How strategic focus relates to the delivery of leadership training and development

Clarke, Nicholas; Higgs, Malcolm

Abstract

Despite progress in the development of leadership development models over recent years, these models fail to account for the differentiation in leadership training and development (LTD) practices found between organizations. We conducted an exploratory, multiple case study of formal leadership training and development in 10 organizations, in different business sectors in the United Kingdom. We show that the strategic focus of LTD was shaped by the business goals pursued by these 10 organizations. We also found the strategic focus of LTD to be a broad contingency factor differentiated by level of impact, which then influenced the pattern of LTD delivery. The findings offer support for a contingency perspective in explaining how leadership training and development is configured in differing organizational contexts.

Citation

Clarke, N., & Higgs, M. (2016). How strategic focus relates to the delivery of leadership training and development. Human Resource Management, 55(4), 541-565. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21683

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 31, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Dec 22, 2014
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Deposit Date: Jun 13, 2019
• Journal: Human Resource Management
• Print ISSN: 0090-4848
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 541-565
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21683
• Keywords: Leadership training and development
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1987556
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hrm.21683