Mike Szymanski

Professor Szymanski’s research focuses on the areas of international business knowledge, strategic management, and global leadership, with a special interest in topics such as biculturalism, intercultural management, and diversity and performance strategies.

He is a co-author of several texts, including: “Embracing Organizational Trauma: Three Short Case Studies Illustrating Positive Effects of (Near) Death Experiences on Organizational Culture,” “Understanding Multiculturals as Ethical Global Leaders” and “The Subprime Crisis: economic consequences of emotion-driven actions.”

He has been a researcher and Assistant Professor at Peter B. Gustavson Business School at the University of Victoria (Canada). He has also collaborated as a strategic management consultant for PwC, BCG, and Deloitte.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in International Organizational and Management
  • University of Victoria
• M.A. in American Studies
  • University of Warsaw
• M.A.
  • Warsaw School of Economics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Szymanski, M., Fitzsimmons, S.R. & Danis, W (2019) "When Do Bicultural Managers Improve Organizational Performance: Evidence from Elite Football Team Performance". International Business Review, 28 (2) 305-315
• Kalra, K., Szymanski, M., & Olszewska, A (2018) "Do All Roads Lead to Global Leadership?". Advances in Global Leadership, 11 () 257-279
• Szymanski, M. & Kalra, K. (2019). Foreign Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, and Biculturalism: A new theoretical avenue for organizational research. In. B. Christiansen (Ed.), Applied Psycholinguistics and Multilingual Cognition in Human Creativity. IGI Global.
• Szymanski, M. and Olszewska, A. (2018) To Teach Leadership Ethically or to Teach Ethical Leadership?: Leadership Education in the Polish Executive Education Context in Handbook of Research on Ethics, Entrepreneurship, and Governance in Higher Education. IGI Global.
• Szymanski, M. & Kalra, K (2018) Leadership and Followership: Lack of Congruence Among Theory, Practice, and Management Education in Global Business Strategies for Institutions of Higher Education. USM Press.
• Szymanski, M. & Schindler, E. 2017. Embracing Organizational Trauma: Three Short Case Studies Illustrating Positive Effects of (Near) Death Experiences on Organizational Culture. In: R. Brunet-Thornton (Ed.). Impact of Organizational Trauma on Workplace Behavior and Performance. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Hrenyk, J., Szymanski, M., Kar, A. & Fitzsimmons, S. 2016. Understanding Multiculturals as Ethical Global Leaders. In: M. E. Mendenhall, J. Osland & M. Lee (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership. Vol. 9; pp. 55-76.
• Czerwonka, M. & Szymanski, M. 2009. The Subprime Crisis - economic consequences of emotion-
• driven actions. The Journal of Finance and Management Sciences, 97: 65-80 (available in Polish only).
• Szymanski, M. & Wolfe, R. 2016. Strategic Management. In R. Hoye & M. M. Parent (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Sport Management. New York City, NY: SAGE; pp. 24-38.
• Davies, A. & Szymanski, M. (forthcoming). A Match Made in (Eco)Heaven: How Tesla Became Norway’s #1 Selling Vehicle (Case Study). In G. Suder & J. Lindequ (Eds.), Doing Business in Europe, Third Edition. London, UK: SAGE.