From Research to Practice

Advances in Developing Human Resources (ADHR) focuses on the issues that help you work more effectively in human resource development. The journal spans the realms of performance, learning, and integrity within an organizational context. Balancing theory and practice, each Issue of the journal is devoted to a different topic central to the development of human resources. ADHR has covered subjects as wide-ranging and vital as performance improvement, action learning, on-the-job training, informal learning, how HRD relates to the new global economy, leadership, and the philosophical foundations of HRD practice.

Each Issue of ADHR focuses on a single topic of importance to HRD professionals. Special guest editors are recruited to head each Issue. Experts in their specific fields, they receive papers from some of the most noted professionals in HRD today. Each special Issue is comprehensive yet concise, giving full coverage to each specific subject area.

Dynamic and Relevant

ADHR is easy to read and is highly relevant to both scholars and practitioners. Dealing with the demands of the global economy a diverse workforce can be difficult. From ethics to on-the-job training, from leadership development to action learning to cultural competence, ADHR gives you a quick, easy-to-use reference on each area important in your practice. Complete your library of HRD literature with the comprehensive coverage in ADHR – the essential tool for human resource development specialists.


Recent Issues of ADHR include the following:

• Evaluating Executive Leadership Programs: A Theory of Change Approach (May 2011)
• There's Nothing Quite as Practical as Good Research (May 2011)
• Workplace Bullying: An Integrative Literature Review (February 2011)
• Human Resource Development and Society: Human Resource Development's Role in Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Ethics in Organizations (October 2010)
• Crisis Management in Higher Education: What Have We Learned from Virginia Tech? (October 2010)
• Theory to Practice: Action Learning (April 2010)
• The Competencies Used by Effective Managers to Build Teams: An Empirical Study (February 2010)
• Integrated Theoretical Model for Building Effective Teams (February 2010)

Each issue of Advances in Developing Human Resources is also available for course adoption or for use in a training environment. Multiple quantity discounts apply. Contact Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-818-7243 for more information.