학회지 분석을 통해 본 HRD 이슈와 동향 탐색

This study aims to shed light on the direction for developing the field of HRD in Korea by presenting major trends and issues of HRD through the content analysis of Korean HRD journal articles. For this purpose, the researchers analysed total 279 articles for a 6 year period (2006 - 2011) of academic journals produced from three main HRD related academic societies which are The Korean Society for Training and Development, The Korean Association of Human Resource Development, and The Korean Society for Learning and Performance. The analysis framework for the study was composed of four elements, which were research themes, HRD process, research methodology, and institutions that the authors of the journal articles belong to. The major findings of this study were as follows: 1) the themes related to training and development were more frequently discussed than the issues with organization change and development or career development; 2) as the dimension of HRD process, the most articles heavily focused on 'analysis' rather than intervention, implementation, or evaluation; 3) the HRD researchers much depended on utilizing quantitative research methodology compared to qualitative research methodology or practical developmental research which received less attention; 4) the researchers in the articles were mostly affiliated to universities of capital area. As a conclusion, the study recommends the future directions for the development of the field of HRD in Korea based on the above study results.