Staff Profile

I am interested in how international interorganizational collaborations can create advantages to firms and employees. I explore this question through various frameworks, including organizational structure, network perspective, paradox theory. My research endeavors span various aspects of international collaborations, including strategic management, international management, and organization studies, applying both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

My expertise combines academic depth with practical insights. Before transitioning to academia, I worked internationally in project management and in business development, in managerial and non-managerial roles. During that period in the industry I have experienced the value and complexities of international interorganizational collaborations, having initiated, participated in and exited from such collaborations.

Main research interests & expertise:

• Internationalization of professional service firms
• International multi-partner alliances: structure and flexibility
• Intercultural collaboration and task interdependence across cultures
• Navigating complexity and competing demands: paradox theory and paradoxical thinking skills

Professional roles:

Since 2024 Editorial Board, Journal of Professions and Organization

Since 2023 Social Media Editor, International Management Division, Academy of Management

2022-2023 Chair of the Doctoral Student Committee, International Management Division, Academy of Management

Awards & Recognitions:

2023 Best Paper, the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

2023 Finalist of the 2023 CEIBS Best Paper Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management.

2023 Finalist of the 2023 Best Paper in OB/HRM/OT Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management.

2023 Best Reviewer Award. Academy of Management, International Management Division.

2021 Best Reviewer Award. Academy of Management, International Management Division.

2021 Division and Interest Group Scholarship. Academy of Management, International Management Division.

• Articles

  • Salvoldi R, Brock DM. How Does Internationalization Help Reputation? The Role of the Learning Gap. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 2024, epub ahead of print.
  • Salvoldi R, Brock DM. International Alliance Structure and Effectiveness: Evidence from Law Firms. Journal of Management & Organization 2023, Epub ahead of print.
  • Salvoldi, R, Brock, DM. Opening the black box of professional service network internationalization: An exploration of law firm networks. Journal of Professions and Organization 2019.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Salvoldi R, Efrat-Treister D. What's in it for the Worker? Nonmobile Global Work, Structural Conditions, and Paradoxical Thinking. In: 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Academy of Management.