Mapping the Dimensions of Human Resources Development: A Scoping Review

Abstract

Human Resource Development (HRD) is a precondition of economic growth, political stability and social sustainability. HRD intervention may facilitate achieving high-performance standards at individual, organizational, national, and international echelon. The paper is designed to explore and catalog different dimensions and variables of HRD through a critical review of existing literature. Hence, the opinion of HRD experts was collected through focus group discussion and face to face interview to authenticate the explored variables of HRD. The study has explored different dimensions and variables of HRD with regard to inputs, objectives, interventions, outputs, outcomes, and beneficiaries of HRD comprehensively by using the scoping review technique. The study has contributed to the existing body of knowledge by providing a new definition of HRD and presenting its different dimensions systematically. There is an immense scope to develop further knowledge on HRD if the empirical validity of the HRD variables is investigated comprehensively.