Mesut Akdere


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  • August 28, 2018

Mesut Akdere

Associate Professor of Human Resource Development in the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation

Purdue University

Exploring Augmented Reality for Developing Workplace Talent in the Age of Big Data

Bio: Mesut Akdere is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Development in the Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Currently, he is a research fellow at the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, and Research. As the director of the Purdue HRD Virtual Lab and Purdue Human Analytics Lab, Dr. Akdere’s research focuses on workforce development in STEM fields, developing employee talent through immersive learning technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality, human resource analytics in the age of big data, and leadership through training and organization development. He published in business, management, technology, training, human resources, organization development, and education journals. He teaches courses in human resource development, leadership, training, organization development, cross-cultural management, and strategic planning. Dr. Akdere is the faculty champion and coordinator of the Future Work & Learning Research Impact Area at Purdue Polytechnic Institute and is serving on the editorial boards of several international journals including Human Resource Development Quarterly and Total Quality Management & Business Excellence.