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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Tenured full professors | Organization and HRM

Marjaana Gunkel, Dean

Marjaana.Gunkel@unibz.it

+39 0471 013221

BZ E5.12c
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
39100
Bozen-Bolzano

Short bio

Prof. Marjaana Gunkel was born in Finland but has completed her academic education in Germany. She received her PhD from the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. In her doctoral dissertation she examined country differences in employee motivation. Marjaana Gunkel has held professorships in International Human Resource Management as well as in Management and Organization at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg as well as the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg in Germany respectively. Since 2015 she is a professor of Organization and Human Resource Management at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. She is the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management.  Marjaana Gunkel’s research is focused on International Human Resource Management, especially on examining international differences in HR practices as well as employee behavior. She has published in the leading journals in this area including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of World Business, Journal of International Management, and International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Courses

Fundamentals of Economic and Management Theories

29084 · PhD Management - 2022 · EN

Human Resource Management in the Public Sector

27403 · SECS-P/10 · LM-63 Public Policies and Administration · EN

M-2 Organizational Behaviour and Leadership

30176B · SECS-P/10 · L-18 Tourism, Sport & Event Management · EN

Main Research Areas

International Human Resource Management, International Organizational Behavior