RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (FUNDED RESEARCH)
2021-2023 Embedding High-tech into low-tech: Introducing the digital transformation into manufacturing plants (2020-2022). (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). Project Title: Entrepreneurial team formation and its effect on subsequent entrepreneurial outcomes ($363,000).
2019-2020 Project Title: 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 Project Title: 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: Total proposed award amount 49.000 Euro
2018 Project Title: Foodio - Food Solutions Master Class; Source of Support: EIT-FOOD (European Community); Total proposed award amount: 52.500 Euro
2013-2016 Developing a model for motivating female students to choose a major in science and technology. Ministry of Science (391.942NIS), shared with prof.Anit Somech, Haifa University).
2013-2015 Role of global leadership capital in advancing multicultural's team innovation and Effectiveness (W. Cynthia Lee, NorthEastern U. and Alon Lisal, Ben-Gurion U,) SHRM, U.S. ($128,743 divided by 3 = 42,914).
2011-2014 Scientific and technological knowledge assimilation in traditional industries in the North Periphery of Istrale as the engine for innovation, economic success and closing the gap". Ministry of Science (399,000NIS).
2011-2012 The use of an electronic board to compare the progress of multiple teams on a virtual multicultural team project. (10,000NIS, Maital)
2010-2011:Composing teams of analytic and holistic thinkers to enhance team innovation in system engineering" Gordon Foundation ($25,000).
2009-2010 "Managing multi-cultural teams: From a cross-cultural to a global perspective ($75,000, SHRM Foundation).
2008-2010: " Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Competences of High-school Students" Israel Science Foundation (ISF). (68,000NIS, with Zehava Rozenblatt, Haifa U.)
2007-2010: "Knowledge Center on Innovation in Work Organizations". Ministry of Science (NIS 400,000 & 400,000 Technion Matching fund).This Center has two major channels – academic and applied.The Academic channel consists of a series of "products", including: definitions of innovation, measures, methods for enhancing innovation, infra-structure for innovation, case-studies, articles, and a new search engine that will allow to search the internet for the diffusion of innovation and of the innovation network.
The Applied channel develops and implements a new model for enhancing innovation in the traditional industry. The model consists of a two-way top-down and bottom-up activities to enhance innovation. Top-down activities consists of policy-making and resource allocation. Bottom-up activities consists of building a network of industries with needs for R&D, research centers in the academic and business sectors that can provide the R&D capabilities, with the support of government resources.
2007-2008: "Going Global - the transition from local to global operations: Key success factors. Ministry of Science" (NIS 175,000)
2007-2010:"The Chronicle of an Idea: The Hidden Journey of Innovations – From Ideas to Products (with Sabine Sonnentag, Konstanz University, Germany; Jacob Goldenberg, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Volkswagen Stiftung“Innovationsprozesse in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft" ( 320,900 Euro).
2007-2009:"Psychological and Managerial Factors Promoting Creativity in Hong Kong and China. RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG) 2007-2009 Project No.: 9041171 (CityU 1411/06H); Award (HK$): 616,880
(With Christina Sue-Chan [PI] & Paul S. Hempel, Dept. of Management, City U. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2006-2008: "Generating, Mobilizing, and Realizing Innovation In Organizations Across Cultures”. (With Prof. Susan Taylor & Prof. Debra Shapiro from the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD).The Kauffman Foundation ($53,000).
2008: "Being a Part of a Global Corporation - The Emergence of a Shared Global Culture and a Global Identity: Antecedents and Consequences: Israel Science Foundation" (with Dr. Uzi De-Haan). (ISF #12-06) 108,000 NIS for the first year."The use of Vouchers as a motivational tool: motivating Russian immigrants to enroll in retraining program for reemployment". The Ministry of Absoption and The Neaman Institute (142,200NIS).
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 a process of conceptual design of a new product system". (with Prof. Menachem Weiss). (Gordon Fund $17,300).
2005 : "The Emergence of a Global Corporate Culture in MNC: Its antecedents and Behavioral Consequences". (with Prof. Uzi De-Haan and Efrat Gati). The Neaman Institute, Technion ($5,000).
2004-2005:"The impact of team reflexivity and peer assessment on staff - and quality - related outcomes in a tertiary health care centre (Shiba)". (with Dr. Peter Bamberger). The 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 – Manager of Klalit Health Services, the Haifa and West Galille Zone). The National Institute for the Study of Health Care Policy and Services (#א/43/2001 ) (315,00 INS, $70,000).
2003-2004: "E-Lab: Entrepreneurship Laboratory for Knowledge Transfer from Academia to Industry. (with Prof. A. Fiegenbaum and Dr. Z. Shperling). The Neaman Insitute, Technion" ($16,000).
2003 – 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). The Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion ($5,000).
2002 – 2003: "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). The Samuel Neaman Institute Technion (50,000 INS).
1999 - 2000: Specifying the conditions for successful implementation of quality assurance standards (with Prof. Alfi Markus (PI), and Dr. Eitan Naveh, NSF (The Israeli Fund= $8,000).
1996 - 1998: Israel Foundation Trustees: “Leadership from a cultural perspective: Leaders’ characteristics in different organizations and cultures”. The 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, the University of Pennsylvania).
1992: Israel Foundations Trustees: "Effects of culture goals, and incentives on the phenomena of social loafing versus extra role behavior".
1991: Neaman Institute, Technion. "Career patterns of graduates of doctoral programs in Israel".
1989:Golda Meir Institute for Social and Work Studies, Tel Aviv University. Research on: "A cultural ecological analysis of the service idea and action in organizations". (In collaboration with B. Mannheim).
1989:The Ministry of Labor. Research on: Antecedents and consequences of effective quality circles. (In collaboration with E. Rosenstein).
1988:Golda Meir Institute for Social and Work Studies, Tel Aviv University. Research on: "The Israeli Entrepreneurs: Motivational characteristics and cognitive strategies.
1984: Golda Meir Institute for Social and Work Studies, Tel-Aviv University. Research on: "A comparative study (Kibbutz, Histadruth and Private sectors) of participation in goal setting and its effect on employees' performance".
1980:The National Council for Research and Development. Research on: "Women in 'male' vs. 'female' occupations: A comparison of aptitudes, personality traits, and social stereotypes".