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Career mobility within organizations: implications for career development ‐ part 2 ‐ a case study (1996)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Coolahan, M. (1996). Career mobility within organizations: implications for career development ‐ part 2 ‐ a case study. Journal of European industrial training, 20(5), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599610119700

Focuses on career mobility and development in a large multi‐disciplinary organization. Discusses a case study, analysing career opportunities of all employees in one organizational unit, concentrating on barriers to career mobility and the human res... Read More about Career mobility within organizations: implications for career development ‐ part 2 ‐ a case study.

Career mobility in organizations: implications for career development ‐ Part I (1996)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Coolahan, M. (1996). Career mobility in organizations: implications for career development ‐ Part I. Journal of European industrial training, 20(4), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599610117063

Reviews the literature on career mobility and considers its implications for career development practices within organizations. Focuses on individualistic and organizational perspectives and identifies a range of factors which facilitate or inhibit t... Read More about Career mobility in organizations: implications for career development ‐ Part I.

HRD stakeholders:: their philosophies, values, expectations and evaluation criteria (1995)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1995). HRD stakeholders:: their philosophies, values, expectations and evaluation criteria. Journal of European industrial training, 19(10), 17-30. doi:10.1108/03090599510095834

Reports empirical evidence on stakeholders′ perceptions vis‐à‐vis the HRD function. Examines both internal and external HRD stakeholder groups and identifies their expectations, values, beliefs and evaluation criteria as they relate to the HRD funct... Read More about HRD stakeholders:: their philosophies, values, expectations and evaluation criteria.

Trade union attitudes to training and development:: the road to a more positive and proactive approach? (1995)
Journal Article
Costine, P., & Garavan, T. N. (1995). Trade union attitudes to training and development:: the road to a more positive and proactive approach?. Journal of European industrial training, 19(10), 38-44. doi:10.1108/03090599510095843

Examines the attitudes of trade unions to training and development and how this has evolved over the last 25 years. Identifies forces which are bringing about a change in attitude and the key challenges for the future.

Stakeholder analysis: the implications for the management of HRD (1995)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1995). Stakeholder analysis: the implications for the management of HRD. Journal of European industrial training, 19(10), 45-46. doi:10.1108/03090599510095852

Considers some of the issues raised in the previous articles. Presents a number of guiding principles for HRD management and looks at a number of structural mechanisms to make a steerer model of stakeholder management practicable.

Eliminating inequality: women‐only training, part 2 (1995)
Journal Article
Brew, K., & Garavan, T. N. (1995). Eliminating inequality: women‐only training, part 2. Journal of European industrial training, 19(9), 28-32. doi:10.1108/03090599510096635

Describes the new opportunities programme at An Post, the Irish postal service. Follows on from Part 1 in which the literature on women‐only training was considered. Focuses on the actual operation of the programme. First gives a brief background to... Read More about Eliminating inequality: women‐only training, part 2.

Current themes in organizational design: implications for human resource development (1995)
Journal Article
Morley, M. J., & Garavan, T. N. (1995). Current themes in organizational design: implications for human resource development. Journal of European industrial training, 19(11), 3-13. doi:10.1108/03090599510100035

Examines current themes in organizational design which permeate the extant literature and highlights possible implications for human resource development (HRD). Highlights key factors forcing change and innovation in organization design, namely comp... Read More about Current themes in organizational design: implications for human resource development.

An epidemiological study of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (2010)
Journal Article
Penny, K., Fleming, M., Kazmierczak, D., & Thomas, A. (2010). An epidemiological study of Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Paediatric Nursing, 22(10), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.12.22.10.30.c8135

Aim To describe the incidence of hospital admission among children in the Scottish population for Henoch‑Schönlein purpura (HSP). Method The annual, quarterly and monthly incidences of HSP were derived from routinely collected data for Scotland fr... Read More about An epidemiological study of Henoch-Schonlein purpura.

Postfeedback development perceptions: Applying the theory of planned behavior (2006)
Journal Article
McCarthy, A., & Garavan, T. (2006). Postfeedback development perceptions: Applying the theory of planned behavior. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 17(3), 245-267. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.1173

The primary purpose of management development programs is performance improvement at an individual and organizational level. Performance improvement results from knowledge, skill, or ability enhancement. An important intervention in m... Read More about Postfeedback development perceptions: Applying the theory of planned behavior.

Re-dimensionalising boundaries in the theory and practice of Human Resource Development. (2006)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. J. (2006). Re-dimensionalising boundaries in the theory and practice of Human Resource Development. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 3(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijlic.2006.009206

In our conceptualisation, HRD is at a crossroads, both in terms of its philosophical roots, its theoretical bases and, in the practice domain, what its key contributions are. We argue that HRD continues to be characterised by theoretical ambiguities,... Read More about Re-dimensionalising boundaries in the theory and practice of Human Resource Development..

Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators (2020)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Murphy, K., Sheehan, M., & Carbery, R. (2021). Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(1), 93-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12284

Drawing on systems theory, we conducted a moderated meta-analysis of the training and organizational performance relationship using 119 primary studies. We examined the moderating effects of quality versus quantity of training, time, institutional,... Read More about Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators.

L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise (2019)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Heneghan, S., O'Brien, F., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., Duggan, J., Lannon, R., Sheehan, M., & Grant, K. (2020). L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise. European Journal of Training and Development, 44(1), 1-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-09-2019-0166

This monograph reports a study investigating the roles of learning and development (L&D) professionals in Irish, UK European and US organisations. The study investigates the contextual factors influencing L&D roles in organisations, the strategic and... Read More about L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise.

Design Thinking-Based Entrepreneurship Education (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huber, F., Peisl, T., Gedeon, S., Brodie, J., & Sailer, K. (2016). Design Thinking-Based Entrepreneurship Education. In Proceedings of 3E - ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference (42-43)

Questions we care about In recent years, more and more people have started to look to the field of design for inspiring new ways of dealing with innovation challenges. Based on the still growing popularity of Design Thinking in the management field... Read More about Design Thinking-Based Entrepreneurship Education.

Help wanted: Exploring the value of entrepreneurial mentoring at start-up (2017)
Journal Article
Van Saane, S. H., Brodie, J., Van Saane, S., & Osowska, R. (2017). Help wanted: Exploring the value of entrepreneurial mentoring at start-up. Industry and Higher Education, 31(2), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422217691666

The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to investigate the added value of mentoring for entrepreneurs during the start-up phase. This small-scale exploratory research focused on five start-up entrepreneurs in Scotland to determine the... Read More about Help wanted: Exploring the value of entrepreneurial mentoring at start-up.

Concepts of Ethical Leadership and their Potential Implementation in Organisations: An Operational Perspective (2015)
Thesis
Bachmann, B. (2015). Concepts of Ethical Leadership and their Potential Implementation in Organisations: An Operational Perspective. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/452917

This study links ethical leadership theory to the implementation of improved leadership practices and examines whether ethical leadership characteristics actually exist, particularly in highly operational environments. The study analyses how ethical... Read More about Concepts of Ethical Leadership and their Potential Implementation in Organisations: An Operational Perspective.

Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian (2016)
Thesis
Lindsay, C. F. (2016). Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/455610

The overarching aim of this thesis is to critically evaluate the implementation of Lean in NHS Lothian, a National Health Service (NHS) Health Board in Scotland. Against challenging financial times, Lean has been endorsed for adoption in the provisio... Read More about Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian.

An ecosystems perspective on international human resource development (IHRD): a meta-synthesis of the literature. (2019)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., & Carbery, R. (2019). An ecosystems perspective on international human resource development (IHRD): a meta-synthesis of the literature. Human Resource Development Review, 18(2), 248-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484319828865

There has been significant growth of interest in both international human resource development (IHRD) and ecosystems research. Both literatures highlight important characteristics of each concept; however, to date, they have not yet been linked. We p... Read More about An ecosystems perspective on international human resource development (IHRD): a meta-synthesis of the literature..

Conceptualising sustainable leadership (2017)
Journal Article
D’Annunzio-Green, N., Gerard, L., McMillan, J., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2017). Conceptualising sustainable leadership. Industrial and Commercial Training, 49(3), 116-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict-12-2016-0079

Literature encompassing Sustainable Leadership and developing leaders sustainably are still in infancy (Lambert, 2011). Nevertheless indications identify leadership as a vital cog in achieving sustainable organisations. Sustainable leadership can all... Read More about Conceptualising sustainable leadership.

Academic Diary Or Why Higher Education Still Matters (2016)
Journal Article
Hanna, B. (2016). Academic Diary Or Why Higher Education Still Matters. Teaching Fellows Journal, Autumn 2016, 23

On the outside of this book the spine is now broken. The plastic red covering is beginning to curl away slightly from the edges of cover. This is a book which I have carried with me; jammed into bags and packed into luggage for those moments when a g... Read More about Academic Diary Or Why Higher Education Still Matters.