Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information on Career Management, 4e

Click here for more information on Career Management, 4e

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Advances in Developing Human Resources
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Yang, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Can Adult Learning Theory Provide a Foundation for Human Resource Development?

Baiyin Yang

University of Minnesota

The problem and the solution. The field of human resource development (HRD) has been viewed as being supported by three theoretical foundations—namely, economic, psychological, and system theories. Although contributions of adult learning theory have been long acknowledged, it is more important to recognize its unique role of incorporating three theoretical foundations and consequently providing a distinct foundation of HRD. By identifying the relationship between HRD and one of its closely related fields, adult education, this article argues that it is adult learning theory that provides a foundation and linkage for both fields.

Key Words: adult learning theory • foundation of HRD • adult education

Advances in Developing Human Resources, Vol. 6, No. 2, 129-145 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1523422304263325
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Advances in Developing Human ResourcesHome page
L. L. Grover and K. M. Keenan
An Ojibwe American Indian View of Adult Learning in the Workplace
Advances in Developing Human Resources, August 1, 2006; 8(3): 391 - 399.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Advances in Developing Human ResourcesHome page
F. M. Nafukho
Ubuntu Worldview: A Traditional African View of Adult Learning in the Workplace
Advances in Developing Human Resources, August 1, 2006; 8(3): 408 - 415.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Advances in Developing Human ResourcesHome page
C. M. Sleezer
The Contribution of Adult Learning Theory to Human Resource Development (HRD)
Advances in Developing Human Resources, May 1, 2004; 6(2): 125 - 128.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Advances in Developing Human ResourcesHome page
B. Yang
Can Adult Learning Theory Provide a Foundation for Human Resource Development?
Advances in Developing Human Resources, May 1, 2004; 6(2): 129 - 145.
[Abstract] [PDF]