Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award

The Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award, named for the first editor of Human Resource Development International, is awarded for the outstanding article in each annual volume of the journal.

Criteria

• Contribution to the HRD profession
• Practical and/or theoretical importance of the problem
• Extent to which the case, arguments, and/or results justify the conclusions
• Quality of the reporting

Nomination/Review Process

Each committee member will nominate 2 or 3 of all the articles, refereed and nonrefereed, printed in the volume (5 issues) for the award. Each will then rate the nominated articles using specific criteria under each of the above categories. The highest ranked article will receive the award.

Deadlines

Committee decisions must be forwarded to the Awards Program Chair, Maria Cseh, and the AHRD Office by February 1.

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Award Winners

Volume 11 (2008)

Human Resource Development Practice: The Paradox of Empowerment and Individualization

Irakli Gvaramadze

University of Aarhus

Volume 10 (2007)

Creating leaders or loyalists: Conflicting identities in a leadership development programme

Jamie L. Callahan

Texas A&M University

Lila L. Carden

Texas A&M University

Volume 9 (2006)

Developing Emotional Intelligence through Workplace Learning

Nick Clarke

University of Southhampton

Volume 8 (2005)

Researching the Trainability of Transformational Organizational Leadership

Ken W. Parry

Griffith University

Paresha N. Sinha

University of Waikato

Volume 7 (2004)

Training in Spain: an evaluation of the continuous training agreements (1993-2001) with particular reference to SMEs

Michael Rigby

South Bank University

Volume 6 (2003)

Constructing Socially Situated Learning Experiences in Human Resource Development: An Activity Theory Perspective

Alexandre Ardichvili

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Volume 5 (2002)

Across The Great Divide: HRD, Technology Translation, and Knowledge Migration In Bridging The Knowledge Gap Between SMEs and Universities

Paul Iles

Liverpool, John Moores University

Maurice Yolles

Liverpool, John Moores University

Volume 4 (2001)

A Refusal to Define HRD

Monica M. Lee

Lancaster University

Volume 3 (2000)

Analysing metaphor in human resource development

Darren C. Short

Perspectives

Volume 2 (1999)

Emotional Labor in Corporate Change Programs

Sharon Turnbull

Lancaster University

Volume 1 (1998)

The Influence of Leadership Styles on Subordinates' Attitudes towards Their Leaders and towards Performance: A Comparison of US and German Manufacturing Employees

K. Peter Kuchinke

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

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