Marie L. Germain
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Biography
City College: Miami - English
Professor of Human Resources and Leadership & Consulting Director. Fulbright researcher
Marie-Line
Germain, Ph.D.
Dr. Marie-Line Germain is an internationally recognized scholar who holds a tenured position as full Professor of Human Resources and Leadership at Western Carolina University (WCU, a campus of the University of North Carolina). Professor Germain founded WCU’s HR Consulting Initiative, which has provided pro bono HR support to over 240 organizations nationwide since 2011. She is also the founder of the podcast series "Dear Human Resources:".
Dr. Germain was selected as a Fulbright Specialist (U.S. Department of State) in 2017 in Ghana, Africa, where she provided guidance to a large Ghanaian university on furthering research initiatives. Professor Germain has been a Visiting Professor-Scholar in Finland, Japan, South Korea, China (twice), and Africa.
In addition to her scholarship, Dr. Germain is an experienced consultant specialized in psychosocial risks, mental health in the workplace, and personality disorders of corporate leaders. She has served as a consultant to CAC 40 companies, emerging businesses, Fortune 50, government agencies, and nonprofits.
She has published nearly 30 peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters, and editorials and has given approximately 70 presentations around the world. She is the author of three books: 1) Narcissism at Work: Personality Disorders of Corporate Leaders (2017), 2) Integrating Service-Learning and Consulting in Distance Education (2019), and 3) Expertise at Work: Current and Emerging Trends (2021). She holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Human Resource Development. She is a member of the Eastern Academy of Management and the Academy of Human Resource Development. She is the Junior Director of the Eastern Academy of Management International conference, an Editorial Board member of the journal Career Development International, and the Book Review Editor of the European Journal of Training and Development.
Dr. Germain has made numerous media appearances (television, radio, podcasts, and newspapers), including ESPN, WLOS-TV Channel News 13, the HuffPost, Refinery29, Fortune, Bloomberg Business, and Dubrovnik-TV in Croatia.
Experience
Education
Miami, FL, Paris (France) and Stirling (Scotland)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Leadership and Human Resource Development
Université Paris Nanterre
M.A. and D.E.A. (2nd year Ph.D.)
Anglo-American Studies - British Urban Planning
Master's degree and doctoral studentThe University of Stirling
Bachelor's Degree
Anglo-American Studies
Erasmus studentCity College
Department Chair
Directed the department of General Education; Managed faculty; Initiated new educational programs; Founded the Center for Instructional Expertise.Interval International
Marketing Manager
Responsible for travel-related marketing initiatives to a 1.3 M member base. Negotiated advertising contracts with all major airlines, cruise lines and other travel providers.
Publications
A Preliminary Exploration on the Measurement of Expertise: An Initial Development of a Psychometric Scale
Human Resource Development Quarterly, 23(2), 2012.
The development of employee expertise is described as a strategic imperative for ever-changing organizations in a hyper-competitive economic environment. However, the lack of an adequate assessment tool for expertise has hindered empirical research. This paper conceptually and empirically develops the generalized expertise measure (GEM) and examines its psychometric properties in two managerial samples. Schwab’s (1980) three stages of measure development process are followed. The factor structure of the measure is then examined employing exploratory factor analysis (EFA) procedures and confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on independent samples. The results are presented and a preliminary measure of expertise is provided.
