Prof Anne-Wil Harzing
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Biography &
QualificationsI am a Professor of International Management. My role at Middlesex University focuses on developing MDX research culture and capabilities through a wide range of individual, departmental, School and Faculty-wide initiatives as well as University-wide advice on international research rankings and MDX reputation management. Originally from the Netherlands, I have nearly 30 years experience in academia and before joining Middlesex I have worked at six different universities in three countries. Most recently, I was Associate Dean Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Research interests
Over the last 30 years I have done research in the general area of international and cross-cultural management, with a focus on HQ-subsidiary relationships, international HRM and expatriate management. In addition, I have explored a range of topics in what is usually called the "Science of Science", i.e. the mechanisms underlying the "doing of Science", including gender bias in Science, evaluation of research performance, and disciplinary differences in publication and citation practices. At present my main interests are twofold.
How to ensure effective interlingual communication?
First, in the international and cross-cultural management area I am interested in the role of language differences in international business, drawing explicitly on the diversity & inclusion literature, sociolinguistics and communication studies. I am currently studying the renewed emphasis on language and accent as a marker of identity in a post-Brexit and increasingly tribalist world. I am particularly interested in the interaction between native and non-native speakers of English and in designing research-based training and interventions to model effective interlingual communication behaviour.
How to create collaborative and inclusive research cultures?
Second, in the Science of Science area I am particularly interested in understanding what drives academic misconduct and questionable research practices. I am also investigating how research cultures can be shaped to promote collaborative and inclusive research behaviours. Finally, I am interested in exploring how implicit bias and power structures interact to hinder progress of underrepresented groups in academia. With a deeper understanding of the factors that drive successful science, we can more effectively address environmental, societal, and technological problems.
Here is a 1-minute video of some of my recent research.
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Learning &
Teaching InterestsIn the past 30 years, I have taught courses at every level in the broad field of international business, as well as a range of courses related to research methods and academic development.
As evidenced in Open Syllabus Explorer, my research publications are frequently used in teaching syllabi worldwide and my best-selling textbook on International Human Resource Management is currently in its 5th edition.
Two 1-minute videos describing some of my recent research can be found here:
- Ethnic identity and expatriate-local interactions
- The impact of language differences in multinational companies
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Research Outputs &
InterestsI have published and presented over 170 papers in international journals and conferences and am one of the world's top 1% most cited academics in Economics & Business. Below is a very small selection of my key publications in the last ten years. For a full list, see Full list of publications.
- Fan, S.X.; Harzing, A.W.; Kӧhler, T. (2020) How you see me, how you don't: Ethnic Identity Self-verification in Interactions between Local Subsidiary Employees and Ethnically Similar Expatriates, International Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1448294. Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post
- Reiche, B.S.; Harzing, A.W.; Tenzer, H. (2019) International Human Resource Management, 5th edition, London: Sage Publications. More about this book...
- Zhang, L.E.; Harzing, A.W.; Fan, S.X. (2018) Managing Expatriates in China: A Language and Identity Perspective, London: Palgrave. More about this book... - Related blog post
- Tenzer, H.; Terjesen, S.; Harzing, A.W. (2017) Language in International Business: A review and agenda for future research, Management International Review, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 815-854. Available online... - Publisher's version (free access!) - Related blog post - Presentation slides
- Harzing, A.W.; Adler N.J. (2016) Disseminating knowledge: From potential to reality – New open-access journals collide with convention, Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol 15, no. 1, pp. 140-156. Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post
- Harzing, A.W.; Pudelko, M. (2016) Do we need to distance ourselves from the distance concept? Why home and host country context might matter more than (cultural) distance, Management International Review, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 1-34. Available online... - Publisher's version (free access!) - Related blog post
- Metz, I.; Harzing, A.W.; Zyphur, M. (2016) Of journal editors and editorial boards: Who are the trailblazers in increasing editorial board gender equality?, British Journal of Management, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 712-726. [Also incorporated into a virtual issue on Gender in Management Research] Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post
- Reiche B.S.; Harzing, A.W.; Pudelko, M. (2015) Why and how does shared language affect subsidiary knowledge inflows? A social identity perspective, Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 46, no.5, pp. 528-551. Available online... - Publisher's version (free access!) - Related blog post - [Also incorporated in a JIBS collection on Language and selected as one of 9 articles reprinted in Language in International Business. Developing a Field.]
- Harzing, A.W.; Alakangas, S.; Adams, D. (2014) hIa: An individual annual h-index to accommodate disciplinary and career length differences, Scientometrics, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 811-821. Available online... - Publisher's version (read for free) - Related blog post
- Tenzer, H.; Pudelko, M.; Harzing, A.W. (2014) The impact of language barriers on trust formation in multinational teams, Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 508-535. Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post - [Also incorporated in a JIBS collection on Language]
- Harzing, A.W.; Metz, I. (2013) Practicing what we preach: The geographic diversity of editorial boards, Management International Review, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 169-187. Available online... - Publisher's version (read for free) - Related blog post
- Harzing, A.W.; Brown, M.; Köster, K., Zhao, S. (2012) Response style differences in cross-national research: dispositional and situational determinants, Management International Review, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 341-363. Available online... - Publisher's version (read for free) - Related blog post
- Harzing, A.W.; Köster, K.; Magner, U. (2011) Babel in Business: The language barrier and its solutions in the HQ-subsidiary relationship, Journal of World Business, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 279-287. Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post
- Metz, I.; Harzing, A.W. (2009) Gender diversity in editorial boards of Management journals, The Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol 8, no. 4, pp. 540-557. Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post
- Adler, N.; Harzing, A.W. (2009) When Knowledge Wins: Transcending the sense and nonsense of academic rankings, The Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 72-95. Available online... - Publisher's version - Related blog post - Winner of the 2009 AMLE Outstanding article of the year award and the 2019 AMLE Decade Award, free download courtesy of AoM - ESI top 1% most Highly Cited Paper
Publication Feed
Moving beyond the baseline: exploring the potential of experiments in language research
Fan, Shea X. and Harzing, Anne-Wil (2020) Moving beyond the baseline: exploring the potential of experiments in language research. In: Understanding multilingual workplaces: methodological, empirical and pedagogic perspectives. Routledge. (Accepted/In press)
Do MNEs contribute to, or reduce inequality?
Zhao, Shasha and Gooderham, Paul and Harzing, Anne-Wil and Papanastassiou, Marina (2019) Do MNEs contribute to, or reduce inequality? Critical Perspectives on International Business . ISSN 1742-2043 (Accepted/In press)
Everything you always wanted to know about research impact…
Harzing, Anne-Wil (2019) Everything you always wanted to know about research impact…. In: How to get published in the best management journals. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781788113694 (Accepted/In press)
Of ostriches, frogs, birds and lizards: a dynamic framework of cultural identity negotiation strategies in an era of global mobility
Li, Chenchen and Zhang, Ling Eleanor and Harzing, Anne-Wil (2019) Of ostriches, frogs, birds and lizards: a dynamic framework of cultural identity negotiation strategies in an era of global mobility. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research , 7 (3). pp. 239-254. ISSN 2049-8799
View more publicationsTwo new kids on the block: How do Crossref and Dimensions compare with Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus and the Web of Science?
Harzing, Anne-Wil (2019) Two new kids on the block: How do Crossref and Dimensions compare with Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus and the Web of Science? Scientometrics , 120 (1). pp. 341-349. ISSN 0138-9130
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Funded Research &
Knowledge Exchange Projects2012 - A competitive Faculty grant of A$10,000 for a project on the role and measurement of cultural distance in entry mode choice.
2008 - A competitive Faculty grant of A$19,495 for a project on language differences and the Headquarter-Subsidiary relationship.
2004 - An ARC Discovery Grant of A$191,000 for a 3-year research project entitled "Babel in Business: how language differences influence management in multinationals". This was the largest individual grant awarded for a project in Management since 2002 (no data available before that time).
2004 - (with Isabel Metz) A competitive Faculty grant of A$8,000 for a project on diversity in editorial boards of academic journals in management.
2002 - A competitive Faculty grant of A$10,000 to finalise a research project on language and culture in questionnaire research.
2001 - A competitive University of Melbourne grant of A$24,000 for a research project on headquarters-subsidiary relationships, as one of only four proposals (out of fourteen applications) to be funded by the University.
1999 - An application for a 4-year ESRC Research Fellowship for a total amount of nearly £170,000 was alpha-rated (highest rating) as one of only eleven proposals to achieve this rating (out of over forty original applications). However, only two out of the eleven alpha-rated proposals were funded; sadly, not mine.
1993-1996 - In order to secure funds for the empirical part of my doctoral research I have displayed various entrepreneurial activities related to my research results. First, professional articles were written about parts of my research and sold to a Dutch journal in the area of Personnel Management. Second, I offered specialised company reports to all companies who participated in my survey and sold reports to several companies for a total of app. £1000. A subject-coded database comprising of some 1500 references in the area of international business and management that I had accumulated during my studies was offered to colleagues in the field by means of leaflets distributed at conferences and messages to mailing lists. Nearly 200 requests for information were received and a few dozen copies were sold for app. £25 each.
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Engagement &
ImpactRecent major awards & achievements
2019 – Elected by Women of the Future as one of 50 Leading Lights for my work with CYGNA and Middlesex University
2019 – Academy of Management Learning & Education Decade [2009-2019] award for When Knowledge Wins: Transcending the sense and nonsense of academic rankings (with Nancy Adler). Available online... - Related blogpost
2019 – Journal of International Business Studies silver medal award. Awarded to scholars with at least 5 substantive contributions in JIBS in the first 50 years
2018 – Elected as Fellow of the Academy of International Business. Fellows are a group of distinguished AIB members recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business
2017 – Selected as one of the 39 Springer Publishing Business & Management Stars of 2017 Do we need to distance ourselves from the distance concept? (with Markus Pudelko), Publisher's version (free access!) – Related blog post
2016 – Two articles in the top-25 most cited in expatriation 1990-2000 & 2001-2010. Kraimer, Bolino & Mead (2016): Themes in Expatriate and Repatriate Research over Four Decades
2015 – 28th most prolific author in International Strategic Management 2000-2013. Trends in International Strategic Management From 2000 to 2013: Text Mining and Bibliographic Analysis.
2014 – #32 in the top-50 of leading authors in International Business 1995-2011. Contributing Institutions and Authors in International Business Research: A Quality-Based Assessment.
2014 - The volume "Grands Auteurs en Management International" devoted an entire chapter to my contributions in International Business: Les modes de controle des relations siege-filiales. I was the youngest academic featured in the volume, which also included prominent IB researchers such as John Dunning, Peter Buckley, Christopher Bartlett, and Geert Hofstede.
Editorial board memberships
Anne-Wil is on the editorial board of Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, International Business Review, Thunderbird International Business Review, Journal of Global Mobility, European Journal of International Management, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development International, European Management Review, European Management Journal, and The International Journal of Management Reviews. In the past, she has also acted as Associate or Departmental Editor for Journal of International Business Studies, the International Journal of Cross Cultural Management and the Australian Journal of Management.
Supporting women in academia
I am one of the founding members of CYGNA, a network of female scholars in the London area. The main objective of the group is to promote interaction among female academics based in the London area and to provide a forum for learning, support, and networking. We are organizing events that take place every two months at a London-based university. Every meeting includes a mix of presentations, focusing on specifc research topics, career perspectives, research methods, publishing and research impact.
www.harzing.com: a resource site for academics
Since 1999 Anne-Wil maintains an extensive website (https://harzing.com/). The site provides information, online papers and resources about her areas of research. It also presents resources to assist with academic publishing and the assessment of research and journal quality, as well as software to conduct citation analysis.
