Twenty years ago today: Celebration, history, and Human Resource Development Quarterly
✍ Scribed by Tim Hatcher
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1044-8004
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✦ Synopsis
Celebration is an ancient ritual. It gives us a way to feel good about ourselves, and our accomplishments. When we celebrate we are reinforcing something important to us. Without it we simply maintain the status quo and candidly have a lot less fun.
We typically don't celebrate things that we dislike or do not value or that have no historical significance for us. Celebrations can be good or bad, joyous or somber. We celebrate beginnings and endings such as birth and death. We celebrate important acts through awards for bravery and accomplishment. We also celebrate the passage of time and longevity of people and events: people' s birthdays, the birth of a nation, the inauguration of a president or other important leader. Celebration is historical. Without celebration, there would be no markers or milestones by which to gauge or judge history.
Celebration enables professions to mark important events and people, and reflect on what has been in the past in order to envision what might be in the future. Celebration is also part of the socialization process within a profession. One of the tenets of a profession such as human resource development (HRD) is the importance and act of celebrating. Solidarity and cooperation are enhanced when we celebrate together something we value. This 20th volume is a historical milestone for Human Resource Development Quarterly (HRDQ), the Academy of Human Resource Development, and the HRD profession. Twenty years ago there was not a single journal dedicated to HRD research. That' s right: none, zero, zip, zilch. Against the skepticism of scholars and practitioners who doubted that an HRD-oriented research publication could survive, the journal' s founders remained steadfast in their belief that the profession needed and would support HRDQ.