LISBETH CLAUS
Professor of Global Human Resources
B.A., K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
M.A., K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
M.B.A., University of San Francisco
Ph.D., Saint Louis University
SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resource Management)
GPHR (Global Professional in Human Resource Management)

EML: lclaus@willamette.edu

"Increasingly, it falls to human resource professionals to manage the "soft side" of today's global industry and to examine the cultural and human challenges facing organizations."

Read Lisbeth Claus' Wite Paper on Employer Duty of Care

Lisbeth Claus' Presentation at NW Natural - March 3, 2008

Read Lisbeth Claus'article on Tattooed employees in the workplace

Read the article by Professor Claus in B2B Magazine on Employee Retention

Domestic HR practitioners can no longer ignore the global nature of human capital. Increasingly, it falls to human resource professionals to strategically manage human talent in today's global environment and to examine the cultural and human challenges facing successful business, government, and not-for-profit enterprises. Global talent and performance management, virtual teamwork, global leadership development, cross-cultural savvy, HR metrics, work-life balance, international ethics and global CSR are some of the important areas where human resources can add value and play a strategic role.

Along with her role as Professor of Global HR, Lisbeth Claus also served as interim Associate Dean of the Atkinson Graduate School from 2007 to 2008. Prior to joining Willamette University, she held faculty and administrative positions at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and managerial positions at Safeway Inc. and Maritz Inc.

Dr. Claus has been published widely in academic and professional journals on subject matters related to global HR, performance management of multinational companies, and global workforce employer duty of care issues. A frequent keynote speaker at national and international HR conferences, she is the co-author of a leading textbook, Briscoe, Schuler and Claus, International Human Resource Management (3rd edition), Routledge, 2009.

She frequently delivers multi-day strategic HR seminars in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia for country and regional HR managers. She was the 2003 President of SHRM Global (then the international division of the Society for Human Resource Management). In 2004, SHRM commissioned her to design the GPHR (Global Professional Human Resources) Certification Preparation Course.  She also served as a subject matter expert for the development of the SHRM Global Learning System and was a member of the Global HR Special Expertise Panel (2005-2008).

Managing Organizations, Global Human Resource Management.

Global human resource management, global performance management, employer duty of care for the global workforce.

Lisbeth Claus and Michael Hand (2009). Customization Decisions Regarding Performance Management Systems of Multinational Companies: An Empirical View of Eastern European Firms. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 9(2), 237-258.

Lisbeth Claus and Dennis Briscoe (2009). Employee Performance Management Across Borders: A Review of Relevant Academic Literature. International Journal of Management Review 11(2), 175-196.

Lisbeth Claus and Dennis Briscoe (2008). Introduction (Special Issue on Global Performance Management in the European context.). European Journal of Management 2(2), 128-231.

Lisbeth Claus (2008). Employee Performance Management in MNCs: Reconciling the Need for Global Integration and Local Responsiveness. European Journal of Management 2(2), 132-153.

Lisbeth Claus (2009). Duty of Care of Employers for Protecting International Assignees, their Dependents, and International Business Travelers. White Paper, London: International SOS.

“Strategic Global HR at Teva Pharmaceuticals,” Thunderbird International Business Review, 2006. “International Assignment Types and Employee Development.” Current Issues in Management, 2005.

Voorwaarden tot het uitbouwen van een HR-loopbaan: Vergelijkingen tussen de situatie in België en Nederland en de rest van de werelds.” Tijdschrift voor HRM, 2005.

Professionalism: Perceptions of US HR Practitioners,” (with Collison) Problems & Perspectives in Management, 2004. “Similarities and Differences in Human Resource Management in the European Union,” Thunderbird International Business Review, 2004.

"Belgian Style Human Resource Management: A Case of Mistaken Identity," (with Vloeberghs & Pichault) European Management Journal, 2002. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Global HR: Balancing the Needs of the Corporation and Its Stakeholders," (with Phillips) International Focus, 2002.

"The Future of HR." Workplace Visions, 2001, "21st Century Challenges and Opportunities for Global HR?" CCHRA Notes, 2001. "Heeft uw bedrijf een rampenplan?" HR Magazine, 2001.

"Disaster Recovery Hits Home." Globalhr , 2001.

"Pink Slip Party." Globalhr, 2001. "Spreading the Knowledge." Globalhr, 2001.

"Seeking Compensation." Globalhr, 2001.

"From Dot to Dot." HR World Magazine, 2000.

"E-Selection." HR World Magazine, 2000. "New for Old." HR World Magazine, 2000.

"HR and the Global Paradigm." Resources, 2000.