Title

What Influences Continuous Employee Development Decisions?

Keywords

Career development; Continuous employee development model; Training

Abstract

Organizational changes have created a need for adaptable pre-trained workers and for employees to have more "protean" career paths and be involved in self-directed ongoing development [Hall & Mirvis, 1995. The new career contract: Developing the whole person at midlife and beyond. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 47(3), 269-289]. To help understand the processes involved in this development, a model of continuous employee development is proposed. This model integrates prior work from career development, training, and education literatures and builds on it by proposing factors that affect the occurrence of future development. Research supporting the model is reviewed and specific testable propositions derived from the variables in the model are given. Recommendations for scale usage in testing the model are also provided. Finally, the novel contributions of the model are highlighted, the practical implications of the model for organizations are outlined, and the role of the education system in these processes is discussed. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

Human Resource Management Review

Volume

15

Issue

4

Number of Pages

281-304

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2005.10.002

Socpus ID

31344450071 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/31344450071

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