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Research seminar at Ca Foscari University, Venice
Filed under: events, trips | Tags: social networks, HRM, research seminar, venice
Leave a Comment This Monday I held a research seminar entitled “Social network perspectives and methodology in HRM research” to a group of PhD students and colleagues at Ca’ Foscari University, Faculty of Economics. Located in the Italian city of Venice, it was founded in 1868 as the first Italian business college. The main building of the University, Ca’ Foscari Palace, is placed in a strategic position on the bend of the Grand Canal, in the heart of Venice. The audience had several really challenging questions about the topic. In addition, we discussed various publishing strategies.
The hosts were extremely hospitable and my stay in this beautiful city was very enjoyable.
Research Seminar at the Dublin City Universtiy (LInK Centre)
Today I am talking at the DCU LInK and meeting my Irish colleagues. The topic of my talk will be:
How can we use social network perspectives in HRM research: An example and a look ahead.
The UK tour and the Academy Annual Meeting in Chicago
Filed under: events, trips | Tags: AOM, EURAM, knowledge networks, pdw
Leave a Comment I really liked late spring and summer this year. It was a very productive time for me and colleagues that share interest in similar research themes. I think we really got the ball rolling as far as research on social networks and HRM is concerned.
In May I was on “the UK tour”. It started by co-organizing a special track “Knowledge renewal in knowledge networks” at the EURAM 2009 conference in Liverpool (with Miha Škerlavaj, Juani Swart and John Powell) and continued with research seminars at the University of Bath and the Cardiff University. Special thanks here go to Juani Swart and John Powell, who were excellent hosts and provided the opportunity to share my work and ideas with people of these two highly respected institutions. Apart from talks about social networks, HRM, and professional service firms we also discussed differences in faculty management systems, challenges of teaching executives and the good old “publish or perish” issue.
The beginning of August was all about the Annual Academy of Management meeting in Chicago. I really enjoyed it because I could combine my social network and HRM interests in one conference, which is not very often. I met a lot of very nice and interesting people and learned a lot. Apart from that Zella King and I organized a PDW on “Social network perspectives in HRM research”; the attendance level indicated that the interest for this perspectives is rising among HRM researches. My job at the PDW was to do the introduction (you will find an overview of my talk under Resources). The feedback on the PDW was great – we now plan a mini-conference for March and a special issue about HRM and social networks in the near future.
Research Seminar at Copenhagen Business School
Filed under: events, trips | Tags: HRM, methodology, research seminar, social network perspectives
Leave a Comment This Wednesday I was speaking at the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. See the abstract of the research seminar below:
Practical Issues of Adopting Social Network Perspectives and Methodologies in HRM Research
In the seminar the research project Effects of HR Practices on Knowledge Transfer in Knowledge-Intensive Firms: The Mediating Role of Social Network Dimensions will be used as an example of how social network perspectives and methodology can be used in human resource management research. Decisions that a researcher has to make when adopting social network perspectives and the tools that are available will be presented and discussed. The emphasis will be on developing appropriate research designs, gathering actor-based and relational data, selecting appropriate methods for data analysis, and performing confirmatory social network analyses (MRQAP, p*). The seminar will conclude with a discussion about opportunities and limitations of social network perspectives and methodology for management research in the near future.
I have really enjoyed the hospitality of my hosts and together with my colleagues Dana Minbaeva and Zella King made significant progress on a very promising research paper.
Strategic HRM Lecture for Mercator Academy
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Leave a Comment Last Friday I gave a lecture on Strategic HRM at the Mercator Academy. Mercator is the largest Slovenian retailer and a very important player in SE Europe employing over 20.000 people. Mercator Academy is a learning and networking facilitator for high potential young employes who are trained to become the future leaders of the company. They were presented various approaches to designing and implementing HRM strategy. I enjoyed vivid interaction with participants and excellent discussion about the HRM strategy in Mercator.
