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:
- Inclusion of ethnic minorities (i.e., diversity management, discrimination in recruitment, artificial intelligence in recruitment, and managing diverse teams)
- Cross-cultural management (i.e., managing cultural differences at work, global teams, and cultural values)
- 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
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...
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.
COMMENT: Euro 2024: five team-building theories that could decide the tournament
Team-building and leadership thinking can help determine sporting success
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
Celebrating research with impact
Business School’s Impact Prize honour contributions to health, gender equality, ethical investment and more
Events
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
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...
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.
COMMENT: Euro 2024: five team-building theories that could decide the tournament
Team-building and leadership thinking can help determine sporting success
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
Celebrating research with impact
Business School’s Impact Prize honour contributions to health, gender equality, ethical investment and more
Events
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.