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Mihaela Dimitrova

Dr. Mihaela Dimitrova
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Affiliation

CV

since 2016
Assistant Professor at WU Vienna
2014-2016
Assistant Professor of Management at Oakland University
2014
PhD in Organizations and Strategic Management from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2009
Master of Science in Human Resources from Marquette University

Researcher Identifier

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Awards and Honors

2018
Careers Division Best International Paper Award (Winner) at the 2018 Academy of Management (AOM) Conference - for the paper Dimitrova, M., Chia, S., & Tay, C. "Expatriates on the Go: International Business Travel during Expatriation"
Journal of Global Mobility Best Paper Award (First Runner-Up) at the 2018 European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference - for the paper Westman, M., Dimitrova, M., Chen, S., Reiche, S., Lazarova, M., Shaffer, M., & Wurtz, O. "Expatriate Family Role Engagement: A Spillover and Crossover Perspective"
2015
Journal of Global Mobility Outstanding Reviewer Award

Classifications

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Expertise

  • Cross-cultural management
  • Entrepreneurial behavior
  • Expatriate management and global mobility
  • International human resource management
  • Work-family interface

Activities

Position in jury, advisory board, curatorship
  2019 Academy of Management - Jury panel for the Careers Division Best International Paper Award
Position in internal committee for appointments
  2020 WU Vienna - Committee Member for Full-Professor position in "International Business and CSR"
Position in internal habilitation committee
  2019 WU Vienna - Department of Global Business and Trade - Habilitation Committee (Dr. Christof Miska) member
Member of the editorial board
  since 2018 Journal of Global Mobility - Member of the Editorial Review Board
  since 2017 Personnel Psychology - Member of the Editorial Board
Reviewer for a scientific journal
  since 2020 Human Resource Management Review
  since 2019 Human Resource Management
  since 2018 Journal of International Management
  since 2017 Journal of World Business
  since 2016 Journal of Management
  since 2015 Stress and Health
  since 2015 Personnel Review
  since 2015 Journal of Management Inquiry
  since 2014 Journal of Organizational Behavior
  since 2014 Journal of Global Mobility
  since 2014 Human Resource Management Journal
  since 2014 Human Relations
Reviewer for an international conference
  2018 IHRM conference
  2017 European Academy of Management (EURAM)
  since 2010 Academy of Management (AOM)
  since 2010 Academy of International Business (AIB)
Position in administration
  since 2020 WU Vienna - Department Conference - Mittelbau representative
Supervisor dissertation
  since 2017 University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley - External committee member

Publications

Journal article

2020 Dimitrova, Mihaela, Chia, Sherwin, Shaffer, Margaret, Tay-Lee, Cheryl. 2020. Forgotten travelers: Adjustment and career implications of international business travel for expatriates. Journal of International Management. 26 (1) (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela. 2020. Of Discovery and Dread: The Importance of Work Challenges for International Business Travelers’ Thriving and Global Role Turnover Intentions. Journal of Organizational Behavior. (Details)
2016 Shaffer, Margaret, Reiche, B Sebastian, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Lazarova, Mila, Chen, Shoshi, Westman, Mina, Wurtz, Olivier. 2016. Work and family role adjustment of different types of global professionals: Scale development and validation. Journal of International Business Studies JIBS 47 (2), 113-139. (Details)
2012 Lau, Victor, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret, Davidkov, Tzvetan, Yordanova, Desislava. 2012. Entrepreneurial readiness and firm growth: An integrated etic and emic approach. Journal of International Management 18 (2), 147-159. (Details)

Chapter in edited volume

2018 Dimitrova, Mihaela. 2018. Expatriation and the Work–Family Interface. In: The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work – Family Interface, Hrsg. K. M. Shockley, W. Shen, R. C. Johnson, 479-494. 26: Cambridge University Press. (Details)

Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium

2020 Lazarova, Mila, Wurtz, Olivier, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret. 2020. Global career success of diplomats. 1st Careers Division (AOM) Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14.2.-15.2. (Details)
  Cerar, Jelena, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Nell, Phillip C. 2020. Management Practices in CEE Transition Economies: The Influence of MNC Resources. Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Miami, Vereinigte Staaten/USA, 02.07.-06.07. (Details)
  Kraimer, Maria, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret, Truxillo, Donald, Wille, Bart. 2020. Publishing Careers Research in Personnel Psychology (and other Top-Tier Journals). 1st Careers Division (AOM) Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14.2.-15.2. (Details)
  Lazarova, Mila, Mayrhofer, Wolfgang, Cotton, Rick, De Vos, Ans, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Dysvik, Anders, Forrier, Anneleen, Gunz, Hugh, Kozhevnikov, Andrew, Louisgrand, Nathalie, Reiss, Lea Katharina, Shaffer, Margaret, Dickmann, Michael, Casado, Tania. 2020. Teaching about Careers in Turbulent Times. 1st Careers Division Community Conference, Vienna, Österreich, 14.2.-15.2. (Details)
2019 Lazarova, Mila, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Dickmann, Michael, Brewster, Chris, Cerdin, Jean-Luc. 2019. Career management, hardship locations, and career motivation: What influences IGO expatriates’ career success? Academy of International Business, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24.06-27.06. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela, Zipper, Viktoriya, Fekete, Julia. 2019. Global talent management: Relevance and practices in internationally active SMEs. 8TH EIASM Workshop on Talent Management, Toulouse, Frankreich, 30.09-01.10. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela. 2019. Of Discovery and Dread: Unpacking the Complex Effects of International Business Travel Frequency. Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States/USA, 09.08-13.08. (Details)
2018 Westman, Mina, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Chen, Shoshi , Reiche, Sebastian, Lazarova, Mila, Shaffer, Margaret, Wurtz, Olivier. 2018. Expatriate Family Role Engagement: A Spillover and Crossover Perspective . European Academy of Management Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 19.06-22.06. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela, Chia, Sherwin, Tay, Cheryl. 2018. Expatriates on the Go: International Business Travel during Expatriation. Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, United States/USA, 10.08-14.08. (Details)
  Lazarova, Mila , Dickmann, Michael , Dimitrova, Mihaela, Brewster, Chris, Cerdin, Jean-Luc . 2018. Expatriation success in an inter-governmental organization: Career outcomes in easy and hardship duty stations. 15th International Conference on Human Resource Management, Madrid, Spain, 13.06-15.06. (Details)
2017 Dimitrova, Mihaela. 2017. Challenges of the Work-Family Interface during Expatriation. Academy of International Business Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 02.06-05.06. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela, Chia, Sherwin, Shaffer, Margaret, Tay-Lee, Cheryl. 2017. International Business Travel in the Context of Expatriation. EURAM Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 21.06-24.06. (Details)
  Lazarova, Mila, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret, Wurtz, Olivier, Westman, Mina, Chen, Shoshi. 2017. Unravelling the Relationships among Assignment Success Indicators: Tests of Competing Models. Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States/USA, 04.08 - 08.08. (Details)
2016 Lazarova, Mila, Dimitrova, Mihaela. 2016. An expat is an expat is an expat? Exploring the diversity of global work experiences. Academy of International Business Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States/USA, 27.06-30.06. (Details)
  Westman, Mina, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Chen, Shoshi, Reiche, B Sebastian, Lazarova, Mila, Wurtz, Olivier. 2016. The relationship between spouse family resources and expatriates¿ work-role adjustment: The mediating role of family-role adjustment. Work and Family Research Network Conference, Washington DC, United States/USA, 23.06-25.06. (Details)
  Ren, Hong, Zhang, Mian, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret, Lazarova, Mila. 2016. Unintended consequences of material resource allocation among host-country nationals and returnees. Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA, United States/USA, 05.08-09.08. (Details)
2015 Singh, Romila, Wan, Min, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Luk, Dora. 2015. A three study multi-source examination of the spillover-crossover model of work-family interface. Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 07.08-11.08. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret. 2015. That which does not kill us makes us stronger: Effects of work and family demands on international business travelers' adjustment and subsequent career satisfaction. Academy of International Business Conference, Bangalore, India, 27.06-30.06. (Details)
2014 Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret. 2014. Interaction effects of job demands on daily goal completion satisfaction and daily work engagement. Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States/USA, 01.08-05.08. (Details)
  Westman, Mina, Chen, Shoshi, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Reiche, B Sebastian, Lazarova, Mila, Shaffer, Margaret. 2014. International assignees¿ work and family role performance: A demands and resources perspective. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York, NY, United States/USA, 19.06-21.06. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret. 2014. International business travelers¿ career satisfaction: Complex effects of work and family adjustment and demands. 12th EIASM Workshop on International Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24.10-25.10. (Details)
2013 Shaffer, Margaret, Reiche, B Sebastian, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Lazarova, Mila, Chen, Shoshi, Westman, Mina. 2013. Expatriate work and family role adjustment: Scale development and validation. Academy of International Business Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 03.07-06.07. (Details)
  Dimitrova, Mihaela, Yunlu, Dilek, Lau, Victor, Shaffer, Margaret, Davidkov, Tzvetan, Yordanova, Desislava. 2013. Internalizing legitimacy: How entrepreneurs' perceptions of their status in society increases innovative behaviors. Academy of International Business Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 03.07-06.07. (Details)
  Hsu, Yu-Shan, Luk, Dora, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Miller, Gloria, Shaffer, Margaret. 2013. The interplay between personal, role and collective identities in the work-family interface. Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL, United States/USA, 09.08-13.08. (Details)

Projects

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