52 blog postings January 2018 - December 2018

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Transfer of HR practices in multinational companies

Research by Barbara Myloni - my first PhD student - on local isomorphism versus internal consistency in multinationals

18 Dec 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Own your place in the world by writing a book

A passionate plea to consider publishing a book at least once in your academic career

11 Dec 2018 - Nico Pizzolato

CYGNA: Understand your co-author(s) & yourself with MBTI

Reports on our 23rd CYGNA meeting with a certified MBTI trainer

07 Dec 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to promote your research achievements without being obnoxious?

Provides some quick and easy to implement tips on how to promote your academic work

01 Dec 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Out now: International HRM, 5th Edition

Introducing the 5th edition of my textbook International Human Resource Management

28 Nov 2018 - Sebastian Reiche

Google Scholar Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better

Provides a detailed discussion of how to use Google Scholar Profiles most effectively

24 Nov 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to ensure your research achieves the impact it deserves

Reports on my presentation at Tilburg University

17 Nov 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Why are there so few female Economics professors?

Short summary of my article in Economisch Statistische Berichten on gender bias and meritocracy in academia

11 Nov 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Managing expatriates' identity: subtle desire, big impact

Highlights the key findings of the exciting work on ethnic identity and expatriation by one of my former PhD students Shea Fan

01 Nov 2018 - Shea Fan

Language barriers in multinational companies

Reviews my research on the role of language in MNCs between 2003 and 2013

20 Oct 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Internal versus External promotion

Reports on our 22nd CYGNA meeting with a presentation giving tips for internal and external promotion applications

11 Oct 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

R&D Internationalization to China: MNEs new favourite destination

Shows how foreign MNEs transform low-value-adding operations in the South into high-value-adding R&D operations

10 Oct 2018 - Shasha Zhao

STI conference Leiden: metrics vs peer review

An extensive report on the conference, my presentation on the REF and gender initiatives

01 Oct 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Tips for promotion applications [4/4]

Part 4 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications

22 Sep 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Seven advantages of internal promotion [3/4]

Part 3 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications

15 Sep 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Seven reasons why external promotion is easier [2/4]

Part 2 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications

08 Sep 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

The Ethical Professor

Provides a short introduction to a book on ethical dilemmas in academic careers

04 Sep 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Internal versus external promotion [1/4]

Part 1 of a 4-part post which explains why internal promotion in academia might be harder to achieve than external promotion and gives tips for successful applications

01 Sep 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Four waves of R&D internationalization: the South as a destination of R&D related FDI

Introducing Shasha Zhao's work on the transformation of foreign MNEs’ low-value-adding operations in the South into high-value-adding R&D operations

29 Aug 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

63rd edition of the Journal Quality List on-line

New version of the Journal Quality List with the June 2018 CNRS update

29 Jul 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Middlesex University Summer 2018 writing boot-camp

Reports on the Summer 2018 writing boot-camp I organised at Cumberland Lodge near Windsor and links to the slides used

26 Jul 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

An Australian "productivity boom"? ... or maybe just a database expansion?

Shows how difficult longitudinal bibliometric analyses are when database coverage changes

24 Jul 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Resource collection for the summer holidays

Collates resources for all CYGNA meetings beween mid 2014 and mid 2018

25 Jun 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

On academic life: collaborations and active engagement

Martyna Sliwa's articles on the rationalities underlying research collaborations and getting involved in managing and shaping the university organizations we work for

19 Jun 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Language effects in international mail surveys

Explains how questionnaire language might influence the responses received in cross-cultural research

10 Jun 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Careers, mobility and belonging: foreign women academics in the UK

Reports on our 15th CYGNA meeting with a special emphasis on the challenges for female foreign academics in the UK

02 Jun 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to write for US journals with non-US data

Summarizes an editorial by Carol Kulik that explains how to position your research for an international reader

28 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Women academics in Australia and France

Reports on various CYGNA meetings with the theme of working in foreign countries

21 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Building your academic brand through engagement with social media

Reports on my presentation at the Free University of Amsterdam

18 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to keep up-to-date with the literature, but avoid information overload?

Provides tips on how to keep up-to-date without getting lost in social media overload

14 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Publishing in Management, Psychology and International Business

Reports on various CYGNA meetings with the general theme of publishing

09 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

English as a Lingua Franca in Academia

Reports on my presentation at Manchester Metropolitan University

07 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

WAIB Panel: Academic career strategies for women in the UK

Reports on a WAIB Panel at the AIB-UKI meeting in Birmingham April 2018

01 May 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Subsidiaries down-under: victims of their geographical isolation?

Systematically reviews the impact of geographical differences on the HQ-subsidiary relationship

23 Apr 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Social network analysis and managing large research teams

Reports on our 17th CYGNA meeting with presentations about social network analysis and managing large research teams

16 Apr 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to merge “stray citation" records?

Explains how to merge different occurrences of a paper in Publish or Perish

10 Apr 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Elected as AIB Fellow

Announces the news of my election as AIB Fellow

06 Apr 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

62nd edition of the Journal Quality List on-line

New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2018 ABS update

03 Apr 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Be nice AND get the corner office

Reports on our 21st CYGNA meeting with an emphasis on negotiating your employment conditions

02 Apr 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Publishing in Management Education Journals

Report on a seminar by Jon Billsberry at Middlesex University on the 5th of March 2018

28 Mar 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Where to submit your paper? Compare journals by impact

Shows how to use Publish or Perish to compare journals by impact

20 Mar 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Harzing.com blog 2 years old!

Celebrating my blog's second anniversary with the top-15 most read blogs

12 Mar 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Working effectively with support staff in academia

Reports on our 18th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on working with support staff and a discussion of boundaryless careers

06 Mar 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How you see me, How you don't

Does ethnic similarity help or hinder in the relationship between expats and locals: a conceptual framework based on self-verification theory

26 Feb 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

61st edition of the Journal Quality List on-line

New version of the Journal Quality List with the 2017 CNRS update and the 2018 HCERES update

23 Feb 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Gender researchers meeting

Reports on our 20th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on work-life balance

22 Feb 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Useful resources when preparing for journal submission

Presents some key resources to improve your chances of successful publication

13 Feb 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

CYGNA: Secondary data sources and research portfolios

Reports on our 19th CYGNA meeting with presentations about working with secondary data sources and balancing your research portfolio

07 Feb 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Take care of the little ants

One of the most funny and sad stories about office politics I have ever read

29 Jan 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

Middlesex University Winter 2018 writing boot-camp

Reports on the Winter 2018 writing boot-camp I organised at Cumberland Lodge near Windsor and links to the slides used

24 Jan 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to ensure your paper achieves the impact it deserves?

Discusses the workflow I use to communicate about a new paper

15 Jan 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing

New research monograph: Managing expatriates in China

Introducing my new research monograph with Ling Zhang and Shea Fan

02 Jan 2018 - Anne-Wil Harzing