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Metaperspectives and HRD: Lessons for Research and Practice

David McGuire

Napier University Business School, Edinburgh, UK

Thomas N. Garavan

Department of Personnel and Employment Relations, Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick

David O'Donnell

Intellectual Capital Research Institute of Ireland

Sandra Watson

Napier University Business School, Edinburgh, UK

The problem and the solution. Reviewing the contributions, four metaperspectives on HRD are proposed: language, community/ societal, system, and psychological. Each suggests a particular conception of HRD and some implications of each metaperspective for theory and practice are presented.Academics and practitioners are challenged to incorporate multiperspectival views into theory,method, and practice.

Key Words: community/societal • HRD metaperspectives • language • psychological • system

Advances in Developing Human Resources, Vol. 9, No. 1, 120-139 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1523422306294500
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