Employee participation in formal and informal learning is essential for the economic viability and competitive advantage of organizations. Therefore, assessing outcomes of competence development activities is important. However, this domain of human resources (HR) practice is often neglected because of factors that are not well understood. Accordingly, this article addresses the question: What factors enable and inhibit HR professionals in assessing outcomes of competence development activities and initiatives? To answer this question, we conducted a review of articles that examine assessment of outcomes of competence development activities. The primary purpose of the review was to identify and categorize enabling and inhibiting factors so that the factors can be better understood by researchers and HR professionals. We also call upon voices from the field, using quotations from HR professionals to illustrate enabling and inhibiting factors. Analysis and synthesis of the literature informed the development of propositions to guide future research.

员工参与正式和非正式学习对于组织的经济生存能力和竞争优势至关重要。因此，评估能力发展活动的结果很重要。但是，由于尚未充分理解的因素，人们常常忽略了人力资源实践的这一领域。因此，本文解决了以下问题：哪些因素使人力资源专业人员能够评估能力发展活动和计划的成果？为了回答这个问题，我们对文章进行了回顾，这些文章审查了对能力发展活动成果的评估。审查的主要目的是对促成因素和抑制因素进行识别和分类，以便研究人员和人力资源专业人员可以更好地理解这些因素。我们还呼吁现场的声音，使用人力资源专业人员的报价来说明促成因素和抑制因素。文献的分析和综合为命题的发展提供了指导，以指导未来的研究。