Bridging Gaps in Human Resource Development Through Scholar-Practitioners

As the gap between scholarly research and practical application persists, human resource development (HRD) professionals need help effectively integrate theory into practice. Despite efforts to bridge this chasm, barriers such as limited dissemination channels and disconnected research methodologies…

This book chapter has two purposes. The first part of the chapter adopts a narrative approach (Glibkowski et al., 2014) to review the "what," "why," and "who" of the persistent gap between HRD research and practice. The second part focuses on "how." We propose a strategy to bridge the research-pract…