A classification and description of human resource development scholars

Scholars from various disciplines have contributed volumes of research aimed at improving the performance of individuals, processes, and organizations. With so many disciplines represented, human resource development (HRD) lacks a unifying model that practitioners and scholars may use to integrate and understand HRD issues. The Rummler and Brache nine‐cell performance variables matrix (1990) is used as a template to identify, classify, and describe major HRD scholars. In addition, a summary of the contributions made by the selected scholars is presented. In total, the comprehensive HRD model offers scholars and practitioners a synthesis and integration of the work of scholars from the disciplines that support HRD.