Book Review: Rethinking Adult Career Development: A Critical Perspective by Laura L. Bierema

Bierema L. Callahan J. L. (2014). Transforming HRD: A framework for critical HRD practice. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 16(4), 429–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422314543818

Bierema L. L. Callahan J. L. Elliott C. J. Greer T. W. Collins J. C. (2024). Human resource development: Critical perspectives and practices. Taylor & Francis.

Byrd M. Y. (2018). Does HRD have a moral duty to respond to matters of social injustice? Human Resource Development International, 21(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2017.1344419

Goldman N. Pebley A. R. Lee K. Andrasfay T. Pratt B. (2021). Racial and ethnic differentials in COVID-19-related job exposures by occupational standing in the US. PLoS One, 16(9), e0256085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256085

Hallward M. C. Bekdash Muellers H. (2020). Women’s leadership in Oman: An intersectional and transnational perspective. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 27(2), 361–384. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxz027

Han S. Chae C. Han S. J. Yoon S. W. (2017). Conceptual organization and identity of HRD: Analyses of evolving definitions, influence, and connections. Human Resource Development Review, 16(3), 294–319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484317719822

Lin L. Horowitz J. Fry R. (2024). Most Americans feel good about their job security but not their pay. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/12/PST_2024.12.10_americans-jobs_report.pdf

McDonald K. S. Hite L. M. (2005). Reviving the relevance of career development in human resource development. Human Resource Development Review, 4(4), 418–439. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484305281006

McKinzie A. E. Richards P. L. (2019). An argument for context-driven intersectionality. Sociology Compass, 13, e12671, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12671

Parker E. (2025). How layoff anxiety is reshaping job security in 2025. Clarify Capital. https://clarifycapital.com/mass-layoffs

Sayegh E. (2024). The great tech reset: Unpacking the layoff surge of 2024. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilsayegh/2024/08/19/the-great-tech-reset-unpacking-the-layoff-surge-of-2024/

Shirmohammadi M. Hedayati Mehdiabadi A. Beigi M. McLean G. N. (2021). Mapping human resource development: Visualizing the past, bridging the gaps, and moving toward the future. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 32(2), 197–224. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21415

Sim E. Jeong S. (2023). Mapping the future of intersectional research in human resource development: An integrated literature review. Human Resource Development Review, 22(4), 554–581. https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843231205066

Sparkman T. E. (2019). Exploring the boundaries of diversity and inclusion in human resource development. Human Resource Development Review, 18(2), 173–195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484319837030