Purpose Among the gold standards in human resource development (HRD) research are studies that test theoretically developed hypotheses and use experimental designs. A somewhat typical experimental design would involve collecting pretest and posttest data on individuals assigned to a control or...

Purpose This paper aims to introduce matching in propensity score analysis (PSA) as an alternative statistical approach for researchers looking to make causal inferences using intact groups. Design/methodology/approach An illustrative example demonstrated the varying results of analysis of...

Purpose – The paper ' s aim is to report a research study on the mediator and outcome variable sets in scenario planning. Design/methodology/approach – This is a cannonical correlation analysis (CCA) Findings – Twso sets of variables; one as a predictor set that explained a significant...

Purpose The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the special issue, “The Quest for Scientific Discipline in HRD Research: Designs that Support Causal Inference”. Design/methodology/approach This special issue presents seven papers that consider human resource development (HRD) research...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership (TL) and authentic leadership (AL) using a canonical correlation analysis (CCA). Design/methodology/approach – The sample was 427 knowledge workers from a Fortune Global 100 company in...