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Mladen Adamovic

Dr Mladen Adamovic

Senior Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Management

Research interests

  • Human Resource Management

Biography

Dr Mladen Adamovic is a Senior Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Management at King’s College London. His research and teaching are about social issues at work:

  1. Inclusion of ethnic minorities (i.e., diversity management, discrimination in recruitment, artificial intelligence in recruitment, and managing diverse teams)
  2. Cross-cultural management (i.e., managing cultural differences at work, global teams, and cultural values)
  3. Leadership (i.e., leadership development, glass ceiling and glass cliff for ethnic minorities, leading virtual workers, team leadership, and resilient leadership)

To conduct his research and workshops, he worked with organisations like Cisco, Hudson RPO, Diversity Council Australia, Police unions, WorkSafe Victoria, and PredictiveHire. He is specialised in survey studies, field experiments, and quantitative data analysis. He publishes his research in peer-reviewed management journals, writes for the public press, and presents his research at international management conferences.

Mladen has great international experience. Before joining King’s College London, he worked at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and the University of Auckland. He also worked at the University of Toulouse, where he completed his PhD. He completed his bachelor and master studies in International Management at the Universities of Kiel, Lisbon, Rennes, and Belgrade. 

Currently accepting new PhD students.

    Research

    Resume Bias
    The Resume Bias: How Names and Ethnicity Influence Employment Opportunities

    Explore the largest study on resume bias, with 12,000+ applications to 4,000+ jobs. Discover insights on name and ethnic discrimination in employment.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    COMMENT: Olympics 2024 - five things elite athletes can teach us about staying motivated and managing stress at work

    Over the course of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, spectators and TV viewers can expect to be thrilled by extreme levels of strength, speed, endurance...

    ukad-doping-athlete-exercise

    How employers can help support refugees in the workplace

    New research focuses on the changes that employers can make help refugees and asylum seekers find work and be successful within the workplace.

    People waiting for a job interview

    COMMENT: Euro 2024: five team-building theories that could decide the tournament

    Team-building and leadership thinking can help determine sporting success

    Hamburg's Volkspark stadium floodlit at night

    King's Business School research highly commended in FT Responsible Business Education awards

    Research on discrimination in recruitment and patients’ experience of online health services

    Black Woman At Job Interview Being Judged By Male Interviewers

    Celebrating research with impact

    Business School’s Impact Prize honour contributions to health, gender equality, ethical investment and more

    Group of staff winners at Kings Business School Impact Prize 2023

    Events

    11May

    Diversity & Inclusion Unpacked – Less Words, More Actions

    King’s Business School will be hosting our annual HR Thought Leadership Evening for senior Human Resources, Learning & Development and Diversity and Inclusion...

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Resume Bias
      The Resume Bias: How Names and Ethnicity Influence Employment Opportunities

      Explore the largest study on resume bias, with 12,000+ applications to 4,000+ jobs. Discover insights on name and ethnic discrimination in employment.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      COMMENT: Olympics 2024 - five things elite athletes can teach us about staying motivated and managing stress at work

      Over the course of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, spectators and TV viewers can expect to be thrilled by extreme levels of strength, speed, endurance...

      ukad-doping-athlete-exercise

      How employers can help support refugees in the workplace

      New research focuses on the changes that employers can make help refugees and asylum seekers find work and be successful within the workplace.

      People waiting for a job interview

      COMMENT: Euro 2024: five team-building theories that could decide the tournament

      Team-building and leadership thinking can help determine sporting success

      Hamburg's Volkspark stadium floodlit at night

      King's Business School research highly commended in FT Responsible Business Education awards

      Research on discrimination in recruitment and patients’ experience of online health services

      Black Woman At Job Interview Being Judged By Male Interviewers

      Celebrating research with impact

      Business School’s Impact Prize honour contributions to health, gender equality, ethical investment and more

      Group of staff winners at Kings Business School Impact Prize 2023

      Events

      11May

      Diversity & Inclusion Unpacked – Less Words, More Actions

      King’s Business School will be hosting our annual HR Thought Leadership Evening for senior Human Resources, Learning & Development and Diversity and Inclusion...

      Please note: this event has passed.