June 2023:

Ukrainische Vertriebene in Oberösterreich - Kurzbefragung zu soziodemographischen Merkmalen, Bedürfnissen und Ressourcen

Im Rahmen eines Projektes über ukrainische Vertriebene, haben wir eine Befragung in Oberösterreich durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse unserer Kurzbefragung zeigen:

• Vertriebene sind überwiegend weiblich mit hohem Bildungsniveau

• Sie waren in der Ukraine mehrheitlich in höheren Positionen erwerbstätig, die meisten im Dienstleistungssektor

• Mehr als 2/3 möchten in Österreich Arbeit finden
• Die Zukunftspläne sind für die meisten allerdings noch unklar.

Wir führen derzeit auch eine qualitative Studie durch, wo deutlich wird, dass die meisten Vertriebenen sich zumindest mittelfristig in (Ober)Österreich sehen!

May 2023:

After a summer rainstorm, we managed to take a goodbye picture with our guest Prof. A. R. Elangovan at our wonderful Kepler hall at JKU. We are grateful for the insightful talks and meetings we had with A. R. Elangovan over the past few weeks. Have a good trip back and we hope to see you next year!

April 2023:

Professional talks from technician to technician: Within an excellent guest lecture DI Maria Pree stunningly showed strategic insights from multinational corporations to Polymer Master students, including cross-cultural teamwork and communication for business. Because it always pays off to see the bigger picture.

Thank you for managing this successful get-together,Theresa Irresberger!

April 2023:

We are thrilled to have Ryan Armstrong from the University of Barcelona joining us this semester. He is lecturing in our course Intercultural Competence. This is not his first time at JKU as we first met Ryan last year in March when he was a participant at the EURAM Early Career Colloquium hosted by Almina Bešić and Max Kuchenbauer. Our department will also hold a brown bag meeting to share research ideas and to pursue further collaboration possibilities. Glad to have you back!

April 2023:

The integration of refugees into European labour markets has been a hot topic for a while, with ongoing debates in policy and practice. However, the recent influx of individuals seeking refuge, primarily in European Union countries due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has brought this issue to the forefront once again. Therefore, we are excited to share with you the preliminary findings of our latest research on the "Practices of Labour Market Integration of Ukrainians in (Upper) Austria." Our qualitative research approach involved interviewing support organization members to gain a deeper understanding of the specificities and challenges of supporting Ukrainians in Austria. We have summarized our findings in a comprehensive Policy Brief, presenting you with an overview of our research. Currently, we are expanding our qualitative research by including perspectives from both companies that employ Ukrainians and Ukrainians in Austria themselves. This will give us a more complete understanding of labour market integration challenges and opportunities in Austria.

April 2023:

We are excited to share a new publication by Henriett Primecz

April 2023:

We are happy to share that Almina Bešić has published her newest research article in the Journal of International Management titled: Action, Reaction and Resignation: How Refugee Women and Support Organisations Respond to Labour Market Integration Challenges during the Covid-19 Pandemic  Thanks to the generous funding of Johannes Kepler University it is available open access here, opens an external URL in a new window

April 2023:

We had an eventful March and our team shared insights from ongoing research on the integration of Ukrainians at the labour market in Austria: Almina Besic, Henriett Primecz and Johannes Brandstetter presented first results on a study on the challenges of integrating Ukrainian women in the labour market at the WU Vienna Diversity Conference 2023       Almina also presented a book chapter with Renate Ortlieb on action networks in refugee integration at the WK ORG 2023 at JKU. Our research is ongoing, so watch this space for further updates!

March 2023:

The International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management (IACCM) organizes its next conference in Naples in 25th-27th October 2023 with the title of "Responsible Management: Social Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion". Please, consider to submit a maximum of 500-word abstract to the conference before June 30th 2023, 23:55 CET. See details in the call for papers.

February 2023:

We are excited to share 2 new publications by Henriett Primecz

February 2023:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer:

February 2023:

We are excited to share a new publication by Almina Besic on the labour market integration of refugees in Austria during the Covid-19 pandemic.

More details here: https://rdcu.be/c5F7p, opens an external URL in a new window

Dezember 2022:

We would like to wish you a very happy holiday season and all the best for 2023!

Dezember 2022:

We are exited to share one new publication:

Hirt, C.; Bešić, A. & Đurđević, J. (2022). Telearbeit und Digitalisierung: COVID-19 und die Auswirkungen auf das Personalmanagement. Austrian Management Review, Vol.12, 65-73.

More about this publication is available here:

Telearbeit und Digitalisierung: COVID-19 und die Auswirkungen auf das Personalmanagement | TU Wien, opens an external URL in a new window

November 2022:

Behind the scenes: Global Supply Chain Management at Aldi/Hofer

One pillar of the success of the Institute of International Management at the JKU Business School is its regular exchange with multinational companies. During the “Global Strategic Management” lecture, hosted by Michael Kass-Buchberger, students were able to get an exclusive look behind the scenes how the global supply chain at Aldi/Hofer operates.

Claudia Graf-Schmied and Astrid Wohlkönig from the International Management Holding at ALDI Süd Group brought with them deep insights into their daily work. Sustainability, data & analytics, warehouse & transport of the future – topics that sparked the interest of the students and led to lively discussions. Highlights of the session included a video message of a former GSM student now working at ALDI and the transparent insights into the careers of the two speakers.

September 2022:

We had a wonderful time last week on our annual strategy meeting. High above Linz in the Bildungshaus St. Magdalena, we discussed our plans for the upcoming semester. We have many exciting research projects coming up as well as new and improved classes for our bachelor and master students at JKU. What a wonderful way to start the Winter Semester 2022.

July 2022:

Henriett Primecz gave her inauguration lecture about Paradigm Plurality in Cross Cultural Management. She distinguished three streams of research in the field, namely positivist, interpretivist and critical. She explained the basic assumptions of each research paradigm, and illustrated them with a few studies. In her speech, Professor Primecz argued that the impact of Geert Hofstede was so significant that many people within cross-cultural management and beyond believes that cross-cultural management equals Hofstede, and if you know the dimensions of Hofstede you know cultural differences. She concluded that the role of Hofstede as founding father is unquestionable, but his dimensional model is not only imperfect but also it has methodological mistakes, and most importantly there are other – some would say better – theories than his and we should go beyond the legacy of Hofstede.

July 2022:

We would like to draw your attention to following announcement:

It's our pleasure to invite students to take part in the FON International Summer School on the topic of „Unleash Management Skills in Digital & Data-Driven Business“, which will be held from August 21^st till 26^th, 2022, in Belgrade at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Organizational Sciences.

For more information about the Summer School and application procedure, please visit:https://summerschool.fon.bg.ac.rs/, opens an external URL in a new window.

July 2022:

Henriett, Almina and Richard attended the European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2022 conference in Winterthur, Switzerland. Almina and Richard participated at the EURAM Early Career Community. In addition, Almina chaired the Gender Race and Diversity in Organizations special interest group and was a discussant. Henriett was involved in several aspects including presenting a paper during a session on Gender (in)Equality, chaired sessions and was a discussant. Wonderful to finally attend a conference in person again! Looking forward to the next EURAM conference in Dublin!

July 2022:

It is with much excitement that we share the wonderful news that our student, Flora Stiftinger, has been awarded the Iris Fischlmayr Prize 2022 for her master thesis titled "The Effect of Ethnic Diversity on Team Performance"! It was a pleasure not only during the supervision of her thesis, but during her time as a student at our department. Well deserved and congratulations! All the best in your future!

June 2022:

Almina Bešić recently gave a keynote speech and participated in a panel on diverse employees at the Light up the Alps Conference organised by Silicon Alps on 2 June in Klagenfurt. Check out the keynote and discussion here: https://www.silicon-alps.at/nachbericht-zu-light-up-the-alps-und-strategieklausur-2022/ , opens an external URL in a new window

June 2022:

Almina Bešić presented her research on HR practice transfer in transition economies jointly with Christian Hirt from the University of Graz at the 5th global conference on IHRM, which took place 19-21 May at St. John’s University NYC. Following great discussion, they are looking forward to further developing their paper. See more about the conference here: https://ler.la.psu.edu/cihrs/IHRMconference/, opens an external URL in a new window

June 2022:

Work with a view: Academy of Management OMT workshop on "Building Impactful Theory" in Split, Croatia
 
With a combination of renowned professors and irresistible scenery, the Organisation & Management Division of the Academy of Management invited participants to a workshop under the theme cluster "theory building" in Split, Croatia.
 
No less than four JKU institutes accepted this invitation and enjoyed lectures by influential professors from various fields of organisation & management research. The lectures by Professor Martin Kilduff ("What is theory? What constitutes a theoretical contribution?" - UCL School of Management), Professor Eva Boxenbaum ("Building impactful theory" - Copenhagen Business School) and Professor Ravasi ("How do you contribute to management theory through qualitative research?" - UCL School of Management) were accompanied by joint feedback sessions on workshop participants' research.
 
Sara Maric (Institute of Organisation), Laura Thäter (Sustainable Transformation Management Lab), Max Kuchenbauer (Department of International Management), and Fabio Damm (Institute of Strategic Management) were represented from JKU. Inspiring discussions with international colleagues from Denmark, France, Finland, Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Croatia & China, in the grandiose atmosphere of the MEDLIS Institute for Life Sciences, provided additional impulses for their own research projects.
 
All in all, it was a top-class workshop that we would gladly take part in again at any time!

April 2022:

Almina Besic presented a brand new study at the ILPC2022 in Padova, Italy. The study titled "Integrating refugees into the labour market as a collective endeavor: Refugee integration action net" focuses on how integration is organized and the developments around organizing in refugee movements in 2015 and today in the EU. More about the ILPC2022 here: https://www.ilpc2022.fisppa.it/?redirect=0, opens an external URL in a new window

April 2022:

Max Kuchenbauer presented on 12th April 2022 at the Conference "2nd International Conference on Self-Initiated Expatriation" about the interplay between the remote work induced (a)-mobility of highly skilled talents and self-initiated expatriation.
The conference was hosted of the international research project “global mobility of employees” which is part of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 
The conference addressed the careers of Self-Initiated Expatriates (SIEs), as well as the value these globally mobile individuals bring to companies and, more broadly, to host-country economies and societies and was organised by Prof. Dr. Maike Andresen at the University of Bamberg.

April 2022:

The inaugural lecture of Henriett Primecz is taking place on June 13th. For more information click here, opens a file

April 2022:

Almina Bešić spoke recently at the CEE explained podcast by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe about the challenges in refugee integration and the role of the EU in supporting CEE host countries. Listen to the podcast here:

bit.ly/3x4w1ht, opens an external URL in a new window

March 2022:

Welcome to our new head of department, Henriett Primecz. See a quick intro below:

https://www.jku.at/en/news-events/news/detail/news/die-sowi-fakultaet-stellt-sich-vor-1/, opens an external URL in a new window

March 2022:

March was full of conferences at IIM!

From 2-4 March, Almina Besic hosted the European Academy of Management 13th Career Colloquium with early scholars from all over Europe! More info here: https://euram.academy/euram?service=info&p=hq_EECC2022, opens an external URL in a new window

Almina also presented her research at two other online conferences:

-A study on "Integration of refugees in European labour markets during the Covid-19 pandemic – policy changes and consequences" at the IMISCOE research network Spring conference on 18 March. Check it out here: https://www.imiscoe.org/events/imiscoe-events/1124-imiscoe-spring-conference-2022, opens an external URL in a new window

-A study on "The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the labour market integration of refugee women in Austria" at the WU Gender and Diversity Conference 2022 on 24 March. Check it out here: https://www.wu.ac.at/diversity/conference-2022, opens an external URL in a new window

March 2022:

The announcement for the AK-Wissenschaftspreis has been released

March 2022:

Are you interested in social entrepreneurship? Check out the Kick-off for the social entrepreneurship community in Linz on 8 March!

March 2022:

We are happy to share three new publications by Almina Bešić:

1. Bešić, A.; Fóti, K. & Vasileva, V. (2022) The role and challenges of public service organisations in the labour market integration of refugees: A relational perspective analysing integration measures in Austria, Finland, Germany and Sweden. European Management Review, 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12504, opens an external URL in a new window (open access)

2. Bešić, A; Hirt, C. & Rahimić, Z. (2022). "We are quite well prepared" – Developing HR systems in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Wieczorek-Kosmala, M; Gurkov, I. & Steger, T. (Eds). Challenges of Management in the COVID-19 Reality, opens an external URL in a new window. Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS). Special Issue: 28-48. DOI: 10.5771/9783957103987

3. Bešić, A.; Rahimić, Z.; Hirt, C. & Ortlieb, R. (2022). Gender inequality and the under-representation of women in managerial positions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Klarsfeld, A.; Knappert, L.; Kornau, A.; Ng, E.S. & Ngunjiri, F.W. (Eds). Research handbook on new frontiers of equality and diversity at work., opens an external URL in a new window Cheltenham & Northampton, Ma.: Edward Elgar: 54-71.

March 2022:

Almina Bešić presented on 24 February 2022 at the Seminar "Status Quo der Europäischen Integration Ein Blick in ihre Geschichte und Zukunft" about the developments and issues in the EU's migration and integration policy. 

The discussions addressed also the issue with regard to migration given the recent developments in the Ukraine.  The Seminar is offered for teachers and is co organised by the IDM (Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa), the University of Vienna and the KPH Vienna Krems (Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/Krems). 

More information here, opens an external URL in a new window! 

March 2022:

The Program for the EECC conference can be found here:

February 2022:

We are saying goodbye to our colleague Theresa. It was a pleasure working with you the past few months and we wish you all the best for your next adventures! 

December 2021:

We are wrapping up the year on our final Zoom meeting and wishing you a very Happy Holiday season!

December 2021:

The latest edition of the Kepler Tribune contains the article "Inklusive Universitäten?", written by Almina Bešić

www.jku.at/kepler-tribune/artikel/inklusive-universitaeten/, opens an external URL in a new window

December 2021:

We are pleased to share the latest publication on norm violations in Nature Communications. Erna Szabo and Richard Wan were co-authors on this article working with many colleagues around the world. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21602-9

November 2021:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer:

November 2021:

Young scholars, this is a great opportunity to share and discuss your work!The 13th edition of the Euram Early Career Colloquium will take place 2-4 March 2022 at JKU, organised by our Department of International Management. Applications are open until 9 December! More info here: euram.academy/euram, opens an external URL in a new window

November 2021:

We are pleased to share that Almina Bešić was co-hosting a workshop at the University of Graz, Department of Human Resource Management about HR Practices during the Covid-19 pandemic. The wokshop was part of a one day research-practice dialogue organised by Prof. Renate Ortlieb, see here some impressions of the fascinating day: Tagung zur Coronakrise - Institut für Personalpolitik (uni-graz.at), opens an external URL in a new window

October 2021:

We are pleased to share the latest publication the labour market integration of refugees and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic by Almina Bešić published in Comparative Migration Studies as part of the thematic series Comparative perspectives on migration, diversities and the pandemic. Read here: https://rdcu.be/czphb, opens an external URL in a new window

September 2021:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer:

September 2021:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer:

August 2021:

We are very pleased to share that Erna Szabo and Almina Bešić presented their study on refugees’ pathways into work at the Academy of Management (AOM) annual meeting 2021. The feedback and discussions were highly stimulating and provided lots of food for thought for the next steps in their research! More about the session is available here: https://2021.aom.org/meetings/virtual/ZvFxqeJZ6Fhmr4sxf, opens an external URL in a new window 

August 2021:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer:

July 2021:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer:

July 2021:

Our department members are very active in online conferences this summer. Almina Bešić and Richard Wan participated at the EGOS conference. Richard presented his research on multicultural teams at the PhD workshop and Almina presented her paper on EU migration policy at the sub theme on nationalism.

Almina also shared her research at the IMISCOE conference. She presented her paper on integration of refugee women in the labour market during the Covid-19 pandemic and she co-organised a workshop on connecting migration scholars across disciplines.

We are looking forward to further developing the feedback received at the conferences!

July 2021:

We are excited to announce that Almina Bešić published the following book chapter:

Die unsichtbaren Migrant*innen? Die bosnische Diaspora in Österreich

• June 2021

• In book: Das ‚andere‘ Österreich
• Publisher: new academic press

• Dženeta Karabegović•Almina Bešić

https://www.newacademicpress.at/gesamtverzeichnis/unkategorisiert/das-andere-oesterreich/, opens an external URL in a new window

June 2021:

For the second time, Almina Bešić gave a guest lecture for students at the JKU's Master's Degree Program Global Business - ACT about migration and integration in the EU.

The students had the opportunity to learn about EU policies on skilled migration and the challenges faced in policy translation. The students are international students and could relate very well to the topic. They participated in a lively discussion after the lecture. More information about the ACT program can be found here: , opens an external URL in a new windowhttps://www.jku.at/en/degree-programs/types-of-degree-programs/masters-degree-programs/ma-in-global-business/act, opens an external URL in a new window

June 2021:

Erna Szabo has been a member of the University Fellows International Research Consortium (founded by David A. Ralston of the University of Oklahoma) since several years now;  publications in highly ranked academic outlets represent the group’s output.

Today we proudly announce that the article „The Impact of Gender Role Orientations on Subjective Career Success: A Multilevel Study of 36 Societies“ (head-authored by Jane Terpstra Tong of Monash University Malaysia and co-authored by Erna Szabo along with 35 other fellows) is going to receive  the „2021 Women of  the Academy of International Business (AIB) Best Paper Award“.

June 2021:

To kick off the conference summer, Almina Bešić presented two research studies at the EURAM conference from 16-18 June. A first study focusing on the impact of Covid-19 on refugee women and their access to the labour markets with Petra Aigner (Department of Sociology, JKU) and a second study looking at the role of HRM in times of crisis, with a specific focus on companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a working paper with Christian Hirt (University of Graz) and Zijada Rahimić (University of Sarajevo). For more info, check out the conference homepage: https://conferences.euram.academy/2021conference/, opens an external URL in a new window

June 2021:

Jointly with colleagues from the Department of Marketing and the Department of Strategic Management Almina Bešić received the JKU's Kepler Award for excellent teaching for the course "Interdisciplinary business project". In this highly interactive course, students work on practical projects in cooperation with leading industry partners in Upper Austria. We are proud to be part of this highly innovative course! More info here:

https://www.jku.at/news-events/news/detail/news/erstmals-kepler-awards-fuer-exzellente-lehre-verliehen, opens an external URL in a new window

May 2021:

Edit Juhasz and Almina Bešić participated at the International Joint Research Experience Project, organised by the University of Timisoara, Romania on Wednesday, 12 May 2021. Almina presented her research on the impact of Covid-19 on HRM in transition economies and enjoyed the exchange with students and faculty across Europe. We are grateful for the invitation of Assoc. Prof. Denisa Abrudan Ph.D., and for her supportive team for their outstanding organizing competencies! We wish great success for the entire DGPOF community! For more info on the seminar, please visit: https://feaa-ihrm-research.projects.uvt.ro/?page_id=136, opens an external URL in a new window

February 2021:

On January 25, the final presentations of the Master Seminar “Interdisciplinary Business Project” of JKU’s Master Program “Management” took place. The seminar is a cooperation of the Institute of Retailing, Sales and Marketing, the Institute of Strategic Management, and the Institute for International Management. For the first time, four cooperation partners participated: voestalpine Steel Division, Fronius International, KAPSCH TrafficCom AG and KEBA AG. The students successfully presented their solutions of practical marketing and strategy problems in B2B markets.

Topics covered in the seminar:

Three student groups dealt with the general topic “The impact of Covid-19 on industrial markets” for all companies. Thereby, the groups analyzed in depth the subtopics of inter-organizational collaboration (social distancing), resilience in the supply chain, and new work and developed scenarios for the companies.

Another student group developed a concept of “Human innovation in a B2B context” for Fronius International. The Kapsch student team presented results on “Corporate-academia collaboration as the sustainable path to cutting-edge innovation.” A third student group dealt with “The effects of Covid-19 on industrial trade fairs and possible alternatives” for voestalpine. And last but not least the Keba student team gave a detailed overview of the emerging market of “Mobile Service Robots”.

February 2021:

We would like to welcome Maximilian Kuchenbauer who joint our team at the end of last year as a research assistant.

He completed his undergraduate studies at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany. There he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communication Management. During his studies, he completed a semester abroad at the University of Greenwich in London, where he attended the Business and Economics program. Following his Bachelor's degree, he started the Master's program 'Leading Innovative Organizations' at Johannes Kepler University Linz in 2019. Maximilian wrote his master's thesis on the phenomenon of mixed embeddedness of entrepreneurs who had to flee their home country. The master thesis is embedded in a large-scale project conducted in collaboration with Lund University (Sweden). It focuses on the development of a scale for mixed embeddedness. During his studies he gained work experience at different consulting companies in the field of AI & Innovation.

January 2021:

In her first conference of 2021, Almina Bešić presented the first results of her new research project focussing on the impact of COVID-19 on the employment of refugees in Austria.

The conference: “The anxieties of migration and integration in turbulent times”  was hosted by the MIRNET network in Estonia. More information can be found here: https://mirnet.eu/, opens an external URL in a new window 

December 2020:

Almina Bešić shared her research on HRM in Western Balkans as well as her study on refugee labour market integration at this year’s virtual EURAM2020 (4-6 December 2020). More information here: https://conferences.euram.academy/2020conference/, opens an external URL in a new window

December 2020:

The company Martin Mulligan Marketing is looking for students who are interested in their (remote and unpaid) interships. More information can be found below:

Digital Marketing Internship, opens a file

Financial Analyst Internship, opens a file

HR Internship Internship, opens a file

International Sales Internship, opens a file

Market Research Internship, opens a file

October 2020:

We would like to draw your attention to following job offer: , opens an external URL in a new window

KPMG Praktikum im Großprojekt (Vollzeit/Teilzeit), opens an external URL in a new window

September 2020:

We are now on LinkedIn!

For the latest News and Information about our department you can follow us now on LinkedIn, opens an external URL in a new window

September 2020:

The New Bachelor in Business Administration (BWL)

Dear students,

welcome to the new Bachelor's Degree Program in Business Administration (BWL) that is starting this upcoming winter semester! During the Introductory and orientation period (STEOP), our Institute offers the subject “Einführung in Strategie und Internationales Management”. Before completing the introductory and orientation period (STEOP), this course can be chosen as one of the advanced course. As part of the elective courses, a major and a minor must be successfully completed. The major and the minor have to be chosen from different subjects. At our Department we offer as minor the following courses:

Module Foundations of International Management: “International Business” and “International Market entry”

Module Specialization in International Management: “Cross Cultural Management” and “Special Topics in International Management”.

After successfully completing all courses, you can attend our Bachelorseminar to write your bachelor thesis. In the seminar, the supervisor will discuss the whole procedure with you. The writing of the thesis takes place in the course during the semester, so that at the end of the semester the thesis is completed.

We are looking forward seeing you in our courses.

The IIM Team

September 2020:

Almina Bešić and Erna Szabo participated from 16-18 September at the 6th Biennial Conference on Migration and Integration Research in Austria, with this year's theme on "Crossing Borders - Perspectives in Migration Research" held at the University of Salzburg.

They co-organised a panel on refugee integration at work and presented ongoing research on labour market integration of refugees in Europe.More information about the conference can be found here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/kmi/activities/conference/, opens an external URL in a new window

We are continuing our work on organisational integration of refugees and will be posting regular updates on new projects!

_{Photos: © Universität Salzburg (NaWi-AV-Studio)}

September 2020:

We would like to draw your attention to the following job opening at our department

August 2020:

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have finalised this "Corona-Semester"! As a team, we learned a lot in our day-to-day research and teaching activities and would like to send you in the summer holidays with a few reflections of our experiences:

• The only constant is change: we have to be ready to change our teaching and research approach ad hoc, be prepared for a mixture of online/offline working in the upcoming winter semester
• Be flexible: the delivery of virtual courses requires more time compared to a physical setting and what can be delivered in a physical setting doesn't necessarily work in a virtual one. Technology is more reliable now than ever, but still there are hiccups.
• Embrace new things: although, blended learning is not a new phenomenon, many universities were not forced to take the leap into the virtual world. Hence, the situation pushed many of us out of our comfort zone, where quite often magic happens as well

We are grateful that everyone is healthy and we are happy that we managed to have a successful and inspiring summer semester in the midst of this pandemic. We are looking forward to the upcoming winter semester and the new experiences that await us. In the meantime, we thank our students and colleagues for their hard work and dedication and wish everyone a relaxing summer!

July 2020:

Almina Bešić was part of the European Migration Network team working on two new publications on migration and integration and had the pleasure to draft the integration sections. A must read for all migration and integration scholars & practitioners!
Check out the reports here:

• Acquisition of citizenship for third-country nationals – available for download here http://bit.ly/3gs00EG , opens an external URL in a new window
• Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2019 – available for download here http://bit.ly/2AINVM6, opens an external URL in a new window

July 2020:

Almina Besic participated at two virtual conferences end of June and begining of July.

1. On 30 June, Almina was part of the EGOS "Pre-Colloquium Post-Doctoral & Early Career Scholars Workshop 2020" and spent an inspiring day with young and experienced scholars discussing the potential avenues for academic careers. She also virtually visited the remaining EGOS Colloquium. For more information see here, opens an external URL in a new window

2. On 1 and 2 July, Almina joined the 17th IMISCOE annual conference and participated in sessions on Migrants in European Labour Markets and Refugee Integration. For more information see here, opens an external URL in a new window

June 2020:

On June 25, the final presentations of the Master Seminar “Interdisciplinary Business Project” that is held in cooperation with voestalpine Steel Division and Fronius International took place via Zoom. The students presented their successful solutions of the practical problems in B2B markets. The Department of International Management supported two groups during the seminar.

The first group presented their solution to Global Business & New Challenges of voestalpine Steel Division. The students engaged in what directions and trends can be identified with respect to global business relationships, and what insights and courses of actions arise – based on scientific and theoretical knowledge. Furthermore, the students gave their recommendation to voestalpine Steel Division.

The second group dealt with the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility at Fronius International. First, they did a literature review on effects of possible CSR activities for B2B companies as well on available empirical results. Afterwards they presented sustainability activities that are important in the global marketplace for B2B companies. At the end, the student group explained the implications for the Fronius Business Unit Perfect Welding.

Quotes about the Seminar:

Mr. Mag. Wolfgang Mitterdorfer, Member of the management board of voestalpine Steel Division: “…it was a very valuable day for me, excellent presentations and really useful results for voestalpine. Thanks to all the voestalpine and Fronius student groups…”

Mr. Ing. Georg Binder, Supervisor of Fronius Business Unit Perfect Welding: "Die enge Zusammenarbeit mit dem Marketinginstitut der JKU ist immer wieder eine Bereicherung. Im Rahmen einer Seminararbeit wurde des Thema "CSR" für Fronius recherchiert. Die umfangreiche Analyse, gute strategische Inputs sowie konkrete Ideen zu Umsetzung können bei Fronius sehr gut in die Projektarbeit einfließen. Vielen Dank an die Studenten und Dr. Almina Besic vom Institut für Internationales Management für die konstruktive Zusammenarbeit!"

April 2020:

We are excited to announce that we will have Mr Helmut Riepl (Lecturer at FH Wels for the master's degree program Plant Construction and former Senior Vice President Special Projects at Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH, Linz) as a guest lecturer! We are particularly happy that due to the current restrictions, Mr Riepl agreed to hold a virtual lecture. Mr Riepl will speak about his experience with international projects especially in terms of challenges with cross-cultural communication and how to manage those successfully.

Class: 247.013 CCM for Engineers Date: Wed., 29 April 2020 Time: 16.15-17.45 Place: Virtual Meeting on Zoom. If you would like to attend, please register via https://forms.gle/ccDiSbCAna1eEH1j8, opens an external URL in a new window

Deadline for the registration: 24 April 2020. You will receive the log-in information via e-mail a few days prior to the meeting. All are welcome and we would be happy to see you there!

March 2020:

We are excited to announce our guest lecture by Christopher A. Williams, M.A., M.B.A.

Class: 247.010 CCM Date and time: Thu, 23 April 2020, 13:45-15:00 Place: Virtual meeting on Zoom. Topic of the presentation: Leadership in the global context - focusing on the personal experience of the presenter as a leader

• Co-founder at Boardman & Williams GbR
• Professional and research interests: testing of methods and tools for digital transformation for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
• Particular focus: the development of industry-specific maturity models and innovative methods (e.g. design thinking to improve the digital capabilities of SMEs.
• Besides: groups learning environments, in particular, computer-assisted collaborative learning (CSCL), business consulting and executive training & coaching.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/fgixRzYhjRKkHmMK8, opens an external URL in a new window. Deadline for the registration: 20 April 2020.

March 2020:

We are excited to announce that we will have Ms Susan Brunner (Senior Sustainability Positioning Manager at Mondi Group, Vienna) as a guest lecturer! We are particularly happy that due to the current travel restrictions, Ms Brunner agreed to hold a virtual lecture. Ms Brunner will speak about Mondi's sustainability policy and how the company deals with issues connected to scarce resources and climate change.

Date: Monday, 30 March 2020 Time: 15.30 - 17.00 Place: Virtual Meeting on Zoom

If you would like to attend, please register via https://forms.gle/331E738dMGyn8k2S8, opens an external URL in a new window. We will send out the log-in information. All are welcome and we would be happy to see you there!

March 2020:

Almina Bešić at the EURAM Early Career Colloquium - Charting A Course For A Successful Research Career.
Almina Bešić discussed her research on MNCs in the Western Balkans and participated in inspiring talks at the 11th edition of the EECC (EURAM early career community) colloquium at the Huddersfield Business School, United Kingdom. Almina has very much enjoyed meeting distinguished scholars in the fields of management and international business as well as new early career researchers who work on exciting and relevant topics for business and society at large. Further information about the EECC can be found at: http://www.euramonline.org/community/eecc.html, opens an external URL in a new window

March 2020:

On March 6, the Master Seminar “Interdisciplinary Business Project” held together with the Institute of Strategic Management, opens an external URL in a new window and the Institute of Marketing, opens an external URL in a new window is held in cooperation with voestalpine Steel Division, opens an external URL in a new window and Fronius International, opens an external URL in a new window started with a kick-off event at voestalpine headquarters in Linz.

After the presentations of the two partner companies, students had the unique chance to participate in a plant tour and to look behind the scenes of voestalpine. Afterwards the project advisors of voestalpine and Fronius gave each student group an individual introduction to their business project.In their projects, students are supposed to successfully solve practical marketing and strategy problems in B2B markets and to present their solutions to the management boards of voestalpine and Fronius at the end of the semester. We are looking forward to an exciting semester!

March 2020:

Almina Bešić gave a guest lecture for students at the JKU's Master's Degree Program Global Business - ACT about migration and integration in the EU. 'The title was: push and pull: the EU‘s migration and integration policies - skilled migration and refugee integration'. The students enjoyed the topic very much and participated in a lively discussion after the lecture. More information about the ACT program can be found here: https://www.jku.at/en/degree-programs/types-of-degree-programs/masters-degree-programs/masters-degree-in-global-business/act/, opens an external URL in a new window

December 2019:

Happy holidays!

Enjoy the time with your beloved ones. We are looking forward to seeing you next year.

December 2019:

New publication: Das Boot. Eine Fluchtgeschichte

"Das Boot. Eine Fluchtgeschichte" describes the current topic of migration and, with its understandable narrative, provides vivid illustrations to engage with children and young people in a dialogue on the subject of flight and migration. You'll find more about it here, opens an external URL in a new window.

November 2019:

Almina Bešić at the OMICS conference in Gothenburg

Almina Bešić presented her ongoing research on integration of highly skilled migrants and refugees at the EU’s labour markets and participated in inspiring talks at the OMICS (Organizing Migration and Integration in Contemporary Societies) conference at the University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Sweden. The working titles of her studies are: "Integrating refugees in Europe - Challenges and lessons learnt from five European Union Member States" and "How can the European Union attract and integrate highly skilled migrants? The challenge of the EU's legal migration framework"

Further information about the conference can be found at: https://gri.gu.se/english/conference/omics2019, opens an external URL in a new window

November 2019:

Almina Bešić at the Vienna Migration Conference 2019

Almina Bešić participated at ICMPD’s Vienna Migration Conference 2019 and gained valuable insights about the EU’s future policy plans regarding migration and integration of migrants at the labour market and in companies across the EU. Interesting new plans include the EU’s effort to better cooperate with the private sector and especially employers on labour market integration issues. We are happy to see that IIM’s research focus is reflected by policy initiatives of the EU. Further information about the conference can be found at: https://www.icmpd.org/about-us/vienna-migration-conference/vienna-migration-conference-2019/, opens an external URL in a new window

November 2019:

Guest Lecture on Careers of Highly Skilled Migrants

A great thanks to Dr. Christian Hirt, Senior Lecturer at the University of Graz for giving a guest lecture about the career adjustment of highly skilled migrants from Southeastern Europe to JKU Business Students at the Department of International Management as part of the Special Topics in International Management course . We very much enjoyed the insights about international careers!

October 2019:

A great thanks to Ms Arnavaz Schatten, Group Sustainability Manager at Mondi Group for giving a guest lecture on sustainability to JKU Business Students at the Department of International Management as part of their International Business Course. Topic: Business as Usual is Dead. What should follow it? We had an inspiring afternoon!

October 2019:

We are excited to announce that we will have Ms Arnavaz Schatten (Group Social Sustainability Manager at Mondi Group, Vienna) as a guest lecturer! Ms Schatten will speak about Mondi's sustainability policy and how the company deals with issues connected to scarce resources and climate change.Lecture Title: ‘Business as usual’ is dead. What should follow it?

Date: Monday, 28.10.2019 Time: 15.30 - 17.00 Place: K 003C. All are welcome and we would be happy to see you there!

October 2019:

As part of the "Nach.gedacht 2019" conference organised by Club Alpbach Styria in Graz on 5 October 2019, Almina Besic co-hosted a seminar on Brexit and its impact on businesses and politics in the EU and UK. For more information see:

http://iggraz.alpbach.network/2019/10/11/nach-gedacht-2019-diskurs-zwischen-unterschiedlichen-alpbach-generationen/, opens an external URL in a new window

October 2019:

Our department is supporting the Fridays for Future movement. The photo shows us among the 9000 Linz participants at the Earth Strike on Friday, Sept 27 2019!

September 2019:

In June 2019, Almina Besic was interviewed by the HRtimes newspaper from the "Netzwerk Humanressourcen / Business Upper Austria" on the topic: Global race for talents! Check out the full interview here (in German):

August 2019:

IIM’s Almina Besic and Edit Juhasz were part of the „Science week“ at the JKU end of August 2019. Together with 9 kids they explored what international business means for our everyday lives, including important issues such as where does our chocolate come from and what is a fair trade t-shirt. They also learned what it means to live and work together in a multicultural environment and how there is no one size fits it all when it comes to different cultures. For more information about the science week see here:

https://www.jku.at/news-events/news/detail/news/grosse-begeisterung-beim-kidsversity-sommerprogramm/, opens an external URL in a new window

August 2019:

Our very own Almina Besic participated at this year's European Forum Alpbach as a member of the advisory board of the Political Symposium. In the sessions she visited she got new insights into the sustainability issues international companies are facing as well as the impact of Brexit on Europe and we are looking forward to include some of the insights into our own curriculum!

May 2019:

We would like to thank Dr. Svitlana Buko from EPOS Consultancy Slovenia for sharing her work experiences and providing us practical tools in her guest lecture "Communication Across Cultures: Developing Key Intercultural Competences." She imparted not only theoretical knowledge but also useful skills necessary for working in our international business environment.

April 2019:

We are excited to announce that we will have Dr. Svitlana Buko, Research and Development Director (EPOS Consultancy Slovenia) as a guest lecturer!

Date: 21.05.2019 Time: 12.00 - 15.00 Place: BA 9908. All are welcome and we would be happy to see you there!

Lecture Title: Communication Across Cultures: developing key competencies. Description: Intercultural professions are reshaping and developing due to the increasing needs of cross-cultural competencies for businesses, government and NGOs. Businesses around the world apply innovative approaches to organizational set up in order to improve productivity, tap in new resources and get the best diverse talent on their teams. Each professional comes to the team with a set of attitudes, norms, values and expectations closely aligned with the culture of their upbringing and further life experiences. Consequently, cultural background enriches through a person’s meaningful and long-term exposure to other cultures, which is often reflected in a blend of cultural norms in professional setting. Theoretical frameworks of intercultural communication and three case studies will be shared with the group where students define intercultural experience communication, reflect on the biases, cultural prejudice, similarities and differences. Each group would draw general patterns of cross-cultural experiences and would link practical daily encounters to the concepts of intercultural competency development.

April 2019:

Together with four other JKU researchers, our colleague Edit Juhász participated in this year’s "Linzer Science Slam" taking place in Posthof on April 2nd.
We found all five performances highly professional and entertaining and enjoyed this great event!

March 2019:

A warm welcome to our new department member Almina Bešić!

Starting March 1st, Almina has taken the newly established tenure track position for International Management. She will focus on research; especially on the attainment of her habilitation and will also support our team in teaching. One of the courses she will teach this semester is International Business with Grégory Bartel.

January 2019:

We are very excited and grateful to have Jennie Sumelius, visiting from the University of Vaasa, teaching at our department again this semester! She is holding the course Strategic International Human Resource Management. Welcome back!