Editorial 21(2) - HRDI

摘要

As the international journal of human resource development (HRD), HRDI believes the importance of context in HRD research and practice. Context-specific considerations consist of both macro and micro perspectives. The macro perspective comprises of differences in geographical locations which reflects the societal, economic and national culture characteristics. The micro perspective includes factors that influence the behaviours of employees, managers, and the operational principles of corporations. The articles in this issue demonstrated the authors' understanding of contextual influence in HRD research and practices. There are four peer-reviewed articles and one perspective article. The first referred article studied the relationship between perceived employability (PE) and employee performance. The second article examined home boundary permeability due to technology-related pressures. The third article investigated the organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) for a col-lectivist culture. The fourth article took a look at the relationships among manager-boss gender, self-awareness and managerial derailment. The perspective article discussed the unique developmental strategies towards HRD in a company called Saudi Aramco. Following is an overview of these articles.