{"title":"Professional development in the Swedish police organization: Police officers' learning pathways","authors":"Kirsi Kohlström","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21450","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21450","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Professional development is important for the improvement of professional work. Particularly relevant to the concept of professional development is an occupation's character and the organizational arrangements for activities endorsing employees' professional development. In this article, police officers' professional development in the Swedish police organization is explored by analyzing officers' learning pathways and their experiences of crucial conditions that contribute to their professional development. Content analysis of interviews with six female and seven male police officers is conducted. The results show that diverging police responsibilities give rise to either self-directed or information-oriented learning pathways. Three aspects (i.e., the formal educational arrangement, the facilitation of learning by managers, and scheduled time for workplace learning) are seen as crucial conditions that endorse police officers' professional development in diverging ways due to the assigned responsibilities. These findings show that police officers' professional development is endorsed with differing strategic management patterns that affect the kinds of professional development activities that support different police positions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21450","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43458732","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":"The role of basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior","authors":"Gerhard Messmann, Arnoud Evers, Karel Kreijns","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21451","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21451","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of this contribution was to investigate predictors of innovative work behavior (IWB) in nonprofit organizations. For instance, in schools, innovative solutions are crucial as the quality of education and therefore the schools' competitiveness depends on their ability to keep pace with technological, economic, and societal transformations. We addressed this issue in a quantitative study with 130 teachers in Dutch secondary schools employing a time-lag design. In accordance with self-determination theory, we investigated the role of transformational leadership for enhancing IWB and the role of basic psychological needs satisfaction in mediating this relationship. By employing structural equation modeling, we found that transformational leadership was positively related to the satisfaction of the teachers' needs for autonomy and competence. Furthermore, the satisfaction of the need for competence positively predicted teachers' IWB. In addition, perceived competence fully mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers' IWB. Accordingly, persons with leadership responsibilities should adopt a transformational leadership style and motivate their employees by providing individual attention, intellectual stimulation, and encouragement for goal striving. Specifically, leaders may provide feedback on employees' innovative ideas and their strategies for realizing innovative solutions, thus helping them to become increasingly confident about what they can achieve and improve concerning their contributions to innovation development. For human resource development (HRD) professionals, our findings imply that efforts toward leadership training and development (e.g., training, coaching, and mentoring) should incorporate knowledge and practical experiences about transformational leadership as well as its role for employees' IWB and their contributions to organizational and professional development.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21451","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44082717","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":"Measuring the invisible: Development and multi-industry validation of the Gender Bias Scale for Women Leaders","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21448","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21448","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In Diehl et al. (<span>2020</span>), the following errors were published.</p><p>On page 262, the descriptive statistics (M, SD, SKW, KRT) for two variables (unequal standards, salary inequality) were incorrectly reported in Table 4. These were corrected in the table below.</p><p>On page 279, the alignment of the lower-order factor labelled “Unequal Standards (.91)” in Appendix Table A1 was incorrect. This has been corrected below.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21448","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50948218","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.21361","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21361","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21361","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50947812","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":"The impact of new technologies on work and its implications for Human Resource Development research","authors":"Regina H. Mulder","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21447","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21447","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42762828","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":"Experience, experience, experience: Too much of a good thing for executive performance","authors":"Huh-Jung Hahn, Sungjun Kim","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21438","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21438","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cumulative work experience is considered as a critical contributor to one's performance. However, Human Capital Theory and The Experience Trap propose seemingly contradictory perspectives regarding the work experience–performance relationship, and thereby calls for a means for integration. In this study, we investigated the relationship between cumulative experience and work performance using data generated from a comprehensive questionnaire and executive performance appraisals of 376 executives from a large business group in South Korea. By measuring work experience using multiple proxies (organizational tenure, executive tenure, and self-evaluated, cumulative work experience), we found that the association between experience and performance is not simply linear, but rather a curvilinear (inverted-U shaped). The time-lagged study design utilized across two time-points ensured the robustness of this finding. Interestingly, a closer look at the nature of the curvilinear relationship for organizational tenure and self-evaluated experience uncovered opposite trends, providing a multi-faceted understanding of the experience–performance relationship. Our findings challenge the conventional belief in the linear relationship between experience and performance, and call for a critical assessment of current human resources (HR) practices that heavily rely on work experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21438","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41883454","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":"Developing a competency framework for managers to address suicide risk in the workplace","authors":"Sinéad O'Brien, Eoin Galavan, Deirdre O'Shea","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21437","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21437","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Employee mental health, and in particular, suicide risks, are things that managers often do not feel comfortable in addressing, leading to lack of knowledge, awareness, and support within an organization. The purpose of this research was to investigate the competencies required by managers to enable them to effectively address suicide risks arising with employees. Suicide-related ideations are thought to be characterized by experiences of burdensomeness and thwarted connectedness. Drawing on clinical, managerial, and adaptive performance competencies, we examined competencies related to creating meaningfulness (as a counter to burdensomeness) and addressing employee's need for relatedness (as a counter to thwarted connectedness) in terms of how managers assist employees presenting with suicide-related ideations in the workplace. To investigate this and develop a competency framework, we conducted qualitative interviews with 18 managers, drawing on existing interview protocols of critical incidents and behavioral event interviews for the elicitation of competencies. Competencies in adaptive performance (and particularly crisis management) emerged as important for facilitating managers’ interactions with employees who may present with suicidality. This research provides a first step in developing resources to equip managers with the necessary competencies that are needed to deal with employees experiencing suicide-related ideations (i.e. perceived burdensomeness and thwarted connectedness). The framework is also useful as an initial step to support human resource development (HRD) professionals develop interventions such as training and/or mentoring programs for managers to address this very important issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21437","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47549387","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}
Therese Grohnert, Roger H. G. Meuwissen, Wim H. Gijselaers
{"title":"Retaining the learning professional: A survival study on workplace learning in professional service firms","authors":"Therese Grohnert, Roger H. G. Meuwissen, Wim H. Gijselaers","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21436","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21436","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lowering professional turnover is of paramount importance for professional service firms, as with each professional, crucial proprietary knowledge leaves the firm. Based on the need to retain this crucial knowledge in the firm, this study explores whether factors that drive learning at work also mitigate professionals' turnover behavior. Building on insights from both workplace learning and turnover research, this study follows 96 professional auditors across a period of 5 years to determine how drivers for workplace learning at the organizational, the social interaction, and the individual level relate to turnover behavior. Through survival analysis, we find that those auditors who experience a supportive learning climate at the organizational level were less likely to leave their firm and profession, while those who score high on individual-level reflection were more likely to leave their firm and profession. We also found that professionals scoring high on reflection leave more quickly when they perceive to work in an unsupportive learning climate—when they experience low synergy across workplace learning levels. Especially observable behaviors, such as providing help and feedback, discussing errors, and building trust, made a significant difference. This study adds to extant research in three principal ways: exploring actual turnover behavior, approaching turnover behavior through a lens of workplace learning, and analyzing interactions between individual-, social- and organizational-level learning. The findings of this study lead to specific insights for HRD practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21436","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45047100","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}
Deborah Blackman, Fiona Buick, Samantha Johnson, James Rooney, Nabil Ilahee
{"title":"Using system traps to understand and potentially prevent human resource development intervention failure","authors":"Deborah Blackman, Fiona Buick, Samantha Johnson, James Rooney, Nabil Ilahee","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21434","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21434","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adopting human resource development (HRD) activities can lead to improved organizational outcomes, such as improved performance and innovation. However, while the implementation of HRD strategies is widespread, there are concerns that they have failed to support the learning and skill acquisition required to support both individual learning and improved organizational outcomes. Having established that HRD is a systems level issue, this paper applies Meadows's (2008) system traps to suggest that adopting this lens could explain why extensive HRD interventions have failed to deliver desired system outcomes. Qualitative data is analyzed to consider why HRD interventions fail to result in increased capability development in the Australian public sector. The findings demonstrate four system traps were present in HRD interventions, which help explain the ongoing failure of HRD interventions to support required learning or improve organizational performance: (1) shifting the burden to the intervenor; (2) seeking the wrong goal; (3) policy resistance; and (4) drift to low performance. We argue that the presence of these traps suggest that HRD subsystems will need to be reconceptualized for there to be a real improvement. To this end, we apply Meadows's (2008) suggestions to overcome the traps, identifying potential strategies for HRD practitioners to act as system intervenors. Our paper contributes to knowledge through focusing on a specific aspect of systems thinking to help explain why HRD intervention failure occurs.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21434","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44159903","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 tensions in rendering both career and psychosocial functions: An exploratory study of hybrid multiplex developmental relationships","authors":"Rajashi Ghosh, Sucheta Nadkarni","doi":"10.1002/hrdq.21435","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hrdq.21435","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study presents a different perspective on multiplex developmental relationships encompassing both career and psychosocial functions by highlighting the unique contradictions and coping mechanisms underlying these relationships. The in-depth qualitative comparative case study analyses of 73 developmental relationships of 20 nascent technology entrepreneurs yielded four tensions: disclosure-privacy, dependence-independence, criticism-confirmation and formality-informality. Entrepreneurs and their developers addressed these tensions through four coping strategies: selection, moderation, reframing and separation. The exploratory analysis suggests that tensions are inherent features of developmental relationships. Co-existence of nurturing and enriching aspects together with the dilemmas posed by the tensions seems to provide the impetus for developers and developees to mutually calibrate ways to cope with these tensions and enhance their developmental relationships. The implications of these nuanced findings are discussed for understanding developmental relationships constituting both career and psychosocial support functions needed for career advancement.</p>","PeriodicalId":47803,"journal":{"name":"Human Resource Development Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2021-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/hrdq.21435","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43833605","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}