Aida Hajro
Lecturer
Contact Details
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Summary
Dr Aida Hajro is Lecturer in International Business at Brunel University Business School. In addition, she is the Deputy Director of the Brunel MBA programme. She previously held positions at Middlesex University in London and Vienna University of Economics (WU) in Austria. She earned an MSc degree in International Business from Vienna University of Economics (WU) and the University of Texas in Austin. She holds a PhD degree from the Vienna University of Economics (WU), where she has previously worked as assistant professor at the Research Institute for European Affairs.
Her research interests include cross-border mergers and acquisitions, multinational teams, knowledge transfer and organisational learning. Dr. Hajro is member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management (EJCCM). For her research she has been awarded the Maria Schaumayer PhD Dissertation Award, the Stephan Koren Award for the Best PhD Dissertation of the Vienna University of Economics (WU) completed in 2007, and the European Institute of Advanced Management Studies Best Student Paper Award. She has also been the Academy of Management International Management Best Paper Finalist in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Dr. Hajro has taught a variety of classes in German and English including Foreign Direct Investment, Transnational Management, Cross-cultural Management, Economics, Research Methods, International and Comparative HRM, and International Business.
Teaching and Research
Teaching
International Business Environment
Management in Developing Countries
Cross-cultural Management
International Business Strategy
Research Interests
- Cross-cultural Management
- Multinational Teams
- Team Leadership
- Knowledge Management
- Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions
Awards
- BRIEF Award: Brunel University internal funding for a research project
- Academy of Management Robert H. Schaffer Award for the Best Paper in Applied International Management, August, 2012, Boston, USA
- Academy of Management IMD Samsung Best Paper Award Finalist, August 7th 2010, Montreal, Canada
- Academy of Management IMD Best Paper in Strategy / IB Theory Award Finalist, August 7th 2010, Montreal, Canada
- Academy of Management IMD Samsung Best Paper Award Finalist, August 10th 2009, Chicago, IL
- Academy of Management IMD UMSL Best Paper in OB / HRM / OT Award Finalists, August 10th 2009, Chicago, IL
- Stephan Koren Award for the Best PhD Dissertation of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration completed in 2007
- EIASM BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD: Numic, Aida & Rubesch, Alexandra. 2007. What does make a multinational team leader successful? (EIASM 5th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 28.09).
- Dr. Maria Schaumayer PhD Dissertation Award
Research Centres
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2011) Hajro, A. and Mandal, A., Individual-level outcomes in poorly managed cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A holistic view of the relevant processes, Schmalenbach Business Review Special Issue 3/11 92- 116
(2010) Hajro, A. and Pudelko, M., An analysis of core-competences of successful multinational team leaders, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 10 (2) : 175- 194
(2009) Hajro, A., Contextual influences on multinational teams: Empirical evidence from an Austrian company, European Journal of International Management 3 (1) : 111- 129
(2009) Hajro, A., Corporate culture: what do we know and where do we go from here?, European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management 1 (1) : 34- 41
(2006) Numic, A., Multinational team norms in German and American companies, Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management 5 205- 234
(Accepted) Hajro, A., 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 (31/12/9999)
Conference Papers
(2012) Hajro, A. and Pudelko, M., Multinational Teams: How Team Interactions Mediate Between Cultural Differences and Team Performance, Academy of Management, Academy of Management Best Paper Conference Proceedings
(2010) Hajro, A. and Mandal, A., Undesired individual-level outcomes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A process approach, Academy of Management, 2010 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
(2009) Hajro, A. and Pudelko, M., Multinational teams in the context of organizational culture: A multi-company case study, 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2009 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
(2006) Numic, A., Performance of multinational teams at Henkel CEE, 2006 Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, 2006
Book Chapters
(2011) Hajro, A., External conditions – multilevel system context. In: Wankel, C. ed. Management Through Collaboration: Teaming in a Networked World. New York : Routledge
Books
(2008) Numic, A., Multinational teams in European and American companies. Peter Lang Publishing
