Edinburgh Napier University

Portrait of a transformational leader: the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Journal Article

McGuire, D., & Hutchings, K. (2007)

Portrait of a transformational leader: the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership & organization development journal, 28(2), 154-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730710726840

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the leadership of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in relation to four characteristics of transformational leadershipDesign/methodolo...

A Media Perspective on HRD

Journal Article

McGuire, D., Cross, C., & Murphy, C. (2007)

A Media Perspective on HRD. Advances in developing human resources, 9(1), 58-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422306294495

The problem and the solution. Media perceptions of human resource development (HRD) matter. Corporate identity works in the context of corporate mission, corporate visual imag...

The development of the field of HRD: a Delphi study

Journal Article

McGuire, D., & Cseh, M. (2006)

The development of the field of HRD: a Delphi study. Journal of European industrial training, 30(8), 653-667. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590610712304

The study explored the views of leading human resource development (HRD) academics regarding five main issues: the disciplinary bases of HRD, the historical milestones in HRD,...

The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland

Journal Article

Murphy, C., Cross, C., & McGuire, D. (2006)

The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland. Journal of European industrial training, 30(5), 365-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590610677926

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to review the extant literature on CPE amongst nurses and concentrate on discovering the factors that motivate and inhibit participati...

The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers

Journal Article

McGuire, D., Garavan, T. N., Saha, S. K., & O'Donnell, D. (2006)

The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers. International Journal of Manpower, 27(3), 251-273. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720610672167

Purpose – This paper explores this relationship between the individual values of managers and human resource (HR) decision‐making.Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire d...

A Machiavellian analysis of organisational change

Journal Article

McGuire, D., & Hutchings, K. (2006)

A Machiavellian analysis of organisational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 19(2), 192-209. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810610648906

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to undertake a Machiavellian analysis of the determinants of organisational change. It aims to present a model of how power, leaders and...

Critically Challenging some Assumptions in HRD

Journal Article

O'Donnell, D., McGuire, D., & Cross, C. (2005)

Critically Challenging some Assumptions in HRD. SSRN E-Journal, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.832564

This paper sets out to critically challenge five inter-related assumptions prominent in the HRD literature. These relate to: the exploitation of labour in enhancing shareholde...

Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work

Journal Article

McGuire, D., Cross, C., & O'Donnell, D. (2005)

Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16(1), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.1127

Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. As such, it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, it...

Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach.

Journal Article

Garavan, T. N., McGuire, D., & O'Donnell, D. (2004)

Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach. Human Resource Development Review, 3, 417-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484304271669

Levels of analysis perform an important function in framing research and practice in human resource development (HRD). The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of H...

Creating intellectual capital: a Habermasian community of practice (CoP) introduction

Journal Article

O’Donnell, D., Porter, G., McGuire, D., Garavan, T. N., Heffernan, M., & Cleary, P. (2003)

Creating intellectual capital: a Habermasian community of practice (CoP) introduction. Journal of European industrial training, 27(2/3/4), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590310468903

John Seely Brown notes that context must be added to data and information to produce meaning. To move forward, Brown suggests, we must not merely look ahead but we must also l...