Dr Paul McDonald

Senior Lecturer,
Victoria Management School

Introduction

"Paul has taught at VUW since his arrival from Canada in 1991.  His specialist teaching area is organisational behaviour.  In recent years he has held senior administrative positions, including Victoria MBA Director and International MBA Director (Hong Kong).  Paul achieved his PhD from Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 1993.  Leadership is a topic of particular recent interest in Paul’s research and scholarship.   He has undertaken thought and writing to deconstruct leadership into various facets in order to make it more accessible and understandable to practicing managers."

Academic Qualifications

PhD (Business Administration), 1993, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario

Dissertation title “Individual-Organizational Value Congruence”

MBA (Business Administration), 1982, University of Manitoba, Canada

BEng (Civil Engineering), 1977, Royal Military College of Canada

Publications and Presentations

Journal Contribution

McDonald, P. (2009). The potential contribution of neuroscience to authentic leadership. NeuroLeadership Journal, 2, 53 - 66.

McDonald,P. and Pratt,G., 'Management Education within a Cultural Confluence: Twinning Programmes in Malaysia', Malaysian Management Journal , 2,1(1997), 43-57pp.

Conference Paper in Published Proceedings

McDonald, P. (2009). It's time for management version 2.0: four forces redefining modern management. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Expert Seminar, Sydney, Australia, November 19 & 20.

Phillips, S., & McDonald, P. (2009). Project management paradoxes: governance, leadership, management and staff development. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Expert Seminar, Sydney, Australia, November 19 & 20.

Smith, J., & McDonald, P. (2009). Mentoring: a solution to the retention and advancement of female ICT project managers. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Expert Seminar, Sydney, Australia, November 19 & 20.

Conference – Poster Presentation

McDonald, P. (2009). Contribution of Neuroscience to Authentic Leadership. Paper presented at the NeuroLeadership Summit, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, October 27 - 29.

VMS Working Paper Series

McDonald, P. (2009). Neurological correlates to authentic leadership. VMS Working Paper Series, Victoria University of Wellington.