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workshops and conference program from 16 - 18 November 2021

Call For Papers

AHRD-ARACD 2021

On behalf of our partners, UPM proudly invites academics, professionals and students working in any HRD-related field to contribute to the conference through the presentation of research findings and best practices, participation in forum discussions and workshops, and networking.

The conference accepts manuscripts of original research and posters that have not been previously published. Researchers and scholar-practitioners from all academic, governmental, and enterprise fields are invited to contribute.

The conference tracks consist of the following themes:

1. National, international, and cross-cultural HRD
2. HRD and sustainable development
3. Leadership development
4. Workplace learning and training
5. Career education, development and counseling
6. Corporate social responsibility, policy and ethics in HRD
7. Organizational development and change
8. Technology and innovation in HRD
9. HRD issues in Asia
10. Adult education, youth and community development
11. Gender, diversity, and migration in HRD

Accepted papers will be invited to present during the parallel presentation sessions of the conference. Each paper presentation will be awarded approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Camera Ready Paper Deadline : 15 October 2021

Paper Submission

The official language for this conference is English. A maximum of three proposals will be accepted for each lead author. Submissions are to be made to one or more of the following categories:

Paper submission in Bahasa Malaysia (BM) is now accepted for submission into this conference.

Refereed Papers (Full Manuscripts)

Papers should be about but no more than 5,000 words in length (all-inclusive, including tables, figures and references) with an abstract of about but no more than 150 words. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings unless authors request otherwise. Authors of accepted papers are encouraged, following the conference, to submit them to the following journals:

Human Resource Development Quarterly (WoS)
Human Resource Development Review (WoS)
Advances in Developing Human Resources (Scopus)
Human Resource Development International (Scopus)
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (Scopus)
International Journal of Education and Training (MyCite)

Work-in-progress Papers/Extended Abstract

Extended summary of proposal/paper of about but no more than 3,000 words (all-inclusive, including tables, figures and references), to include paper’s significance, theoretical base, research purpose, research question/s, and methodology/methods.

Practice-based Papers

Interested participants may propose to author a paper in this category to demonstrate good HRD practice. Practice-based papers should be no more than 3,000 words (all-inclusive, including tables, figures and references). Papers should have significant learning potential and should not be for publicity or commercial benefit.

Posters

Posters should be research-based and include abstract of no more than 50 words, statement of the problem, methodology, results and implications/novelty/originality. All posters will be evaluated based on its originality, creativity and scientific integrity. Each presenter will be allocated 10 minutes for presentation. Maximum size for the poster should be 10MB.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions are refereed (blind-reviewed). Please be sure to remove all author-identifying information from the uploaded document that is submitted for review, including acknowledgements, since this is the document that the reviewers will be reading. Proposals are judged based on overall quality, innovativeness, and contribution.

All manuscripts/abstracts should clearly address a practical problem (i.e., the problem had some genesis in practice or is a potential/partial solution to a significant challenge). Equally important, submissions must include detailed implications not only for research and theory but also practice. These implications, where applicable, should be logical in terms of the context of practice and detailed enough to guide practitioners to integrate the recommendations into their practice based on their nuanced understanding of the cultures and needs that comprise that practice, and sufficiently evocative to inspire the practitioner to do so. All submissions will be reviewed using a single review form.

Instructions for Authors

All submissions are required to include the following information on a separate cover page: title of paper, name(s) of author(s) in intended order of authorship, organizational affiliation(s), and position(s), mailing address, e-mail addresses, and telephone number for lead author.

Based on the reviews, the editors reserve the right to reclassify manuscripts to a different category, if necessary. The language of paper submissions and conference presentations will be English. Submit paper through online system. The submission system will be made available starting from April 2, 2021.

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