Biography
Sofya Isaakyan is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from Maastricht University in 2018. Her research focuses on understanding employees' upward expression of ideas and concerns about work-related issues (i.e., voice behaviour) and the corresponding reactions by managers. Her second area of research focuses on how managers can effectively build their leadership capacity and leader identity. Her research has been published in top-tier academic outlets including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes. Sofya is the recipient of a prestigious Veni research grant by NWO in 2022. She is an editorial member for the Journal of Management Studies.
Sofya teaches a wide range of topics on Leadership, Leadership Development, and Teams in Bachelor, Master, Full-time MBA, Executive MBA, and Executive Education programs at RSM.
Before entering academia, Sofya worked as a consultant in the area of leadership development. Today she bridges the gap from science to practice by working with business leaders and other non-academic collaborators interested in co-developing evidence-based solutions to real-world problems and challenges.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- isaakyan@rsm.nl
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Work
- Rellie Derfler-Rozin, Sofya Isaakyan & Hyunsun Park (2022) - Swiftly judging whom to bring on board: How person perception (accurate or not) influences selection of prospective team members - Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 173 - doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104206 - [link]
- Sofya Isaakyan, EN Sherf, S Tangirala & H Guenter (2021) - Keeping it between us: Managerial endorsement of public versus private voice - Journal of Applied Psychology, 106 (7), 1049-1066 - doi: 10.1037/apl0000816 - [link]
- EN Sherf, MR Parke & Sofya Isaakyan (2020) - Distinguishing voice and silence at work: Unique relationships with perceived impact, psychological safety, and burnout - Academy of Management Journal, 64 (1), 114 - doi: 10.5465/amj.2018.1428 - [link]
- Sofya Isaakyan (2020) - Employee voice: An important dynamic in changing times - RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 38, 28-30
- Sofya Isaakyan (2018) - Public versus Private Voice: The Role of Social Setting in Explaining Managerial Reactions to Employee Voice - doi: 10.26481/dis.20180601si - [link]
- Sofya Isaakyan (28 March 2024) - Een mooiere wereld én veilige en inclusieve werkcultuur door effectief leiderschap
- Sofya Isaakyan (21 February 2024) - Onderzoek naar diversiteit en inclusie in de maritieme sector geeft kansen voor verbetering
- Sofya Isaakyan (1 January 2024) - Navigating change: Human Capital as a cornerstone of the maritime sector
- Sofya Isaakyan (1 April 2023) - Staff are speaking up. Do you really want to hear what they have to say?
- Sofya Isaakyan (2022) - Veni grant
RSM b.v.
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- October 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Teaching in RSM b.v. Executive Programs
Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Start date approval
- February 2023
- End date approval
- December 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Leadership development
EUR, Leading the Energy Transition Programme
- Start date approval
- May 2024
- End date approval
- December 2024
- Place
- NETHERLANDS
- Description
- Participation in the LET conference
Personal Career Narrative
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BM04GBS
POC Master Thesis
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- BMMTPOC