Despite recent high GDP growth rates, Vietnam remains a developing country in need of developing human resources (HR) of both genders. This can be done through education, workplace training, corporate social responsibility, policies for gender equality, support for entrepreneurship, and other practices and policies. Yet, national human resource development (NHRD) is a relatively new concept in Vietnam. This edited volume highlights the importance of HR, HRD, and NHRD, enabling Vietnam to experience sustainable growth and become a modern industrial country. It examines the positive changes effected by HRD considering Vietnam's unique historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts. This book offers scholars and practitioners an indigenous HRD approach and discusses implications for future research and practices.

Winner of the 2021 R. Wayne Pace Book Award

Highlights the unique cultural and socioeconomic elements of Vietnam and their influence on HRD in the nation Offers critical implications for HRD in developing human resources, organizations, and systems in Vietnam's diverse contexts Serves as a basis for the development of a future research agenda for international or regional comparative studies on HRD

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Hien Thi Tran (Ph.D.) is a lecturer and a researcher in corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, management, international business, and human resources. She has been a consultant for sustainability projects and the principal investigator for applied research projects funded by international and local entities.

Tam To Phuong (Ph.D.) is a faculty member at Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Her research focuses on faculty development, adult learning, and organization development. She developed a professional identity development framework for Vietnamese faculty in her dissertation at Texas A&M University, USA. ****

Huyen Thi Minh Van (Ph.D.) works at Foreign Trade University, Vietnam and Texas A&M University, USA. She studies learning, performance, engagement, and citizenship in organizational contexts. Her dissertation investigated HRD strategies and practices for creating an engaged workforcefrom organizational and individual perspectives.****

Gary N. McLean (Ed.D., Ph.D. Hon.) is Professor in the Ph.D. in Organization Development program, Assumption University, Bangkok, and Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Development and Adult Education at the University of Minnesota. He was formerly president of McLean Global Consulting, a family business.

Mark A. Ashwill (Ph.D.) is managing director and co-founder of Capstone Vietnam, a full-service educational consulting company with offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He served as country director of the Institute of International Education-Vietnam from 2005-09.

Inhalt

1. Historical and Cultural Contexts of Vietnam Affecting Human Resource Development .- 2. National Human Resource Development of Vietnam: An Exploratory Review Study .- 3. National Human Resource Development under Industry 4.0 and Implications for Vietnam .- 4. Vietnam and Regional Human Resource Development in ASEAN .- 5. Higher Education's Role in Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems in Vietnam: An Evaluation of the Innovative Partnership Program .- 6. Preparing Competent Business School Graduates for the Emerging Vietnam: A Critical Human Resource Development Issue .- 7. STEM Education and STEM-focused Career Development in Vietnam .- 8. Corporate Training and Firm Performance: Evidence from Vietnam .- 9. Characteristic Descriptions of Women on Boards of Vietnamese Listed Companies .- 10. Managing Culture for Management Innovation .- 11. Importance of Human Resources in Building Sustainable Enterprises: Cases ofSmall and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam .- 12. Knowledge Management: Perspectives and Implications for HR Practices in Vietnam .- 13. Making Vietnam's HRD Impossible Dream Possible.