The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Development

Tonette S. Rocco is a Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, Florida International University. She is Editor-in-Chief of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development and serves on a dozen editorial boards. She is one of only twenty-five Houle Scholars from the U.S., a member of the 2016 class of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, 2016 Outstanding HRD Scholar and recipient of more than 35 awards for scholarship, mentoring, and service. She has published eleven books and 300 articles, chapters, and papers. Michael Lane Morris is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Student Affairs and the Fisher Professor of Innovation in the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. Dr. Morris received his Ph.D. from The University of Tennessee and has completed executive education coursework on Adaptive Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a continual student of Human Centered Design & Leadership and has completed multiple certifications of coursework through IDEO.  He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemistry/Biology, as well as, a Master’s degree with emphasis in leadership, development, and counselling. Prior to his employment transition into higher education, Dr. Morris worked as a Special Projects Engineer for Teledyne Firth Sterling. Rob F. Poell is Professor of Human Resource Development (HRD) in the Department of HR Studies at Tilburg University, Netherlands. His interests include: workplace learning, continuing professional development, team/organizational learning, learning organizations, and knowledge hiding. Besides 80 book chapters, he has published over 150 articles in high-ranking HRD, HRM, management, and organization journals (e.g., Human Resource Development Review, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Teaching and Teacher Education, International Journal of Project Management, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Knowledge Management). In 2022 he received the Outstanding HRD Scholar award from the Academy of Human Resource Development.

This volume gives comprehensive coverage to focuses for and practices of HRD, from a distinguished collection of contributors, representing excellence in this field. This makes it an excellent and necessary text for students of, practitioners in and scholars of HRD.

• Section A: FOUNDATIONS OF THE DISCIPLINE OF HRDChapter 1: History of Human Resource Development (HRD) - Neal Chalofsky and R. Wayne PaceChapter 2: The Development of HRD as a Field - K. Peter Kuchinke and Monica M. LeeChapter 3: Philosophical Foundations of HRD - Monica M. LeeChapter 4: Psychology as a Theoretical Foundation of Human Resource Development - Thomas G. ReioChapter 5: Ethics and the Workplace - Amin Alizadeh and Darlene F. Russ-EftChapter 6: Legal Issues Informing Human Resource Development Work - Lorenzo Bowman and Debaro HuylerSection B: THEORETICAL INFLUENCES ON HRDChapter 7: Critical HRD - Sally Sambrook and Jim StewartChapter 8: The role of social identity theory in human resource development - Stephanie Sisco, Russell Korte and Joshua C. CollinsChapter 9: Positive Psychology as a Theoretical Framework for Human Resource Development - Adele BezuidenhoutChapter 10: The Learning Ecosystem of Organizations - Eugene Sadler-SmithChapter 11: National Human Resource Development - Meera Alagaraja & Jia WangChapter 12: HRD Evaluation: Beyond Kirkpatrick - J.B. Jordan, Darlene Russ-Eft and Ghassan IbrahimChapter 13: HRD Practitioner Roles in Organizations: Challenges, Congruence and Changes - Dr Jenni Jones, Prof Jim Stewart, Dr Sally Kah, Prof Bob Hamlin, Prof Rob Poell, Dr Henriette Lundgren, Dr Ellen Scully-RussSection C: LEARNING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTChapter 14: Workplace Learning - Rob F. PoellChapter 15: Action Learning Research and Practice: An Informed Outlook - Yonjoo Cho and Toby EganChapter 16: Team Learning & Development - Piet Van den BosscheChapter 17: Organizational Unlearning in Human Resource Development - Sunyoung Park and Eunjee KimChapter 18: Knowledge “Management”: Focusing on Tacit Knowledge Circulation & Learning - Claire Gubbins and Jennifer A. KennedyChapter 19: Rebalancing the Agenda: Employee Perspectives of HRD in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - Ciara NolanChapter 20: Workforce Development: A Nexus Between Human Resource Development and Career and Technical Education - Kristin FradyChapter 21: The Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolutions: HRD’s Role in Preparing Graduates for Future Work - Fredrick Muyia Nafukho, Walid El Mansour and Huyen Thi Minh VanSection D: TALENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENTChapter 22: Employee Onboarding - Michael Kirchner and Susan Yelich BinieckiChapter 23: Coaching and Mentoring - Rajashi Ghosh and Andrea D. EllingerChapter 24: Apprenticeship and Internship Programs: Developing Careers, Organizations, Talent, and the Workforce - Cory J. Wicker, Christopher L. Harrington, Tomika W. Greer, H. Quincy BrownChapter 25: The Next Evolution of Career Development: Sustainability and Collaboration - Henriette Lundgren, Linda Hite and Kim McDonaldChapter 26: Fostering Career Sustainability: Renewal Bundles of HR/D Practices for Flexpertise Development - Lonneke Frie, Ellen Sjoer, Beatrice Van der Heijden and Hubert KorziliusChapter 27: Work-Life and HRD - Barbara A.W. Eversole, Cindy L. Crowder and Sunny L. MunnSection E: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTChapter 28: Human Centered Leadership - Michael Lane Morris and Jules MorrisChapter 29: Failure of Leadership and Management Development Initiatives: The case for evidence-based practice - Robert G. Hamlin and Taran PatelChapter 30: Employee Engagement in the HRD Field: Concepts, Theoretical Models, and Implications - Jae Young Lee and Brad ShuckChapter 31: Developing Employee Resilience through Human Resource Development - Ronald L. Jacobs and Candace FlattChapter 32: Organizational development and change: Cornerstones and future perspectives - Jaap BoonstraChapter 33: Core HRD Practices: What HRD Professionals Actually Do in Contemporary Organizations - Kibum Kwon and Seung Won YoonChapter 34: Preventing Workplace Mistreatment and Injury: Incivility, Bullying, and Violence - Christine Kennedy and Thomas G. Reio, Jr.Chapter 35: HRD in the Cross-Cultural Context - Dae Seok Chai and Sunyoung ParkChapter 36: Interconnectedness of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability - Gary N. McLean and Ekta SharmaChapter 37: The Strength of the Business Case for SHRD in Organizations - Tom Garavan, Lyle Yorks and Fergal O’BrienSection F: DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGINGChapter 38: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Creating Learning Interventions for Social Change - Marilyn Y. ByrdChapter 39: History of Human Resource Development: Foregrounding Race and Connections to Adult Education - Jeremy W. Bohonos and Juanita Johnson-BaileyChapter 40: Feminist HRD Research: Shifting from Gender Binary to Gender Diversity - Laura L. Bierema, Tomika W. Greer, Weixin He and Eunbi SimChapter 41: Multiple Generations in the Workforce: Blessing, Curse, or Conundrum? - Sanghamitra Chaudhuri, Nisha Manikoth and Marcia HagenChapter 42: HRD Research on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer* Workplace Issues and Topics: Why There is Still Much More Work to be Done - Nick Rumens, Ciarán McFadden and Julie GedroChapter 43: The Complex Social Nature of the ‘Disabled’ Phenomenon - Greg Procknow, Dave Silberman and Tonette S. RoccoChapter 44: Indigenous Human Resource Development - Mari Cseh, Oliver S. Crocco, Chilanay Safarli and Jessica HinshawChapter 45: Spirituality of Work-Related Learning: Self-Formation to Enchantment - Pushing the Boundaries - John Dirkx, Sara Bano, Davin Carr-Chellman and Michael KrothSection G: TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTChapter 46: Social Media and HRD: Powerful Tools and Dark Patterns - Elisabeth E. BennettChapter 47: Learning Analytics and the Workplace: Developing People and Organizations with Data - Oleksandra Poquet, Maarten De Laat, Allison Littlejohn, & Eileen KennedyChapter 48: People Analytics and Human Resource Development - Seung Won Yoon & Caleb Seung-hyun HanChapter 49: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning In the Changing Landscape of Work - Roland K. Yeo, Karen Vollum-Dix & Jessica LiChapter 50: The Future of HRD in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: AI as an Assistant to HRD Functions - Marie-Line Germain, Jan Maarten Schraagen, & Jurriaan Van DiggelenSection H: EMERGING ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONSChapter 51: The C.A.S.E. for HR: Practices and pillars of human resource management and development - Jon M. WernerChapter 52: Faculty Development Research and Practice: Partnering with Human Resource Development - Tam To Phuong, Gary N. McLean and Thi Thu Huyen-NguyenChapter 53: The Essentialness of Scholar-Practitioners - Sarah Minnis, Debaro Huyler and Michael KirchnerChapter 54: A Question of Identity: a theoretical understanding of HRD - Kate Black and Russell WarhurstChapter 55: The Future of HRD in a changing, complex, and ambiguous world - Emily Yarrow and Valerie AndersonChapter 56: Epilogue: an ongoing search for drivers and conditions of human resource development - Rob F. Poell, Joseph W. M. Kessels, M. Lane Morris and Tonette S. Rocco