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 utilizes 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; undergraduates researching HRD issues; and 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.
Contents:Acknowledgements1. Introduction: The Variety of Methods for Researching HRDMark NK Saunders and Paul Tosey PART I CONCEPTUAL ISSUES2. Paradigms, Philosophical Prisms and Pragmatism in HRD ResearchBob Hamlin 3. HRD Research and Design ScienceEugene Sadler-Smith 4. Scholarly Practice in HRD ResearchJeff Gold, Tim Spackman, Diane Marks, Nick Beech, Julia Calver, Adrian Ogun and Helen Whitrod-Brown 5. Using Systematic Review Methodology to Examine the Extant LiteratureCeline Rojon and Almuth McDwall PART II QUALITATIVE RESEARCH6. Ethnographic Research in HRD - Managing a Betrayal?Dawn Langley 7. In (Re)search of the Self: Autoethnography in HRD ResearchSally Sambrook 8. Opening the Visual Methods ToolboxKate Black and Russell Warhurst 9. The Use of Photo Elicitation Interviewing in Qualitative HRD ResearchRussell Warhurst and Kate Black 10. Action Research for HRD ResearchRosalie Holian and David Coghlan 11. Critical Action Learning Research: Opportunities and Challenges for HRD Research and PracticeKiran Trehan and Clare Rigg 12. Facilitating Learning Using the Service Template Extended Process (STEP) Within a Process Consultation FrameworkMark N.K. Saunders, Paul Tosey, Claire Jones, Christine S. Williams 13. Emergent Discourses of Learning and Community Formation: Exploring Social Media for Professional Learning Peter Evans 14. And What Kind of Question is That? Thinking About the Function of Questions in Qualitative Interviewing Paul Tosey PART III QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH15. Using Questionnaire Surveys to Gather Data for Within Organisation HRD ResearchCinla Akinci and Mark NK Saunders 16. Now You See Them, Now You Don't: Using Online Surveys in HRD Research Jim Stewart and Victoria Harte 17. Maximising Telephone Survey Participation in International HRD ResearchMaura Sheehan, Mark NK Saunders and Catherine L Wang 18. Using Critical Incidents and Vignette Technique in HRD Research to Investigate Learning Activities and Behaviour at WorkRegina H. Mulder 19. Accounting for Complexity: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) in HRD ResearchChristoph Konig, Gerhard Messmann, Regina H. Mulder and Sven De Maeyer 20. Using Systematic Content Analysis to Establish Theory-practice Links in HRD LiteratureRob F Poell PART IV METHODOLOGIAL CHALLENGES21. The Competing Interests of Paradigm and Praxis in Critical HRD Research: Incorporating Quantitative Methods to Enact Critical PracticeJamie L. Callahan and Gary Connor 22. Mixed Methods in HRD Research: Theory and Practice from a Study of Hong Kong SMEsSteven Tam and David E. Gray 23. Key Issues for Gender Research in HRD: A Multi-stakeholder Framework for Analysing Gendered Media Constructions of Women's LeadersSharon Mavin and Jannine Williams 24. Leadership Development as a Method of Enquiry: Insights from a Post-structuralist PerspectiveCarole Elliott and Valerie Stead 25. Navigating Extra Sensitive Research Topics Utilizing Content Analysis and Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)Thomas Garavan and Cliodhna MacKenzieIndex
