Katharina Bader
Chair in International HR Management

Profile

Biography

Professor Katharina Bader is Chair in International HR Management. Before joining the University of York, she held permanent and visiting positions in Canada, Germany, India, Japan and the UK. Her research focusses on global mobility and equality, diversity and inclusion in organisations. Her studies have been published in leading academic journals such as Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Work Employment and Society and The International Journal of Human Resource Management and she has received several international awards for her research. She serves on the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Academy of Management Perspectives. Having worked as a leadership development manager in a multinational company, she also brings industry experience and has conducted various collaborative and co- productive research projects with industry partners and non-profit organisations.

Departmental roles

Workplace justice and business ethics Joint Interdisciplinary Cluster Lead

Head of People, Work and Employment Group

Research

Overview

Katharina’s research focusses on global mobility and equality, diversity and inclusion in organisations. Her special interest lies in international and comparative studies. She is an expert in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Based on complex primary data collections, such as multiple wave, multiple respondents designs, diary studies or longitudinal data collections, her studies have been published in leading academic journals such as Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Work Employment and Society and The International Journal of Human Resource Management. She has received several international awards for her research such as the “Outstanding Paper Award” in the Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence or the “WAIB Best Paper Award for Increased Gender Awareness in International Business Research”.

Research topics

• Global mobility
• Equality, diversity and inclusion in organisations
• Working parents
• Hybrid and virtual work

Publications

Selected publications

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Selected Awards and Honors

• Journal of World Business, Best Reviewer Award 2024.
• European Journal of International Management Inaugural Best Paper Award, 2024
• Paper among top downloaded articles in Human Resource Management, 2023.
• Highly Commended Paper Award, HRM SIG, British Academy of Management, 2022.
• Alan M. Rugman Award, Finalist, Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 2022.
• Excellence in Reviewing Award from Human Resource Management Review, 2021.
• Paper among most cited papers in European Management Review, 2020.
• Outstanding Paper Award in the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence, 2019.
• CEIBS Best Paper Award (International Management Division), Finalist, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2019.
• Alan M. Rugman Award, Finalist, Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 2019
• WAIB Best Paper Award for Increased Gender Awareness in International Business Research, Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 2017.
• Personal Quarterly and HR Division of the German Academic Association for Business Research Best Paper Award, 2016.
• Academy of Management, IM Division: Best Reviewer Award, 2016.
• Journal of Asia Business Studies: Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2016.
• The Palgrave Macmillan and AJBS Best Paper Award, 2015.
• European Academy of Management Best Paper at the Expatriate Management Track, 2015