Handbook of Research Methods on Human Resource Development (Handbooks of Research Methods in Management series)

✍ Scribed by Mark N.K. Saunders (editor), Paul Tosey (editor)

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 423
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An impressive range of HRD scholars have contributed to this excellent Handbook which offers a timely addition to both the HRD and the research methods literatures. HRD researchers who consult this book will find a thoughtful pathway through the debates and dialogues that feature in our dynamic and evolving field. The book provides practical guidance about research making use of emerging as well as established forms of data and approaches to analysis that can advance knowledge in the HRD domain. I commend it to novice as well as to experienced researchers. I will certainly be referring to it myself as I seek to develop my expertise as an HRD scholar and researcher.'
- Valerie Anderson, University Forum for HRD

As Human Resource Development (HRD) research has developed, a growing variety of quantitative and qualitative data collection procedures and analysis techniques have been adopted; research designs now include mono, multiple and mixed methods. This Handbook brings together the wealth of research methods experience gained by HRD researchers into one essential volume.

Organized into four parts, the book explores conceptual issues, qualitative research methods, quantitative research methods and methodological challenges. It utilises the wealth of research experiences of leading HRD scholars to provide a range of insights highlighting what works, what does not work and associated challenges. Each chapter provides annotated further reading, allowing the reader to expand on the topics discussed.

The Handbook will prove invaluable for students and academics in the social sciences who are interested in the development of human resources - particularly postgraduates undertaking research on HRD and undergraduates researching HRD issues. It will also be of use to academics teaching research focused modules on HRD and people related issues, as well as experienced HRD researchers looking to further develop their understanding of methods for researching HRD.

Contributors: C. Akinci, N. Beech, K. Black, J.L. Callahan, J. Calver, D. Coghlan, G. Connor, C. Elliott, P. Evans, T. Garavan, J. Gold, D.E. Gray, B. Hamlin, V. Harte, R. Holian, C. Jones, C. König, D. Langley, A. McDowall, C. MacKenzie, S. De Maeyer, D. Marks, S. Mavin, G. Messmann, R.H. Mulder, A. Ogun, R.F. Poell, C. Rigg, C. Rojon, E. Sadler-Smith, S. Sambrook, M. Sheehan, T. Spackman, V. Stead, J. Stewart, S. Tam, K. Trehan, C.L. Wang, R. Warhurst, H. Whitrod-Brown, C.S. Williams, J. Williams

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Copyright
Contents
About the editors
Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the variety of methods for researching HRD
PART I CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
2. Paradigms, philosophical prisms and pragmatism in HRD research
3. HRD research and design science
4. Scholarly practice in HRD research
5. Using systematic review methodology to examine the extant literature
PART II QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
6. Ethnographic research in HRD – managing a betrayal?
7. In (re)search of the self: autoethnography in HRD research
8. Opening the visual methods toolbox
9. The use of photo-elicitation interviewing in qualitative HRD research
10. Action research for HRD research
11. Critical action learning research: opportunities and challenges for HRD research and practice
12. Facilitating learning using the Service Template Extended Process (STEP) within a process consultation framework
13. Emergent discourses of learning and community formation: exploring social media for professional learning
14. And what kind of question is that? Thinking about the function of questions in qualitative interviewing
PART III QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
15. Using questionnaire surveys for within-organisation HRD research
16. Now you see them, now you don’t: using online surveys in HRD longitudinal research
17. Maximising telephone survey participation in international HRD research
18. Using Critical Incidents and Vignette Technique in HRD research to investigate learning activities and behaviour at work
19. Accounting for complexity: structural equation modelling (SEM) in HRD research
20. Using systematic content analysis to establish theory–practice links in HRD literature
PART IV METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
21. The competing interests of paradigm and praxis in critical HRD research: incorporating quantitative methods to enact critical practice
22. Mixed methods in HRD research: theory and practice from a study of Hong Kong SMEs
23. Key issues for gender research in HRD: a Multi-Stakeholder Framework for analysing gendered media constructions of women leaders
24. Leadership development as a method of enquiry: insights from a post-structuralist perspective
25. Navigating extra sensitive research topics utilising content analysis and Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)
Index