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Autor:
Ellen Scully-Russ, Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Human Resource Development Review. 19:66-93
Economics, demographics, technology, and other factors are changing the composition and availability of jobs. Newer forms of freelance, contingent work, also known as gigs, are gradually eroding traditional jobs. A venue that affords employment oppor
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco, Henriette Lundgren
Publikováno v:
Human Resource Development Review. 19:39-65
Human resource development (HRD) is no longer expected to be the primary agency for promoting learning and development among employees. Today, HRD is diffused and integrated into a broad range of leadership and supervisory roles. As more responsibili
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. 30:19-29
Economic inequality – the income gap between the wealthy and the poor – is increasing. Educational inequity has also increased with low-income students less likely to complete college than their wealthier counterparts. As the gap widens between t
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Human Resource Development Review. 15:404-428
This article presents the integrative review of literature as a distinctive form of research that uses existing literature to create new knowledge. As an expansion and update of a previously published article on this topic, it reviews the growing bod
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 44:78-79
This book solicits the perspectives of community college leaders on the role of community colleges in workforce development. The book’s editors assembled an impressive array of knowledgeable commun...
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Advances in Developing Human Resources. 18:439-453
The Problem While the time and place of the birth of the Academy of Human Resource Development are documented, the field of human resource development (HRD) has historical roots that began decades earlier with the emergence of training and developmen
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology. 7:62-70
This article discusses the integrative review of the literature as a distinctive form of research that uses existing literature to create new knowledge. As an expansion and update of a previously published article on this topic, it acknowledges the g
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Human Resource Development Review. 15:55-76
This article explores the persistence of working poor families in the United States—families that live on the threshold of poverty despite at least one family member working full-time. The persistence of poverty in the United States has been exacer
Autor:
Dave Hamilton, Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 40:797-801
Median family incomes in the United States are falling while admissions requirements for community colleges are rising. The purpose of this paper was to call attention to the predicament faced by low-income and academically underprepared students asp
Autor:
Richard J. Torraco
Publikováno v:
Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 38:1198-1202
Much has been written about the disappointing record of remedial education. At least 40% percent of students never complete their remedial courses, hindering their access to college-level courses. Amid the clamor for reform, new programs are emerging