Prof. Dr. habil. Anna Aleksandra Lupina-Wegener

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Professor of International and Organizational Behavior
• Head of the Center for Cross-Cultural Management; Prof. Anna Lupina-Wegener leads the C3IB, bringing extensive expertise in how organizational identities evolve during international mergers and change processes. As co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Change Management, she employs mixed research methodologies to uncover human dynamics and leadership. A guest professor at European and Chinese universities, her research published in journals like Management International Review and Business Horizons provides crucial insights for leaders navigating complex international organizational changes in today's interconnected business landscape.

Focus

• Organizational change and leadership
• Cross-border M&As
• Cross-cultural management/ communication (focused on emerging markets)
• Enterpreneurship from a cross-cultural perspective
• OB/ new world of work/ AI
• Sustainable human resources management
• Organizational identity in international management

Teaching

• Cross-cultural management/ communication
• Human Resource Management/ Organizational Behaviour
• Leadership, including New world of work, AI
• Doing business in CEE
• Qualitative research methods
• Leadership, Ethics and Intercultural Competence

Experience

• Co Editor in Chief
  Journal of Change Management: Reframing Leadership and Organizational Practice
  01 / 2024 - today
• Professor for Cross-Cultural Management and Organizational Behaviour
  HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
  02 / 2012 - 08 / 2022
• Senior lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
  University of Geneva, Switzerland
  09 / 2011 - 02 / 2012
• Lecturer in intercultural communication
  Geneva School of Business Administration (HES-SO HEG), Switzerland
  02 / 2011 - 06 / 2011
• Post-doctoral assistant
  University of Geneva (HEC), Switzerland
  03 / 2005 - 07 / 2010
• Teaching and research assistant
  University of Geneva (HEC), Switzerland
  09 / 2004 - 03 / 2005

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (Organisational identity in international management: investigating cross-border M&As and internationalisation processes from an emerging markets perspective) / Management Science
  Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France
  09 / 2023 - 12 / 2024
• Post-Doctorate / Cross-cultural management/ OB
  University of Geneva, Switzerland
  03 / 2005 - 07 / 2010
• Doctorate / Management
  Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  09 / 2000 - 03 / 2005
• Doctoral visiting scholar; Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship / Cross-cultural management/ OB
  University of Geneva, Switzerland
  09 / 2003 - 08 / 2004
• Master of Science / Management and Marketing
  Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  09 / 1996 - 09 / 2000
• exchange semester / Business Administration
  HEC, Montreal
  01 / 2000 - 05 / 2000

Continuing Education

• Certificate; ZHAW
  Executive leadership
  07 / 2024
• CAS in Higher Education Pedagogy
  HES-SO
  11 / 2021

Network

Membership of networks

• COST Action, China in Europe Research Network (CHERN)
• ZHAW Digital Futures Lab

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3273-3909

Awards

Honorary Ambassador of SGH
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), awarded by Rector, Prof. Piotr Wachowiak
06 / 2024

Social media

Change community network

Media presence

• RTS - Émission tribu - Le télétravail. Interview live
• Télétravail: privilégier la bienveillance plutôt que le contrôle, interview in Revue Hémisphères
• SRF Interview: Living in France as a Swiss
• SRF: Living in France as a Swiss (2)

Projects

• SHAPE: Shelter-based Hubs for Adaptive Partnerships and Engagement / Project leader / ongoing
• AI Index Machine Learning Algorithms / Project leader / completed
• Redefining Cross-Cultural Leadership / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Lupina-Wegener, A., Van Dick, R., & Haslam, A. (2026). From identity threat to identity gain : the role of identity leadership in helping employees negotiate organizational change. Journal of Change Management, 26(1), 60–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2026.2623636
• Wilson‐Lemoine, J. E., Swiatczak, M. D., Steffens, N. K., van Dick, R., Kerschreiter, R., Akfirat, S. A., Avanzi, L., Ballada, C. J. A., Barghi, B., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Dumont, K., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García‐Ael, C., Giessner, S. R., et al. (2026). Beyond prototypicality : identity leadership is about shaping and embedding a sense of social identity, not just representing it. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 56(3), 251–270. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70049
• Gjerald, O., Kars-Unluoglu, S., Zabicka-Wlodarczyk, M., & Lupina-Wegener, A. A. (2025). Changing change : from heroic leadership to collective agency. Journal of Change Management, 25(3), 169–178. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2025.2539965
• Bibic, K., Frenzel, S. B., Kerschreiter, R., Wilson-Lemoine, J., Steffens, N., Haslam, S. A., Monzani, L., Akfirat, S. A., Ballada, C. J. A., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Avanzi, L., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García-Ael, C., Giessner, S., et al. (2025). The value of leaders we trust and leaders who make us stronger : exploring the distinct contributions of different components of identity leadership to group member outcomes. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 29(2), 302–322. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251341818
• Turek, D., Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Edgar, F., Podgorodnichenko, N., Okay-Somerville, B., Fu, N., Lupina-Wegener, A., Klein, H. J., Akbas, G., Al-Romeedy, B. S., Apospori, E., Bosak, J., Caldana, A., Crapolicchio, E., Chavanovanich, J., Desjardins, G., Dorrough, A., Dunlop, P., Edralin, D., et al. (2025). Does the relationship between sustainable human resource management and organizational identification vary by culture? Evidence from 35 countries based on GLOBE framework. Central European Management Journal, 33(4), 667–696. https://doi.org/10.1108/cemj-04-2024-0121
• Lupina-Wegener, A., Gjerald, O., Crevani, L., Kuipers, B., Vardaman, J., & Murphy, J. (2025). Introduction to the 25th Anniversary Curated Collection: Celebrating 25 Years of Journal of Change Management: Reframing Leadership and Organizational Practice (JCM). Journal of Change Management, 25(2), 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2025.2468392
• Monzani, L., Bibic, K., Haslam, S. A., Kerschreiter, R., Jérémy E., W. L., Steffens, N. K., Akfirat, S. A., Christine Joy A., B., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Avanzi, L., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García-Ael, C., Giessner, S., Gleibs, I., et al. (2024). Political leaders’ identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior : the mediating role of trust in fellow citizens and the moderating role of economic inequality. Political Psychology, 45(6), 979–1011. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12952
• Wojtczuk‐Turek, A., Turek, D., Edgar, F., Klein, H. J., Bosak, J., Okay‐Somerville, B., Fu, N., Raeder, S., Jurek, P., Lupina-Wegener, A., Dvorakova, Z., Gutiérrez‐Crocco, F., Kekkonen, A., Leiva, P. I., Mynaříková, L., Sánchez‐Apellániz, M., Shafique, I., Al‐Romeedy, B. S., Wee, S., et al. (2024). Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction – unlocking the power of organizational identification : a cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(5), 4910–4932. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2815
• Liang, S., Lupina-Wegener, A., Ullrich, J., & van Dick, R. (2021). ‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe. Journal of Change Management, 22(1), 59–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2021.1951812
• Shan, J., Konishi, M., Pullin, P., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2021). Effects of cultural intelligence on multicultural team effectiveness : the chain mediation role of common ingroup identity and communication quality. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5(4), 519–529. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.115
• Liang, S., Ullrich, J., Dick, R., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2021). The intergroup sensitivity effect in mergers and acquisitions : testing the role of merger motives. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(8), 769–778. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12785
• van Dick, R., Cordes, B. L., Lemoine, J. E., Steffens, N. K., Haslam, S. A., Akfirat, S. A., Ballada, C. J. A., Bazarov, T., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Avanzi, L., Bodla, A. A., Bunjak, A., Černe, M., Dumont, K. B., Edelmann, C. M., Epitropaki, O., Fransen, K., García-Ael, C., Giessner, S., et al. (2021). Identity leadership, employee burnout, and the mediating role of team identification : evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 12081. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212081
• Lupina-Wegener, A. A., Liang, S., van Dick, R., & Ullrich, J. (2020). Multiple organizational identities and change in ambivalence : the case of a Chinese acquisition in Europe. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 33(7), 1253–1275. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-08-2019-0260
• Prystupa-Rządca, K., Lupina-Wegener, A., & Johannot, C. (2019). Lessons learned from Swiss born globals entering Brazil. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 12(1), 125–143. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-12-2018-0139

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Weil, M., Lupina-Wegener, A., & Syrigos, E. (2026). Transforming higher education : driving innovation in higher education through digital transformation? In D. Blume & B. Volk (Eds.), Hochschullehre im digitalen Zeitalter : Theorie und Praxis zukunftsfähiger Lern- und Lehrprozesse (pp. 89–99). transcript. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35162
• Lupina-Wegener, A., McDonald, F., Shan, J., Zhang, G., & Karamustafa-Köse, G. (2023). Liability of emergingness of emerging market banks internationalizing to advanced economies. In P. A. B. Duarte, F. J. B. S. Leandro, & E. Martínez Galán (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization with Chinese Characteristics (pp. 201–221). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6700-9_13
• Liang, S., van Dick, R., Ullrich, J., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2023). Social identity processes in Sino-Western mergers and acquisitions. In S. Oreg, A. Michel, & R. T. By (Eds.), The psychology of organizational change (pp. 170–182). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086721.011
• Lupina-Wegener, A., van Dick, R., & Liang, S. (2023). Identification change in Chinese acquisitions in Europe : the social identity approach. In S. Oreg, A. Michel, & R. T. By (Eds.), The psychology of organizational change (pp. 148–169). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086721.010

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Lupina-Wegener, A., Karamustafa-Köse, G., & Yang Meier, D. (2023, December 17). Redefining the role of research teams in studying leadership. 49th Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Lisbon, Portugal, 15-17 December 2023.

Other publications

• Gjerald, O., Lupina-Wegener, A., Crevani, L., Kuipers, B., Kars-Unluoglu, S., Murphy, J., Meglio, O., Meier, N., Vardaman, J., & Zabicka-Wlodarczyk, M. (2026). Reframing leadership and organizational change : 25 years of inquiry at JCM. Journal of Change Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2026.2627006
• By, R. T., Lupina-Wegener, A. A., & Gjerald, O. (2024). Home of the MAD. Journal of Change Management, 24(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2024.2310318
• Karamustafa-Köse, G., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2022). Tipps für erfogreiche Geschäfte in der MOE-Region. Swiss Export Journal, 2022(1), 10. https://e-journal.swiss-export.com/archive/epaper-e-journal-01-2022/#0
• Karamustafa, G., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2021). The identity work during legitimation : the case of new ventures’ internationalization into China. 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (Online), 16-18 June 2021.
• Karamustafa, G., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2021). Interkulturelle Managementkompetenzen in KMU. Swiss Export Journal, 61(3), 12. https://e-journal.swiss-export.com/archive/epaper-e-journal-03-2021/#12
• Lupina-Wegener, A. (2021). Acquisitions suisses en Chine : la réussite grâce à un leadership adapté. Ruizhong, 2021(1), 44–45. https://www.schweiz-china.ch/pdf/ruizhong/2021/2021-01_Ruizhong.pdf
• Radunović, M., Karamustafa, G., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2021). Bridging the gaps on the road to success : the case of CRBC in the Western Balkans. CHERN. https://china-in-europe.net/bridging-the-gaps-on-the-road-to-success-the-case-of-crbc-in-the-western-balkans-by-miljan-radunovic-chern-stsm-grantee-guldem-karamustafa-anna-lupina-wegener-chern-stsm-hosts/
• Lupina-Wegener, A., Clark, E., & Karamustafa, G. (2021). Les trois leviers pour instaurer une culture de l’innovation au travail. HR Today. https://www.hrtoday.ch/fr/article/les-trois-leviers-pour-instaurer-une-culture-de-l-innovation-au-travail
• Karamustafa, G., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2020). New ventures in China : the identity work in gaining insidership and its outcomes. British Academy of Management Conference in the Cloud Proceedings. https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/1520/submission/51
• Nestea, P., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2020). Ne pas oublier la «carte en papier». Educateur, 2020(7).
• Shuang, L., Lupina-Wegener, A., Ullrich, J., & van Dick, R. (2020). ‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe. 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Online, 4-6 December 2020.
• Shuang, L., Lupina-Wegener, A., Ullrich, J., & van Dick, R. (2019). Trying before walking down the aisle : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe. Proceedings of BAM 2019.
• Lupina-Wegener, A., Ullrich, J., & van Dick, R. (2019). Multiple organizational identities in cross-border M&As : a longitudinal case study of a subsidiary’s mandate change after a European acquisition in China. Proceedings of the EURAM 2019 Conference.
• Lupina-Wegener, A., Pullin, P., & Shan, J. (2019). L’art de la communication : et son apprentissage au sein des équipes sino-helvétiques. Ruizhong, 2019(2), 26–27. https://www.schweiz-china.ch/pdf/ruizhong/2019/2019-02_Ruizhong.pdf
• Konishi, M., Shan, J., Pullin, P., & Lupina-Wegener, A. (2018). The role of common in-group identity and cultural intelligence in multicultural team effectiveness : a conceptual model. Proceedings of BAM 2018.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Lupina-Wegener, A., & Karamustafa, G. (2022). Designing the role of identification during unplanned change insights from a case study. Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM), Manchester, United Kingdom, 31 August - 2 September 2022.
• Lupina-Wegener, A., Ullrich, J., & van Dick, R. (2021). The role of identity leadership in European acquisitions in China. 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (Online), 16-18 June 2021.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

OB/ international management/ social identity psychology

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