Faculty of Business Administration

Faculty Profile

Mila Lazarova

Associate Professor
M.S., Ph.D. (Rutgers) International Business
Masters (Univ. Nat'l & World Econ., Bulgaria)

Burnaby Phone: 778-782-6784
Segal Phone: 778-782-7720
Burnaby Office: WMC 3345
Segal Office: WMC 3255

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Dr. Mila Lazarova joined SFU Business in 2002 from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey where she received her PhD.

Her research interests include expatriate management, with a focus on repatriation and the career impact of international assignments; work/life balance issues related to assignments; global careers and the role of organizational career development and work/life balance practices on employee retention. Most recently, she has been involved in a study of global virtual teams.

She was recently awarded a SSHRC standard research grant for a comparative study of HR practices and the changing role of the HR department in organizations.

Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Lazarova

Specialization and Research Interests

Expatriate management (repatriation and career impact of international assignments, female expatriates, and work/life balance issues); global careers; the role of organizational career development and work/life balance practices for employee retention.


Selected Publications

Lazarova, M., Westman, M., & Shaffer, M. (In press) Elucidating the positive side of the work-family interface on international assignments: A model of expatriate work and family performance. Accepted for publication in Academy of Management Review.

Kroumova, M. & Lazarova, M. (In press) Broad based incentive plans, HR practices and company performance. Accepted for publication in Human Resource Management Journal.

Joshi, A., Lazarova, M. & Liao, H. (2009) Building trust and commitment over distance and time: Examining the role of leadership in virtual teams. Organization Science, 20: 240-252.

Lazarova, M. & Taylor, S.  (2009) Boundaryless careers, social capital and knowledge management: Implications for organizational performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30: 119-139.

Thomas, D. C., Stahl, G., Ravlin, E. C., Poelmans, S., Pekerti, A., Maznevski, M., Lazarova, M. B., Elron, E., Ekelund, B. Z., Cerdin, J. L., Brislin, R., Aycan, Z., & Au, K. (2008) Cultural Intelligence: Domain and Assessment.  International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 8: 123-143.

                        Lazarova, M. & Cerdin, J. L. (2007) Revisiting repatriation concerns: Organizational support vs. career and contextual influences. Journal of International Business Studies, 38 (3): 404-429.

Tung, R. L. & Lazarova, M. (2006) Brain drain versus brain gain:  An exploratory study of ex-host country nationals in Central and Eastern Europe. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17(11): 1853-1872.

Lazarova, M. & Tarique, I. (2005) Knowledge transfer upon repatriation. Journal of World Business, 40 (4): 361-373.


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