Alexandre Ardichvili Associate Professor Ph.D. and MBA, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Moscow State University 310E Wulling Hall 86 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: 612-626-4529 Fax: 612-624-3377 Email: ardic001@umn.edu

Teaching and Research Interests

• International human resource development
• Meaning of work and working
• Organizational learning
• Ethical business cultures

Profile

I was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (in the former USSR). After graduating from college, I have worked as an instructional designer at a management development institute in Georgia for five years, and as a research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow for four years (at that time this was the leading think tank of the Soviet government on the issues of foreign policy and international management and economics). I came to the United States in 1990. Some of my experiences in this country include: a research fellowship at Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia Universities; positions as visiting professor, research fellow, and later program director and co-director of the entrepreneurship center at the University of Minnesota; senior director of training and development in the energy industry; faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the University of St. Thomas; research scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications; fellow of the Center for Ethical Business Cultures. In addition, I have traveled to numerous countries of the world (some of my favorite destinations are Thailand, Penang (in Malaysia), and Great Britain), have taught as an adjunct or visiting professor in MBA and OD programs in the US and abroad, and have done research and consulting in Europe, Asia, and North America.

My past research included studies (utilizing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches) in international human resource development, entrepreneurship, knowledge management, and organizational culture areas. Examples of my recent empirical research include: a series of quantitative survey-based studies, linking leadership styles and cultural values of managers and employees in the US, Western and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union; qualitative and quantitative studies of the meaning of working in Russia, Germany, and Poland; a longitudinal study of human resource practices and organization development in entrepreneurial firms in the USA; a series of studies of knowledge generation and sharing in a US-based multinational corporation. My most recent area of research interest is the research on the interplay of business ethics and organizational and national culture. I am working on two related projects with a group of colleagues from the Center for Ethical Business Cultures. Some of our research in this area was recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics and the Human Resource Development Review.

Recent Research Grants

• The U.S. Department of Education FIPSE/Brazil grant “Global Talent Development for Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Fields,” Co-Principal Investigator and U.S. project site Co-Director (2008-2012)
• The Presto Foundation Entrepreneurship Education Research grant (2006-2010).

Selected Works

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Ardichvili, A., Jondle, D., & Mitchell, J. (2009). Characteristics of ethical business cultures. Journal of Business Ethics, 85(4), 445-452.

Ardichvili, A., & Kuchinke, K. P. (2009). International perspectives on the meanings of work and working: Current research and theory. Advances in Developing Human Resources 11(2), 155-167.

Ardichvili, A. (2009). The relationship between meaning of working and socio-economic transformations: The case of post-communist Russia. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 11(2), 218-234.

Ardichvili, A., & Jondle, D. (2009). Ethical business cultures: A literature review and implications for HRD. Human Resource Development Review, 8(2), 223-244.

Ardichvili, A. (2008). Learning and knowledge sharing in virtual communities of practice: Motivators, barriers and enablers. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 10(4), 541-554.

Ardichvili, A. (2008). Can there be a domain-specific knowledge base in HRD? Human Resource Development International, 11(5), 539–544.

Ardichvili, A., & Manderscheid, S. (2008). Emerging practices in leadership development: An introduction. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 10(5), 619-631.

Li, W., & Ardichvili, A. (2007). Impact of Chinese cultural values on knowledge sharing through online communities of practice. International Journal of Knowledge Management, 3(3), 46-59.

Ardichvili, A. (2006). Russian Orthodoxy worldview and adult learning in the workplace. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 8(6), 373-381.

Ardichvili, A., Maurer, M., Li, W., Wentling, T., & Stuedemann, R. (2006). Cultural influences on knowledge sharing through online communities of practice. Journal of Knowledge Management, 10(1), 94-107.

Ardichvili, A., & Dirani, K. (2005). Human capital acquisition and development practices of Russian enterprises. Human Resource Development International, 8(4), 403-418.

Ardichvili, A. (2005). The meaning of working and professional development needs of employees in a post-communist country. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 5(1), 105-119.

Ardichvili, A., Cardozo, R., & Ray, S. (2003). A theory of entrepreneurial opportunity identification and development. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(1), 105-123.

Ardichvili, A., Page, V, & Wentling, T. (2003). Motivation and barriers to participation in virtual knowledge sharing teams. Journal of Knowledge Management, 7(1), 64-77.

Ardichvili, A., & Gasparishvili, A. (2003). Russian and Georgian entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs: A study of value differences. Organization Studies, 24(1), 29-46.

Ardichvili, A. (2003). Constructing socially situated learning experiences in human resource education: An application of the Vygotskian activity theory. Human Resource Development International, 6(1), 5-20. (Winner of the Monica E. Lee research excellence award)

Ardichvili, A., (2002). Knowledge management, HRD, and the Internet technology. Advances in Human Resource Development, 4(4), 451-463.

Ardichvili, A., & Kuchinke, K. P. (2002). Leadership styles and cultural values among managers and employees of manufacturing enterprises in six countries: A comparative study. Human Resource Development International, 5(1), 99-117.

Ardichvili, A., & Kuchinke, P. (2002). The concept of culture in international and comparative HRD research: Methodological problems and possible solutions. Human Resource Development Review, 1(2), 145-166. (Winner of the AHRD best article award).

Ardichvili, A. (2001). Leadership styles and work-related values of managers and employees of manufacturing enterprises in post-communist countries. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 12(4), 363-383. (Winner of the AHRD best article award).

Ardichvili, A., & Gasparishvili, A. (2001). Human resource development in an industry in transition: The case of the Russian banking sector. Human Resource Development International, 4(1), 47-63.

Ardichvili, A. (2001). Three metaphors for lives and work of independent HRD consultants. Advances in HRD, 3(3), 333-343.

Ardichvili, A. (2000). Critical dilemmas for the independent consultant. Consulting Psychology Journal, 52(2), 133-141.

Ardichvili, A., Cardozo, R., Harmon, B., Reynolds, P., & Williams, M. (1998). The new venture growth: Functional differentiation and the need for human resource development interventions. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 9(1), 55-70.

Ardichvili, A., Cardozo, R. N., & Gasparishvili, A. (1998). Leadership styles and management practices of Russian entrepreneurs: The implications for transferability of Western organization development and training interventions. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 9(2), 145-156.

Books

Bresler, L., & Ardichvili, A. (Eds.) (2002). Research in international education: Experience, theory, and practice. NY: Peter Lang.

Honors and Recognitions

• Shortlisted, Alan Moon Memorial Prize for the best paper at the 10th International HRD conference, The University Forum for HRD, UK (2009)
•  Award for Excellence, Best Research Paper in the Journal of Knowledge Management, Literati Club, London, UK (2004)
•  Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award, Academy of Human Resource Development (2003)
•  Human Resource Development Review Outstanding Article of the Year Award, Academy of Human Resource Development (2002)
•  Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education (2001)
•  The Academy of Human Resource Development Richard A. Swanson Award for Research Excellence (2001)
•  The UIUC Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (2001-2004)
•  Best Paper Award, AMA Annual Symposium on the Marketing/ Entrepreneurship Interface, Stockholm, Sweden (1996)

Teaching

Developed and taught more than 30 courses at undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels, among them: Organization Development, Consulting in HRD, Foundations of HRD, Management Development, Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification and Evaluation, International HRD, Advanced Training and Development, Advanced Theories of Leadership Development, Advanced Seminar in Entrepreneurship Development, Measuring Organizational Outcomes, Organizational Systems and Processes, E-learning and Knowledge Management, Pre-Dissertation Seminar for Doctoral Students, Research Methods, Panorama of OD, Cross-cultural Aspects of OD, Strategic Leadership and Planning, Decision Making and Leadership.

Current Professional Affiliations

• Associate Editor, Human Resource Development International (2009-present)
• Editorial Board member, Journal of European Industrial Training (2008-present)
• Editorial Board member, Advances in Developing Human Resources (2004-present)
• Fellow, Center for Ethical Business Cultures (2007-present)

Updated November 2009