Awards received

Year Award Title
2012 2011 International HR Scholarly Research Award from the HR Division, Academy of Management Why do international assignees stay? An organizational embeddedness perspective (with Sebastian Reiche, Maria Kraimer). Available online...
2010 Academy of Management Learning & Education Outstanding Article of the year [2009] award When Knowledge Wins: Transcending the sense and nonsense of academic rankings (with Nancy Adler). Available online....
2009 Nominated for Carolyn Dexter Award

Nominated for the IMD best paper in HRM/OB/OT
Don't just say what you mean - contextualize it: A leadership study across 17 countries (with L. Zander, A. Mockaitis et al.)

Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, August 7-11, 2009.

2008

ANZAM all-conference best paper award


ANZAM IM stream best paper award.

Getting Closer to the Action: Examining Leaders’ Behavioral Intent with Globe’s Leadership Dimensions across 22 Countries (with L. Zander, A. Mockaitis et al.)

Australian New Zealand Academy of Management, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 December 2008.

2008 Ulrich-Lake award for the best paper published in Human Resource Management in 2007 Country-of-Origin, Localization or Dominance Effect? An empirical investigation of HRM Practices in Foreign Subsidiaries (with M. Pudelko). Available online...
2007 Best paper in the International Strategic Management track

Nominated for the Temple AIB best paper award
HRM practices in subsidiaries of US, Japanese and German MNCs: transfer, adaptation or dominance. Available online...

Academy of International Business, Beijing, China, 23-26 June 2007.
2005 Best Paper Award in the International Management Stream MNC Subsidiaries Down-Under: Victims of Their Geographical Isolation. Available online...

Australian New Zealand Academy of International Business, Melbourne, Australia, 10-11 November 2005.
2005 Roland Calori Prize for the best paper published in Organization Studies 2003-2004 The Relative Impact of Country of Origin and Universal Contingencies on Internationalization Strategies and Corporate Control in Multinational Enterprises: Worldwide and European Perspectives (with A. Sorge). Available online...
1999 Finalist for Barry M. Richard Best Dissertation Award 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, IM Division, Chicago, USA, 8-11 August 1999.
1998 Finalist for Gunnar Hedlund Best Dissertation Award 24th Annual Meeting of the European International Business Academy, Jerusalem, Israel, 13-15 December 1998.
1994 Award for the Best Thesis Proposal 20th Annual Meeting of the European International Business Academy, Warsaw, Poland, 11-13 December 1994.
1983 Best student in Latin Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.