Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the value of HR in times of change, providing an overview of current organizational change issues and against this backdrop exploring perceptions and requirements of the HR function. It also seeks to look at the important role that HR can play in taking...

Purpose – The present study aims to examine how employees' formal (e.g. off‐the‐job training) and informal (e.g. discussion with colleagues) career‐related continuous learning (CRCL) activities affect the development of self‐reported work‐related competencies....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question the continued usefulness of the hierarchy of strategies framework and to propose a new approach. Design/methodology/approach – The study reviews extant literature and theorizes a new approach. Findings – The paper finds that the hierarchy...

Purpose – Within the framework of learning in organizations, the concept of career‐related continuous learning (CRCL) has gained increasing attention from the research community. The purpose of the present study is to explore the combined effect of job‐ and career‐related variables on...

Purpose – To locate the underlying service logic of each of three leading texts and to examine points of variance. Design/methodology/approach – A critical review and comparative analysis of the main tenets of each text. Findings – Each text combines a service perspective and a...

Purpose – This paper aims at examining the emergence of the current structure of the real estate agency businesses in Beijing in the age of information technology. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilises the analytical framework developed under the Grounded Theory model by coding...

Purpose – To share the experience of two library fund‐raisers with other development officers. Design/methodology/approach – Uses interviews with two successful academic library fund‐raisers to have them share what they have learned. Findings – Raising funds for any institution can be...

Purpose – Over the past two decades there has been a growing recognition of the need to develop integrative approaches to understanding and explaining organisational change. One of the barriers to achieving this has been the lack of an integrative theoretical framework that can cope with the...

Purpose – To create an all‐round picture of the accounting and auditing requirements in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Design/methodology/approach – Presents a range of related articles on the commercial laws of each state, and the announcements and publications of the Saudi...