Research
Prof. Erez takes a multi-level approach to studying the global work environment, multinational companies and international mergers and acquisitions, and their effects on value change and on the emergence of a dual global and local identity. She also runs an International Virtual Team Project. Innovation, the most powerful individual and organizational resource for competing in the global market, has become her third field of research, focusing on team innovation, the interplay among the cultural values of innovation, quality, and efficiency, and the interaction of individual differences and organizational culture on innovative performance.
Funded Research
2021–2023
Embedding High-tech into Low-tech: Introducing the digital transformation into manufacturing plants (with Prof. Eitan Naveh & Prof. Yale Herer). Israel Ministry of Science ($100,000).
2018–2021
NSF National Science Foundation (SOO-1759196). Co-investigators: Ella Miron-Spektor (Technion), Miriam Erez (Technion), Gilad Chen, Brent Goldfarb, and Rajshree Agarwal (U. of Maryland). Entrepreneurial team formation and its effect on subsequent entrepreneurial outcomes ($363,000).
2019–2020
Global Food Venture, an Elite Ph.D. Fellowship program enabling highly qualified Ph.D. students to carry out innovation activities within the EIT Food partnership network.
2018
Global Food Venture, an Elite Ph.D. Fellowship program within the EIT Food partnership network (49,000 Euro). Also: Foodio, Food Solutions Master Class; EIT-FOOD, European Community (52,500 Euro).
2013–2016
Developing a model for motivating female students to choose a major in science and technology. Ministry of Science (391,942 NIS), shared with Prof. Anit Somech, Haifa University.
2013–2015
Role of global leadership capital in advancing multicultural team innovation and effectiveness (with Cynthia Lee, Northeastern U., and Alon Lisak, Ben-Gurion U.). SHRM, U.S. ($128,743).
2011–2014
Scientific and technological knowledge assimilation in traditional industries in the North Periphery of Israel as the engine for innovation, economic success, and closing the gap. Ministry of Science (399,000 NIS).
2011–2012
The use of an electronic board to compare the progress of multiple teams on a virtual multicultural team project (10,000 NIS, Maital).
2010–2011
Composing teams of analytic and holistic thinkers to enhance team innovation in system engineering. Gordon Foundation ($25,000).
2009–2010
Managing multicultural teams: from a cross-cultural to a global perspective ($75,000, SHRM Foundation).
2008–2010
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Competences of High-school Students. Israel Science Foundation (68,000 NIS, with Zehava Rosenblatt, Haifa U.).
2007–2010
Knowledge Center on Innovation in Work Organizations. Ministry of Science (NIS 400,000 plus 400,000 Technion matching fund). Also: The Chronicle of an Idea: The Hidden Journey of Innovations (with Sabine Sonnentag, Konstanz University; Jacob Goldenberg, The Hebrew University). Volkswagen Stiftung (320,900 Euro).
2007–2009
Psychological and Managerial Factors Promoting Creativity in Hong Kong and China. RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (HK$616,880), with Christina Sue-Chan and Paul S. Hempel, City U. of Hong Kong.
2007–2008
Going Global: the transition from local to global operations, key success factors. Ministry of Science (NIS 175,000).
2006–2008
Generating, Mobilizing, and Realizing Innovation in Organizations Across Cultures (with Prof. Susan Taylor & Prof. Debra Shapiro, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland). The Kauffman Foundation ($53,000).
2006–2007
The impact of Team Transactive Memory on team new product design. Gordon Fund ($20,096).
2005–2006
The impact of teamwork training on team innovation in the conceptual design of a new product system (with Prof. Menachem Weiss). Gordon Fund ($17,300).
2004–2005
The impact of team reflexivity and peer assessment on staff- and quality-related outcomes in a tertiary health care centre, Sheba (with Dr. Peter Bamberger). National Institute for the Study of Health Care Policy and Services (~NIS 361,000).
2003–2005
The Decentralized Clinic: the Effects of Leadership, Organizational Learning, and Goal-Setting on the Quality of Health Care and Resource Utilization (with Dr. Winer, Clalit Health Services). National Institute for the Study of Health Care Policy and Services (315,000 NIS).
2002–2004
Innovation, Quality and Efficiency in R&D: A Multi-Level analysis of the effects of individuals, teams, leadership, and organizational factors (with Dr. Eitan Naveh and Ella Miron). Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion. Also: E-Lab, Entrepreneurship Laboratory for Knowledge Transfer from Academia to Industry (2003–2004).
1999–2000
Specifying the conditions for successful implementation of quality assurance standards (with Prof. Alfi Markus and Dr. Eitan Naveh). NSF, the Israeli Fund ($8,000).
1996–1998
Leadership from a cultural perspective: leaders' characteristics in different organizations and cultures. Israel Foundation Trustees, Israel Association for Research Funds in Education ($25,000).
1993
A multi-nation study of leadership and organizational practices (in collaboration with Robert House, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania).
1992
Effects of culture, goals, and incentives on the phenomena of social loafing versus extra-role behavior. Israel Foundations Trustees.
1991
Career patterns of graduates of doctoral programs in Israel. Neaman Institute, Technion.
1989
A cultural ecological analysis of the service idea and action in organizations (with B. Mannheim), Golda Meir Institute, Tel Aviv University. Also: Antecedents and consequences of effective quality circles (with E. Rosenstein), Ministry of Labor.
1988
The Israeli Entrepreneurs: motivational characteristics and cognitive strategies. Golda Meir Institute, Tel Aviv University.
1984
A comparative study (Kibbutz, Histadrut, and Private sectors) of participation in goal setting and its effect on employees' performance. Golda Meir Institute, Tel Aviv University.
1980
Women in 'male' versus 'female' occupations: a comparison of aptitudes, personality traits, and social stereotypes. National Council for Research and Development.