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Professor Betina Szkudlarek
MA, Katowice; PhD (Cum Laude) RSM Erasmus University
Associate Dean Research Education
Professor of Management
Professor of Management
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Betina Szkudlarek is a Professor in Management at the University of Sydney Business School. She also holds the post of a Strategic Sustainability and Growth Consultant with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). Betina’s core research and consulting expertise lie at the intersection of cross-cultural management, international human resource management, and management of diversity.
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Betina Szkudlarek’s internationally recognised research can be categorised in the following four streams:
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Cross-cultural management and international human resource management
Betina has been working with the intercultural community of professional trainers and coaches for over ten years publishing research on cross-cultural training, as well as analysing the professionalization efforts of the community. Within this stream Betina’s focus has been on improving communication within increasingly multicultural workplaces and facilitating adjustment for employees relocating internationally. She is a lead editor of the special issue on Intercultural Communication in the Journal of World Business and a lead editor of the SAGE Handbook of Contemporary Cross-Cultural Management. -
Cross-cultural education and training
Within this stream Betina’s work is focused on cross-cultural training effectiveness and its ethical execution. Betina’s interest in corporate cross-cultural training finds extension in her work on education practices. In particular, Betina’s research interest lies in the transformative nature of educational practices. -
Repatriation and re-entry knowledge transfer
Betina is a world-renowned expert in the domain of repatriation and re-entry knowledge transfer. Her work in this domain looks at the criticality of repatriate readjustment to their home country and home organization, and how employees can be best supported throughout this challenging transition. Of special interest is the optimization of the re-entry knowledge transfer process, which could provide companies with an inimitable competitive advantage in the increasingly global workplace. -
Refugee labour integration
Betina’s most recent research project is centred around the topical issue of refugee labour integration. Betina is a recipient of the “Integrating refugees in the workforce, the role of host country social support” grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and has an extensive research agenda around this topic The main aim behind this stream of research is facilitation of refugee labour integration as well as bringing the topic of refugees and non-expatriate migrants to the forefront of business practice.
- BUSS6101 Elective Option
- CEMS6008 Research Project
- FMBA5012 Building Global Capability
- IBUS6002 Cross-Cultural Management
- MIBS6002 Global Management and Culture
- Winner of the 2022 International HRM Scholarly Research Award from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management.
- Winner of the 2022 Research Impact on Practice Award, from the Network for Business Sustainability and the Organisations and the Natural Environment Divisions of the Academy of Management.
- Winner of the 2022 Award for Actionable Insights from the Academy of International Business (AIB).
- 2022 Top Cited Article Award (2020-2021) at the International Journal of Management Reviews.
- 2021 Emerald Outstanding Author Contribution (Advances in Global Leadership book chapter).
- 2020 Research Engagement of the Year Award, The University of Sydney Business School
- 2020 The Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, The University of Sydney Business School.
- 2019 SUPRA Teacher of the Year Award.
- 2018 SUPRA Supervisor of the Year Award.
| Project title | Research student |
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| How can Business Advance Social Cohesion | Benny SHEN |
Selected publications
Management Across Cultures: Challenges, Strategies, and Skills (5th ed.)
(Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 12)
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020)
Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 13)
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020)
The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary Cross-Cultural Management
(Sage Publications Ltd , 2020)
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Publications
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Books
- Steers, R., Osland, J., Szkudlarek, B. (2024). Management Across Cultures: Challenges, Strategies, and Skills (5th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Osland, J., Reiche, B., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M. (2021). Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Osland, J., Reiche, B., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M. (2020). Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 12). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Osland, J., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M., Reiche, B. (2020). Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 13). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
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Book Chapters
- Szkudlarek, B. (2022). An Interview with Milena Pighi, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at the BMW Group. In J.S. Osland, B.S. Reiche, B. Szkudlarek, M.E. Mendenhall (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14), (pp. 221-225). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Osland, J., Reiche, B., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M. (2022). Global Leadership Effectiveness: First Steps and Future Directions. In J.S. Osland, B.S. Reiche, B. Szkudlarek, M.E. Mendenhall (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14), (pp. 249-259). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Lee, E., Roy, P., Szkudlarek, B. (2021). Integrating Refugees Into the Workplace - A Collaborative Approach. In M. Chavan, L. Taksa (Eds.), Intercultural Management in Practice: Learning to Lead Diverse Global Organizations, (pp. 121-129). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
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Journals
- Szkudlarek, B., Nardon, L., Toh, S. (2024). A temporal perspective on refugee employment - Advancing HRM theory and practice. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(2), 275-291. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B., Alvesson, M. (2024). DOING SILENCE: HOW SILENCE IS PRODUCED IN MEETINGS. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 23(2), 304-324. [More Information]
- Vazquez Hernandez, C., Garbuio, M., Szkudlarek, B. (2024). How Do Stereotypical Representations Affect Judgments of New Product Success? An Empirical Investigation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 8503-8516. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Lee, E., Szkudlarek, B. (2021). THE HRM-CSR NEXUS AND STAKEHOLDER CO-DEPENDENCY: INVESTIGATING REFUGEE EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2021: Bringing the Manager Back in Management, AoM 2021, New York: Academy of Management. [More Information]
- Bird, A., Maznevski, M., Michailova, S., Szkudlarek, B., Taras, V. (2020). Broadening our Sight by Expanding our Horizons: The Future of Intercultural Competence Research. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Virtual Conference: Academy of Management. [More Information]
- Ratle, O., Robinson, S., Krishnamurty, K., Alvesson, M., Sliwa, M., Szkudlarek, B., Fleming, P., Bridgman, T., Kerr, R., Harley, B., et al (2020). Broadening our Sight on Academia. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Virtual Conference: Academy of Management.
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Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Szkudlarek, B. (2010). Coming home-understanding the corporate re-entry of international employees. RSM insight, 2.
Report
- Szkudlarek, B., Lee, E., Jansen-Nicorescu, F. (2022). Employing people from a refugee background: bridging the gap between intention and action. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B., Lee, E., Jansen-Nicorescu, F. (2022). Employing people from a refugee background: how to bridge the gap between intention and action. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B. (2019). Engaging business in refugee employment: the employer's perspective. [More Information]
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2024
- Szkudlarek, B., Nardon, L., Toh, S. (2024). A temporal perspective on refugee employment - Advancing HRM theory and practice. Human Resource Management Journal, 34(2), 275-291. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B., Alvesson, M. (2024). DOING SILENCE: HOW SILENCE IS PRODUCED IN MEETINGS. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 23(2), 304-324. [More Information]
- Vazquez Hernandez, C., Garbuio, M., Szkudlarek, B. (2024). How Do Stereotypical Representations Affect Judgments of New Product Success? An Empirical Investigation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 8503-8516. [More Information]
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2023
- Szkudlarek, B., Nguyen, L., Leung, A. (2023). Effectual entrepreneurship, ethics and suboptimal service designs. Journal of Knowledge Management, 27(2), 506-526. [More Information]
2022
- Szkudlarek, B. (2022). An Interview with Milena Pighi, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at the BMW Group. In J.S. Osland, B.S. Reiche, B. Szkudlarek, M.E. Mendenhall (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14), (pp. 221-225). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B., Lee, E., Jansen-Nicorescu, F. (2022). Employing people from a refugee background: bridging the gap between intention and action. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B., Lee, E., Jansen-Nicorescu, F. (2022). Employing people from a refugee background: how to bridge the gap between intention and action. [More Information]
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2021
- Osland, J., Reiche, B., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M. (2021). Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 14). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Alvesson, M., Szkudlarek, B. (2021). Honorable Surrender: On the Erosion of Resistance in a University Setting. Journal of Management Inquiry, 30(4), 407-420. [More Information]
- Nardon, L., Zhang, H., Szkudlarek, B., Gulanowski, D. (2021). Identity work in refugee workforce integration: The role of newcomer support organizations. Human Relations, 74(12), 1994-2020. [More Information]
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2020
- Osland, J., Reiche, B., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M. (2020). Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 12). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Osland, J., Szkudlarek, B., Mendenhall, M., Reiche, B. (2020). Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 13). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
- Reiche, B., Mendenhall, M., Szkudlarek, B., Osland, J. (2020). At the Heart and Beyond: What Can Global Leadership Researchers Learn from Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic? In J.S. Osland, B. Szkudlarek, M.E. Mendenhall, B.S. Reiche (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership (Advances in Global Leadership, Vol. 13), (pp. 261-282). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. [More Information]
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2019
- Nielsen, K., Osland, J., Li, M., Lovely, W., Lyndgaard, D., Maznevski, M., Mortensen, E., Reiche, B., Szkudlarek, B. (2019). Best Practices for Teaching Global Leadership. International Business in an Unsettling Political and Economic Environment 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark: Academy of International Business.
- Szkudlarek, B., Nardon, L., Osland, J. (2019). Beyond the Elites: From Expatriation to Refugee Workforce Integration. International Business in an Unsettling Political and Economic Environment 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark: Academy of International Business.
- Szkudlarek, B. (2019). Engaging business in refugee employment: the employer's perspective. [More Information]
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2018
- Lee, E., Szkudlarek, B., Nguyen, D., Nardon, L. (2018). Elephant in the room: IHRM and refugee workforce integration. Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference, Brisbane, Australia: Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy.
- Nardon, L., Zhang, H., Szkudlarek, B., Gulanowski, D. (2018). Employment support and refugee workforce integration. 11th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS 2018), Toronto, Canada: Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS).
- Vazquez Hernandez, C., Garbuio, M., Szkudlarek, B. (2018). Intuition in Innovation Management. XXIX ISPIM Innovation Conference, Manchester, UK: ISPIM Innovation Conference.
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2017
- Osland, J., Szkudlarek, B., Oddou, G., Deller, J., Blakeney, R., Furuya, N. (2017). A Multi-Country Study of Repatriate Characteristics in the Repatriate Knowledge Transfer Process. Academy of International Business: Western USA Chapter 2017 Annual Conference, San Jose, United States: Academy of International Business.
- Szkudlarek, B., Romani, L. (2017). From an Imperialist to a Responsible Agenda: Going beyond the Limitations of Cross-Cultural Training Models. Academy of International Business AIB 2017 Annual Meeting, Dubai, UAE, 2-5 July 2017: Academy of International Business.
- Gulanowski, D., Zhang, H., Nardon, L., Szkudlarek, B. (2017). Supporting newcomers: a critical review. Academy of International Business (AIB) US Northeast Conference, Philadelphia, USA: Academy of International Business.
2016
- Nguyen, L., Szkudlarek, B., Seymour, R. (2016). How funding relationships mediate social impact assessment practices of social enterprises? Social Impact Measurement: An international Perspective Workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam: VNU University of Economics and Business (UEB).
- Szkudlarek, B., Romani, L. (2016). Professionalization through dispersed institutional entrepreneurship: The case of the intercultural community. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 29(1), 93-107. [More Information]
- Osland, J., Szkudlarek, B., Oddou, G., Deller, J., Blakeney, R., Furuya, N. (2016). Revisiting the Repatriate Knowledge Transfer Model: A Qualitative Confirmation. Academy of International Business (AIB) 2016 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, United States: Academy of International Business.
2015
- Szkudlarek, B. (2015). Cross-cultural Management Educators (Teaching in the Rough: Opportunities and Challenges of Global Business/Management Education Symposium submission). 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2015), Vancouver, Canada: Academy of Management.
- Burmeister, A., Deller, J., Osland, J., Szkudlarek, B., Oddou, G., Blakeney, R. (2015). Repatriates' perspectives on the repatriate knowledge transfer process. 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2015, Philadelphia, United States: SIOP (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology).
- Nguyen, L., Szkudlarek, B., Seymour, R. (2015). Social impact measurement in social enterprises: An interdependence perspective. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 32(4), 224-237. [More Information]
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2014
- Nguyen, L., Seymour, R., Szkudlarek, B. (2014). Embeddedness, Resource Dependence and Social Impact Measurement: An Exploratory Study of Social Enterprises In Vietnam. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Research Exchange Conference 2014, Sydney, Australia: Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE).
- Szkudlarek, B., van Bakel, M. (2014). International Assignments for Global Leadership Development. In Bettina Gehrke and Marie-Therese Claes (Eds.), Global Leadership Practices: A Cross-Cultural Management Perspective, (pp. 102-117). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Nguyen, L., Szkudlarek, B., Seymour, R. (2014). Social Impact Evaluation & Resource Allocation in Social Enterprises: An Inter-Organizational & Relational Perspective. 30th European Group for Organizational Studies EGOS Colloquium 2014, Rotterdam, Netherlands: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS).
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2013
- Szkudlarek, B. (2013). Book Review: Cross-Cultural Management in Practice: Culture and Negotiated Meanings, by Henriett Primecz, Laurence Romani, and Sonja Sackmann. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2012, 165 pp. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 12(3), 532-533.
- Valk, R., van der Velde, M., van Engen, M., Szkudlarek, B. (2013). International assignment and repatriation experiences of Indian international assignees in The Netherlands. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 21(3), 335-356. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B. (2013). Is there a universal ethics? HQ-Subsidiary relations. In Stephen P Robbins & Timothy A Judge (Eds.), Organizational Behavior (15th Edition). Upper Saddle River, United States: Prentice Hall.
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2012
- Gibson, C., Szkudlarek, B., McDaniel, D. (2012). Tales From the (Multinational) Field: Toward Developing Research Conducive to Proximal Theory Building. In Ann Marie Ryan; Frederick T. L. Leong; Frederick L. Oswald (Eds.), Conducting Multinational Research: Applying Organizational Psychology in the Workplace, (pp. 9-27). Washington DC, United States: American Psychological Association. [More Information]
2011
- Szkudlarek, B. (2011). Beyond Dispersed Institutional Entrepreneurship - interplay between change and professionalization. 71st Academy of Management Annual Meeting AOM2011, San Antonio.
2010
- Szkudlarek, B. (2010). Coming home-understanding the corporate re-entry of international employees. RSM insight, 2.
- Szkudlarek, B. (2010). Reentry-A review of the literature. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34(1), 1-21. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B., McDaniel, D. (2010). Reopening the boxes - proximal theorizing in organizational research. 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, United States: Academy of Management.
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2009
- Szkudlarek, B. (2009). Intercultural Learning in Business Context. 51st Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business AIB 2009, United States: Academy of International Business.
- Szkudlarek, B. (2009). Through western eyes: Insights into the intercultural training field. Organization Studies, 30(9), 975-986. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B. (2009). Understanding Corporate Reentry. 51st Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business AIB 2009, United States: Academy of International Business.
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2008
- Szkudlarek, B. (2008). Reentry Training - A Forgotten Component of International HRM. 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business AIB 2008, United States: Academy of International Business.
- Szkudlarek, B., Magala, S. (2008). The West, the Rest, and Ethics - Essay on Intercultural Training. 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, United States: Academy of Management.
2007
- Szkudlarek, B. (2007). Actor-Network Theory - ontologizing realities. 49th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business AIB 2007, United States: Academy of International Business.
- Szkudlarek, B. (2007). Enter the Reentry – a Critical Account of the Intercultural Training Industry. International Association of Cross Cultural Competence and Management Conference: Cross-cultural life of Social Values 2007.
- Szkudlarek, B. (2007). Reentry Training - Beyond the State of the Art. 5th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management.
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2006
- Szkudlarek, B. (2006). On Cross-Cultural Re-entry Training – critical account. Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry 2006.
2005
- Szkudlarek, B. (2005). 'Cross-Cultural Re-entry Training: The State-of-the-art. International Association of Cross Cultural Competence and Management Conference 2005.
- Szkudlarek, B. (2005). Book Review: Building Cross-cultural Competence:How to Create Wealth from Conflicting Values. Management Learning, 46(4), 518-523. [More Information]
- Szkudlarek, B. (2005). Book review: “Building Cross-cultural Competence: How to Create Wealth from Conflicting Values� by Charles Hampden-Turner and Fons Trompenaars. Management Learning, 36(4), 518-523.
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Selected Grants
2024
- Cross-sector collaborations in advancing refugee workforce integration, Szkudlarek B, Community Corporate Pty Ltd/Industry Partnership Grant
2016
- Integrating refugees in the workforce: the role of host country social support, Szkudlarek B, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada/Research Support
