Michael F. Tucker, Ph.D., *CMC
President
Tucker International

Dr. Tucker is a leading international human resource management consultant, with over forty years experience in the field. He is well known for his work in intercultural training design, approaches to human resource issues of business globalization, international executive coaching, and international assessment. He is the author of the Overseas Assignment Inventory (OAI), and Tucker Assessment Profile (TAP), which are validated instruments used to assess, select, and develop personnel and their spouses for international assignment. He has spoken at numerous international conferences and business meetings, has been cited in the press and on television, and has written numerous reports and articles on international human resource management.

Dr. Tucker’s recent publications include a chapter in Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management, on Diversity:  Lessons from Global Human Resource Practices; a chapter in Project Management for Space Programs on Managing Projects Across Cultures, a chapter in Politics of Mining:  What They Don’t Teach You in School on Intercultural Assessment, Training and Development:  A Must for International Assignees the Their Families, and a major article in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations on the Definition, Measurement and Prediction of Intercultural Adjustment and Job Performance Among Corporate Expatriates.

Dr. Tucker is a faculty member for the NASA International Project Management Program (IPM).  He has worked with senior international executives at a large number of global companies.

Dr. Tucker has worked in Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and Australia, and has lived with his family in Puerto Rico and Brazil.  He has extensive experience in Japan, serving on the Board of Directors of INTEC Japan, a joint venture company with Gadelius, Asea Brown Boveri, and Mr. Itoh.  He is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and is affiliated with the following:

• Member, American Psychological Association
• Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Founding Member, Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research
• Certified Management Consultant, The Institute of Management Consultants
• Fellow, International Academy of International Research

*CMC (Certified Management Consultant) is a certification mark awarded by the Institute of Management Consultants, USA, and represents evidence of the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession.  Less than 1% of all consultants have achieved this level of performance.