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Charles Vance, Ph.D.

Office: Hilton 219
Phone: 310.338.4508
Email: cvance
@lmu.edu

Charles Vance


Areas of Expertise

• International Human Resource Management
• Training and Development

Biography

Charles Vance is a management professor with an expertise in human resource management, training and development. Before coming to Loyola Marymount University in 1985, Vance worked at Northrop Grumman, the China-Europe International Business School, and FedEx. Vance, who was a Fulbright Lecturer, is active in the design and conduct of employee training, management development, executive education and other human resource consulting services with corporations and non-profit organizations in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the Society for Human Resource Management and is the editor (non-English journal highlights) of the European Journal of International Management.

Education

• PhD: Syracuse University (1981)
• MOB: Brigham Young University (1975)
• BS: Brigham Young University (1975)


Recent Publications

• Vance, C.M., Vaiman, V., and Anderson, T. (2009) The Vital Liaison Role of Host Country Nationals in MNC Knowledge Management, Human Resource Management (in press).

Groves, K.S., and Vance, C.M. (2009) Examining Thinking Style, EQ, and Organizational Commitment, Journal of Managerial Issues (in press).

Madsen, S., and Vance, C.M. (2009) Unlearned Lessons From the Past: An Insider’s View of Enron’s Downfall, Corporate Governance, 9(2), 216-227.

Groves, K., Vance, C., and Paik, Y. (2008). Linking Linear/Nonlinear Thinking Style Balance and Managerial Ethical Decision-Making, Journal of Business Ethics. 80(2), 305-325.

• Groves, K.S., Vance, C.M., Choi, D.Y., and Mendez, J. (2008). Profile Stereotype of Successful Entrepreneurs: An Examination of the Nonlinear Thinking Style. Journal of Enterprising Culture. 16(2), 133-159.

Vance, C.M., Groves, K.S., Paik, Y., and Kindler, H. (2007). Understanding and Measuring Linear/Nonlinear Thinking Style For Enhanced Management Education and Professional Practice. Academy of Management Learning and Education. 6(2), 167-185.

Paik, Y., Vance, C.M., Gale, J., and McGrath, C.A. (2007). Improving Global Knowledge Management Through Inclusion of Host Country Workforce Input in Strategic Knowledge Management in Multinational Organizations, K.J. O’Sullivan (Ed.), 167-182. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Vance, C. (2006). Understanding and Measuring Linear/Nonlinear Thinking Style for Enhanced Management Education and Professional Practice. Academy of Management Learning and Education.

• Vance, C. (2006). Strategic Upstream and Downstream Considerations for Effective Global Performance Management. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management.

• Vance, C. (2005). The Personal Quest for Building Global Competence: A Taxonomy of Self-Initiating Career Path Strategies for Gaining Business and Experience Abroad. Journal of World Business