Arpita Joardar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Management
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477

B.Sc. (Hons.), Delhi University, India; M.B.A., California State University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.

Current Research and Teaching

Teaching interests: International Management; Cross-cultural Behavior & Management; Survey of International Business; Organizational Behavior & Management; Principles of Management.

Research interests: Study of cross-cultural groups with a special focus on the phenomenon of group acceptance; individual Liability of Foreignness (LOF); cultural intelligence; international entrepreneurship.

Selected Publications and Refereed Proceedings

Joardar, A., Kostova, T. & Ravlin, E. 2007. An Experimental Study of the Acceptance of a Foreign Newcomer into a Workgroup. Journal of International Management, 13: 513-537.

Joardar, A. (2007) Investigating Changes in A Foreign Newcomer's Group Acceptance Using Expectancy Violation Theory. Proceedings of the Academy of Management.

Joardar, A. & Wu, S. (2007) Entrepreneurship orientation as a remedy for liability of foreignness. Proceedings of the Academy of International Business.

Joardar, A. & Kostova, T. (2004) Overcoming Liability of Foreignness by Expatriates in Local Workgroups. Proceedings of the Academy of International Business.

Research in Progress

Joardar, A. Examining Changes in Group Acceptance of A Foreign Newcomer from Expectancy Violation Perspective.

Joardar, A. & Matthews, L. An Empirical Investigation of Group Acceptance Using the 'Big Five' Personality Dimensions.

Joardar, A. & Wu, S. Study the effects of LOF and EO on the performance of international entrepreneurs.

Academic Organizations

Member of the Academy of International Business

Member of the Academy of Management