{"title":"Self-Other Stances in Reverse Mentoring for Workplace Inclusion: Mutual Relating Across Differences in Hierarchies and Identities","authors":"Rajashi Ghosh, Julie Nyanjom","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21561","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Reverse mentoring (RM) is increasingly being utilized as a tool for learning in diverse workforces. Although previous studies highlight the importance of mutuality in RM relationships, there is a dearth of studies on mutual relating mechanisms in RM. This study explored how mentors who have minoritized identities and hold junior organizational positions and mentees who have privileged identities and hold senior organizational positions relate to each other mutually impact workplace inclusion. In-depth semi-structured interviews with RM dyads from a multinational company with headquarters in Australia were held. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was applied to explore how participants interpreted the ways in which they related to each other. Our findings indicate both mentees and mentors adopted a mutual self-other stance of relating in RM relationships, which enabled them to be attuned to each other's needs and develop a communal connection in their RM relationships. Our study derives a theoretical model of mutual self-other stances in RM underlying five mechanisms of mutual relating: (1) switching the learner-expert dynamics; (2) welcoming personalization; (3) using proactivity; (4) leaning on spontaneity; and (5) embracing vulnerability. Implications for research and practice on how this knowledge can help mentors, mentees, organizational leaders, and human resource development professionals to study, design, and implement RM programs for inclusion are presented.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"29-47"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming the Paradox of Measuring Self-Awareness Development by Focusing on Outcomes","authors":"Anna Sutton, Samantha Carey","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21565","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many HRD interventions aim to enhance self-awareness to shape employee behavior, to develop skills, or as a performance-related outcome. But measuring this development faces significant metacognitive challenges: self-awareness changes when one's attention is directed to it, and self-report relies on accurate self-awareness. To address this issue, we develop a measure of outcomes associated with self-awareness development and test its internal and external validity. In study 1, datasets from six countries (<i>N</i> = 1164) were collated from users of a previous self-awareness outcomes (SAO) questionnaire. Factor analysis was used to reduce the original item set and identify two latent variable dimensions (balanced awareness and emotional challenges). In study 2 (<i>N</i> = 442), these dimensions and a third work-focused subscale were evaluated using CFA. Subsequently, regression analyses tested the relationships between SAOs and self-awareness building processes and practices. In addition, the dimensions were found to account for well-being after controlling for Big Five personality traits: emotional challenges were associated with reduced well-being, while balanced awareness and work reflection were associated with higher well-being. By indexing distinct outcomes associated with self-awareness development, this measure addresses the metacognitive challenge of assessing self-awareness and can be used to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of a range of HRD interventions that rely on improved self-awareness. In addition, it highlights the importance of supporting employees through the emotional challenges of the self-awareness journey.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"11-28"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrdq.21565","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Resource Development's Role in Supporting Employees Through Grief and Bereavement","authors":"Rajashi Ghosh, Sewon Kim, Toby Egan","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.70014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"7-9"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating CEO Sociopolitical Engagement: Implications for HRD","authors":"Christine Fandrich","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines how CEOs navigate sociopolitical engagement and the implications for human resource development (HRD). Drawing on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 15 public and private U.S. CEOs who have engaged in sociopolitical issues, the study explores how leaders interpret and respond to contested social and political events affecting their organizations. Thematic analysis shows that sociopolitical engagement involves moral sensemaking, leadership identity work, emotional and cognitive complexity, employee voice, and stakeholder management. Findings highlight how employees often act as catalysts and partners in collective sensemaking, while leaders translate values into organizational policies and practices. The article outlines implications for HRD in developing leaders' ethical discernment, enabling employee dialogue, and embedding organizational learning systems that support responsible engagement in sociopolitical contexts.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"87-92"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of the Motivation System of University Teachers in the Republic of Kazakhstan Under Modern Conditions","authors":"Shara Shakual, Dilnara Zakirova","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21557","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The purpose of this article is to analyze the system of motivation of scientific and pedagogical workers, which operates today in universities, to assess the satisfaction of teachers with the current motivation system that exists in the university and, based on the results of the analysis and evaluation, to formulate recommendations that will be aimed at improving the motivation system of teaching staff in universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The following methods were used in the study: synthesis, comparison, economic and statistical analysis, generalization and interpretation of the results obtained, and graphical representation of data. The data of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the results of an Internet survey conducted on the Google Forms platform were used as a source of statistical information. The results of the study are as follows: the dynamics of the number of teachers in the country has been studied, the analysis of the system of labor motivation in universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been carried out, and recommendations aimed at improvement have been formulated. The practical significance of this study is determined by the fact that the proposed recommendations can be the basis for the development of a new system of motivation in universities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"49-65"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147569918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highly Educated, New Foreign Workers' Acculturation and Coping Mechanisms in a Large Korean Company","authors":"Dae Seok Chai","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21564","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The need for skilled foreign workers in South Korea (Korea hereafter) has grown substantially due Korea's changing workforce demographics, skill mismatch, transformation of business portfolios, and the pursuit of globalized business. As a result, large Korean companies have begun to recruit highly educated foreign workers for global talent management and development. However, although skilled foreign workers have consistently reported that they face difficulty integrating into Korean society and the host organization, almost no research has been conducted on this population in Korea. Thus, the intent of this qualitative study was to explore highly educated new foreign workers' acculturation process and coping mechanisms in a large Korean conglomerate. The findings offer a multilevel framework that presents the dynamics of acculturation challenges and coping mechanisms at multiple levels for successful acculturation. The findings also provide valuable insights for HRD practitioners on the design of interventions and policy in various organizational contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"67-86"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrdq.21564","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21534","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"93-96"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrdq.21534","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"36 4","pages":"435-440"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrdq.21509","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145842940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Training Outcomes From Levels to Learning Ecosystems in the Age of AI: Thirty Years After Critiquing “The Flawed Four-Level Evaluation Model”","authors":"Toby Egan, Sewon Kim, Rajashi Ghosh","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.70007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"36 4","pages":"337-341"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145848391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":"36 3","pages":"323-328"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrdq.21507","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145111135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}