Curriculum Vitae in English
Name: Ruth Alas
Time and place of birth: 5 August 1960 in Türi, Estonia
Time and place of death: 23 January 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia
Education:
Scientific degree:
2004 Doctor philosophiae (economics), Tartu University "Organisational changes during the period of transition in Estonia : major influencing behavioural factors“
Working experience:
Participation in the work of boards, councils and working groups of different organisations:
Organisation of conferences:
Scientific awards and recognition:
Visiting lecturer at foreign universities:
Public lectures at universities:
Participation in the editorial work of journals:
Editor-in-Chief
Participation in public life:
Languages: Estonian, English, Russian
Hobbies and interests: classical music
Contact information:
3 A. Lauteri Street, Tallinn 10114
Phone: +372 6651 307
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ebs.ee
Time and place of birth: 5 August 1960 in Türi, Estonia
Time and place of death: 23 January 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia
Education:
- 2004 Tartu University, Doctoral studies in the Faculty of Economics
- 1999 Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE Business School), Universidad de Navarra, international complementary training for lecturers
- 1998-2002 Estonian Business School, Doctoral study in Business Management
- 1997 Bentley University (earlier Bentley College), Master´s level courses in the Faculty of Management
- 1995-1997 Estonian Business School, Master´s programme in International Business Management
- 1983-1987 Tartu University (earlier Tartu State University), Faculty of Psychology
- 1978-1983 Tallinn Technical University (earlier Tallinn Polytechnical Institute), Faculty of Economics
- 1967-1978 Türi Secondary School, gold medal
Scientific degree:
2004 Doctor philosophiae (economics), Tartu University "Organisational changes during the period of transition in Estonia : major influencing behavioural factors“
Working experience:
- 2006-2014 Estonian Business School, Vice Rector in Scientific Research
- 2003- Estonian Business School, professor, Chair of Management
- 1996-2003 Estonian Business School, lecturer, acting Chair of Management
- 1995-1996 Estonian Business School, lecturer
- 1993-1995 Ariko Reserv (Ariko Reserve,) consultant
- 1991-1993 Mainor-Konsultant (Mainor-Consultant), consultant
- 1981-1991 Eesti Põllumajanduse Arvutuskeskus (Computing Centre of Estonian Agriculture), programmer
Participation in the work of boards, councils and working groups of different organisations:
- Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency - the working group of institutional accreditation
- Estonian Business School - Senate
- Estonian Business School - Research Council
- Estonian Business School - Council of Master´s and Bachelor´s Programme
- The Doctoral School of Economics and Innovation
- The Academy of Management (AOM)
- Chinese American Scholars Association (CASA) E-Leader
- The Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA)
- The Cranfield Network on International Human Resource Management (Cranet)
- Denki Ringo research group
- The Eastern Academy of Management (EAM)
- The Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA)
- The European Academy of Management (EURAM)
- The European Accounting Association (EAA)
- The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
- The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)
- The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
- The International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE)
- The International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR)
- The International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management (IACCM)
- The International Economic Development and Research Centre (IEDRC)
- The International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM)
- The International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS)
- The International Society for the Study of Work and Organizational Values (ISSWOV)
- The International Theme Committee of the Academy of Management (ITC)
- The Irish Academy of Management (IAM)
- The University Fellows International Research Consortium (UFIRC)
Organisation of conferences:
- 2016 Collaborative Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (CCLLL), 19-23 September 2016, Barcelona, Spain
- 2016 The 11th Colloquium of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development „Change management : change agents", 9-10 September 2016, Vienna, Austria
- 2016 The 5th European Theory Development Workshop (ETDW) in Organization and Management Theory, 30 June - 1 July, 2016, Helsinki, Finland
- 2015 International Conference on Information Communication Technology and Digital Convergence Business (ICIDB), 24-25 November 2015, Seoul, South Korea
- 2015 Collaborative Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (CCLLL), 18-21 September 2015, Beijing, China
- 2015 The 10th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE), 17-18 September 2015, Genoa, Italy
- 2015 The 10th Colloquium of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development „Change management : past, present and future", 11-12 September 2015, Larnaca, Cyprus
- 2015 The International Conference on Research Publication and Networking (ICRPN), 17-18 March 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 2015 The 3rd International Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ICMLG), 12-13 February 2015, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2014 The 9th Colloquium of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “The future of change management“, 12-13 September 2014, Essen, Germany
- 2014 The 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA), 21-24 May 2014, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2014 The 12th Annual Conference of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA) “A successful 21st century organization“, 7-9 May 2014, Riga, Latvia
- 2013 The 9th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG), 14-15 November 2013, Klagenfurt, Austria
- 2013 The International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning (ICICKM), 21-22 October 2013, Washington, USA
- 2013 The 3rd International Conference on Business and Economics Research (ICBER), 28-29 September 2013, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
- 2013 The 8th Colloquium of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “Inspiration desperately needed! Tackling the hidden assumptions of change“, 12-13 September 2013, Gent, Belgium
- 2013 The 3rd International Conference on Managing Services in the Knowledge Economy, 17-19 July 2013, Famalicao, Portugal
- 2013 The 11th Annual Conference of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA) “The role of management empowering innovations and creativity“, 9-10 May 2013, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2013 International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE), 4-5 March 2013, Amman, Jordan
- 2012 The 8th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG), 8-9 November 2012, Pafos, Cyprus
- 2012 International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning (ICICKM), 18-19 October 2012, Bogota, Colombia
- 2012 The 7th Colloquium of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “Advances, challenges & contradictions for the human being and the organization“, 13-14 September 2012, Bern, Switzerland
- 2012 The 10th Annual Conference of the Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA) „Winning strategies in challenging times“, 10-11 May 2012, Gdansk, Poland
- 2012 The 7th International Conference „Business management“, 10-11 May 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2012 International Conference “Improving financial institutions : the proper balance between regulation and governance“, 19 April 2012, Helsinki, Finland
- 2012 The 4th Latin American and European Meeting on Organizational Studies (LAEMOS), 27-30 March 2012, Ajijic, Mexico
- 2011 The 7th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG), 6-7 October 2011, Sophia-Antipolis, France
- 2011 The 6th Colloquium of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “Advances, challenges and contradictions“, 15-16 September 2011, Valletta, Malta
- 2011 The 7th International Conference Management of Technological Changes, 1-3 September 2011, Alexandroupolis, Greece
- 2011 The 11th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) “Management culture in the 21st century“, 1-4 June 2011, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2010 The 6th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG), 28-29 October 2010, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2010 The 5th Workshop of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “Core competences in a changing world“, 23-24 September 2010, Vienna, Austria
- 2009 The 5th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG), 5-6 November 2009, Athens, Greece
- 2009 The 4th Workshop of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “Advances, challenges and contradictions“, 10-11 September 2009, Krakow, Poland
- 2009 Annual Conference of the International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE), 5-7 June 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2008 Conference “Scientific research at business schools“, 18 November 2008, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2008 The 3rd Workshop of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development “Advances, challenges and contradictions“, 26-27 September 2008, Bucharest, Romania
- 2008 Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) “Organizational changes in institutional context“, 14-17 May 2008, Bled-Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2007 The 2nd Workshop of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development in Transitional Countries, 18-19 October 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2007 The 9th International Human Resource Management Conference “Changes in society, changes in organizations, and the changing role of HRM : managing international human resources in a complex world“, 12-15 June 2007, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2007 The 5th International Symposium on Management of Technology, 1-3 June 2007, Zhejiang, China
- 2007 The 3rd European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG), 19-20 April 2007, Winchester, United Kingdom
- 2006 The 1st Workshop of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) on Organizational Change and Development in Transitional Countries “What can we learn in theory & practice“, 9-10 November 2006, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2003 The 1st Scientific Human Resource Management Conference “People friendly management“, 6 November 2003, Tallinn, Estonia
Scientific awards and recognition:
- 2014 Award of the Estonian Convention Bureau “Annual Convention Event 2014“, for the organisation of the 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA) and a doctoral colloquium
- 2013 Estonian Business School Award “Annual Event in 2013“, the institutional accreditation of EBS, Head of the Research and Development Working Group
- 2013 Award for the Best Research Article : Alas, Ruth, Gaal, Mary Ann, Egri, Carolyn P., Ralston, David Allen. “Institutional and cultural influence on managerial attitudes towards CSR“. The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) “Capitalism in question“, 9-13 August 2013, Lake Buona Vista (Orlando), Florida, USA
- 2011 Estonian Business School Award “Annual Event in 2011“, organisation of the annual conference of European Academy of Management (EURAM)
- 2011 The title of a Champion awarded by the International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies (an organisation uniting Central and Eastern European Universities providing business education formerly named Central and East European Association for Management Development, CEEMAN) for academic research “How to prevent crisis by means of organisational change management“
- 2010 Estonian Business School Award “Annual Event in 2010“, for the positive evaluation of research and development activities at EBS
- 2010 Best lecturer of Estonian Business School in the academic year 2009/2010 in the field of research and development
- 2009 Estonian Business School Award “Annual Event in 2009“, for the accreditation of the Doctoral programme
- 2009 Award for the best scientific article : Gaal, Mary Ann, Alas, Ruth. “Culture, leadership and non-verbal behaviours : comparing the United States, Estonia and Hungary“, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) “Green management matters“, 7-11 August 2009, Chicago, USA
- 2008 Estonian Business School Award “Annual Event in 2008“, for the receipt of a licence granting the right to introduce Doctoral programme
- 2008 Best lecturer of Estonian Business School in the academic year 2007/2008 in the field of research and development
- 2007 The award of a journal Chinese Management Studies, for the best article : Alas, Ruth, Sun, Wei. “Organizational changes in Chinese companies : a resource-based view“, published in Chinese Management Studies (2007) Vol. 1, Iss. 4, p. 225-242
- 2007 Best lecturer of Estonian Business School in the academic year 2006/2007 in the field of research and development
- 2006 Award for the best scientific article at the 2nd International Conference on International Strategic Management in Istanbul, Turkey : Alas, Ruth. “Organizational change from learning perspective“, published in Journal of Global Strategic Management (2006) Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 108-144
- 2006 Best lecturer of Estonian Business School in the academic year 2005/2006 in the field of research and development
- 2004 Best lecturer of Estonian Business School in the academic year 2003/2004 in the field of research and development
- 2003 Best lecturer of Estonian Business School in the academic year 2002/2003 in the field of research and development
Visiting lecturer at foreign universities:
- 2014 Adizes Institute, Carpinteria, California, USA
- 2014 Egade Business School, San Pedro, Mexico
- 2013 Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, Arizona, USA
- 2006 Bentley University (former Bentley College), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Public lectures at universities:
- 2015 University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
- 2013 Özyeğin University, Deloitte Leadership Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2012 Global City Innovative College, Manila, Philippines
- 2012 Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
- 2012 University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2011 Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 2011 University of Technology`s, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 2007 Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
- 2007 University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), Cape Town, South African Republic
Participation in the editorial work of journals:
Editor-in-Chief
- Journal of Management and Change
- Cross Cultural Management : an International Journal
- International Business : Research, Teaching and Practice
- Baltic Journal of Management
- Chinese Management Studies
- EBS Review
- European Journal of International Management
- Journal of Business Economics and Management
- Journal of Change Management
- Journal of East European Management Studies
- Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues
- The Open Ethics Journal
- Pakistan Journal of Business and Management
- Problems & Perspectives in Management
- Rattan Management : an International Biannual Blind Refereed Journal of Management & Technology
- Vision - the Journal of Business Perspective
- African Journal of Business Management
- Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
- Human Relations
- Journal of Applied Social Psychology
- Monash Management Review
- Organization Studies
- Review of Managerial Science
- Scandinavian Journal of Management
- Publisher Scientific Journals International (SJI), in the field of Management and Management Information System
Participation in public life:
- 2014- Healing Rooms Estonia MTÜ - a member of the Board
- 2011- The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC) St. John’s Church in Tallinn - a member of the Council
- 2009- Eesti Evangeelne Allianss (EEA, Estonian Evangelical Alliance) - a member of the Management Board
- 2009- Global Leadership Summit (GLS) - a member of the Board
- 2008-2011 The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC) St. John’s Church in Tallinn - a substitute member of the Council
- 2008- Scripture Union Estonia (SU Estonia) - a member of the Board
Languages: Estonian, English, Russian
Hobbies and interests: classical music
Contact information:
3 A. Lauteri Street, Tallinn 10114
Phone: +372 6651 307
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ebs.ee