Neal Chalofsky, Ed.D. (1976, The George Washington University). Dr. Chalofsky has been associated with the GW HOL program for over 20 years, and previously was the director of the Human Resource Development program at the Northern Virginia Graduate Center of Virginia Tech. He he began his career an internal HRD practitioner, manager, and researcher for several federal and corporate organizations for over a decade. Neal has served as a past president of the local American Society for Training and Development chapter, and is a founding member of the Academy for Human Resource Development. Organizations that he has consulted with include: The World Bank, Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Bell Atlantic, National Institute for Work and Learning, Computer Sciences Corporation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Smithsonian, and Ernst & Young. Neal is the coauthor of Effective Human Resource Development, and Up the HRD Ladder, as well as numerous chapters of edited works and journal articles. His research interests are in the areas of developing meaningful workplaces. increasing capacity for learning, facilitation and team development, and the evolution of the HRD/HOL profession and discipline.

B.S., 1966, Temple University
M.B.A., 1968, American University
Ed.D., 1976, The George Washington University

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Chalofsky, N. (2010). Meaningful workplaces: Reframing how and where we work. San francisco. CA: Jossey-Bass.

Chalofsky, N. (2008). Work-life programs and organizational culture: The essence of
workplace community. Organization Development Journal. 26, 11-18.

Chalofsky, N. (2007) The seminal foundation of the discipline of hrd: People, learning, and
organizations, Human Resource Development Quarterly. 18, 431-442.

Goodman, P. & Chalofsky, N. (2005) Exploratory research on the effect of autonomous learners to team learning within healthcare. In M. A. Rahim & R. T. Golembiewski (eds.) Current Topics in Management, Vol. 10.

Chalofsky, N. & Griffin, G. (2004) Work-life culture and the humane organization. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on HRD Research and Practice Across Europe, Limerick, Ireland.

Chalofsky, N. & Griffin, G. (2005)The humane organization: The essence of workplace
community. Proceedings of the Academy of Human Resource Development Conference, Estes Park, CO.

Chalofsky, N. (2004) Human and organization studies: The discipline of hrd, Proceedings of the Academy of Human Resource Development Conference, Austin, TX.

Chalofsky, N. (2003) An emerging construct for meaningful work, Human Resource Development International, 6, 69-83.

Chalofsky, N. (2003). Increasing capacity to learn in the learning organization. Proceedings
of the Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Chalofsky, N. & Arvasais, M. (2002), Focus groups as a primary data-gathering technique,
Proceedings of the Qualitative Research Conference, The University of Georgia, Athens,
GA.

Chalofsky, N. (2000) Professional morality and integrity: Helping the tin man find his heart. In Ruona & Roth (eds.) Philosophical foundations of human resource development practice, San Francisco: Berrett-Kohler

Rulle, M. & Chalofsky, N. (2000). Employee perceptions of the meaning of empowerment,
Proceedings of the Academy of Human Resource Development Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Walser, S. & Chalofsky, N. (2000). Mid-life, mid-career renewal: An outcome of involuntary
career transition as experienced by federal employees, Proceedings of the Academy of
Human Resource Development Conference, Raleigh, NC.