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Human Resource Strategic Management in NPOs: An Explorative Study on Managers' Psychosocial Training
- Source :
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Journal of Workplace Learning . 2010 22(8):508-521. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Purpose: This explorative research aims at examining the social representation of psychosocial training in NPOs managers. Design/methodology/approach: An adopted multiple research approach was adopted to analyse a corpus of qualitative data. A detailed semi-structured interview was administered to 122 senior managers of as many Italian NPOs. Interviews were analyzed using different techniques of content analysis and, run through the software T-Lab (analysis of word occurrence and co-word mapping, analysis of Markovian sequences). Findings: Italian NPOs' organizational culture seem to be action-oriented and self-referral, rather than knowledge-oriented. Training is not considered as a tool for strategic management of HR. Senior managers are mainly self-taught, trained on-the-job and, lack of a proper competence on HR management. Research limitations/implications: The group reached is a convenience sample and not a statistical representative sample. Practical implications: The paper suggests that intellectual capital can be an effective tool to address Italian NPOs self-referential knowledge and overcome their gaps in strategic management of human resources. Originality/value: NPOs' senior manager training has rarely been addressed; in addition, the adopted methodology mixes different techniques of analysis. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1366-5626
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Workplace Learning
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ922921
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/13665621011082873