Managing Indian IT professionals for global competitiveness: the role of human resource practices in developing knowledge and learning capabilities for innovation

Little is known about how human resource practices contribute towards the competitiveness of people based-knowledge intensive organisations in developing countries. This paper examines the role of human resource practices in developing knowledge and learning capabilities for innovation in the Indian information technology services sector. The study draws from the experience of a sample of 11 of the largest information technology service providers (ITSPs) in India and is based on in-depth interviews. The main finding suggests that the talent management architecture of ITSPs that comprises human resource practices and the development of knowledge and learning capabilities is the main drivers of innovation. A conceptual framework showing the link between human resource practices, knowledge and learning capabilities and innovation of ITSPs is developed followed by the limitations of the study and avenues for future research.     

Knowledge creating theory in retrospect and prospect

Knowledge creating theory has become one of the major frameworks used widely in the fields of knowledge management and other management studies. However, the knowledge creating theory was not just simply a made-in-Japan theory. It has emerged from a series of English and Japanese publications. Therefore, research questions and arguments in this study are identified and reviewed to portray the development of knowledge creating theory and to synthesise their arguments with organisational and managerial studies. This article reviews the content and process of the knowledge creating theory along with discussions from different streams in management and organisation studies. The result of this study sheds light on how the knowledge creating theory developed as well as perceiving its future development.     

Does intensity really matter regarding aerobic exercise reductions in wave reflection and central hemodynamics? Commentary on "The effect of acute aerobic exercise on central arterial stiffness,wave reflections,and hemodynamics in adults with diabetes: A randomized cross-over design"by Way et al.

We read with great interest the study by Way et al.1 pub-lished in this journal, which described and compared the acute changes in central arterial stiffness (A...     

独生子女人口对北京市竞技体操后备人才的影响

通过献资料、社会调查访问和数理统计分析等方法，以北京市六城区作为调查研究的区域．针对独生子女人口对北京市竞技体操后备人才的影响这一问题进行了研究，旨在为北京市竞技体操的发展提供一些有参考价值的信息。     

体育专业的大学生心理压力管理--团体训练的理论与实践探索

本文研究探讨了团体训练对于减轻体育专业大学生心理压力的作用，寻求体育专业大学生心理压力管理的新途径和新方法，并精心设计了团体训练方案和团体训练的全过程，采用两份量表和一份问卷，对参加本次训练学生的前后情况进行了测量和调查．通过分析测量结果和调查情况，发现：团体训练对于减轻体育专业大学生心理压力是有效的，应值得推广．     

浅析电子竞技运动

从理论上对网络游戏、电子竞技运动的发展现状及对用户身心健康的影响等问题进行了初步的研究和探讨，为引导电子竞技运动有序、健康地发展，提出一些建设性建议。