Mihaela Dimitrova
Assoz.Prof. Dr. Mihaela Dimitrova- Telephone:
- +43 1 31336 4388
- Email:
- mihaela.dimitrova@wu.ac.at
- About me:
- Mihaela Dimitrova is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Business and Trade. Prior to joining WU Vienna, she was Assistant Professor of Management at Oakland University, USA. She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Her research interests center around global work experiences. In particular, her focus is on the management of global employees, cross-cultural management as well as employees’ proactive behavior and thriving in international environments. Her research has been recognized with several awards at major international academic conferences and has been published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Human Relations and Journal of International Management. She serves on the editorial review boards of Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Journal of Global Mobility. At WU Vienna, she teaches courses with a focus on international human resource management, global careers and global human capital analytics.
Affiliation
CV
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since
2022
- Associate Professor at WU Vienna 2017-2021
- 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
- 2021
- Excellence in Reviewing Award from Human Resource Management Review
- Outstanding Reviewer Award from Journal of Organizational Behavior
- 2020
- Winner of the Best Paper in OB / HRM / OT Award of the IM Division of the Academy of Management (AOM)
- WU Award for Top Journal Publication
- 2018
- First Runner-Up for the Journal of Global Mobility Best Paper Award at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference
- Winner of the Best International Paper Award of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management (AOM)
- 2016
- AOM Outstanding Reviewer Award
- 2015
- Journal of Global Mobility Outstanding Reviewer Award
Classifications
- 5308 Management sciences (Details)
- 5333 Business management (Details)
- 5352 Human resource management, personnel management (Details)
- 5517 Organisational psychology (Details)
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 | ||
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| 2021 | Personnel Psychology - 2021 Best Paper Award Committee for Personnel Psychology | |
| 2021 | Academy of Management - Jury panel for the Human Resources division International HRM Scholarly Research Award | |
| 2020 | Academy of Management - Jury panel for the Careers Division Best Symposium Award | |
| 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 | ||
| 2021 | WU Vienna - Department of Global Business and Trade - Habilitation Committee member | |
| 2019 | WU Vienna - Department of Global Business and Trade - Habilitation Committee member | |
| Member of the editorial board | ||
| since 2021 | Journal of Organizational Behavior - Member of the Editorial Review 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 | The International Journal of Human Resource Management | |
| since 2020 | Junior Management Science | |
| 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 2021 | WU Vienna - Senatskommission für Personalentwicklung - Mittelbau | |
| since 2020 | WU Vienna - Department Conference - Mittelbau representative | |
| Supervisor dissertation | ||
| 2017-2020 | University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley - External committee member | |
Publications
Journal article
| 2022 |
Cerar, Jelena, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Nell, Phillip C. 2022. Fostering operational management “Best Practices” in subsidiary plants in the Western Balkans: The role of MNC home-country environment and resource allocation. Journal of International Management. 28 (2)
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| 2021 | Lazarova, Mila, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Dickmann, Michael, Brewster, Chris, Cerdin, Jean-Luc. 2021. Career satisfaction of expatriates in humanitarian inter-governmental organizations. Journal of World Business. 56 (4) | (Details) | |
| Reiche, B Sebastian, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Westman, Mina, Chen, Shoshi, Wurtz, Olivier, Lazarova, Mila, Shaffer, Margaret. 2021. Expatriate Work Role Engagement and the Work-Family Interface: A Conditional Crossover and Spillover Perspective. Human Relations. | (Details) | ||
| 2020 | Dimitrova, Mihaela, Reiche, Sebastian, Westman, Mina, Chen, Shoshi, Wurtz, Olivier, Lazarova, Mila, Shaffer, Margaret. 2020. Expatriate Work Role Engagement: A Conditional Crossover and Spillover Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020 (1) | (Details) | |
| 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) | ||
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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. 41 (4), 369-383.
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| 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 | Dimitrova, Mihaela, Reiche, Sebastian, Westman, Mina, Chen, Shoshi, Wurtz, Olivier, Lazarova, Mila, Shaffer, Margaret. 2020. Expatriate Work Role Engagement: A Conditional Crossover and Spillover Perspective. Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 07.08-11.08. | (Details) | |
| Lazarova, Mila, Wurtz, Olivier, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Shaffer, Margaret. 2020. Global career success of diplomats. 1st Careers Division (AOM) Community Conference, Vienna, Österreich, 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) | ||
| Cerar, Jelena, Dimitrova, Mihaela, Nell, Phillip C. 2020. MNC resources and country of origin – a key to good operational management practices in subsidiary plants in the Western Balkans? European International Business Academy (EIBA), Online, Belgien, 10.12.-12.12. | (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
- 2021
- Proactive adaptation behaviors of expatriate newcomers: A dynamic perspective on the expatriate adjustment process (2021-2022) (Details)