Theresa Bernhard

Senior Teaching and Research Associate

School of Business, Economics and Society
Department of International Management

Room: Room 5.215

Consultation hours

by appointment
Responsibilities:

  • Personalmanagement
  • International Marketing
  • Bachelor and master thesis assignment

Research Foci

  • Expatriates and internationally mobile individuals; Cultural Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence in international human resource management
  • International Business and Management Education, esp. the use and usefulness of artificial intelligence

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2025 Doctorate in International Management (Dr. rer. pol.)

Department of International Management, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Doctoral thesis titled “Managing Global Mobility: The Roles of Reputation, Cultural Intelligence, and Turnover Intentions”

2015-2017 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in International Business Studies

School of Business, Economics, and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

2013-2014 Semester abroad

Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

2011-2015 Bachelor of Arts (B.Sc.) in International Business Studies

School of Business, Economics, and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Academic positions

since 05/2025 Postdoctoral Researcher / Senior Research and Teaching Associate

Department of International Management, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

12/2017-04/2025 Research and Teaching Associate

Department of International Management, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Non-academic work experience

2016
Working Student

Prinovis, Nürnberg, Germany

2015
Working Student

Mercedes-Benz Logistik, Fürth, Germany

2015 Internship in the Team “International Team Relations”

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Tuscaloosa (AL), USA

2014
Internship in the HR Center of Competence

DAIMLER, Stuttgart, Germany

Referreed Journals Articles

  • Holtbrügge, D., Wicht, L., & Bernhard, T. (2025). The use and usefulness of artificial intelligence in international business education. Evidence from a field study. The International Journal of Management Education23(3), 101258.
  • Tavoletti, E., Bernhard, T., Dong, L., & Taras, V. (2023). Peer performance evaluations in global virtual teams: A longitudinal analysis of surface-and deep-level attributes. Journal of International Management29(3), 101029.
  • Bernhard, T. & Holtbrügge, D. (2022). When the Chinese guy becomes the female IT specialist Liu – a conceptualization of reputational shifts in international assignments. Journal of Global Mobility, 10(1), 105-126.
  • Bernhard, T. & Heidemann, C. (2021). Interkulturelles Training in der digitalen Lehre: Chancen und Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für die Vermittlung interkultureller Kompetenzen. WiSt- Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 50, 51-54.
  • Bernhard, T. & Holtbrügge, D. (2019). Netzwerkanalyse von Arbeitgeberpräferenzen. PersonalQuarterly, 3, 35-41

Book Chapters

  •  Schuster, T., Bernhard, T. & Jack, A. (2019). Knowledge Transfer Experiences of Inpatriates in Multinational Companies – A Cognitive Dissonance Perspective. In C. Hale (ed.), Expatriates: Perspectives and Challenges of the 21st Century. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 1-53.

10/2024 Bernhard, T. “Methodological issues in global mobility research: Evaluating sampling techniques”: Doctoral Workshop. ESCP Berlin, Germany
07/2024 Bernhard, T., Kirste, L., & Oberhauser, M., “How does innovation change CSR? An exploratory study”: Academy of International Business Annual Conference. Seoul, South Korea
12/2023 Bernhard, T., “When in Rome, do you follow your morals? The role of moral dissonance on expatriate turnover intentions.”: European International Business Academy Annual Conference. Lisbon, Portugal
12/2021 Bernhard, T., “Organizational Reputation in Cross-Border Acquisitions”: European International Business Academy Annual Conference. Madrid, Spain
07/2022 Bernhard, T., Tavoletti, E., Dong, L., & Taras, V., “The Impact of Surface- and Deep-Level Attributes on Peer Evaluations in Global Virtual Teams”: Academy of International Business Annual Conference. Miami, USA
06/2022 Bernhard, T., Tavoletti, E., Dong, L., & Taras, V., “The Role of Surface- and Deep-Level Attributes in Global Virtual Teams: A Longitudinal Analysis”: European Academy of Management Annual Conference. Winterthur, Switzerland
12/2020 Bernhard, T. & Holtbrügge, D., “Reputational Shifts in International Assignments”: European Academy of Management Annual Conference. Online
02/2020 Bernhard, T. & Holtbrügge, D., “Reputational Shifts in International Assignments”: Academy of International Business / Chapter US West Annual Conference. San Diego, USA
12/2019 Bernhard, T., Holtbrügge, D., “Reputational Shifts in International Assignments”: European International Business Academy Annual Conference. Leeds, England
09/2019 Bernhard, T., “When the Chinese guy becomes IT specialist Liu. Reputational Shifts in International Assignments”: Herbstworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Personal 2019. Munich, Germany
04/2019 Bernhard, T. “”Academy of International Business / Chapter West Europe, Doctoral Student Workshop. Nürnberg, Germany
11/2018 Bernhard, T. ” Sino-German Research
09/2018 Bernhard, T. & Holtbrügge, D., “Arbeitgeberpräferenzen von Hochschulabsolventen – Eine Netzwerkanalyse in der Metropolregion Nürnberg”: Herbstworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Personal 2018. Munich, Germany
12/2017 Attendee, European International Business Academy Annual Conference. Milan, Italy

to be completed

 

Languages

  • German: native language
  • English, Spanish: C1
  • French, Portuguese, Chinese: A1-B1