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Nancy J Adler

Title: 
Professor Emerita, Organizational Behaviour
Nancy J Adler
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-4031
Email address: 
nancy.adler [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 

PhD, Management, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), USA
MBA, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), USA
BA, Economics, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), USA

Biography: 

Dr. Adler is the S. Bronfman Chair in Management. She conducts research and consults on global leadership and cross-cultural management. She has authored more than 125 articles, produced the films, A Portable Life, Reinventing Our Legacy, and听Leading Beautifully,听and published 10 books and edited volumes, including听From Boston to Beijing: Managing with a Worldview, International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior听(5 editions),听Leadership Insight, Women in Management Worldwide,听and听Competitive Frontiers: Women Managers in a Global Economy.听

Dr. Adler consults to private corporations and government organizations on projects worldwide. She has taught Chinese executives in the People's Republic of China, held the Citicorp Visiting Doctoral Professorship at University of Hong Kong, and taught executive seminars at INSEAD in France, Oxford University in England, and Bocconi University in Italy. She received UU直播's first Distinguished Teaching Award in Management and was one of only a few professors to receive it a second time. Honoring her as one of Canada鈥檚 top university professors, she was named as a 3M Teaching Fellow.

Dr. Adler received the Prix du Quebec, Doctor Honoris Causa from Slovenia鈥檚 IEDC Bled School of Management, The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Center for Creative Leadership鈥檚 Walter F. Ulmer Jr. Applied Research Award, the World Federation of People Management Associations鈥 Georges Petitpas Award, and was named one of UCLA鈥檚 most Inspiring Alumni. She has been recognized with ASTD's International Leadership Award, SIETAR's Outstanding Senior Interculturalist Award, the YWCA鈥檚 Femme de M茅rite (Woman of Distinction) Award, the Academy of Management鈥檚 (AMLE) outstanding article award, and the Sage Award for scholarly contributions to management. She was elected to the Fellows of the Academy of International Business and the Academy of Management Fellows, the International Academy of Management Fellows, and was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Adler has served on the Board of Governors of the American Society for Training and Development, the Canadian Social Science Advisory Committee to UNESCO, the Strategic Grants Committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the executive committees of the Pacific Asian Consortium for International Business, Education and Research, the International Personnel Association, and the Society for Human Resource Management's International Institute, as well as having held leadership positions in the Academy of International Business, the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research, and the Academy of Management. Dr. Adler served as the co-chair of the Global Forum on听Business as an Agent of World Benefit, co-sponsored by the UN Global Compact and the Academy of Management.

Nancy is also a visual artist working primarily in water-based media. Her 鈥淪erendipity Suite鈥 and 鈥淩eality in Translation:Art Transforming Apathy into Action鈥 exhibitions were held at The Banff Centre and her 鈥淕oing Beyond the Dehydrated Language of Management鈥 exhibition opened in Montreal. Her paintings are held in private collections worldwide.

Group: 
Professor Emeritus
Research areas: 
Arts & Leadership
Cross-cultural/Multicultural Management
Global Leadership
International Management
Leadership Artistry & Arts-based Leadership
Women as Global Leaders & Managers
Selected publications: 

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Adler, Nancy J. (2012) 听Organizational Aesthetics, vol. 1 (no. 1), 2012: pp. 5-10.

Adler, Nancy J. and Hansen, Hans (2012) 听Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 21 (no. 2), pp. 128-139.

Adler, Nancy J. (2011) 听Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 20 (no. 3), pp. 208-221.

Adler, Nancy J. (2010) 听Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 31 (no. 4): pp. 90-99.

Adler, Nancy J. & Harzing, Anne-Wil (2009) Academy of Management Learning and Education, vol. 8 (no. 1), pp. 72-95.

Adler, Nancy J. (2006) Academy of Management Learning and Education, vol. 5 (no. 4): pp. 466-499.

Adler, Nancy J. (2006) 听听International Management, vol. 11 (no. 1), Automne: pp. 79-97.

Adler, Nancy J. (2008) European Journal of International Management, vol. 2, no. 1: pp. 6-12.

Adler, Nancy J. (2002) Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 11 (no. 3): pp. 255-260.

Books and Edited Volumes

Books:

Adler, Nancy J. (2010) Leadership Insight. Milton Park, U.K.: Routledge.

Adler, Nancy J. (2008) International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior, 5th edition听(with Allison Gundersen) (Mason, Ohio: Cengage). 4th edition, 2002 (Cincinnati,听Ohio: South-Western Publishing). 3rd edition, 1997 (Cincinnati, Ohio: South-听Western Publishing). 2nd edition, 1991 (Boston: PWS-Kent Publishing). 1st edition,听1986 (Boston: Kent Publishing).

Adler, Nancy J. (2009) Team Management Revolution: New management听strategy to win international competition. Japanese translation of 5th edition of听International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior, translated by Kobayashisan.听Toyko: Cengage Japan/Doyukan.

Adler, Nancy J. (2002) From Boston to Beijing: Managing with a Worldview. Cincinnati,听Ohio: Thomson Learning.

Adler, Nancy J. (1980) Re-entry: A Study of the Dynamic Coping Process Used by听Repatriated Employees to Enhance Effectiveness in the Organization and Personal听Learning During the Transition Back Into the Home CountryGraduate听School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Spring听1980: 339 pages.

Edited Volumes:

Adler, Nancy J. & Izraeli, Dafna N. (eds.) (1994) Competitive Frontiers: Women听Managers in a Global Economy. Oxford (England)/Cambridge (USA): Blackwell听Publishers.

Adler, Nancy J. & Izraeli, Dafna N. (eds.) (1993-94) "Competitive Frontiers: Asian听Women in Management" special issue of International Studies of Management and听Organization, vol. 23 (no. 4): 104 pages.

Adler, Nancy J. & Izraeli, Dafna N. (eds.) (1993) "Competitive Frontiers: Women听Managers in the Triad" special issue of International Studies of Management and听Organization, vol. 23 (no. 2): 112 pages.

Adler, Nancy J. & Izraeli, Dafna N. (eds.) (1988) Women in Management Worldwide.听Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe: 285 pages.

Adler, Nancy J. (ed.) (1986-87) "Women in Management Worldwide" special issue听of International Studies of Management and Organization, vol. 16 (no. 3-4): 192 pages.

Adler, Nancy J. (ed.) (1982-83) "Cross-Cultural Management: Conceptual Analyses"听special issue of International Studies of Management and Organization, vol. 12 (no. 4):听173 pages.

Adler, Nancy J. (ed.) (1983) "Cross-Cultural Management: Empirical Studies" special听issue of International Studies of Management and Organization, vol. 13 (no. 1-2): 150听pages.

Chapters in Books

Adler, Nancy J. (2012) 鈥淟eadership Insight: Going Beyond the Dehydrated听Language of Management鈥 in Marshall Goldsmith, Laurence S. Lyons and Sarah听McArthur (eds.), Coaching for Leadership 3e: Writings on Leadership from the听World鈥檚 Greatest Coaches, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass: pp. 148-161, 297.听

Adler, Nancy J. (2011) 鈥淣ew Times Need New Leadership鈥 in Danica Purg (ed.),听Creating the Future: Book of the Times. Bled, Slovenia: IEDC-Bled School of听Management: pp. 25-34.

Adler, Nancy J. (2008) 鈥淚nternational Business Scholarship: Contributing to a听Broader Definition of Success鈥 in Jean Boddewyn (ed.), International Business听Scholarship: AIB Fellows on the First 50 Years and Beyond (Volume 14 of Research in听Global Strategic Management; Editor-in-Chief: Alan Rugman). United Kingdom:听Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 327-337.

Adler, Nancy J. (2008) 鈥淕lobal Business as an Agent of World Benefit: New听International Business Perspectives Leading Positive Change鈥 in Andreas Scherer听& Guido Palazzo (eds.), Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship.听Cheltenham, U.K. & Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar: pp. 374-401. Published in听paperback, 2010: pp. 374-401.

Adler, Nancy J. (2007) 鈥淥rganizational Metaphysics: Global Wisdom & the Audacity of Hope鈥 in Eric H. Kessler & James R. Bailey (eds.) Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications: pp. 423-458.

Adler, Nancy J. (2007) 鈥淥ne World: Women Leading & Managing Worldwide鈥 in Diana Bilimoria & Sandy Kristin Piderit (eds.) Handbook on Women in Business and Management. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar: pp. 330-355.

Adler, Nancy J. (2006) 鈥淐orporate Global Citizenship: Successfully Partnering with the World鈥 in Gabriele Suder (ed.) Corporate Strategies Under International Terrorism and Adversity. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar: pp. 177-195.

Adler, Nancy J. (2003) 鈥淪haping History: Global Leadership in the Twenty-First Century鈥 in Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper (eds.), Leading in Turbulent Times: Managing in the New World of Work. Oxford: Blackwell: pp. 302-318.

Adler, Nancy J. (2003) 鈥淕lobal Strategy: Successful Partnering with the World鈥 [re-titled: 鈥淕lobal Companies, Global Society: There is a Better Way鈥漖 in Larraine Segil, Marshall Goldsmith, & James Belasco (eds.), Partnering: The New Face of Leadership.听 New York:听 AMACOM: pp. 223-230.

Adler, Nancy J. (2002) 鈥淲omen Joining Men as Global Leaders in the New Economy鈥 in Martin Gannon and Karen Newman (eds.), Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management. Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell: pp. 236-249.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Awards

2013: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

2013: International Academy of Management Fellow, Barcelona, Spain.

2013: Legends of Diversity Honoree, International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals.

2010: Prix du Quebec, Leon Gerin Award.

2010: Georges Petitpas Award, The World Federation of People Management听Associations.

2010: Academy of Management AMLE Outstanding Article of the Year, for Adler, Nancy J. & Harzing, Anne-Wil (2009) 鈥淲hen听Knowledge Wins: Transcending the Sense and Nonsense of Academic Rankings,鈥澨鼳cademy of Management Learning and Education, vol. 8 (no. 1), pp. 72-95. By 2010,听鈥淲hen Knowledge Wins鈥 became the most highly cited article in management听among articles published the same year.

2009: Walter F. Ulmer Jr. Applied Research Award, Center for Creative Leadership.

1996: Women of Distinction (Femme de M茅rite), YWCA.

1996: Sage Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management.

1992: Outstanding Achievement Award from Women in World Trade, Boston.

1990: Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, UU直播 Faculty of Management.

1989: International Leadership Award, American Society for Training and听Development.

1985: First Distinguished Teaching Award, UU直播 Faculty of Management.

Fellowships

2013: International Academy of Management Fellow

1994: Fellow of the Academy of Management

1992: Fellow of the Academy of International Business

1991: 3M Teaching Fellow (top university professors in Canada)

Grants

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