Riikka
Harikkala-Laihinen
tutkijatohtori, Kansainvälinen liiketoiminta
D.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration
Asiantuntijuusalueet
Mergers and acquisitions
Employee emotions
Emotional climate
Communication
Interaction
Biografia
Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen is a
Postdoctoral Researcher in International Business. She has graduated
from Turku School of Economics in 2019. Between 2015 and 2017 she worked
in the Tekes-funded EmoMA-project. In addition to research and
teaching, she updates the IB internet and intranet pages, and instructs a
weekly TSE faculty exercise class.
Opetus
Riikka has supervised Masters’ Theses
in the International Business faculty at TSE since 2015. She has
completed an introductory course of University Pedagogy.
Tutkimus
Riikka's doctoral research focused on employee emotions following cross-border acquisitions. She looks at ways for organizations to increase positivity during change periods, in order to ease the process and achieve better results. In addition to socio-cultural integration, which is the focus of her doctoral research, these findings can help practitioners in other types of organizational change initiatives. Her current work centers on cross-cultural communication and management.
Julkaisut
Cosmopolitans as migrant entrepreneurs (2021)
(A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)When all doors close: Implications of COVID-19 for cosmopolitan entrepreneurs (2020)
International Small Business Journal
(B1 Kirjoitus tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Finding continuity - the identity struggles of a serial acquirer (2020)
Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy
(O2 Muu)
Rough Winds? Emotional Climate Following Acquisitions (2020)
(A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)Managing Emotions in Organizations: Positive Employee Experiences Following Acquisitions (2020)
(C1 Kustannettu tieteellinen erillisteos)Finding positivity in a merger of equals (2020)
(B2 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)When does pride go before the fall? The many faces of pride following a cross-border acquisition (Esitys The 4th Emerging Markets Inspiration Conferencessa (EMIC), 16.-19.6. 2019 Stockholm Sweden) (2019)
Emerging Markets Inspiration Conference
(O2 Muu)
When Does Pride Go Before the Fall? The Many Faces of Pride Following a Cross-border Acquisition (Esitys 45th European International Business Academy Conferencessa (EIBA), Leeds 13.-15.12. 2019) (2019)
European International Business Academy Conference
(O2 Muu)
The cosmopolitan future of identity: The changing nature of space and time (Futures Conference -konferenssiesityksen abstrakti, 2019) (2019)
Futures Conference
(O2 Muu)
Career Paths in Time and Space (WORK2019 Conferencen abstrakti) (2019)
WORK Conference
(O2 Muu)