Professor
Purdue University
Purdue University
Mesut Akdere is a Professor of Human Resource Development in the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Dr. Akdere is the founding faculty and the faculty lead of the Human Resource Development undergraduate program at Purdue University. As the director of the Purdue HRD Virtual Lab and Purdue HR Analytics Interactive Learning Lab, Dr. Akdere’s research focuses on simulated training in the virtual reality and in augmented reality learning environments for leadership development, workforce development, and human resource analytics. He has received over $16 million in funded external research grants from the National Science Foundation, Department of State, Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, among other federal and state agencies. He published in business, management, human resources, technology, training, organization development, and education journals. He is the faculty fellow of Future Work & Learning Research Impact Area at Purdue Polytechnic Institute.
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Friday, March 3, 2023
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