Resumé
Short resumé of Anne-Wil Harzing: academic experience, research interests, publications, reviewing/editorial experience, and service to the academic community
Prof. Anne-Wil Harzing
Email: anne@harzing.com
Web site: www.harzing.com
Emerita Professor of International Management
Middlesex University,
London, United Kingdom
Academic experience
After more than 35 years in academia, I have published all the academic articles and have fulfilled all the formal academic leadership roles I could ever want. I have taught thousands of students and marked millions of words. I have also played a considerable role in external engagement, providing service to the wider academic community, including through the Publish or Perish software, significant public speaking, and the use new technologies for outreach.
I have retired in 2024 to focus on things that are important to me - which include the practice of transforming academia - and am Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London. I remain an active Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a group of AIB members recognized for their outstanding contributions to the field of international business, and act as the AIB Fellows Bibliometrician.
Before joining Middlesex, I was Professor in International Management, Associate Dean Research, and PhD director at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Prior to Melbourne, I worked at the University of Bradford (UK), Maastricht University, the University of Tilburg, and the Open University (all in the Netherlands).
- Career write-up - all you ever you need to know about my career (and much more 😊)
- Official narrative CV - 2025 summary of my contributions following the R4R template
- My current passions - my research & engagement plans for the coming decade
- Leadership & Service - an overview of my formal service and leadership roles
- Awards received - an overview of the academic distinctions I received over the years
- Retirement - Explains the why and how of my early retirement from paid employment
New book series
My book series Crafting your career in academia launched in August 2022 with a book on Writing Effective Promotion Applications. The series is a collection of short guides dealing with various aspects of working in academia. It is based on my popular blog.
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Research interests
My research interests include international HRM & expatriate management, HQ-subsidiary relationships, process issues in international research, transfer of HRM practices, the role of language in IB, the quality and impact of academic research, and - most recently - practice-oriented research for Transforming Academia.
The 2015 volume "Grands Auteurs en Management International" devotes a full chapter to my contributions to the field of International Businesss. I am is the youngest academic featured in the book, which includes prominent IB researchers such as John Dunning, Peter Buckley, Christopher Bartlett, CK Prahalad, Sumantra Ghoshal, and Geert Hofstede.
During my career I had a keen interest in journal quality and research performance metrics, as well as building suportive and inclusive research cultures. In this context she was the editor of the Journal Quality List, and still is the provider of Publish or Perish, a software program that retrieves and analyses academic citations, the founder of CYGNA, a network for female academics, and the author of more than 520 blogposts on all things academia. I also maintains a YouTube channel with academic resources.
Publications
I have published some 150 books, book chapters, and articles about these topics in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, International Business Review, European Journal of International Management, Human Resource Management/Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Organizational Behaviour, Organization Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Management Learning, European Journal of Information Systems, and Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
- Full of list publications (by type)
- Full list of publications (by year)
- Crafting your career in academia book series
As of July 2026, my work has been cited more than 17,500 times in journals listed in the Web of Science and more than 32,000 times in Google Scholar, with a h-index of 74. I have has been listed on the Web of Science's top 1% most cited academics in Economics & Business worldwide since 2007, and in the top-50 most highly-cited in Business & Management world-wide in Scopus in 2020-2022.
Reviewing and editorial experience
I have acted as an editorial board member for Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, European Journal of International Management, International Business Review, Thunderbird International Business Review, Cross Cultural and Strategic Management, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Journal of Global Mobility, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development International, German Journal for Human Resource Management, European Management Review, and European Management Journal. 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. More...
www.harzing.com: a resource site for academics
Since 1999 I maintain an extensive website at Harzing.com. The site includes my 's research programs and publications, including my academic career guides and white papers. It also hosts the CYGNA Women in Academia pages, the Journal Quality List, and the Publish or Perish software for citation analysis and many other resources.
The associated Harzing.com blog features posts on academic publishing, creating research impact, doing (international) research, academic etiquette, the Publish or Perish software, academic careers, gender in academia, and Positive Academia. If you are an early career academic, your best starting point is the Working in academia page.
London CYGNA
I am one of the founding members of CYGNA. The name CYGNA derives from the female version of the Greek word for SWAN (Supporting Women in Academia Network). Established in June 2014, our main objective is to promote interaction among female academics and to provide a forum for learning, support, and networking.
As CYGNA founder I maintain an overview of blogposts on CYGNA meetings here and explain CYGNA's ethos here: Mission, values, and meeting charter. For more information see Cygna and the following 17 pages.
Want to know more about me?
Here is my interview in the in the Frontline IB Conversations series, cut up in three sections, for easier reference.
- IB Frontline interview: personal section
- IB Frontline interview: research section
- IB Frontline interview: mentoring section
On a personal note
My latest book is Jos Harzing: Vader, Opa, Kunstenaar, a tribute to my father's work as a sculptor in honour of his 90th birthday.
Anne-Wil in 2008
Anne-Wil at the University of Melbourne in 2008.
Anne-Wil's portrait: © Newspix/Andrew Henshaw. Used by permission.
Anne-Wil in 1998
Anne-Wil at the University of Bradford Management Centre in 1998.
(Photographer unknown)
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Anne-Wil Harzing is Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a select group of distinguished AIB members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business. In addition to her academic duties, she also maintains the Journal Quality List and is the driving force behind the popular Publish or Perish software program.
