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Exploring the corporate university phenomenon: Development and implementation of a comprehensive survey
Author(s) -
Lui Abel Amy,
Li Jessica
Publication year - 2012
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.21122
Subject(s) - phenomenon , survey research , psychology , engineering ethics , management , sociology , process management , business , engineering , applied psychology , epistemology , economics , philosophy
This study explores and advances the understanding of the corporate university phenomenon. In order to do that, a three‐step approach was taken. First, a comprehensive review of the literature was undertaken to develop an aggregated view of corporate university literature. Second, a survey was developed based on the result of literature review. Third, a survey was implemented about corporate universities to gain a perspective on prominent processes of corporate universities. A total of 210 corporate universities participated in the study in the North America region. The findings revealed five prominent processes of corporate universities based on a factor analysis. The five processes are: alignment and execution, developing skills that support business needs, using technology to support the learning function, learning and performance evaluation, and partnership with academia.