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Value priorities of human resource development professionals
Author(s) -
Bates Reid,
Chen HsinChih
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1143
Subject(s) - stakeholder , psychology , human resources , nationality , value (mathematics) , exploratory research , set (abstract data type) , human resource management , medical education , applied psychology , management , public relations , sociology , medicine , political science , social science , immigration , machine learning , computer science , law , economics , programming language
This descriptive exploratory study sought to assess the values priorities of individuals and groups across various HRD occupational specialties. Findings showed that, in general, respondents felt the most important guides to the practice of HRD should be those emphasizing performance‐related outcomes. However, results also showed meaningful variation in top‐priority values across individuals and significant differences in the comparative importance of six values across education level, degree of involvement in organizational practice, nationality, and occupational and stakeholder groups. Findings suggested that HRD professionals operate from a structured set of values and that the relative importance of those values may vary according to the settings and challenges faced in practice.