HR PRACTICES, STRATEGIC AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGES:
Academic and practitioners Views
MAY 21-22, 2015
CONFERENCE VENUE OF POLE LEONARD DE VINCI, LA DEFENSE,
PARIS, FRANCE
EMRBI PRESIDENTS: Prof. Yaakov WEBER and Prof. Demetris VRONTIS
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Prof. Hela CHEBBI
OUR PARTNERS
THURSAY 21ST May 2015
13:00-14:00
14:00-14:30
Conference Registration
Conference Inauguration –Greetings (Amphi)
Jean Marcel Jammet, Dean of EDC Paris Business School
Prof. Jean-Pierre Helfer, President of EDC Scientific Committee
Dr. Hela Chebbi, Conference Chair
Prof Yaakov Weber, President EMRBI
14:30-15:45
Sessions
SESSION 1 : LEADERSHIP
The side effects of servant leadership in non-profit organizations: exploring
when serving followers does not pay
Author : Palumbo Rocco
ROOM
(S101)
Temporal tactics: a new conceptual model for early start leadership
Authors : Cameron Clare and Wright Barry
Global leader: The interplay between national culture and leadership
theories
Authors : Rosana Silveira Reis, Anderson de Souza Sant’Anna and Camilla
Quental
SESSION 2 : RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
Application of segmentation and targeting in the recruitment of high
potentials in the pharmaceutical industry
Authors : Jan Posthumus, Gil Bozer and Joseph C Santora
Why high performance leads to turnover?
ROOM
(S111)
Authors: Mahmood Arif, Ahlam. Md Mahbubul, Pigac Tilen and Mahmud
Asif
The role of human resource management in serial acquisitions in luxury&
fashion industry
Authors : Quacquarelli Barbara and Gambardella Flavio
Perceptions of workplace diversity : a French case study
Authors: Sabine Bacouel-Jentjens and Inju YANG
SESSION 3 : AMBIGUITY COMMUNICATION AND TRUST
Give me the facts and leave me alone! Traces of Finnish speech culture in
sales-related communication
Authors : Koponen Jonna and Julkunen Saara
ROOM
(C001)
Managing the 21st century university: From commodification and
entrepreneurship to HRM-isation?
Authors: J. Du and Irvine Lapsley
Building political skill to ensure team trust and performance
Author : Elena Lvina
Integration approaches and HR tasks in mergers and acquisitions
Author : Yaakov Weber
SESSION 4 : E-HRM
Employees` perception toward electronic HRM usage: evidence from
orange telecom group (jtg) in Jordan
ROOM
(S102)
Author : Shatha M. Obeidat
The impact of national culture on the use and outcomes of e-HRM
Authors: Peretz Hilla and Parry Emma
Strategic management of employee social media use: implications for HR
practices and policies
Authors : Rowbotham Kate and Coulter Christine
15:45-16:15
Coffee Break
16:15-17:45
Round Tables
ROUND TABLE 1 : HOW HR PRACTICES CONTRIBUTE TO
THE INNOVATION/ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DEVELOPMENT?
CHAIR: Kathleen Randerson (EDC Paris)
Participant 1: Olivier Leclerc
Director, Business Enabler AIS
Intrapreneurship & Change Management
ROOM
Participant 2: Robert Collart
Chief Happiness Officer
Participant 3: Isabelle Pays
HR Manager
ROUND TABLE 2 : INTERNATIONAL HR PRACTICES
CHAIR: Inju Yang (EDC Paris)
Participant 1: Karen Nicholson
ROOM
Manager HR department, NESTLE
Participant 2: Don Osbrn
Professor and Consultant
20:30
Gala Dinner
Friday, 22nd May 2015
9:00-10:15: Sessions
SESSION 5 : MEASUREMENT
Performance measurement of acute care hospital beds utilization: from a
static to a dynamic framework. The case of the IRCCS European Institute
of Oncology.
ROOM
(S102)
Authors: Stefano Olgiati, A.lessandro Danovi, Daniele Giuseppe Dozzo,
Giorgio Magon, Daniele Piacentini and Olivero Rinaldi
Management systems, intellectual capital and impact on performances:
empirical analysis of Italian firms
Author : Elisa Truant
The effects of innovation, R&D and technology on firm competitiveness
Authors : Evangelos Tsoukatos, Lemonakis Christos and Vassakis
Konstantinos
SESSION 6 : ENTREPRENEURS AND COMPETENCE
Leader-Member exchange and job role ambiguity: an Indian perspective
Authors: Naik. Ms. Kasturi and Bobade Anita
ROOM
(C001)
Improving self-perception of entrepreneurial competences among the
entrepreneurs: does entrepreneurial accompanying play a major role? Study
of “Reseau Entreprendre” Case
Authors : Amira Ben Salah Dulys and Imen Ben Salah
Entrepreneurial competence – prerequisites for an integrated framework
for executive development
Author : Steiner Karin
SESSION 7 : EMPLOYEES AND DEVELOPMENT
When restructuring occurs: a time for reflexive conscientization to
highlight individual employee reaction?
Author : Marie Kavanagh
ROOM
(S101)
The effect of fit between employees‟ regulatory focus (promotion vs.
Prevention) and creative (vs. Non-creative) work environment on
employees‟ well-being
Authors : Dina Van Dijk and Reut Peer
Exploring the long-term survival of initial public offerings: how the states
of eight resource classes at IPO influence 20 year firm survival
Authors : Welbourne Theresa M. and Gibson Kyle
SESSION 8 : HR AND INNOVATION
ROOM
(S111)
Artistic freedom: lessons in intrapreneurship drawn from the fine arts
Authors : Di Bella Jessica and Schoenebeck Grit
The impact of networking strategy on the innovation process in an
emerging economy: the case of Montenegro
Authors : Karadzic Vesna, Drobnjak Radivoje and Manijeh Reyhani
The entrepreneurial influence of strategic human resource management on
firm performance: a multi-level model
Authors : Boekhorst Janet A and Singh Parbudyal
What happens when strategic human resource management „rocks the
boat‟?: an exploration of entrepreneurial orientation and innovative
performance
Authors : Boekhorst Janet A and Singh Parbudyal
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00
Sessions
SESSION 9 : MNC, CSR AND WORK ETHICS
Local responsive
perspectives
CSR
for
firm
competitiveness:
institution-based
Author : Nini Yang
ROOM
(S102)
Harmonisation of national and organisational culture and its influence on
HRM in MNC and family managed business in India – a case study
Authors: Anita P. Bobade and Aruna V Deshpande
Staffing of French MNCs in Asia: The roles of long-term expatriates versus
short-term assignees
Authors : Johannes Schaaper, Jacques Jaussaud and Bruno Amann
The impact of religious beliefs and cultural identity on work ethic
Authors : Taghavi Shiva and Segalla Michael
SESSION 10 : DIVERSITY and BOARD
The art of project management: orchestrating multicultural project teams
Author: Walther, Ronald Andreas
ROOM
(S101)
Does board gender diversity matter in social initiatives disclosure?: some
evidence from emerging market
Author : Abdulsamad Alazzani
A research on one-tier system in Croatian corporate practice
Authors : Helena Majić and Olivera Jurković Majić
SESSION 11: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
Rethinking entrepreneurship education within universities: knowledge
sharing as value proposition
Authors : Alessandra Micozzi and Francesca Micozzi
Ambiguity preference : negative domain versus positive domain
ROOM
(C001)
Authors: Davidovich Liema and Yassour Joseph
Entrepreneurial intentions of business students in Malaysia : the role of
self-confidence, educational and relation support
Authors: Hamid Mahmood Gelaidan and Aliyu Olayemi Abdullateef
Training and education to a new human resources strategy: the case of the
Spanish professional army system
Authors: Callado-Muñoz Francisco José and Utrero-González Natalia
SESSION 12: INVESTMENT, SME AND FINANCE
HRM challenges within the changing banking industry of Cyprus: the
battle of two banks
Author : Cathrin Lazarou-Kitteni
ROOM
(S111)
Attracting angels: the role of resource based theory and dynamic
capabilities
Authors : Michael Tope, David McKevitt and Paul Davis
Exploring HR policy in SME finance in the emerging economy
Authors : Mahmood Arif and Frank Yu KUO
“HRM, innovation and entrepreneurship”: contribution to the
understanding of the impact of entrepreneurial accompanying experiences
on the development of accompanists‟ experiential learning and knowledge
“Réseau Entreprendre” ® case
Authors :Imen Ben Salah and Amira Ben Salah Dulys
12:00-13:00
ROUND TABLE
Andrés Davila
&
Yoan Ruso (Ex- director e-bay France)
Digital and HR practices
Keynote Speakers
“Of Strategists, Philanthropists
and Psychopaths: What Drives
Responsible and Irresponsible
Managerial Behavior?”
AMPHI
Prof. Gunter Stahl (WU Vienna and INSEAD) &
Prof. Yaakov Weber (COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT)
13:00-14:00 Light Lunch