A Response to Wang and Swanson's Article on National HRD and Theory Development

McLean, Gary N.; Lynham, Susan A.; Azevedo, Ross E.; Lawrence, John S.; Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia

doi:10.1177/1534484308316486

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“…The NHRD literature from HRD publications focused on priorities and policies for a number of advanced, transitioning, and emerging market economies (Lynham & Cunningham, 2006). This literature enhanced our understanding of the concept of NHRD as well as debates regarding its theoretical foundations (McLean, 2012; McLean, Lynham, Azevedo, Lawrence, & Nafukho, 2008; G. G. Wang & Swanson, 2008; J.…”

Section: Review Of Nhrd Models In the Literaturementioning

confidence: 96%

Capacity and Capability Building for National HRD

Alagaraja

Githens

2016

Human Resource Development Review

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Human resource development (HRD) scholars have grappled with the question of developing theoretical and conceptual frameworks that capture the complexities of building human capital capacity and capability at a national level. Relying on national HRD (NHRD) and international development literatures, we develop a multi-level framework for understanding capacity and capability building that is useful for assessing national development priorities for countries in general. We theorize that NHRD priorities must consider the simultaneous development of financial, industrial, and workforce capacities at the national, organizational, and individual levels. The conceptual framework considers positive as well as negative NHRD synergies that can emerge from linking financial, industrial, and workforce capacities to capability-building efforts at the national, organizational, and individual levels. In doing so, the framework contributes to the NHRD-model-building approaches in the extant HRD literature.

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Section: Review Of Nhrd Models In the Literaturementioning

confidence: 96%

Capacity and Capability Building for National HRD

Alagaraja

Githens

2016

Human Resource Development Review

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“…Later, this definition was presented by McLean (2004) as a cross-national definition of HRD with a slight modification to initiate the NHRD research agenda. This involved more than 15 authors in more than 20 countres' case studies to explore NHRD phenomenon (McLean, Lynham, Azevedo, Lawrence, & Nafukho, 2008). NHRD theory is still premature, and requires further research in different country contexts based on its theory development method used so far.…”

Section: Theoretical Gap Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The current NHRD literature provides definitions of NHRD (McLean, 2004;Yang, D. Zang, & M. Zang, 2004;Bartlett & Rodgers, 2004;Lynham & Cunningham, 2004;Scotland, 2004;Cooper, 2004;Cox, Arkoubi, & Estrada, 2006;Hasler, Thompson, & Schuler, 2006;Cunningham, Lynham, & Weatherly, 2006); pressures and imperatives to NHRD, alternative NHRD models, importance and challenges of NHRD, attributes of excellent NHRD and its desirable outcomes (Cho & McLean, 2004;Lynham & Cunningham, 2006), theories behind NHRD (Paprock, 2006), country experiences in implementing NHRD (2004 and 2006 NHRD country's case studies), and some debates over the new emergence of NHRD (Wang, 2008;Wang, Korte, & Sun, 2008;Wang & Swanson, 2008a;McLean et al, 2008).…”

Section: Theoretical Gap Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Justifying a Study on Constructing a National Human Resource Development Model as Practiced in Malaysia

Devadas¹

2017

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The globe has been confronting a new set of challenges. Such challenges are unique to each country context. The overarching challenge, all above other challenges is, to seek appropriate knowledge as a tool and mean to resolve such challenges. A critical such knowledge to be accumulated in all days is on how to develop people or human resources. However, with the existing knowledge claims in this regard, countries have been unable to resolve such challenges. Human Development, one such knowledge claim, is too broader, and therefore, no guided protocol is suggested in finding solutions. Human Resource Development, as another such knowledge claim is too limited in scope to address broader level challenges. National Human Resource Development (NHRD) has emerged to bridge this gap, emphasising people oriented solutions to resolve country level challenges. The NHRD literature encourages NHRD country case studies, and that, justifications for starting NHRD country case studies is needed.This study justifies such a research on NHRD practices in Malaysia's country context, using content analysis. As a result, this study has shown higher level country challenges, derived a need of people based approach in resolving such challenges, highlighted NHRD as capable as possible in guiding to establish people development knowledge claim, and finally justified an NHRD research to be done within Malaysia's context to see how Malaysia practices NHRD.

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“…philosophical and conceptual perspectives, language use, assumed boundaries and proposed locations of HRD practice (McGoldrick et al 2002a). Limiting HRD practice to the context/location of work organisations, as in Bates et al's definition, is also questioned by those who include communities and nations (McLean et al 2008) and higher education institutions (Doloriert et al 2012) as locations of HRD practice. This definition has some resonance with an earlier definition from the USA by Bates et al, who suggested the purpose of HRD is to enhance learning, human potential and high performance in work-related systems.…”

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Workforce Development

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A Response to Wang and Swanson's Article on National HRD and Theory Development

Cited by 34 publications

References 48 publications

Capacity and Capability Building for National HRD

Capacity and Capability Building for National HRD

Justifying a Study on Constructing a National Human Resource Development Model as Practiced in Malaysia

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