keynote speakers

Cleveland State University

Sorin Vâlcea is an Associate Professor in the Management and Labor Relations Department at Cleveland State University. He received his PhD in Management (with a focus on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) from the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include leadership development, extra-role employee behaviors, work in teams, and employment interviews. He has published research on leader and follower development, proactivity, and methodologies in OB/HRM. His work has appeared in journals such as Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in business administration from the FABIZ Faculty of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, which he graduated in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

Relevant publications:

Bolino, M., Valcea, S., Harvey, J. (2010) Employee, manage thyself: The potentially negative implications of expecting employees to behave proactively. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 83, Issue 2, DOI: 10.1348/096317910X493134, Management AIS Quartile Q1, Management JIF Quartile Q2.

Mitchell, J. R., Hart, T. A., Valcea, S., Townsend, D. M. (2009). Becoming the Boss: Discretion and Postsuccession Success in Family Firms. ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE, Vol. 33, Issue 6, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00341.x, Business AIS Quartile Q1, Business JIF Quartile Q1.

Valcea, S. Hamdani, M.R., Buckley, M. R, Novicevic, M. M. (2011). Exploring the developmental potential of leader-follower interactions: A constructive-developmental approach. LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY Vol. 22, Issue 22, DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.003, Management AIS Quartile Q1, Management JIF Quartile Q1.

Gallagher, V.C., Hrivnak, M.W., Valcea, S. Mahoney, C.B., LaWong, D. (2018). A comprehensive three-dimensional sustainability measure: The missing P’ of people’ – a vital stakeholder in sustainable development. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Vol. 25, Issue 25, DOI: 10.1002/csr.1493, Business AIS Quartile Q2, Business JIF Quartile Q1.

Florea, L., Valcea, S., Hamdani, M.R., Dougherty, T. W. (2019). From first impressions to selection decisions The role of dispositional cognitive motivations in the employment interview. PERSONNEL REVIEW, Vol. 48, Issue 1, DOI: 10.1108/PR-11-2017-0345, Management AIS Quartile Q3, Management JIF Quartile Q2.

Hamdani, M.R., Valcea, S., Buckley, M. R. (2014). The relentless pursuit of construct validity in the design of employment interviews. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REVIEW, Vol. 24, Issue: 2, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2013.07.002, Management AIS Quartile Q1, Management JIF Quartile Q1.

Valcea, S., Hamdani, M., Bradley, B. (2019). Weakest Link Goal Orientations and Team Expertise: Implications for Team Performance. SMALL GROUP RESEARCH, Vol. 50, Issue 3, DOI: 10.1177/1046496418825302, Management AIS Quartile Q3, Management JIF Quartile Q3.

Hamdani, M.R., Valcea, S., Buckley, M. R. (2016). The MTMM matrix approach: implications for HRM research. PERSONNEL REVIEW, Vol. 45, Issue 6, DOI: 10.1108/PR-12-2014-0278, Management AIS Quartile Q3, Management JIF Quartile Q2.

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Ionut Dumitru is Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange, Department of Money and Banking, within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He is former chairman of the Fiscal Council of Romania, and he is currently Chief-Economist at Raiffeisen Bank Romania.

Mr. Dumitru graduated the Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange, has a master’s degree in “Financial and Monetary Policies and Strategies” within the Doctoral School of Finance and Banking (DOFIN) and obtained his PhD degree in Finance at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He attended various training courses in macroeconomics and financial markets held by professors from DOFIN partner universities – Reading and ISMA Centre (UK), Erasmus (Netherlands), MIT, Columbia and New York University (US), as well as a several training programs on management and financial markets.