Katharina Bader

Professor Katharina Bader holds the Chair in International HR Management at the School for Business and Society, University of York, where she serves as Head of the People, Work and Employment Group and Joint Interdisciplinary Cluster Lead for Workplace Justice and Business Ethics. Prior to joining York, she held permanent and visiting academic positions across Canada, Germany, India, Japan, and the UK, complemented by industry experience as a leadership development manager in a multinational corporation.

Her research centers on global mobility and equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in organizations through international comparative studies. She investigates expatriate relationship dynamics during assignments, organizational policies affecting working parents, and hybrid/virtual work arrangements using mixed-methods approaches including longitudinal designs, diary studies, and multi-respondent data collection. Her work bridges theoretical rigor with practical applications in contemporary HRM challenges.

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate consistent focus on transnational workforce issues, with articles examining geographic separation in expatriation, cross-border gender equity frameworks, and sustainable employability for aging operational workers. These contributions reveal methodological sophistication in studying complex organizational phenomena across cultural contexts while addressing pressing real-world challenges in international HRM.

Her scientific contributions have been recognized with sixteen major awards including:

• Journal of World Business Best Reviewer Award (2024)
• European Journal of International Management Inaugural Best Paper Award (2024)
• Highly Commended Paper Award from British Academy of Management (2022)
• Alan M. Rugman Award Finalist (2022, 2019)
• WAIB Best Paper Award for Gender Awareness in International Business (2017)
• Multiple editorial excellence awards from Human Resource Management Review and Journal of Asia Business Studies

Leveraging her corporate background, Professor Bader conducts co-productive research with industry partners and non-profits, translating academic insights into practical HR solutions. She serves on editorial boards for The International Journal of Human Resource Management and Academy of Management Perspectives, shaping scholarly discourse in her field through rigorous peer review and special issue curation.

She leads the People, Work and Employment research group and the Workplace Justice Interdisciplinary Cluster, fostering collaborative research environments that integrate business ethics with empirical HRM studies to address systemic workplace inequalities and mobility challenges in global organizations.