EDUCATION

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY -- Ph.D. (1981). Comparative Labor and Human Resources. Dissertation: “Human Resource Orientation: Its Measurement and Relationship to Firm Performance.”

AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT ("Thunderbird") -- Masters in International Management (1975). Concentration in International Marketing.

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE -- A.B., cum laude (1974). Political Science and German. Honors thesis: “Leadership Patterns in the Principal Governing Parties of Three Eastern European States.”

UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, W. GERMANY -- Junior Year Abroad (1972-1973). Political Science and German.

Fluent in German; working knowledge of French.

EXPERIENCE

February 2004, Copenhagen Business School (COPENHAGEN, DENMARK)

Visiting Professor, Taught International Human Resource Management to full-time MBA students.

August 2000 to June 2003– NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY (HANOI, VIETNAM)

Project manager – Manager of $1.5 million USAID funded project to help strengthen the NEU Business School, through development/delivery of a distance learning program, support to senior management, development of a regional university network, and development/delivery of courses/executive programs for Vietnamese managers and for an English Language MBA program.

Summer 1999, 2000, 2001 – JOHN ELORRIAGA FELLOW, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

Selected as one of first two Fellows, based upon strength of research, teaching and service record to the College of Business and Economics.

Fall 1997 to June 2000 – NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY (HANOI, VIETNAM)

Project manager and Academic advisor – Manager of $3.0 million Sida project to help build the NEU Business School in Hanoi. Supported Board of Management, Department and Academic program managers, individual faculty members of the business school, and management of foreign visiting faculty members.

Fall 1996-Summer 1997 – NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY (HANOI, VIETNAM)

On site Boise State Professor of Management -- Taught courses in Management of Change in Organizations and Strategic Management as part Boise State University's MBA in Vietnam program, which is part of a Sida (Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency) funded project to build a business school and Management Training Centre at the National Economics University (Hanoi, Vietnam). Supported development and implementation of domestic and international MBA programs, research/consulting and training programs, and external affairs for the Management Training Centre.

Fall 1986 to present -- BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

1995-present: Professor of International Business; Executive Director, Global Business Consortium-- teach courses in strategic management, international business; oversee growth and management of International Business major and minors programs, which comprise nearly 200 undergraduate students.

1994-1999: Director, Boise State’s Vietnam MBA Program -- managed Boise State’s involvement as degree granting institution for a Swedish funded (total $3.5 million project) program to deliver an MBA program at National Economics University (Hanoi, Vietnam) and help build a graduate business school.

1994-1995: Associate Dean, Student and Academic Affairs -- oversaw Undergraduate, Graduate, and International Business programs, as well as Research and Contracts for the College of Business; taught courses in strategic management and introduction to business.

1990-1993: Department Chairman and Professor of Management -- administered department of 12 full time and 8 adjunct professors of management, legal environment, organizational behavior and theory, entrepreneurship, and human resource management; taught undergraduate and graduate courses in strategic management, international business and business in a global society.

1986-1990: Associate Professor of Management -- taught undergraduate and graduate courses in strategic management and international business.

Spring 1995, Spring and Fall 1994: National Economics University (Hanoi, Vietnam)

Visiting Professor: Organized and coordinated a 12-week, four part workshop on Training-the-Trainer; co-taught a course on International Business in Vietnam; organized and coordinated 10 professors who oversaw 16-week long research projects in Vietnam.

February-June 1993: Katholieke Universiteit (Leuven, Belgium)

Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Economics -- Taught two MBA courses and did research on international management and HRM.

September 1992, May 1993: Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Visiting Scholar-- Invited to given seminars to doctoral students and faculty members and collaborate on research projects dealing with mergers and acquisitions.

1981-1986: University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)

Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Organization -- Taught introductory and advanced undergraduate and graduate courses; developed graduate course on socialization, training and development, and career management; served on doctoral supervisory and reading committees.

Fall 1980: Ohio State University (COLUMBUS, OHIO)

Teaching Associate, Department of Labor and Human Resources -- Taught undergraduate introduction to human resource management.

1975-1980: BATTELLE COLUMBUS (COLUMBUS, OHIO)

Research Scientist, Business Planning and Technical Economics -- Performed contract research projects for industrial and government clients in marketing, diversification opportunities and business planning.

Summer 1973, January 1974: RADIO FREE EUROPE (MUNICH, W. GERMANY)

Editorial Research Assistant -- Edited and wrote research reports on Rumania, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Teaching Interests

· Strategic Management

· Global Strategy

· International Management

Research Interests

· Managing change in transition economies

· Creative Industries

· Academic entrepreneurship

· Women professionals working outside their home countries

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

SCHOLARLY BOOKS

Napier, N.K. and Thomas, D. C. (2004). MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS IN Transition Economies. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Napier, N.K. and Taylor, S. Western Women Working in Japan: Breaking the Corporate Barrier. (1995). Greenwich, CT: Quorum.

Butler, J., Ferris, G. and Napier, N.K. Strategy and Human Resources Management. (1991). J. Butler and G. Ferris. Cincinnati: Southwestern.

JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, PUBLISHED PAPERS

1. Taylor, S. and Napier, N.K. (forthcoming). International Human Resource Management in the 21^st Century: Crossing Boundaries, Building Connections in H. Scullion and M. Linehan(Eds.) International HRM: a Critical Text. London: Palgrave.

2. Napier, N.K., Hosley, S. and Nguyen, T.V. (Forthcoming). “Conducting Qualitative Research in Vietnam: Observations about Ethnography, Grounded Theory and Case Study Research Approaches” in R. Marschan-Piekkari and C. Welch (Eds.), A Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

3. Glassman, A., Neupert, K., Moore, R., Rossy, G., Napier, N., Harvey, M. and Jones, D. (2003). Academic Entrepreneurship: Views on Balancing the Acropolis and the Agora, Journal of Management Inquiry, 12 (4), 353-374.

4. Napier, N.K., M.H. Ngo, M.T.T. Nguyen, T.V.Nguyen, and Vu, T.V. (2002). Bi-cultural team teaching: Experiences from an Emerging Business School, Journal of Management Education, 26 (4), 429-448.

5. Huo, P., Huang, J. And Napier, N.K. (2002). Divergence or Convergence: A Cross-National Comparison of Personnel Selection Practices. In Asia Pacific Human Resource Management. 40 (1), 38-54.

6. Napier, N.K. and Taylor, S. (2002). Experiences of Women Professionals Abroad: Comparisons across Japan, China and Turkey, International Human Resource Management Journal, 13 (5), 1-15.

7. Huo, P., Huang, J. And Napier, N.K. (2002). Divergence or Convergence: A Cross-National Comparison of Personnel Selection Practices, Human Resource Management Journal. 41 (1), 31-44.

8. Nguyen, T.V., C. T. H. Giang, and N.K. Napier. (2001). Entrepreneurial strategic orientation and environmental uncertainty: Vietnam’s small and medium sized enterprises face the future, Journal of Asian Business, 17 (3), 71-87.

9. Taylor, S. And Napier, N.K. (2001). An American Woman in Turkey: Adventures Unexpected and Knowledge Unplanned. Human Resource Management Journal, 40, (4), 347-364.

10. Harvey, M. And Napier, N.K. (2002) Strategic Global Human Resource Management in the 21^st Century. In G.R. Ferris, M.R. Buckley, and D.B. Fedor (Eds.), Human Resources Management: Perspectives, Context, Functions and Outcomes, Fourth Edition, Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.

11. Napier, N.K. and Thomas, D.C. (2001). Some Things You may not have learned in Graduate School: A Rough Guide to Collecting Primary Data Overseas, pp. 180-197. In B. Toyne, Z.L. Martinez, and R.A. Menger (Eds.), International Business Scholarship, Westport, CT.: Quorum Books.

12. Napier, N.K. and Lathen, W. (2001). International Cooperative Ventures: Payoffs for faculty members, departments, colleges and universities. In Department Chair Newsletter, 11, (4), 24-26.

13. Vu, Tuan V. and Napier, N.K. (2000a). Paradoxes in Vietnam and the United States: Lessons Earned: Part I. In Human Resource Planning Journal, 23, (1), 7-9.

14. Vu, Tuan V. and Napier, N.K. (2000b). Paradoxes in Vietnam and the United States: Lessons Earned: Part II. In Human Resource Planning Journal, 23, (2), 9-10.

15. Vu, Tuan V. and Napier, N.K. (2000c). Paradoxes in Vietnam and the United States: Lessons Earned: Part III. In Human Resource Planning Journal, 23, (3), 9-10.

16. Nguyen, V. T and Napier, N.K., (2000). Work attitudes in Vietnam. Academy of Management Executive, 14, (4), 142-143.

17. Harvey, M., Ralston, D. And Napier, N.K. (2000). International Relocation of inpatriate managers: Assessing and facilitating acceptance in the headquarters organization. In International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 24, 825-846.

18. Peterson, R.B., Shim, W. And Napier, N.K. (2000). Expatriate Management – A comparison of MNCs across four parent companies. In Thunderbird International Business Review, 42, (2), 145-166.

19. Ralston, D., Nguyen, T.V. and Napier, N.K. (1999). A Comparative Study of the Work Values of North and South Vietnamese Managers. Journal of International Business Studies, 30, (4), 655-672.

20. Napier, N.K. and Vu, V.T. (1999). Views from Afar: A Video Conference. In Organisation: The interdisciplinary journal of organisation, theory and society, 6, (2), 349-360.

21. Napier, N.K. and Vu, V.T. (1998). International Human Resource Management in Developing and Transitional Economy Countries: A Breed Apart? Human Resource Management Review, 8, (1), 39-77.

22. Trung, P. Q. and Napier, N.K. (August, 1998). Academic Coopeation between National Economics University and Boise State University, USA. National Economics University Journal, Hanoi, Vietnam.

23. Napier, N.K., Vu, D.A., Ngo, T.M.H., Nguyen, V.T. and Vu, V.T. (1997). Reflections on Building a Business School in Vietnam: Falling into an opportunity for “making a difference,” Journal of Management Inquiry, 6, (4), 340-354.

24. LeVering, J., Learned, K. and Napier, N.K. (1997) Matching enthusiasm and opportunity: Entrepreneurial field work in global small and medium sized enterprises. In S. Kunkel and M. Meeks (Eds). Entrepreneurship: The engine of global development. Conference proceedings, 42^nd World Conference, International council for Small Business, San Francisco. On the Web: http://www.usasbe.org/conferences/1997/Proceedings/97Proindex.htm

25. Taylor, S. and Napier, N.K. Working In Japan: Lessons from Expatriate Women. (1996). Sloan Management Review, 37, (3), 76-85.

26. Taylor, S., Beechler, S. and Napier, N.K. Toward an Integrated Theory of International Human Resource Management (1996). Academy of Management Review. 21, (4), 959-985.

27. Taylor S. and Napier, N.K. Successful Women Expatriates: The Case of Japan. (1996). The Journal of International Management, 2, (1), 51-78.

28. Peterson, R., Napier, N. and Shim, W. Expatriate Management: The Differential Role of Multinational Corporation Ownership. (1996). The International Executive, 38, (4), 543-562.

29. Napier, N., Schweiger, D. and Csiszar, E. Implementing International Mergers and Acquisitions. (1994). Human Resource Planning, 16, (1), 53-70.

30. Napier, N. Alice in Academia: The Department Chairman Role Culture. (1997). In P. Frost and S. Taylor, Rhythms of Academic Life., 313-319. Beverly Hills, Ca.: Sage.

31. Napier, N.K., Tibau, J., Janssens, M. and Pilenzo, R. (1995) ‘The Role of the International Human Resource Manager: Managing from the Outside and the Inside’, in Ferris,G. (ed.) Handbook of Human Resources Management. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 217-242.

32. Napier, N. Strategy, Human Resources Management and Organizational Outcomes: Coming out from between the cracks. (1996). In G. Ferris, K. Rowland, and M.R. Buckley (Eds.) Human Resources Management, 4th edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 35-43.

33. Buller, P. and Napier, N. Strategy and Human Resource Management Integration in Fast Growth versus other Mid-sized firms. (1993). British Journal of Management, 4, 77-90.

34. Napier, N., Schweiger, D. and Kosglow, J. Managing Organizational Diversity: Observations from Cross-border Acquisitions. (1993). Human Resource Management Journal, 32, (4), 505-523.

35. Napier, N. Alice in Academic: The Department Chairman Role from Both Sides of the Mirror. (1993). Journal of Management Inquiry, 2, (3), 299-305.

36. Napier, N. The Griffin-Eastco Merger. (1995). Reprinted in Pinnacle. New York: Primis, McGraw-Hill.

37. Wolfe, R., Parker, D. And Napier, N. Employee Health Management and Organizational Performance. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 30 (1), 1994, 22-42.

38. Wines, W. and Napier, N. Toward an Understanding of Cross-cultural Ethics: A tentative model. (1992). Journal of Business Ethics, 12, 183-193. Reprinted in Cross-Cultural Management, Gordon Redding and Bruce W. Stening (Eds), 2003. Cheltenham Glos, UK: Kluwer Publishing.

39. Schweiger, D., Csiszar, E. and Napier, N. A Strategic Approach to Implementing Mergers and Acquisitions. (1994). In.G. Von Krogh, A. Sinatra, and H. Singh (Eds.) The Management of Corporate Acquisitions. London: MacMillan, 23-49.

40. Buller, P., McEvoy, G., and Napier, N. Popular Prescriptions: Implications for HR in the 1990s. 1991). Human Resource Management Journal, 30, (2), 259-267.

41. Napier, N. and Peterson, R. Expatriate Re-entry: What do Repatriates Have to Say? (1991). Human Resource Planning Journal, 14, (1), 19-28.

42. Naumann, E. and Napier, N. Patterns of Non-tariff Barriers in the Pacific Rim. (1991). Journal of Global Marketing, 5, (4).

43. Napier, N. and Albert, M. East Asian and American Perspectives on Strategic Thinking: The Leopard and His Spots. (1990). Asia-Pacific HRM, 28, (4), 40-50.

44. Napier, N. The Griffin-Eastco Merger. (1990). Journal of Case Study Research, Autumn, 175-202.

45. Slater, S., Taylor, S. and Napier, N. Human resource competence as a source of competitive advantage in multinational companies. (1990). Decision Sciences Proceedings, November.

46. Ofsanko, F. and Napier, N. Basic Personnel Research Handbook. (1990). Alexandria, VA: Society of Personnel Administrators.

47. Napier, N. and Martin, C. Merging Disciplines: Method to the Madness. (1989-1990). Organizational Behavior and Teaching Review, 14, (4), 1-17.

48. Albert, M. and Napier, N. Transition from Entrepreneurship to the Professionally Managed Firm: Hong Kong Case Studies. (1989). Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings.

49. Latham, G. and Napier, N. Chinese Human Resource Management Practices in Hong Kong and Singapore: An Exploratory Study (1989). In G. Ferris, K. Rowland and A. Nedd, International Personnel and Human Resources Management, 173-199. Greenwich, CT: JAI.

50. Napier, N. Mergers and Acquisitions, Human Resource Issues and Outcomes: A Review and Suggested Typology. (1989). Journal of Management Studies, 26, (3), 271-289.

51. Napier, N. and Peterson, R. An International Perspective on Personnel Management. (1989). Report to the World Federation of Personnel Management Association.

52. Napier, N., Stratton, K. and Simmons, G. Communication during a merger: Experience of Two Banks. (1989). Human Resource Planning, 12, (2), 105-122.

53. Napier, N. Strategy, Human Resources Management, and Organizational Outcomes: Coming out from Between the Cracks. (1988). In G. Ferris and K. Rowland (Eds.) Human Resources Management: Perspectives and Issues. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 16-22.

54. Napier, N. and Kagono, T. Diversification, Performance Criteria and Compensation (1988). International Journal of Management, 5, (1), 77-87.

55. Napier, N. and Albert, M. Trade Missions to Asia: A Program for Success. (1987). Idaho’s Economy, Summer, 10-11.

56. Napier, N. and Smith, M. Product Diversification, Performance Criteria, and Compensation at the Corporate Manager Level (1987). Strategic Management Journal, 8, (2), 195-202.

57. Napier, N. and Deller, J. When Supervisors and Subordinates Don’t See Eye to Eye: Will Training Help? (1987). Business Insights, 6, (2), 16-19.

58. Latham, G. and Napier, N. Outcome Expectancies of People who Conduct Performance Appraisals. (1986). Personnel Psychology, 39, 827-837.

59. Napier, N. Firm Diversification, Performance Criteria and Compensation for Top Managers in the U.S. and Japan: Two Studies. (1986). Best Paper in International Management Division; Academy of Management Proceedings.

60. Napier, N. Finding the Right Company. (1986). Management World, 15, (7), 15-16.

61. Napier, N. The United Bank-Community Bank Merger: Assessment of the Impact. (1986). Report to the Human Resource Planning Society, in fulfillment of a grant.

62. Gerpott, T. and Napier, N. Eine empirische Studie zur systematischen Evaluation von Fuhrungstrainingsmassnahmen. (1985). Management Forum, 5, (3), 241-262.

63. Napier, N. and Deller, J. Training Supervisors in Appraisal Techniques to improve Subordinate Satisfaction and Performance. (1985). Proceedings, HRM-OB Conference, Denver, Co.

64. Napier, N. and Kagono, T. The Relationship between Diversification Strategy, Performance Criteria, and Compensation Elements for Top Managers in Japanese Firms (1985). Proceedings, 5th Strategic Management Society Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

65. Latham, G. and Napier, N. Practical ways to Increase Employee Attendance. (1985). Enterprise, 34, (3), 36-39.

66. Napier, N. and Deller, J. Train Right or Don’t Train (1985). Training and Development Journal, February, 90-93.

67. Napier, N. and Deller, J. Training Supervisors in Appraisal Techniques to Increase Supervisor-Subordinate Agreement (1984). Proceedings, American Institute for Decisions Sciences, November, Toronto, Canada.

68. Napier, N. and Smith, M. The Link between Top Management Performance Criteria and Selected Compensation Components and Business strategy. (1984). Proceedings, 4th Strategic Management Society Conference, October, Philadelphia, PA.

69. Latham, G. and Napier, N. Practical Ways to Increase Attendance at Work. (1984). In P. Goodman and R.S. Atkin, Absenteeism. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 322-359.

70. Peterson, R. and Napier, N. Putting Human Resource Management at the Line Manager Level. (1984). Business Horizons, January-February, 72-81.

71. Zimmer, B. and Napier, N. Permanent Part-time Professional Employment. (1982). Arizona Business, 29, (6), 3-8.

72. French, W. and Napier, N. How accurate were our predictions? (1982). Personnel Journal, 61, (5), 352-355.

73. van den Bergh, M., Aisenbrey, W. and Napier, N. New Corporate Reporting -- How and Why. (1979). Columbus, OH: Battelle Memorial Institute.

NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

1. Haircuts in Hanoi require a few more words of Vietnamese, Christian Science Monitor, 22 November 2000, 12.

2. Family Amnesia, Brain, Child, Spring 2002, 41-44.

3. Facials, in Small Spiral Notebook, Fall 2002. (www.smallspiralnotebook.com/Fall2002/nancynapier.shtml.

4. Hanoi Funeral, Toasted Cheese, 1 December 2002, Vol 2, Issue 4. http://www.toasted-cheese.com/ezine/archive.htm

5. Like a Long Circle, Eclectica, November/December 2003, Vol. 7 Issue 4. http://eclectica.org/

SELECTED RESEARCH BASED PRESENTATIONS

1. New Institutional Environments: Emerging Markets and Transition Economies, Panel discussion, Academy of International Business, Stockholm, July 2004.

2. Bridging With the Other: Working Successfully With Other Faculty, Panel discussion, Women of AIB, Academy of International Business, Stockholm, July 2004.

3. Women Expatriates Working in Germany: Factors of Success, with S. Taylor, Academy of International Business, Stockholm, July 2004.

4. Bridging Vietnam and America: Cooperation between the National Economics University and Boise State University, with N.T. Mai, presented at the Business Education Systems and Emerging Market Economies: Trends and Prospects Conference Friday, November 7, 2003, Atlanta, Georgia.

5. Conducting Qualitative Research in Vietnam: Observations about Ethnography, Grounded Theory and Case Study Research Approaches, with S. Hosley, and T.V. Nguyen,, Professional Development workshop on Qualitative Management, at the National Academy of Management, Seattle, 2003.

6. Vietnam: A cross-cultural comparison of attitudes towards upward influence strategies, Asia Academy of Management, Bangkok, December 2002, with J. Terpstra-Tong, D.A.Ralston, I. Maignan, and T.V. Nguyen.

7. Cultural Values in Flux? The Interactive Effects of Generation and Country on Value Differences, National Academy of Management, Denver, CO., August 2002, with D. Domke-Damonte, C. Egri, D. Ralston, I. Maignan, T. Lenartowicz, N. Napier, T.V. Nguyen, A. Rossi, M. Weber, and A. Wallace.

8. Expatriate Women’s Success: Evidence from the German Experience, Academy of International Business, Puerto Rico, June 2002, with S. Taylor.

9. Breaking Glass Borders: Women on Global Assignments, National Academy of Management Symposium, Washington, D.C., August 2001, with S. Taylor.

10. Academic Entrepreneurship, Western Academy of Management, Sun Valley, Idaho, April, 2001; with A. Glassman, R. Moore, G. Rossy, D. Jones, N. Krueger, and K. Neupert.

11. BI-cultural team teaching: Experiences from an Emerging Business School, Northwest International Business Educators Network, Seattle, March 2001.

12. Examining the degree of Globalization of Existing Entrepreneurship Education and Framing the Concept – International Entrepreneurship Conference, McGill Universitty, Montreal, Canada, September 2000; with M. Harvey and K. Neupert.

13. Symposium on Higher Education as a Global Industry: Threads of Change. Western Academy of Management – International, Shizuoka, Japan, July 2000.

14. Adventures in Wanderland: Styles of Data Collection in Global Research – Western Academy of Management meetings, Kona, Hawaii, April 2000; workshop with V.T.D. Anh, D. Ralston and D. Thomas.

15. An Innovative Approach to Internships: Enhancing the Global Competitiveness of Idaho’s Small Businesses, with S. Hunt, B. Shepard, F. Andersen, and T. Mendes. US Association of Small Business Educators, San Antonio, February 2000. Won the “Best Workshop” award for the Conference.

16. Collaborative international academic programs. US Association of Small Business Educators, San Antonio, February 2000.

17. Comparison research on Women Expatriates around the world, Academy of International Business Conference – Charleston, SC, November 1999.

18. Bridging Vietnam and America: Cooperation between the National Economics University and Boise State University – Asia Pacific Conference, Portland State University, Porltand, Oregon, October 1999.

19. The Asian Way of Hiring: A Cross-National Comparison, with Y.P. Huo, J.H. Huang – APEC Human Resource Management Symposium on SMEs – October 1999.

20. Strategic Global Human Resource Management – Implications of HRM in Developing Economies – Joint Symposium of the Academy of Management (Career Management, HRM, and International Management) – Chicago, Il, August 1999.

21. Napier, N.K., Feltenstein, M.B., Gokmen, J., Marshall, R. (1998) ‘Western Women Working In Turkey: Lessons from the Field’, Western Academy of Management – Istanbul

22. Work Values of North and South Vietnamese Managers: Are They Facing East or West? (with D. A. Ralston, N.V.Thang), Academy of International Business conference, Vienna, October 1998.

23. Moving Toward a Market oriented Economy: The Challenges of Change in Vietnam's Garment Company 20 (with H.T.Vu, E. Malesky, and D.A.T. Vu), Association of Management, Chicago, August 1998.

24. Emerging Economy Trials and Tribulations and their Impact on Firm Level Activities: The Case of Vietnam. (with E. Malesky, H.T.Vu and D.A.T. Vu), International Marketing Management Conference, Vienna, July 1998.

25. Cross-cultural business issues. Boise State University Honors Program, September 1997.

26. Youthful Enthusiasm and Market Realities: Matching Students with Businesses in a Global Economy (with D. Bodie, K. Learned). IntEnt 97 Conference, Monterey, CA, June 1997.

27. Matching enthusiasm and opportunity: Entrepreneurial field work in global SME's. (with J. LeVering, K. Learned). International Council on Small Business, San Francisco, June, 1997.

28. Stakeholder Based Strategic Planning: Gaining the Commitment of Internal and External Communities. (with Learned, K., Lincoln, D.J. and Napier, N., Dennis, D., Davis, E. and McEwan, S.). American School District Trustees and Administrators Conference, 1997.

29. Position Justification: A Proactive Approach to Workforce Strategy. (with A. Frankle) Pan-Pacific Conference, Tokyo, Japan, May 1996.

30. Research and Administration: A delicate balance. Western Academy of Management, Banff, Canada, March 1996.

31. Human resource practices in subsidiaries of Japanese, U.S. British, and German multinationals. (with R. Peterson and W. Shim) Academy of International Business, Seoul, South Korea, November 1995.

32. Expatriate Management Practices in Japanese, U.S. British, and German Multinationals. (with R. Peterson and W. Shim) Western Academy of Management, Sante Fe, New Mexico, March 1994.

33. Toward an Integrated theory of International Human Resource Management (with S. Taylor, S. Beechler). Academy of International Business, Maui, Hawaii, October 1993.

34. Successful Women Expatriates in Japan (with S. Taylor). Academy of International Business, Maui, Hawaii, October 1993.

35. The world’s largest multinational companies: Practices for Expatriates. (with R. Peterson, J. Sargent, W. Shim). Academy of International Business, Maui, Hawaii, October 1993.

36. Managing Diversity: Lessons from a Cross-Border Merger. Invited presentation, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, September 1992.

37. Implementing Mergers and Acquisitions, An Evolving Framework. Invited presentation, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, September 1992.

38. Managing Organizational and Cultural Diversity: Observations from Cross-Border Acquisitions. Symposium, National Academy of Management (with D. Schweiger, J. Kosglow). Miami, Florida, August 1991.

39.