Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi
University of New Mexico | UNM · Organization Information and Learnig Sciences

Ph.D.

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This article contains a conversation with K. Peter Kuchinke, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The aim is to reflect upon factors that influenced his professional and personal development and his life experiences as lens to under...
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This exploratory study aims to identify the core competencies necessary to successfully advance the careers of female associate professors in higher education. To ascertain these core career competencies, a critical incident interview technique was employed. One-to-one semi-structured interviews with six female full professors at a major research u...
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As the topic of talent development (TD) gets more popularity in practice of organizations and among human resource development (HRD) professionals, the need for understanding the nature and the scope of TD activities increases. The aim of this article is to help this understanding through an integrative review of literature. As part of this article...
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When discussing ethics and the role of HRD, it is important to distinguish between two different but interrelated aspects. The first aspect, which we call “ethical talent development,” relates to the ethical conduct of HRD professionals, i.e., the need for HRD professionals to act ethically in their talent development work. The HRD Standards on Eth...
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Early hype cycles surrounding new technologies may promote simplistic binary options of either adoption or rejection, but socio-historical analyses of technologies illuminate how they are worked into shape by human actors. Humans enact agency through many choices that result in adaptations and contextual variations. In this piece, we argue that the...
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Considering the increase in the number of online courses and programs across the globe, preparing educators for creating inclusive online environments for learners to thrive is imperative. The worldwide pandemic of 2020, in a sense, only accelerated the already rising trends of online course offerings in higher education and further expanded it to...
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The daily influence of new technologies on shaping and reshaping human lives necessitates attention to the ethical development of the future computing workforce. To improve computer science students’ ethical decision-making, it is important to know how they make decisions when they face ethical issues. This article contributes to the research and p...
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Using topic mapping techniques, we provide a review of the 3,236 articles published in the five premier HRD journals between 1990 and 2019. We map the key terms evidencing the emergence of five major topic clusters within HRD scholarship: nature and identity of HRD, HRD interventions and outcomes, national HRD, career development, and HRD in academ...
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Evaluations are practiced in political contexts, posing ethical dilemmas to evaluators. It is important, therefore, to prepare evaluation students for ethical decision-making in their future evaluative work. This study explores the use of scenario-based moral reasoning and ethical argumentation as an instructional strategy for teaching evaluation e...
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Work ethic, a construct of work‐related values and attitudes, is believed to have a direct impact on how people approach work, work behavior, and on‐the‐job performance. When people experience social transformations, their work‐related values and attitudes change. The Chinese society has experienced significant transformations over an extended peri...
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Talent management has been recognized as the number one challenge for businesses in Asia and a necessity to sustain organizational competitiveness. By examining talent management practices of six large multinationals in Asia, this paper identifies issues and countermeasures as these companies pursue talent management strategies. The findings of thi...
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The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare learners’ critical thinking and interaction during an asynchronous online discussion when peer- or instructor-facilitation was provided. Current literature on online discussion reveals a controversy between peer facilitation and instructor facilitation regarding their strengths and weaknesses. How...
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine talent management process in a region that has been influenced by Eastern culture. Design/methodology/approach This research is a multiple case study of six MNCs in Asia. Cross-cases analysis was used to reveal differences and similarities. The data were collected through phone interviews with HR m...
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Human resource development is known to encapsulate a collection of social science disciplines including communications, psychology, and economics. Since these and other similar areas are the cornerstones of HRD, the changing nature of HRD demands constant reflections on the value and building blocks of contemporary HRD inquiries. This article prese...

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