Information for Contributors

• Date: 01 March 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21295
• Published date: 01 March 2018

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Human Resource Development Quarterly (HRDQ) is the fi rst scholarly journal focused

directly on the fi eld of human resource development (HRD) sponsored by AHRD (the

Academy of Human Resource Development). It provides a central focus for research

on HRD issues as well as the means for dissemina ng such research. HRDQ recog-

nizes the interdisciplinary nature of the HRD field and brings together relevant

research from related fi elds, such as economics, educa on, management, sociology,

and psychology. It provides an important link in the applica on of theory and research

to HRD prac ce.

Prior to submission authors are strongly encouraged to review past volumes of

HRDQ and other journals sponsored by the Academy of Human Resource

Development (AHRD) www.ahrd.org to iden fy the poten al contribu on of their

work to the HRD research and literature base.

In general, HRDQ publishes the following types of contribu on:

• Empirical scholarly work that addresses the theore cal founda ons of HRD, HRD

research, and evalua on of HRD interven ons and contexts, whether qualita ve,

quan ta ve or mixed methods.

• Methods papers that demonstrate or discuss a quan ta ve, qualita ve, or mixed

method with relevance to HRD and related fi elds that contribute to the advance-

ment of research methods and scholarship in the HRD fi eld.

• Conceptual papers are considered appropriate for publica on in HRDQ only when

their purpose is to develop and jus fy an empirical research agenda which can

s mulate future research avenues and methods in a new area.

Ar cles that specifi cally focus on theory and integra ve literature reviews are

typically not considered within the scope of HRDQ.

Ethical consideraঞ ons

HRDQ is a member of the Commi ee on Publica on Ethics (COPE) and the Co-editors

expect that researchers will have consulted the “Ethical Principles of Psychologists

and Code of Conduct” (APA, 2002) as well as the ethical guidelines of the ins tu on

where the research was conducted. The APA Ethics Code requires that researchers

ensure approval by relevant ins tu onal review boards and obtain informed consent

from all par cipants. Fulfi lment of these requirements should be noted in the Method

sec on.

Duplicate and piecemeal publicaঞ on of data

Manuscripts submi ed to HRDQ should not have been published or currently submit-

ted elsewhere. Submi ed papers should not overlap signifi cantly in focus, content or

data. Where work submi ed to HRDQ is part of a larger study it is important that the

submission addresses dis nct ques ons and contributes new knowledge. In such

cases the authors should clarify the rela onship between the larger study and the

data included in the current manuscript or the ques ons that are addressed in a cover

le er to the Co-editors. Suitable procedures for ‘blinding’ references cited in the text

that refer to the larger study should be used. In such instances the le ers XXXX in the

text cita ons should be used. Names will then be inserted should the manuscript