European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 45 Issue 8/9

Teacher Fellow accreditation – a madrigal of voices! But is it the right tune? Tensions of standardisation, engagement and neoliberalism

Hazel Kershaw-Solomon, Nick Beech, Jeff Gold, Julia Claxton, Tricia Auty, Susan Beech

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact competency frameworks as standardisation can have on the employee engagement of academic staff within higher education (HE…

Ethics, code of conduct and ethical climate: implications for human resource development

Amin Alizadeh, Khalil M. Dirani, Shaoping Qiu

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to point out the importance of having an ethics-related course for human resource development (HRD) graduate programs; and second, to…

Manager-as-coach: stimulating engagement via learning orientation

Paul Lyons, Randall P. Bandura

The purpose of this paper is to use recent empirical research and theory to help explain how a manager may assume a coaching role to assist employee learning and growth. In the…

Entrepreneurial intention as a function of university atmosphere, macroeconomic environment and business support: a multi-group analysis

Gentjan Çera, Edmond Çera, Zoltan Rozsa, Svitlana Bilan

This study aims to investigate the effect of university atmosphere, macroeconomic environment and business support on students’ entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, it explores…

The emergence of new policy coordination model in Korea: empowering HRD at the sectoral level

Hanna Moon, Kirak Ryu, Sangoh Park

This paper aims to describe how the human resources development (HRD) policy has shifted from the national level to the sectoral levels; the paper also explains the changes that…

The interplay effects of skill-enhancing human resources practices, customer orientation and tourism SMEs performance

Shpresim Domi, Fabjola Domi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the interplay of skill-enhancing human resources practices, customer orientation (CO) and tourism small- and medium-sized enterprises…

A validation study of the Korean version of the thriving at work measurement

Jae Young Lee, Yunsoo Lee

The purpose of this study is to validate the Korean version of the thriving at work measurement by Porath et al. (2012).

South Korean’s fever for public service jobs and exam ronins: from a NHRD management framework

Namhee Kim, Sunyoung Park

The purpose of this study is to describe South Korea’s unique fever for public service jobs (FPSJ) and to critique it from a National Human Resource Development (NHRD) management…

Employee engagement: exploring higher education non-tenure track faculty members’ perceptions

Brad J. Kovaleski, Vishal Arghode

The purpose of this paper is to study employee engagement in higher education by examining full-time non-tenure track faculty members’ perceptions at a North East US state public…

Impact of managerial coaching skills on employee commitment: the role of personal learning

Sohee Park, Gary N. McLean, Baiyin Yang

Managerial coaching has been popularized as a way of motivating, developing and retaining employees in organizations. Yet, there has been a lack of empirical studies to examine…

Assessing adult and continuing education needs in South Korea metropolitan areas using Borich’s needs assessment model

Yunsoo Lee, Shinhee Jeong, Daeyeon Cho

This study aims to examine residents’ perceptions of adult and continuing education (ACE) in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Incheon in South Korea, by conducting a needs assessment of…