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Gary N. McLean
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Professor Emeritus
Gary N. McLean is Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Development in the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development.
McLean has written over 600 publications and over 50 books and reports. He was a co-editor of Practicing Organization Development, 1st Ed. (a best-seller in the U.S.) and is author of Organization Development: Principles, Processes, Performance, recipient of AHRD’s Book of the Year Award. He co-edited a book in 2017: Urban Farming in Malaysia. He is a co-editor of a 7-book series on Asian Women in Leadership and is co-editor on each of the 7 books.
He earned two graduate degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University and an additional master’s degree from United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, MN. His major employment experiences have included Professor of Business Education, Adult Education, and HRD, University of Minnesota for 39 years; Senior Professor and Coordinator of International HRD Programs at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, for five years; “Renowned Scholar” in the Graduate School of Management at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur for six months. He currently serves as full-time professor in the PhD OD program in the Graduate School of Management at Assumption University (Bangkok) and is an adjunct professor in the PhD program in Human Resource and Organization Development at the National Institute for Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.
McLean is a past editor for Human Resource Development Quarterly, past general editor for Human Resource Development International, and past North American editor for the Journal of Transnational Management Development; consulting editor and executive editor for the Journal of Education for Business, consulting editor for Adult Education Quarterly, and associate editor for NIDA’s HROD Journal in Thailand. He has been a member of the management board for Human Resource Development International, as well as serving as an editorial board member for several journals internationally.
He was President for the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) and as President for the International Management Development Association (IMDA). He was an independent consultant, primarily in international HRD, training, organization development, strategic planning, and quality transformation, for 51 years.
He has received numerous recognitions for his teaching, research, and service, especially as Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota; induction into the Academy of HRD’s Scholar Hall of Fame; and receipt of an honorary Ph.D. in HRD from NIDA, bestowed by the Crown Princess of Thailand.
- Recipient of the AHRD 2021 R. Wayne Pace Book of the Year Award. Tran, H. T., Phuong, T. T., Van, H. T. M., McLean, G. N., & Ashwill, M. A. (eds.). Human resource development in Vietnam: Research and practice. New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-21532-4
- Recipient (with Shirmohammadi, M., Mehdiabadi, A. H., & Beigi, M.) , Highly Recommended Article for the Richard A. Swanson Research Excellence Award, Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2021, “Mapping human resource development: Visualizing the past, bridging the gaps, and moving towards the future.”
- Recipient, Human Resource Development Review 2017 Best Reviewer Award, AHRD in the Americas Conference, Richmond VA, February, 2018.
- Distinguished Service Award, Graceland University, Lamoni, IA. October, 2018.
Recipient (with E. Bridger and V. Arghode), Highly Commended Paper Award, European Journal of Training and Development, 2021, ”Connecting Theory and Practice: Reviewing Six Learning Theories to Inform Online Instruction.” - Recipient (with V. Arghode and E. Brieger), Highly Commended Award, European Journal of Training and Development, 2018, for “Adult Learning Theories: Implications for On-Line Instruction.”
- Recipient (with S. Jeong, L. D. McLean, S. Yoo, & K. Bartlett), Highly Commended Award, European Journal of Training and Development, 2018, for “Moderating Role of Non-controlling Supervision and Organizational Learning Culture on Employee Creativity.”
- Recipient (with N. Budhwani and L. Willis, L.) of Best Scholar-Practitioner HRD Award, Asian AHRD Conference, Ahmedabad, India, November, 2017.
- Recipient (with L. D. McLean & S. Jeong) of the Barnes & Noble Faculty-Student Research Award, South Florida Education Research Conference, June, 2016.
- Recipient (with Anne-Marie Kuiper) of the European Journal of Training and Development Award for best internatinonal paper at the UFHRD/AHRD European Conference, June, 2015.
- Recipient of Certified Institute of Personnel and Development’s Outstanding Contribution to HRD Award at the UFHRD/HRD European Conference, June, 2015.
- Recipient (with Sunyoung Park) of AHRD’s Cutting Edge Award for outstanding paper presented at the 2014 conference.
- Appointed as “Renowned Scholar” by Graduate School of Management, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, June-December, 2014.
- Recipient (with Namhee Kim) of AHRD’s Award for Outstanding Âdvances in Developing Human Resources Issue 2012 for “The Role of HRD in Societal Development.”
- Honorary Ph.D. in HRD bestowed on January 6, 2010, by National Institute for Development Administration by the Crown Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand.
- Inducted in Academy of Human Resource Development Hall of Fame, Indianapolis, IN, March 3, 2007.
- Recipient of Book of the Year Award from the Academy of HRD for Organization Development: Principles, Processes, Performance, 2007.
- Inducted in International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, Dallas, TX, May 6, 2006.
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