Sina Grosskopf studied International Cultural and Business Studies (in Germany and Argentina), European Studies and Business Administration at the University of Passau. She finished her Ph.D. in Intercultural Management in 2023 at the University of Passau with summa cum laude on the development of potentials and the shaping of organizational routines by multicultural individuals in different organizational contexts. Currently, she is a Research Associate at the Chair of Intercultural Communication. She has (co-) authored several book chapters and published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Global Mobility, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, as well as Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. Sina researches and teaches throughout Europe, mainly on Constructive Intercultural Management, migrants as bicultural or multicultural individuals and their (creative) resources for organizations as employees, but also as entrepreneurs for their own organizations. Problem-solving strategies, diverse perspectives, but also the management of these skills including organizational development and change management are relevant. In addition, she focuses on the theory of science such as social science paradigms, reflexive research processes and grounded theory in its various interpretations. She is Secretary General of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management (associated to the Vienna University of Economics and Business).
Sinas research topics at Mannheim University center on Organization Theory and adress organizational sustainability using a big data and artifical intelligence approaches. Particularly, she researches how and why family firms and older organizations, migrant/expat status or bi-/multiculturality in top management teams affect organizational sustainability.
