study contributes to the limited scholarship on non-clinical healthcare professionals and sheds light on non-clinical staff’s feedback-seeking behavior from peers and supervisors.
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Oleksandr Tkachenko and Alexandre Ardichvili
This study aims to explore key factors influencing the work of interdisciplinary university research teams of small size.
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Purpose
This study aims to explore key factors influencing the work of interdisciplinary university research teams of small size.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a multiple-case study of four interdisciplinary university research teams of small size in which science and/or engineering was an important component.
Findings
Data analysis revealed 17 critical factors classified into five groups. Although some factors were more influential than others, it was rather multiple factors at various levels of analysis, and not a single factor, that influenced the work of research teams. Another important finding was the identified need to develop project management capacity of university researchers. The study also revealed two strategies, conditioned on the availability of funds, that small university research teams use as a way to adapt to situational demands and research opportunities.
Originality/value
Although previous research examined various aspects pertinent to the work of industry research teams and large research groups, empirical research into interdisciplinary university research teams of small size has been limited.
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Sowath Rana, Alexandre Ardichvili and Oleksandr Tkachenko
– The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical model that links the major antecedents, outcomes, and moderators of employee engagement.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical model that links the major antecedents, outcomes, and moderators of employee engagement.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses the first part of Dubin's two-part, eight-step theory-building methodology, and builds on existing research and empirical studies on engagement. In particular, the following five steps of the Dubin's methodology are addressed in this study: units (or concepts) of the theory, laws of interaction among the units, boundaries of the theory, system states of the theory, and propositions of the theory.
Findings
The proposed theoretical model of employee engagement identifies job design and characteristics, supervisor and co-worker relationships, workplace environment, and HRD practices as the major antecedents to employee engagement. The paper also proposes that job demands and individual characteristics act as moderators to the relationships between job design and characteristics, supervisor and co-worker relationships, workplace environment, and employee engagement. Finally, it is proposed that employee engagement is related to three major organizational outcomes: job performance, turnover intention (inverse relationship), and organizational citizenship behavior.
Originality/value
This paper addresses the paucity of structured literature on the antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement and presents a comprehensive, holistic model that offers a logical ground on which empirical indicators and hypotheses could be further identified and tested to verify the theory.
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This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.
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Purpose
This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.
Design/methodology/approach
This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
Findings
The authors reviewed HRD case studies published in three academic journals between 2000 and 2020. They found that the most common approach was exploratory case studies, especially ones with single-case designs. Further analysis revealed that research contributing to theory development by eliciting concepts and their relationships received more attention than case studies providing rich descriptions.
Originality/value
The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.
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This paper aims to the problem of building an environment to support scientific research in connection with the development of Open Science in Ukraine.
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Purpose
This paper aims to the problem of building an environment to support scientific research in connection with the development of Open Science in Ukraine.
Design/methodology/approach
An overview of modern portals for aggregating scientific data was conducted. Analysis of available tools and identifying problems that arise when collecting data from digital libraries and journals was conducted. The validity of choosing VuFind as a tool that allows building an extraction–transformation–loading (ETL) approach for data aggregation and bringing the format and values of metadata fields to one view was experimentally verified.
Findings
During the experimental verification, problems related to the fact that the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) protocol does not have strict requirements for the data structure, which lead to the complexity of integration, despite the fact that this protocol occupied a leading position, were noted. To simplify these problems, an ETL approach that allowed for the use of ontological methods (e.g. data mapping, linked data and dictionaries to improve the semantics of data for integration processes) was considered. A review of the possibilities of modern tools for OAI-PMH integration, which were actively supported and developed, was conducted.
Originality/value
This paper was an attempt to outline the problems that arose in integrating resources, with the aim of developing future integration protocols that would have simple means of semantic data validation and built-in ETL mechanism.