Indicate author opinions where appropriate. Use nondiscriminatory language throughout the text. The Media Review section of HRDQ provides a way to critique books, visual media, computer software related to the human resource development field. The scholarly emphasis requires authors to have some understanding of the theoretical and practical context of the item being reviewed. In this way, the media reviews themselves can be expected to make meaningful contributions to the literature.
Single item reviews focus on one item that has recently become available.
The copyright date should be within two of the probable publication date. Multi-item reviews focus on two or more items that address similar topics, issues, or lines of reasoning. One of the items should have a recent copyright date. Reviews of this type should seek to compare and contrast the items based on their perspectives, emphases, and assumptions, among other categories. Authors should submit a computer file at this time.