Biographical notes:
Dr. Serena Rovai is a Consultant in IHRM and cross-cultural management.
She holds a PhD in Business Administration and a Master in International
Business
She is part of the faculty at Grenoble Ecole de Management - as
Associate Professor in International Management - in France, one of the
top 15 leading business schools in Europe. She had been teaching at the
University of International Business and Economics (top 5) ¨C UIBE - in
Beijing cross-cultural management where she is also Senior Research
Fellow. She is designing and delivering executive training programs for
Fortune 500¡¯ clients and international institutions in China ¨C Philip
Morris, Am-Cham, Nokia amongst the others - and abroad ¨C ISPI Milan,
University of Memphis US, University of Dallas US - in international HRM,
cross-cultural management, leadership and China business and management.
She is also collaborating with the Italian and Chinese Ministry of
Environment in China for their Sino-Italian Environmental Programme in
the capacity of Accredited Government Foreign Consultant.
She is regularly conducting research on IHRM and cross-cultural issues
in China associated to Tsinghua University Glorad Research Centre and
chairing academic conferences and forums. Her papers have been published
in management journals such as the International Journal of Human
Resources Development, IO Management Magazine, Economia e Management (SDA
Bocconi University) and presented to international conferences such as
the IAMOT, EIASM HR Workshop, IESE Globalisation and MNCs Conference,
EFMD. She had been living in different countries in the Middle-East
before coming to China 5 years ago. She speaks Mandarin fluently amongst
other languages. References are available upon request
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