1. Exploring the Notion of Workforce Development -- Part I Sustainability, Growth and Diversity -- 2. Attracting and Retaining Staff: The Role of Branding and Industry Image -- 3. International Developments in Skills Migration: A Case Study of the Opportunities, Threats and Dilemmas for...

Purpose This paper aims to explore why harmonisation, given its potential, is so difficult to achieve. It analyses the issues and challenges in achieving harmonisation of training and development across an industry. Design/methodology/approach The approach was a meta-analysis of six research...

Purpose – Considers the training and development challenges surrounding people who have elected to seek work in a country other than their own. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on case‐study research conducted in New Zealand, together with relevant literature and focus‐group findings....

Purpose – Describes how Plato's philosophy has influenced, and may continue to affect, modern human‐resource management. Design/methodology/approach – Outlines some of Plato's main ideas – including the role of the philosopher king in striving for the ideal – and draws out their...

Purpose – Describes research on the development of leaders in Australian rail organizations. Design/methodology/approach – Details five areas where the “complementarity” contained in the Chinese yin and yang philosophy could help to restore balance in modern leadership. Findings –...