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Profile

Qualifications

PhD in International Business, University of Leeds
Postgraduate Diploma in Translation, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznań (Poland)
MA in European Studies, Akademia Ekonomiczna, Poznan (Poland), and TEMPUS exchange programme in European Studies, University of Bradford

Experience

2001-2002: European Commission, Directorate General for Research.
1998-1999: International Resource Development (IRD) and British Government "Know How" Fund.
1997-2001: Visiting Research Assistant, University of Leeds.
1991-1997: Translator and interpreter (English/Polish), University of Leeds, US Department of Defense, Poznan International Fair.

Responsibilities

Director of Learning and Teaching of International Business Division
Organiser of monthly research seminars and social activities for CIBUL PhD students
CIBUL Website

Research

Cultural issues in international management and in particular the role of cultural distance within international management relationships. Empirical work conducted on cultural aspects of post-merger integration in German-Polish and British-Polish acquisitions. Other areas of interest include the role of language in international business, research methods in international business, challenges for business arising from widening and deepening of the European Union and transforming the level of engagement of external stakeholders in international business curriculum.

Teaching

Transition Economies in the New International Business Environment (Undergraduate)

Transnational Corporations in the World Economy (Undergraduate)

Research Methods in International Business (MSc)

International Management (FT MBA and EMBA)

Research in Business and Management: Literature Review (PhD)

Publications

Publications in Refereed Journals

Buckley, P., Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2011, 'Doing business in developing and transitional countries: an empirical example of the dominant logic and its alternative', International Studies of Management and Organization, focused issue From Dilemma to Theory to Research Agenda: Doing Business in Developing and Transitional Countries, Summer, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 28–56.

Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2010,  'Multiple language use in international mergers and acquisitions', European Journal International Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.120–134.

Chapman, M., Gajewska-De Mattos, H., Clegg, J. and Buckley, P. 2008, 'Close Neighbours and Distant Friends – Perceptions of Cultural Distance', International Business Review, volume 17, issue 3, pp. 217–234.

Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2004, 'Poles and Germans: An International Business Relationship', Human Relations, August, Volume 57, Number 8, pp. 983–1015 (this article was referred to as "noteworthy" by The Economist Global Executive, What's in the Journals, August 2004, Aug 27th 2004).

Book chapters

Cornelissen, J., Gajewska-De Mattos, H., Piekkari, R. and Welch, C. 2011/12 (forth), ‘Writing up as a legitimacy-seeking process: Alternative publishing recipes for qualitative research’, in Symon, G. and Cassell, C. (eds) ‘The practice of qualitative organizational research: Core methods and current challenges’, Sage.

Chapman, M., Gajewska-De Mattos, H. and Antoniou, C. 2004 'The Ethnographic IB Researcher: Misfit or Trailblazer?' in Marschan-Piekkari, R. and Welch, C. (eds.), 'Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business', Cheltenham, UK and Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, ISBN 1 84376 083 5.

Gajewska, H. 1997 'Competition Policy in the Single European Market', in Gaczek, W.M. (ed.) 'European Studies - Debuts', University of Economics, Series No 1/252, Poznan, ISSN 0208-4902.

Gajewska, H. and Domanczyk, M. 1996 'Public Administration and Local Self-government in Sweden', in Wojtasiewicz, L. (ed.) 'Public Administration and Local Self-government in Selected Countries', University of Economics, Series No 84, Poznan, ISSN 1230-1914.

Book reviews

2001 'Business Restructuring in Asia. Cross-Border M&As in the Crisis Period'; by James Zhan and Terutomo Ozawa; Copenhagen Business School Press, 2001, 112 pages. ISBN 87-16-13511-3, International Business Review.

Papers presented at international conferences

Clegg, J., Gajewska-De Mattos, H. and Alfoldi, E. A. 2011, “Catalysts for PhD excellence and international business research methods training”. In Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Conference. Edinburgh (panel session).

Antoniou, C., Chapman, M. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2010, “Ethnography Meets Management: Kinship and Fictive Kinship in Greek Business”, at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Porto, Portugal.

Clegg, J., Gajewska-De Mattos, H. and Alfoldi, E. A. 2010, “Advanced research methods teaching and learning for postgraduate students in international business”. In Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Conference. Dublin (panel session).

Buckley, P., Chapman, M., and Gajewska–De Mattos, H. 2009, “The experience of international acquisition: Perception and process” at the Academy of International Business World Meeting, San Diego.

Buckley, P.J., Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos 2008, “National Cultural Contrasts, and Local Complexity – The Case of Wielkopolska Region of Poland”, at the Academy of International Business World Meeting, Milan.

Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2007, “The interaction of forms of international business co-operation with contexts of multiple language use”, the 5th Critical Management Conference, Manchester Business School, Manchester.

Chapman, M., Gajewska-De Mattos, H., Clegg, J. and Buckley, P. 2007, “Close Neighbours and Distant Friends – A Social Anthropological Approach to Cultural Distance”, Academy of International Business World Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2007, “Where to go? The relationship between the national culture and patterns of FDI”, Academy of International Business (UK Chapter) Conference, Corporate Governance and International Business, King’s College London, University of London.

Chapman, M., Clegg, J., Gajewska-De Mattos, H. and Buckley, P. 2005, "Interpreting Cultural Differences in International Mergers and Acquisitions”, at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway.

Chapman, M., Clegg, J. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2002, “Close Neighbours and Distant Friends: Managerial Perceptions in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions”, at the European International Business Academy (EIBA), 28th Annual Conference, Athens, Greece.

Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2002, “Candidate Countries, Corporate Integration, and Europe's Research and Technological Development Capacity”, invited speaker at the “European Research 2002" Conference, European Commission, Directorate General for Research, Brussels, Belgium.

Chapman, M. and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 2000, “Poles and Germans: A Thousand Years of a Business Relationship”, at the European International Business Academy (EIBA), 26th Annual Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 1998, “The Influence of the EU Competition Policy on Companies' Strategy Towards Mergers and Acquisitions: A Comparison of General Management Perceptions from Germany, UK, and Poland”, Doctoral Tutorial at the European International Business Academy (EIBA), 24th Annual Conference, EIBA/EIASM Doctoral Tutorial, Jerusalem, Israel.

Chapman, M and Gajewska-De Mattos, H. 1998, “Culture as an Influencing Factor in the Strategic Processes of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: The Perceptions of Senior Executives from Poland, Germany, and UK”, at the Sixth Conference on International Human Resource Management, Paderborn, Germany.