Romie Littrell
- Professor:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / Department of Management
- Romie Littrell has been at HSE University since 2017.
Education and Degrees
- 2011
PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Auckland University of Technology - 2000
PhD in Business Administration
Robert Kennedy University - 1987
Master's in Business Administration
California Coast University - 1964
Bachelor's
University of Arkansas
Academic Supervision
PROF. DR. Romie Frederick Littrell, thesis and research paper supervisions (rev. 5 Oct 18)
Prof. Dr. Romie Frederick Littrell, PhD, Department of Management, NRU-HSE-SPb
Email: rlittrell@hse.ru
For list of supervised theses & dissertations, and those resulting in publications in academic journals go to this website: https://romielittrell.homestead.com/
Or directly to this link: https://romielittrell.homestead.com/Littrell-Thesis-Research-Paper-Topics-Oct-2018.docx
Topics of interest:
Management across cultures: comparative studies of the effects of culture and cultural differences on management processes within and between countries
Preferred leader behavior across cultures: comparative studies of the effects of culture and cultural differences on leader behavior preferences within and between countries
Cultural distance and business entry mode choices between countries and/or cultures
Human Resource Management across countries and cultures
Description and comparison of societal cultures using value dimension theories/models by Geert Hofstede, the GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Efdfectiveness) Project, Shalom Schwartz’ theory/model, between and within countries.
Area studies: Russia and the CIS, North East Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Africa (especially Sub-Saharan Africa); Europe, Scandinavian Europe, North America, Latin America, Australasia.
Any international business management and environment studies that are of particular interest and value to the student.
Courses (2022/2023)
- Mentor's Seminar "International Business Operations" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "International Business Operations Management" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "International Business Operations Management" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Introduction to Business and Cross-Cultural Communication in Asian Countries (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Business and Cross-Cultural Communication in Asian Countries (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Policy Lessons from South Korea's Development (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "International Law and Introduction to Legal Research" (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Сross-Cultural Communication (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Doing business in Asian Cultures: Introduction (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Leadership Challenges in International Business in Asia (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Сross-Cultural Communication (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Publications13
- Article Ljubica J., Littrell R., Warner Soderholm G., Minelgaite I. Empower me or not? Influence of societal culture // Cross Cultural and Strategic Management. 2022. Vol. 29. No. 1. P. 114-146. doi
- Article Evans W. R., Littrell R., Lamb N. H., Kirkman B. Examining leadership preferences of working adults in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia // Africa Journal of Management. 2021. Vol. 7. No. 3. P. 375-399. doi
- Article Warner-Soederholm G., Minelgaite I., Littrell R. LBDQXII to LBDQ50: preferred leader behavior measurement across cultures // Journal of Management Development. 2020. Vol. 39. No. 1. P. 68-81. doi
- Article Littrell R., Minelgaite I. Country’s preferred leader behaviour profile: Does cultural homogeneity matter? | [Nacionalna preferencija profila ponašanja lidera: Je li kulturna homogenost značajna?] // Management. 2018. Vol. 23. No. 1. P. 1-28. doi
- Article Littrell R., Kuskova V. Explicit preferred leader behaviours across cultures: Instrument development and validation // Journal of Management Development. 2018. Vol. 37. No. 3. P. 243-257. doi
- Article Minelgaitė I., Littrell R., Škudienė V. Preferred leader behaviour in the business sector of Lithuania: Follower diversity perspective // Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies. 2018. Vol. 9. No. 2. P. 272-291. doi
- Article Littrell R., Minelgaite I., Urboniene L., Kristjánsdóttir E. S. The Desired Managerial Leader Behavior: Leader Profile in the Education Sector in Iceland Examined From a Follower-Centric Perspective // Sage Open. 2018. Vol. 8. No. 2. P. 1-11. doi
- Article Minelgaite I., Littrell R. Предпочтительный профиль поведения лидера страны: имеет ли значение культурная однородность? // Management. 2018. Vol. 23. No. 1. P. 1-27. doi
- Article Littrell R., Minelgaitė I., Blažytė G. Ethnicity and occupational differences in the transforming homogenous culture: The case of Lithuania // Pedagogika. 2017. Vol. 128. No. 4. P. 20-38. doi
- Article Littrell R., Edvardson I., Minelgaite Snaebjornsson I. Snaebjornsson, I. M., Edvardsson, I. R., & Littrell, R. F. (2017). Societal Culture in Iceland and Lithuania: Managerial Implications. SAGE Open, 7(2), 1-15, 2158244017704023. // Sage Open. 2017. Vol. 7. No. 2. P. 1-15. doi (in press)
- Article Littrell R., Ramburuth P. The International Business Management Environment in the BRIC(S) Bloc // Russian Management Journal. 2017. Vol. 15. No. 4. P. 515-536. doi
- Article Agid O., McDonald K., Fervaha G., LITTRELL Romie Frederick, Thoma J., Zipursky R., Foussias G., Remington G. Values in First-Episode Schizophrenia // The Canadian Journal of Psyachaitry . 2015. Vol. 60. No. 11. P. 507-514. doi
- Article Littrell R., Doran C. Measuring mainstream US cultural values. Journal of business ethics // Journal of Business Ethics. 2013. Vol. 117. No. 2. P. 261-280. doi (in press)
Conferences
- 2021
Academy of Management (Online). Presentation: Empower Me or Not? Influence of Societal Culture
- 2020
Academy of International Business (AIB) 2020 Conference - Online (Майaми). Presentation: Preferred leader behavior comparisons amongst business people in three Muslim-majority countries
Analytics for Management and Economics Conference (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Response Set as a Cross-Cultural Variable: Recent Empirical Data from Cross National Samples
- 2019Symposium (Лиссабон). Presentation: Preferred Leader Behavior, Gender, and Culture: Europe in Global Context
- 2018EURAM 2018 (Рейкьявик ). Presentation: Preferred Leader Behavior of Business people at the Edge of Europe
- Symposium (Онтарио). Presentation: Likert Scales: Always does not Exist? Maybe Never?
- Symposium (Онтарио). Presentation: Crossing borders of a gendered and cultural world: Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Differences in Preferences by Gender for Preferred Leader Behavior Dimensions
- 2017International BRICS Global Business and Innovation Conference (Saint-Petersburg). Presentation: Crumbling BRICS or Increasing Influence
Editorial board membership
2020: Member of the Editorial Board, AIB INSIGHTS.
1989: Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Management Development.
Wang, Fengchen: Attatisitsey, William; Littrell, Romie F.; Volkova, Natalia. (2022).
Modeling of Job Tenure: Insights from Russia. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information, Control and Automation, ICICA 2022, December 2-4, 2022, Chongqing, China. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2327918
Employment history
- Professor of Management, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, September 2017 - present.
- Director of the Centre for Cross Cultural Comparisons, a research institute, Miami, Florida, USA, November 1997 – present.
- Associate Professor of International Business, AUT Business School, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. An AACSB qualified Academic (AQ) in an AACSB accredited business school, February 2002 to December 2016.
- Professor of International Marketing & Strategy, Hochschule Aalen & Graduate School Ostwürttemberg, Aalen, Germany, January 2000 to February 2002.
- Human Resource Manager, InterContinental Hotels Group, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, P.R. China, February 1996 - September 1999.
Associated Event of the XXI April conference: VII International Research Conference "Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations"
Due to worldwide spread of the COVID-19, the Associated Event of the XXI April conference: VII International Scientific Conference “Culture in Society, Between Groups and Across Generations” was held on April, 23-24 in an online form on the Microsoft Teams.
The Business of International Business is Culture: Russia and Asia Dimensions
October 11, 2017
Seminar by professor Romie Littrell
The Business of International Business is Culture: Russia and Asia Dimensions
Welcome Aboard: Tenure-Track Introductions
Every year The HSE Look continues its tradition of welcoming newly recruited international faculty via short summaries about their positions and research interests. In the 34th issue we introduce the tenure-track faculty members, and in November you can learn more about post-doctoral researchers who are starting their work at HSE this fall.