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Human Resource Development Review

Human Resource Development Review


eISSN: 15526712 | ISSN: 15344843 | Current volume: 23 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly

Human Resource Development Review (HRDR) is an international journal focusing on theory development for scholars and practitioners in human resource development and related disciplines. HRDR publishes high-quality conceptual work using non-empirical research methods. The journal is committed to advancing HRD by providing fresh theoretical insights, new conceptual models, critical examination of literature, and multi-paradigm approaches to theory building.

The journal provides new theoretical insights that can advance our understanding of human resource development, including:

  • Syntheses of existing bodies of theory
  • New substantive theories
  • Exploratory conceptual models
  • Taxonomies and typologies developed as foundations for theory
  • Treatises in formal theory construction
  • Papers on the history of theory
  • Critique of theory that includes alternative research propositions
  • Metatheory
  • Integrative literature reviews with strong theoretical implications

The journal also addresses philosophies of HRD, historical foundations, definitions of the field, conceptual organization of the field, and ethical foundations. Human Resource Development Review takes a multi-paradigmatic view of theory building.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

As described elsewhere, Human Resource Development Review is a theory development journal for scholars of human resource development and related disciplines. Human Resource Development Review publishes articles that make theoretical contributions on theory development, foundations of HRD, theory building methods, and integrative reviews of the relevant literature. Papers whose central focus is empirical findings, including empirical method and design are not considered for publication in Human Resource Development Review.

This journal encourages submissions that provide new theoretical insights to advance our understanding of human resource development and related disciplines. Such papers may include syntheses of existing bodies of theory, new substantive theories, exploratory conceptual models, taxonomies and typology developed as foundations for theory, treatises in formal theory construction, papers on the history of theory, critique of theory that includes alternative research propositions, metatheory, and integrative literature reviews with strong theoretical implications. Papers addressing foundations of HRD might address philosophies of HRD, historical foundations, definitions of the field, conceptual organization of the field, and ethical foundations. Human Resource Development Review takes a multi-paradigm view of theory building so submissions from different paradigms are encouraged.

Editor-in-Chief
Thomas Garavan University College Cork, Ireland
Managing Editor
Michael Gaffney Positive Career Options, Ireland
Associate Editors
Oliver Crocco Louisiana State University, USA
Soo Jeoung Han Yonsei University, South Korea
Roziah Mohd Rasdi Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Ciaran McFadden-Young Sterling University, UK
Editorial Board
Syed Abbas Aliz Educational Institutions, Pakistan
Hiyam Abdulrahim Princess Nourah Bint Abdulraham University, Saudi Arabia
Mesut Akdere Purdue University, USA
Lulwa Al-Mutlaq Golden Trust Training & Consultancy - (Bahrain)
Meera Alagaraja University of Louisville, USA
Seyyed Babak Alavi Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Faiza Ali Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
Valerie Anderson University of Portsmouth, UK
Alexandre Ardichvili University of Minnesota, USA
Nana Arthur-Mensah Northern Kentucky University, USA
Justice N. Bawole University of Ghana Business School, Ghana
Mina Beigi University of Southampton, UK
Laura Lee Bierema University of Georgia, USA
Stephen Billett Griffith University, Australia
Jeremy W. Bohonos Texas State University, USA
Marilyn Byrd The University of Oklahoma, USA
Jamie Callahan Durham University, UK
Silvia Pereira de Castro Casa Nova University of São Paulo, Brazil
Sanghamitra Chaudhuri Metropolitan State University, USA
Yonjoo Cho University of Texas at Tyler, USA
Joshua Collins University of Minnesota, USA
Oliver S. Crocco Louisiana State University, USA
Maria Cseh George Washington University, USA
Julie Davies University College London, UK
John Dirk Michigan State University, USA
Toby Egan University of Maryland, USA
Carole Elliott Sheffield University, UK
Per-Erik Ellström Linköping University, Sweden
Karen M. Evans University College London, UK
Barbara A. W. Eversole Indiana State University, USA
Julie A. Gedro SUNY Empire State College, USA
Rajashi Ghosh Drexel University, USA
Tomika W. Greer University of Houston
Robin S. Grenier University of Connecticut, USA
Irena Grugulis University of Leeds, UK
Marcia Hagen Metropolitan State University, USA
Robert Gordon Hamlin University of Wolverhampton, UK
Heeyoung Han Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA
Soo Jeoung Han Yonsei University, South Korea
Holly Hutchins The University of North Texas, USA
Ronald L. Jacobs University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Baek-Kyoo (Brian) Joo Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA
T. J. Kamalanabhan Indian Institute of Technology, India
Namhee Kim Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Sehoon Kim University of Minnesota, USA
Taesung Kim Incheon National University- (South Korea)
Michael Kroth University of Idaho, USA
K. Peter Kuchinke University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Chang-Kyu Kwon Oakland University, USA
Jin Lee Texas State University (USA)
Jessica Li University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Manuel London State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Henriette Lundgren George Washington University, USA
Yasmeen Makarem American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Victoria J. Marsick Columbia University, Teachers College, USA
Kim McDonald Purdue Fort Wayne (Emeritus), USA
David McGuire Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK
Patricia A. McLagan McLagan International, Inc., USA
Gary N. McLean National Institute for Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand
Zachary Mosoti United States International University Africa (Kenya)
Yoshie Tomozumi Nakamura The George Washington University, USA
Paul Nesbit Macquarie University, Australia
Kim Nimon University of Texas at Tyler, USA
Paula O’Kane University of Otago, New Zealand
Satish Chandra Pandey Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India
Sunyoung Park Louisiana State University, USA
Woongbae Park Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morrocco
Linda Perriton University of Sterling (Scotland)
D. M. Pestonjee PDPU, India
Tam T. Phoung Foreign Trade University - (Vietnam)
Rob Poell University of Tilburg, Netherlands
Priya Nair Rajeev Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India
Roziah Mohd Rasdi Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Thomas G. Reio, Jr. Florida International University, USA
Corina Riantoputra Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Tonette S. Rocco Florida International University, USA
Kevin Rose Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Wendy Ruona University of Georgia, USA
Darlene Russ-Eft Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, USA
Alan Saks University of Toronto (Canada)
Eduardo Salas Rice University, USA
Melika Shirmohammadi University of Houston (USA)
Brad Shuck University of Louisville, USA
Julia Storberg-Walker George Washington University, USA
Oleksandr Tkachenko University of New Mexico (USA)
Greg Wang The University of Texas at Tyler, USA
Jia Wang Texas A&M University, USA
Karen E. Carncross Watkins University of Georgia, USA
Jon M. Werner University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA
Ida (A.A.M) Wognum Independent Researcher, Netherlands
Robert Yawson Quinnipiac University, USA
Hyung Joon Yoon Pennsylvania State University, USA
Seung Won Yoon Texas A&M University, Commerce, USA
Lyle Yorks Columbia University, Teachers College, USA
Ivan Zadori University of Pécs, Hungary
Jill Zarestky Colorado State University, USA
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