Regional human resource development: The case of Busan city, Korea

Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations

“…employer bodies (Elkin 1998; Lee 2004), sector-specific characteristics and level of economic development (Budhwar, Al-Yahmadi, and Debrah 2002;Mellahi 2000), national labour market characteristics (Lynham and Cunningham 2004;Ke et al 2006), and education and training institutions (Ahn and Mclean 2006;Cunningham, Lynham, and Weatherly 2006). In contrast to both the macro and meso levels of analysis, papers examining the micro level explored the processes involved in implementing NHRD.…”

“…In contrast to both the macro and meso levels of analysis, papers examining the micro level explored the processes involved in implementing NHRD. These factors generally focused on NHRD-specific actors (Akanji and Bankole, 2007; Alagaraja and Wang 2012 AQ20 ; Heraty and Collings 2006), NHRD-specific implementation bodies (Arthur-Mensah and Alagaraja 2013; Asrar-ul-Haq 2015; Elkin 1998), NHRD actors' perceptions and behaviours (Paprock, Yumol, and Atienza 2006;Rao 2004;Wilkins 2001), and social resources and capital of NHRD actors (Ahn and Mclean 2006;Nry-Kjerfve et al 2014…”

“…We found examples of interesting more microlevel-based studies that have focused on regions and communities. Examples include the Ismaili AQ29 community development in Minnesota (Budhwani and McLean 2012), the Busan Metropolitan City (Ahn and Mclean 2006), and the development of village, neighbourhood, community, and city educational systems (McLean 2006) and regional communities in Korea (Byun and Ryu 2012). There is evidence of an upward trend in research that compares countries.…”

“…A second dimension of the WHY question concerns the use of conceptual models to capture the social, cultural, economic, political, and educational characteristics of a specific country or countries. These models highlight open systems approaches and include Ahn and McLean's (2006) ); and (e) a combination of top-down and bottom-up interventions emphasizing human agency and resourcefulness (Lawrence, Thompson, and Gloss 2014). 4.5.2.…”

Competencies for port and logistics personnel: An application of regional human resource development

“…Ahn and McLean (2006) investigated Busan City as a case study in establishing RHRD. Within Korea, one strategy for developing NHRD has been through regional efforts.…”