About Dr. Mark Mendenhall
Mark E. Mendenhall holds the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He received his B.S. degree (1980) in psychology and his Ph.D. degree (1983) in social psychology, both from Brigham Young University. In 1998, he held the Ludwig Erhard Stiftungsprofessur endowed chair at the University of Bayreuth ( Germany), and from 1999-2004 he was a visiting professor at the Europa Institute at the University of Saarland ( Germany). Dr. Mendenhall is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of global leadership development and international human resource management.
He has published over 50 academic journal articles in such journals as Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Sloan Management Review, Human Relations, Organizational Dynamics, Human Resource Management, Management International Review, Journal of Management Inquiry. He has also authored/edited the following books:
- Global Leadership. (forthcoming, with A. Bird, M. Maznevski, G. Oddou, and J. Osland).
- Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management. (2007, Routledge, with G. Oddou, & G. Stahl)
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Managing Culture and Human Resources (2005, Stanford University Press; with G. Stahl)
- Global Leaders, Global Assignments: An Integration of Research and Practice. (2005, with L. Stroh, J.S. Black, & H. Gregersen, Erlbaum & Associates)
- Blackwell Handbook of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity (2004, with H. Lane, M. Maznevski, & J. McNett, Blackwell Publishers)
- Developing Global Business Leaders: Policies, Processes, and Innovations (2001, with T. Kühlmann and G. Stahl; Quorum Books);
- Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management (2000, 3rd edition, South-Western Publishers)
- Developing People Through International Assignments (1999, with J. Stewart Black, Hal Gregersen, and Linda Stroh; Addison-Wesley)
- Cases in International Organizational Behavior (1999, with Gary Oddou, Blackwell Publishers)
- Global Management (1995, Blackwell Publishers; with D. Ricks and B. J. Punnett)
- Global Assignments: Successfully Expatriating and Repatriating International Managers (1992, Jossey-Bass Publishers; with J. Stewart Black and Hal Gregersen)
- Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management (1991, 2nd edition, with G. Oddou, South-Western Publishers).
Dr. Mendenhall has done consulting work for IBM-Asia Pacific, IBM-Japan, National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), Boeing, General Motors, JCB, Monsanto, Japan Airlines Corporate Academy, Molex, World Aviation Services, Inc., Nippon Express, Blue-Cross Blue-Shield, The Public Education Foundation, and The Dixie Group. He has also presented numerous training seminars on leadership and other management-related issues for numerous organizations; participants attending his seminars have come from such companies as: Mitsui Manufacturers Bank, Whirlpool, Toyota, Xerox, McKee Foods, DuPont, Maytag, ABB Combustion Engineering, Nippon Express, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Realty, Hitachi, Phizer Consumer, Inc., Ricoh, Sony Ericcson, Sony, Mitsubishi Chemical, JVC, Canon, Mitsubishi Electric, Agilent Technologies, Yokohama Rubber, Pioneer, and Mitsubishi Motors, Conagra, Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Combustion Engineering, Velsicol Chemical Corporation, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co., and Alco Chemical, American Heart Association, and BlueCross-Blue Shield—Tennessee.
He is active in the Academy of Management, and is currently past president of the International Division of that organization. Mark has traveled widely and has lived overseas for nine years ( New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany). He and his wife Janet have four children—Anthony, Nicole, Alexis, and Zachary.
