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Researchers with a fixed-term contract | Family Business, Organizational Design

Paola Rovelli

Paola.Rovelli@unibz.it

+39 0471 013022

BZ E5.10b
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
39100
Bozen-Bolzano
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Short bio

Paola Rovelli is Senior Assistant Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Faculty of Economics and Management), working at the Centre for Family Business Management. Previously, she was a post-doc research fellow at Politecnico di Milano School of Management, where in 2017 she got her PhD summa cum laude with a thesis on the allocation of decision authority at the top of firms’ hierarchy. She carries out research on organizational design of firms and their top management teams, with particular attention towards family firms, delegation of decision authority, narcissism and gender issues. She recently published research articles in Journal of Management Studies, European Management Journal, Long Range Planning, Personality and Individual Differences, and The Leadership Quarterly. Paola is member of AOM, IFERA, ODC and AiIG, and she serves as reviewer on leading journals such as Family Business Review, European Research Journal, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Small Business Management, Small Business Economics, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Courses

Change Management

76407B · SECS-P/08 · Bachelor in Informatics and Management of Digital Business · EN

Conducting Bibliometric and Systematic Literature Reviews

29079 · PhD Programme in Management · EN

Family Business Management

25422 · SECS-P/08 · Master in Accounting and Finance · EN

Family Business Management

25564 · SECS-P/08 · Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation · EN

Research Coaching

25567 · Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation · EN

Main Research Areas

Family business
CEOs and Top Management Teams
Organizational Design
Individual Characteristics

Selected publications

Piva, E., & Rovelli, P. (2023). Applicant Attraction to New Ventures: The Combined Effects of Entrepreneurs’ Physical Attractiveness and Gender. Journal of Small Business Management, 59, 143-161.
Rovelli, P., De Massis, A., & Gomez-Mejia, L. R. (2023). Are Narcissistic CEOs Good or Bad for Family Firm Innovation? Human Relations, 76(5), 776-806.
Bauweraerts, J., Rondi, E., Rovelli, P., De Massis, A., & Sciascia, S. (2022). Are Family Female Directors Catalysts of Innovation in Family Small and Medium Enterprises? Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 16(2), 314-354.
Colombo, M.G., Guerci, M., & Rovelli, P. (2022). The Effects of the Firm Financialization on Human Resource Management: How Financialization Affects the Design of Managerial Jobs. Human Resource Management Journal, 32(3), 647-663.
Magrelli, V., Rovelli, P., Benedetti, C., Überbacher, R., & De Massis, A. (2022). Generations in Family Business: A Multifield Review and Future Research Agenda. Family Business Review, 35(1), 15-44.
Piva, E., & Rovelli, P. (2022). Mind the Gender Gap: The Different Impact of University Education on the Entrepreneurial Entry of Female and Male STEM Graduates. Small Business Economics, 59, 143-161.
De Massis, A., Eddleston, K. A., & Rovelli, P. (2021). Entrepreneurial by Design: How Organizational Design Affects Family and Nonfamily Firms’ Opportunity Exploitation. Journal of Management Studies, 58(1), 27-62.
Rovelli, P., & Curnis C. (2021). The Perks of Narcissism: When Behaving Like a Star Speeds Up Career Advancement to the CEO Position. The Leadership Quarterly, 32(3), 101489.
Rovelli, P. (2020). “I am Stuck in Meetings”: Understanding the Relation of CEO Time Management with TMT Size and Gender Diversity. European Management Journal, 38(5), 777-790.
Rovelli, P., Rossi-Lamastra, C., Longoni, A., & Cagliano, R. (2020). TMT Organizational Configurations and Opportunity Realization in Established Firms: An Exploratory Analysis. Long Range Planning, 53(3), 101972.