Oliver S. Crocco

Publications

Selected publications

Eight pieces that capture the signature territory. The full record — including 60+ peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and reviews — lives on Google Scholar and ORCID.

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01

Regional & comparative HRD in Southeast Asia

  1. Crocco, O. S., & Tkachenko, O. (2022). Regional human resource development: The case of Southeast Asia and ASEAN.

    Human Resource Development International, 25(1), 40–58

    ★ Monica M. Lee Research Excellence Award (AHRD)

    doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2020.1858261

    The foundational argument for treating Southeast Asia as a distinct regional HRD context — between national HRD and global HRD scholarship.

  2. Tkachenko, O., Crocco, O. S., Nguyen, L. A., & Jonathan, V. (2022). Regional human resource development in ASEAN: An institutional theory perspective.

    Human Resource Development Review, 21(2), 225–248

    doi.org/10.1177/15344843221083190

    An institutional-theory framework for understanding the regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive forces shaping HRD across the ASEAN 11.

  3. Crocco, O. S., Aroonsri, P., & Isna, N. (2025). Communicating a vision for human resource development in Southeast Asia: A thematic analysis of the speeches of ASEAN secretaries-general.

    Human Resource Development International, 28(4), 543–566

    doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2024.2441089

    What ASEAN's own leaders say HRD is for — and what that vision implies for organizations operating in the region.

  4. Nguyen, L. A., Crocco, O. S., Tkachenko, O., & Jonathan, V. (2022). Crisis leadership during COVID-19: The response of ASEAN and EU regional leaders.

    Human Resource Development International, 25(3), 381–389

    doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2022.2071096

    A comparative analysis of regional-level leadership response in two of the world's most developed integration projects.

02

Fieldwork, organizations, and emerging arrangements

  1. Crocco, O. S., & Cseh, M. (2021). Learning, development, and change in a community-based enterprise in Myanmar.

    European Journal of Training and Development, 45(4/5), 436–448

    ★ Outstanding Paper (Emerald)

    doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-12-2019-0198

    Field study with a Myanmar CBE — the foundational fieldwork that drives much of my later regional work.

  2. Aroonsri, P., & Crocco, O. S. (2024). Workplace learning and information exchange among gig workers: Crowdsourcing and the social media advantage.

    Journal of Workplace Learning, 36(1), 77–95

    doi.org/10.1108/JWL-03-2023-0049

    How Thai gig workers actually learn — through informal networks and platform-mediated knowledge exchange.

  3. Crocco, O. S., & Sukanya Chaemchoy. (2024). Higher education in Thailand.

    In L. P. Symaco (Ed.), Higher education in Southeast Asia (pp. 119–137). Emerald

    doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920240000049009

    A definitive chapter on Thai higher education in the most current comparative reference work on Southeast Asian education.

03

Field-shaping & methodology

  1. Crocco, O. S., Mohd Rasdi, R., & Garavan, T. N. (2026). Responsible AI in non-empirical research: Guidance for authors, reviewers, and editors in HRD.

    Human Resource Development Review

    doi.org/10.1177/15344843261445531

    An editorial-team statement on responsible AI use in scholarly work — shaping practice across the field's flagship journal.

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