International research: Professors Viviana Pilato and Melanie Robinson rewarded

Professors Viviana Pilato and Melanie Robinson received a certificate of excellence along with 8 other colleagues for their involvement in the creation of one of the 10 largest datasets for Canada, as part of the international research project Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE 2020).

Their colleagues are Pamela Lirio (Université de Montréal), Rick Cotton and Stacey Fitzsimmons (University of Victoria), Ariane Ollier-Malaterre (Université du Québec à Montréal), Margaret Schomaker (Université Laval), Ali Dastmalchian*, Carolyn Egri and Mila Lazarova (Simon Fraser University).

GLOBE 2020, which is the culmination of over 20 years of collaborative work, examines the relationships between societal culture, leadership, and organizational practices About 425 researchers took part in this large and comprehensive international study, which covers 144 countries. Based on the findings of the past two decades, the team focused on four questions:

• To what extent have the cultures of the countries in the original GLOBE study changed? And what are the major societal drivers of culture change?
• What is the relationship between national culture and antecedents of interpersonal trust in different countries?
• What insights can be gained by expanding the number of countries mapped by the GLOBE project to include relatively unstudied countries in the Middle East and North Africa region?
• How do leadership perceptions differ across genders and cultures?1

About both winners

Viviana Pilato is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Business since 2019, with a PhD in management and innovation from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria. Her research focuses on sustainability, international corporations and institutions, and has been published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Cambridge University Press.

With an MSc and a PhD in Administration, Melanie Robinson is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Management Education, and a member of the Pierre Péladeau Center – Leadership and Management, HEC Montréal. She specializes in organizational behavior, leadership and research on management education.

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GLOBE

Viviana Pilato

Melanie Robinson

^* Posthumously, since Ali Dastmalchian passed away on August 13, 2020.

¹ Source : globeproject.com (free translation)

Viviana Pilato, Assistant Professor at the Department of International, HEC Montréal

Melanie Robinson, Associate Professor at the Department of Management, HEC Montréal