Ciara Nolan
Ulster University
11 Papers
81 Citations
Ciara Nolan is an academic researcher from Ulster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Context (language use) & Hospitality. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications. Previous affiliations of Ciara Nolan include Dublin Institute of Technology & Dublin City University.
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Papers
Human Resource Development in SMEs: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Ciara Nolan,Thomas N. Garavan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted to synthesise research in HRD in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the synthesis of these empirical and theoretical studies revealed that HRD is being investigated across a variety of SME contexts, themes and units of analysis.
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Human resource development in the Irish hotel industry: the case of the small firm
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an examination of human resource development in the Irish hotel industry and focus primarily on the case of the small firm as part of a larger study examining best practice HRD within the hotel sector.
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Competency needs in Irish hotels: employer and graduate perspectives
TL;DR: The authors investigated hotel industry employers' expectations of, and satisfaction with, graduate competencies in comparison with graduate perceptions of what is required for their roles and their satisfaction with how well their education experience prepared them.
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Multidimensionality of HRD in small tourism firms: A case study of the Republic of Ireland
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study explores multiple dimensions of human resource development (HRD) in small tourism firms (STFs) within the Republic of Ireland, highlighting a dynamic interaction between external institutional logics and internal contextual factors, with the owner manager acting as a key agent in shaping HRD dimensions.
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Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda
Thomas N. Garavan,Jian Wang,Ciara Nolan,Yanqing Lai,Fergal J. O'Brien,Colette Darcy,Gerri Matthews-Smith,Gary N. McLean +7 more
TL;DR: Using ecological systems theory and a lifespan development perspective (LDP), this article presented a systematic review of the NHRD literature based on 310 sources and identified key themes and gaps in research across the lifespan and at distinct levels of the ecological system.
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