LAURA J. NOVAL Vienna University of Economics and Business +43 1 313 36 5493 (Wirtschaftsuniversität) laura.noval@wu.ac.at Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Austria 2015-2017 Post-Doc Research and Teaching Associate Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Austria 2011-2015 Prae-Doc Research and Teaching Associate EDUCATION Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Austria 2015 PHD in Economics and Social Sciences Dissertation: Affective influences on ethical decision making the roles of mood, incidental emotions, and affective forecasting Committee: Günter K. Stahl (WU Vienna), Thomas Maak (ESADE Business School), ChenBo Zhong (U. of Toronto), Martin Schreier (WU Vienna) European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Berlin, Germany 2009 MBA (Master in Business Administration) Université de Perpignan/ Vatel Nimes, Nimes & Perpignan, France 2007 Bachelor in Tourism and Hotel Administration Ott College, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2004 Associate degree in Tourism and Hotel Administration RESEARCH INTERESTS Behavioral Business Ethics; Intergenerational Decision Making; Motivation; Emotion & Cognition; Mindfulness. TEACHING INTERESTS Organizational Behavior; Leadership; Business Ethics; Decision-Making; Human Resource Management; Personal Development.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Noval L.J. & Stahl G.K. (2015) Accounting for Proscriptive and Prescriptive Morality in the Workplace: The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Mood on Managerial Ethical Decision Making. Journal of Business Ethics, doi: 10.1007/s10551-015-2767-1 Hernandez M., Noval L.J. & Wade-Benzoni K.L. (2015). How leaders can create intergenerational systems to promote organizational sustainability. Organizational Dynamics, doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2015.02.004 Book Chapters Stahl G.K., Miska C., Noval L.J. & Patock V.J. (2016 forthcoming) The Quest for Corporate Social Responsibility: How Global Leaders Make a Difference in Achieving Triple-Bottom- Line Outcomes. In: Research Handbook of Global Leadership: Making a difference, Hrsg. Lena Zander, Edward Elgar Publishing. AUTHORED BOOKS Noval, L. J. (2015). Evaluation of training effectiveness for leadership development programs. Saarbrucken: AV Akademikerverlag. ISBN (978-3-639-85331-5) WORKING PAPERS/ INVITED REVISIONS Noval, L.J. Overestimating the emotional impact of outcomes motivates harmful behavior: how the impact bias influences ethical decision making. Conditionally accepted at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making Processes. Finalist for AOM SIM Division Best Student Paper Award SELECTED RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Noval, L.J., Zhong, C.B. & Stahl, G.K. On the positive role of negative incidental emotions in ethical decision making: when it can be good to feel sad. Revising for submission to OBHDP. Noval, L. J & Hernandez, M. Motivated performance assessments in resource allocation dilemmas: the moderating role of social dominance orientation. Revising for submission to Journal of Business Ethics. Noval, L. J., Stahl, G. K. & Molinsky, A. Motivated social distance: when incentives make us feel different from others. Studies 1 and 2 conducted; preparing study 3 (Target journal: OBHDP).
Stahl, G. K & Noval, L. J. Intrinsic motivation to do good and to avoid harm: the corruptive role of extrinsic measures. Theory paper in preparation for Academy of Management Review (AMR). Hernandez, M., Noval, L.J., & Wade-Benzoni, K.L. Moral emotions and intergenerational behavior. Preparing studies. Feenstra, S., Jordan, J., Noval, L.J., & Stoker, J. Fighting to obtain or maintain power: the role of power stability in dishonest and prosocial behaviors. Preparing studies. Hafenbrack, A.C. & Noval, L.J. State mindfulness and intergenerational decision making. Preparing studies. Noval, L.J. & Molinsky, A. Distinguishing compassion from pity in organizational ethical decision making. Theory development (target journal: Human Relations). CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS and INVITED TALKS Noval, L.J. (2015). Motivated psychological distance at the workplace. Invited research talk at the Behavioral Lab Group at the University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. Noval, L.J. (2015). The role of affective forecasting errors in ethical decision making. Paper presented for the Annual Academy of Management (AOM) Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. Finalist for SIM Best Student Paper Award Noval, L.J. (2015). On the misguided pursuit of happiness and ethical behavior at the workplace. Paper presented at EGOS, Athens, Greece (Sub-theme on Responsible Leadership) Finalist for Best Conference Paper Noval, L.J. (2014). How overestimating the emotion impact of outcomes induces unethical behavior. Paper presented at the 13th TIBER Symposium on Psychology and Economics, Tilburg, Netherlands. Noval, L.J., Stahl, G.K. & Zhong, C.B. (2014) The role of incidental and self-oriented emotions influence on harmful and prosocial behavior. Paper presented at EMONET (Emotions in Organizations Network), Philadelphia, PA. Noval, L.J., Stahl, G.K. & Zhong, C.B. (2014) The positive role of negative emotions in ethical decision making. Paper presented at the Annual Academy of Management (AOM) Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Noval, L.J. & Stahl, G.K. (2013) The paradoxical role of mood on proscriptive and prescriptive morality. Society for Business Ethics (SBE), Orlando, USA Founders Award for Emerging Scholars
Noval, L.J. (2013) Affective states and ethical decision making. 6th Annual Young Judgment & Decision Making Meeting, Berlin, Germany. TEACHING Bachelor level (core teaching; self-developed course) Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) GLOBAL LEADERSHIP: Leadership theories; Influence and Persuasion; Decision making; Cross-cultural issues; Leading Diversity; Ethical Decision Making; Personal Development. - Summer Semester 2015 (Student s rating: 1.24) - Winter Semester 2014 (Student s rating: 1.06) - Summer Semester 2014 (Student s rating: 1.11) - Winter Semester 2013 (Student s rating: 1.15) - Summer Semester 2013 (Student s rating: 1.14) - Winter semester 2012 (Student s rating: 1.25) 1 Master Level (Ad-hoc) ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain Emotions, reasoning, and business ethics Session provided to CEMS MIM (Master in International Management), 2014 Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) International Business Project in collaboration with Telekom Austria, topic: developing a leadership business school Course provided to CEMS MIM (Master in International Management), Vienna, 2012 Leadership and decision-making: individual and group biases Session provided to CEMS MIM (Master in International Management), Vienna, 2014 and 2015 Executive Teaching (Ad-hoc) Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Executive Academy, Vienna) Leadership and decision-making: individual and group biases Session provided to: GLOBAL EMBA, Spring 2015 ENERGY MBA, Fall 2014 PMBA (Professional MBA), Fall 2013 1 Students assessments of the instructor on a scale from 1 (very good) to 5 (very bad)
FURTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Participated in Grant Application (8 million euros) for SFB Austria (Special Research Programs) Coordination of sub-project on neuroscientific approaches to address ethical decision making in organizations (2015) Participated in Grant Application (1.5 million euros) for the European Research Council (ERC; 2014) The Neuroscience of Leadership Project. ESADE, Barcelona, Spain. Participated in a project using qeeg to assess neurophysiological patterns of individuals and groups during the resolution of a business ethical dilemma Joint project between ESADE (Prof. Thomas Maak) and Arizona State University (Prof. David Waldman; 2012). SERVICE Organization of PDW (Professional Development Workshop) for the SIM Division at the Annual Academy of Management (AOM) with Dr. Christof Miska: Teaching Ethics and Social Responsibility in a Global Environment (2015, Vancouver, Canada - Part 2 currently in preparation to offer for the AOM 2016). Ad-hoc Reviewer for: Journal of Business Ethics (2014-present) Conference Reviewer for: Academy of Management (2013-2015) EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies 2015) Student Advising 14 Bachelor Theses and 5 Master Theses supervised until 08.2015 AWARDS and GRANTS Finalist Best Student Paper Award SIM at AOM, Vancouver, 2015 Nomination for Best Paper at EGOS, Athens, 2015 Founder s Award for emerging scholars at the Society for Business Ethics, 2013 WU Award for Innovative Teaching, 2013 Research and Development Grant for Research Associates, WU Vienna (Awarded on 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE ARCOTEL HOTELS, Berlin, Germany, 2010-2011
Marketing and Public Relations Supervisor HILTON HOTELS, Berlin, Germany, 2010 Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator AMERICAN EXPRESS ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008 Travel Coordinator Platinum and Gold card holders BOSCOLO HOTELS, Nice, France, 2007 Groups Coordinator (paid internship) WESTIN COPLEY PLACE BOSTON, Boston, USA, 2005-2006 Rooms Controller DAUFUSKIE ISLAND RESORT & BREATHE SPA, South Carolina, USA, 2004 Front Desk Agent LANGUAGE SKILLS Native Spanish speaker/ Fluent English, German, Portuguese, and French/ Advanced Italian. REFERENCES Günter K. Stahl Chen-Bo Zhong Full Professor of International Management Associate Professor of OB and HRM Vienna University of Economics and Business Rotman School of Management WU Vienna University of Toronto Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria 105 St George Street, M5S3E6 Canada Tel +43-1-31336-90-4434 Tel +1-416-978-4246 Guenter.stahl@wu.ac.at chenbo.zhong@rotman.utoronto.ca Morela Hernandez Thomas Maak Associate Professor of Business Administration Head of School of Management Darden School of Business UNISA Business School University of Virginia University of South Australia 100 Darden Boulevard, VA 22903 USA GPO Box 2471, South Australia 5001 Tel +1-434-924-4917 Tel +61-8-830-20748 HernandezM@darden.virginia.edu Thomas.Maak@unisa.edu.au Andy Molinsky Professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior Brandeis University International Business School 415 South Street, MS 032, Waltham, MA 02454 Tel +1-781-736-2255 molinsky@brandeis.edu