Inviting contributions on international HRD research in HRDI

摘要

The purpose of this editorial is to help prospective authors contemplate how to advance research on international HRD and use HRDI as a vehicle to disseminate their cutting-edge work. As articulated by HRDI's aims and scope, authors have a unique opportunity of publishing their pioneering and novel work in HRDI, which can be distinct in three ways: (1) challenging the practice-research divide; (2) accommodating experimental methodologies alongside traditional research methods; and (3) entertaining a broader understanding of organization to include self-managed teams, voluntary work, family businesses, global enterprises and bureaucracies. This positions HRDI well to challenge the status-quo in international HRD research. Hence, in my first editorial as the Associate Editor of the peer reviewed section of HRDI, I want to invite authors to push the boundaries of our thinking about international HRD (IHRD), within the following four strands of: (1) global HRD; (2) national HRD; (3) comparative/cross-cultural HRD; and (4) internationalizing organizations and expatriates (Garavan, McCarthy, and Carbery 2017).