CURRICULUM VITAEAIDA HAJRO

Address:Brunel University LondonCollege of Business, Arts & Social SciencesBrunel Business SchoolEastern Gateway Building, Brunel University London,Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United KingdomEmail: aida.hajro@brunel.ac.uk

Current academic positions: Brunel University London: Lecturer in International Business (full time) Vienna University of Economics and Business: Assistant Professor in International Business

(25% position)

Former academic and professional posts held: Brunel University London: Deputy Director of MBA Programmes from May, 2011 to August,

2012 (1 st maternity leave : September, 2009 to September, 2010 and 2 nd maternity leave : August, 2012 to July, 2013)

Middlesex University Business School: Lecturer in International Business, September, 2007 – September, 2008

Vienna University of Economics and Business: Research and teaching assistant at the Research Institute for European Affairs from September, 2004 until September 2007

Degrees and postgraduate qualifications: Dr. rer.soc.oec. (2007): Ph.D. in International Business/Management, WU Wien, Austria.

Thesis: “Multinational Teams in European and American Companies” Mag. rer.soc.oec. (2004): Master in International Business, WU Wien, Austria and

University of Texas at Austin

List of the most relevant and recent publications:Journal publications:

Hajro, A., Gibson, C., & Pudelko, M. (accepted). Knowledge Exchange Processes in Multicultural Teams: Linking Organizational Diversity Climates to Teams’ Effectiveness. Academy of Management Journal.

Hajro, A. 2015. Cultural influences and the mediating role of socio-cultural integration processes on the performance of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 26, No. 2.

Hajro, A. and Mandal, A. 2011. Individual-level outcomes in poorly managed cross-border mergers and acquisitions: a holistic view of the relevant processes. Schmalenbach Business Review, Issue 3/11.

Hajro, A. and Pudelko, M. 2010. An analysis of core-competences of successful multinational team leaders. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 10, No. 2.

Hajro, A. 2009. Corporate Culture: What do we know and where do we go from here? European Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Hajro, A. 2009. Contextual influences on multinational teams: empirical evidence from an Austrian company. European Journal of International Management, Vol. 3, No. 1.

Numic, A. 2006. Multinational team norms in German and American companies, Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, Vol. 5: 205- 234.

Book publications: Numic, A. 2008. Multinational Teams in European and American Companies, Peter Lang

Publishing: Frankfurt.

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Hajro, A. 2011. External Conditions – Multilevel System Context; in Management through Collaboration: Teaming in a Networked World, Ed. Wankel Charles, Routledge Publishers, NY.

Publications in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings: Hajro, A. 2013. Opening the black box of cross-border merger and acquisition dynamics:

cultural influences and the mediating role of socio-cultural integration processes. Academy of Management Best Paper Conference Proceedings (paper nominated for Academy of Management IMD Skolkovo Best Paper Award, Academy of Management IMD Douglas Nigh Best Paper Award and Academy of Management IMD Gustavson School of Business Best Paper Award Finalist).

Hajro, A. and Pudelko, M. 2012. Multinational Teams: How Team Interactions Mediate Between Cultural Differences and Team Performance. Academy of Management Best Paper Conference Proceedings (winner of the Academy of Management Robert H. Schaffer Award for the Best Paper in Applied International Management and nominated for the Academy of Management Skolkovo Best Paper Award ).

Hajro, A. and Mandal, A. 2010. Undesired individual-level outcomes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A process approach. Academy of Management Best Paper Conference Proceedings (paper nominated for Academy of Management IMD Samsung Best Paper Award and Academy of Management IMD Best Paper in Strategy/IB Theory Award).

Hajro, A. and Pudelko, M. 2009. Multinational teams in the context of organizational culture: A multi-company case study. Academy of Management Best Paper Conference Proceedings (paper nominated for the Academy of Management IMD Samsung Best Paper Award and Academy of Management IMD UMSL Best Paper in OB / HRM / OT Award).

Work in progress:Journal articles in preparation:

Hajro, A., Gibson, C., & Pudelko, M. (in preparation for Organization Science). Knowledge Implementation Processes in Multicultural Teams:  Linking Cultural Configurations and Organizational Strategic Focus to Teams’ Outcomes.

Hajro, A., Gibson, C., & Pudelko, M. (in preparation for Journal of International Business Studies). From team formation to team consolidation: The role of cross-cultural interactions in multicultural teams.

Hajro, A. (in preparation; target to be decided). Bottom-up processes of enacting new organizational schemata: the role of routines and improvisational learning processes in teams

Stahl, G., Friedrich, D., & Hajro, A.  (in preparation for International Journal of Human Resource Management). Challenges, coping strategies and adjustment of highly-qualified immigrants from non-EU countries.

Stahl, G. & Hajro, A. (in preparation; target to be decided). Building a strong corporate social responsibility climate: Antecedents, consequences, interventions.

A record of research funded: 2013- 2014: Athena Swan Research Award (£14,697.88): Team Learning: Linking

Organization Structure and Functional Diversity to Team Outcomes 2013-2014: British Academy of Management Award (£5,325.0): A strategy for tolerating

forays into the unknown: the role of intra-organisational networks in translating team learning into organisational learning

2011-2012: BRIEF Award (£11,287.2): Exploring the impact of organisational values and norms on team learning

Key international cooperation partners: Prof. Cristina Gibson (The University of Western Austria) Prof. Markus Pudelko (Tuebingen University) Prof. Michael Mueller-Camen (Vienna University of Economics and Business & Middlesex

University) Prof. Guenter Stahl (Vienna University of Economics and Business & INSEAD)

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Academic honours: 2013 Athena Swan Research Award 2013 Academy of Management IMD Skolkovo Best Paper Award Finalist, August, 2013,

Lake Buena Vista, USA (single authored paper) 2013 Academy of Management IMD Douglas Nigh Best Paper Award Finalist, August,

2013, Lake Buena Vista, USA (single authored paper) 2013 Academy of Management IMD Gustavson School of Business Best Paper Award

Finalist (Best Qualitative Paper in International Business), August, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, USA (single authored paper)

2013 British Academy of Management Award 2012 Academy of Management IMD Robert H. Schaffer Award for the Best Paper in

Applied International Management, August, 2012, Boston, USA (with second co-author Markus Pudelko) out of 491 submissions

2012 Academy of Management IMD Skolkovo Best Paper Award Finalist, August, 2012, Boston, USA (with second co-author Markus Pudelko) for being among the best 5 international management papers overall out of 491 submissions

2011 BRIEF Award awarded at Brunel University 2010 EIASM BEST PAPER AWARD, EIASM 8th conference on international strategy and

cross cultural management, October, 2010, Tubingen, Germany (with second co-author Abhijit Mandal)

2010 Academy of Management IMD Samsung Best Paper Award Finalist, August, 2010, Montreal, Canada (with second co-author Abhijit Mandal) for being among the best 15 international management papers overall out of 415 submissions

2010 Academy of Management IMD Best Paper in Strategy/IB Theory Award Finalist, August, 2010, Montreal, Canada (with second co-author Abhijit Mandal) for being among the best 5 international management papers in the areas of strategy/IB theory out of 415 submissions

2009 Academy of Management IMD Samsung Best Paper Award Finalist, August, 2009, Chicago, USA (with second co-author Markus Pudelko) for being among the best 4 international management papers overall out of 438 submissions

2009 Academy of Management IMD UMSL Best Paper in OB / HRM / OT Award Finalist, August, 2009, Chicago, USA (with second co-author Markus Pudelko) for being among the best 5 international management papers in the areas of organizational behaviour / human resource management / organizational theory out of 438 submissions

2008 Stephan Koren Award (WU Wien Best Dissertation Award), awarded at WU Wien, Austria

2007 EIASM BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD, EIASM 5th conference on international strategy and cross cultural management, Istanbul, Turkey (with second co-author Alexandra Rubesch)

2007 Dr. Maria Schaumayer PhD Dissertation Award awarded at WU Wien, Austria

Invited lectures: 2014 ‘Climate for inclusion, knowledge exchange processes and cognitive

integration/differentiation in multicultural teams’, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Vienna, 02 April

2012 ‘What Matters for the Performance of Multinational Teams?’, ESCP Europe, Paris, 04 December (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2012 ‘How Multinational Teams Work Effectively’, Doshisha University, Business School, Kyoto, 12 October (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2012 ‘How Multinational Teams Negotiate a Hybrid Team Culture’, University of New South Wales, Australian Business School, Sydney, 29 March (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

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2012 ‘Linking Cultural Differences to Multinational Team Performance’, Melbourne University, Faculty of Business and Economics, 15 March (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2011 ‘The Effectiveness of Multinational Teams: An Interaction Based Approach’, Kyoto University, 05 October (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2011 ‘The Relevance of Organizational Culture for the Interactions in Multinational Teams’, Seminar at the School of Knowledge Science, Japan Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Kanazawa, 16 September (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2011 ‘Hybrid Team Culture in Multinational Teams: An Interplay of Internal Interaction Dynamics and Organizational Culture’, Seminar at Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, 16 June (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2011 ‘Cross-Cultural Interactions: Studying Multinational Teams Beyond the Comparison of Cultural Value Dimensions’, University of Edinburgh Business School, 13 April (presented by co-author Markus Pudelko)

2011 ‘The Relevance of Interaction Research in the Context of Multinational Teams’, Kent University Business School, Canterbury, 01 February (presented my co-author Markus Pudelko)

2008 ‘Multinational Teams: What do we know and where do we go from here?’ Research Seminar at Edinburgh University Business School, 24 April

Academic service: Membership: Work and Organisation Research Centre (WORK) at Brunel University

London, Academy of Management (AoM) Reviewer: Human Relations, International Journal of Cross-cultural Management, European

Journal of International Management, European Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management, Asian Business and Management Journal

Editorial Board: European Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management (EJCCM)

Consulting: To advice companies on cross-border M&A dynamics, team management, creation of

learning centred organisational cultures, and effective management of intra-organisational networks aimed at translating team learning into organisational learning (clients: British Airways, Siemens, K&M International, Henkel CEE, Mead Johnson)

Leadership tasks: Deputy Director of MBA Programmes Responsibilities include: a) strengthening Brunel

University’s research collaboration with the corporate sector, b) developing the process by which the university markets to and engages with companies for MBA business projects, c) organising company tours and MBA social events, d) working with the rest of the AMBA re-accreditation team in preparing for the May 2012 visit (Brunel Business School MBA programme has been AMBA re-accredited in May, 2012 for a three year period of time), e) representing the MBA at any University level panels, boards and meetings as appropriate, f) attending MBA recruitment fairs and events.

Teaching qualifications: Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in the UK

(September, 2008 - July, 2011, Brunel University) Trainee program (September, 2004 - September, 2005, Vienna University of Economics and

Business)Teaching experience:Teaching experience (top and middle level management of British Airways):

Topic: organizational learning

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Participants: Head of Talent, Leadership & Learning Academy, Head of Product & Service, Head of Customer Learning Academy, Head of Flight Technical and Training, Head of Ground Ops Quality & Training, General Manager Engineering, Corporate & Innovations Learning Manager, Head of Operational Safety, Learning and Development Manager, Learning Academy Governance & Account Manager, Engineering Training Manager, Team Manager - Corporate & Innovations, Team Manager - Training Delivery, SEP/AVMED Manager, Learning and Talent Development Manager EURAPA, Planning and Scheduling Manager, Learning Innovations Consultant, Learning and Development Consultant

Teaching experience (undergraduate, MSc and executive/full-time MBA level) in the UK at Middlesex and Brunel University (2007-2011):

International Business Environment (Undergraduate Level: 1st year, Module Leadership) International Business in Emerging Markets (Undergraduate Level: 2nd year, Module

Leadership) International Business Strategy (Undergraduate Level: 3rd year, Module Leadership) Cross-cultural Management (Undergraduate Level: 3rd year) Issues and Controversies in Management Projects (Undergraduate Level: 3rd year) International and Comparative Human Resource Management (MSc Level, Module

Leadership) Understanding Business and Management Research Methods (MSc Level): Business Project and Professional Development (Executive and full-time MBA, Module

Leadership) International Business Strategy (Executive and full-time MBA)

Teaching experience in Austria at Vienna University of Economics and Business (2004-2007): International Huma Resource Management Spezielle der Betriebswirtschaftslehre:

o Vorlesung: Auslaendische Direktinvestitionen (approximately 120 students)o Vertiefungskurs: Auslaendische Direktinvestitionen (approximately 30 students)o Interdisziplinaeres Seminar Wirtschaft und Raum (approximately 60 students

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