Vasyl Taras
Biography
Vasyl Taras is a Professor of International Business and a Department Chair at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the Vice President-Administration of the Academy of International Business and the founder of the X-Culture Project. He received his Ph.D. in International HR and International Business from the University of Calgary, Canada, and his Master’s in Political Economy from the University of Texas at Dallas. His research and work revolve around cross-cultural and global virtual teams and experiential approaches to international business education and development. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of HRM, Journal of International Management, the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, the European Journal of International Management, and Cross-Cultural Strategic Management, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Review, and Journal of World Business. He has lived, worked, and studied in half a dozen countries and has experience as an academic, manager, entrepreneur, and business consultant.
Education
Ph.D., Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics / Strategy and Global Management, University of Calgary, Canada
M.P.A., Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
B.S., Economics and Management, Rivne State Technical University, Ukraine
Research/Publications
Şahin, F., Taras., V, Ceti, F., Tavoletti, E., Celic, D., Florea, L. (2023). A Configurational Approach For Analyzing Cultural Values And Performance In Global Virtual Teams. International Business Review.
Gil, M., Su, J., Watchravesringkan, K., & Taras, V. (2023, in press). Do Cosmopolitans Care About the World? The Effect of Cosmopolitanism on the Consumption of Sustainable Apparel. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management.
Summerville, K., Shoham, A., Chen, Z., Taras, V. (in press) Speaking of diversity: The relationship between linguistic structure differences and cultural values toward equity, diversity and inclusion across the globe. Journal of World Business.
Alon, I., Lankut, E., Gunkel, M., Munim, Z.H., Taras, V., Richter, N. (in press). Predicting leadership emergence in global virtual teams. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
Froesse, F., Blay, T., Gunkel, M., Taras, V. (in press). “Convergence of Collaborative Behavior in Virtual Teams: The Role of External Crises and Implications for Performance. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Hirokawa, K., Taras, V., & Kasuga, A. (2023). Hofstede’s cultural values and birth rate and longevity: A national-level analysis. Journal of Adult Development.
Lee, J. Y., Jimenez, A., Xiaochen, S., & Taras, V. (2023). The Impact of the Perceived Value of the Sharing Economy on Consumer Usage Behavior: Evidence from Shared Mobility in China. Asian Business & Management.
Davaei, M., Gunkel, M., Taras, V. (2023) Team Climate and Performance in Global Virtual Teams – Exploring the Effects of Cultural intelligence and Emotional Intelligence on Team Climate Satisfaction. European Journal of International Management
Tavoletti, E., Bernhard, T., Taras. V., Dong, L. (2023) Peer Performance Evaluations In Global Virtual Teams: A Longitudinal Analysis Of Surface- And Deep-Level Attributes. Journal of International Management. (PDF)
Richter, N., Taras, V., Schlaegel, C., Bird, A., Ilon, Al. (2023). Reviewing Half a Century of Measuring Cross-Cultural Competence: Aligning Theoretical Constructs and Empirical Measures. International Business Review. (PDF)
Lee, J.A., Usunier, J.C., Taras, V., (2023) Business & Marketing Across Cultures, Sage, London
Gunkel, M., Schlagel, C, Taras, V (2022) Research from Psychology on Intercultural Mediation: Cultural Values and Emotional Intelligence, book chapter in Bush, D., Routledge Handbook of ICM, Taylor & Francis, NY (PDF)
Tavoletti, E., & Taras, V. (in press). From the periphery to the centre: A bibliometric review of global virtual teams as a new ordinary workplace. Management Research Review. (PDF)
Jiménez, A. Bayraktar, S. and Taras, V. (2022). Learning to collaborate across borders: Insights from the X-Culture Project and the emergence of global virtual teams. In Palma, A.M., Brotons R.C. (Eds), International Education Narratives. Transdisciplinary Educative Innovation Experiences based on
Bilingual Teaching. Ed. University of Burgos, France., pp. 99-108. (PDF)
Gunkel, M., Schlaegel, C., Taras, V. (in press). COVID-19 and individual performance in global virtual teams: The role of self-regulation and individual cultural value orientations. Journal of Organizational Behavior. (PDF)
Taras, V., Steel, P., & Stackhouse, M. (in press). Measuring Culture: A Comparative Evaluation of Seven Instruments for Measuring Hofstedean Cultural Values Journal of World Business. (PDF)
Davaei, M., Gunkel, M., Veglio, V., & Taras, V. (2022). The influence of cultural intelligence and emotional intelligence on conflict occurrence and performance in global virtual teams. Journal of International Management, xxx, 100969. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2022.100969 (PDF)
Taras, V. (Ed.) (2022) The X-Culture Handbook of Collaboration and Problem Solving in Global Virtual Teams. University of North Carolina Press, Raleigh, NC. (PDF)
Tavoletti, E., Florea, L., Taras, V., Sahin, F., Çetin, F., & Askun, D. (in press). Cohesion and performance in global virtual teams: the moderating role of technical skills. European Journal of International Management. DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2022.10048936 (PDF)
Keyton, J., Feitosa, J., & Taras, V. (2022). Research Methods for National Culture and Organizational Culture: Multiple Research Perspectives. In J. Keyton (Ed.), Culture 2.0: Intersection of National Culture and Organizational Culture. (PDF)
Altarriba, J., Avery, M. C., Keyton, J., Taras, V., & Wildman, J. (2022). National and Organizational Culture: Same, but Different? In J. Keyton (Ed.), Culture 2.0: Intersection of National Culture and Organizational Culture. (PDF)
Gilli, K., Gunkel, M, Veglio, V., Taras, V. (2022). In Search of The Holy Grail in Global Virtual Teams: The Mediating Role of Satisfaction on Performance Outcomes. Journal of Business Research (PDF)
Tomczewska-Popowycz, N., & Taras, V. (2022). The Many Names of “Roots Tourism”: An Integrative Review of the Terminology. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. (PDF)
Bird, A., Maznevski, M., Michailova, S., Szkudlarek, B., Taras, V. (2022) Broadening Our Sight by Expanding Our Horizons: The Future of Intercultural Competence Research. The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series. Posted Jan 5, 2022. Re-print Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), 18067. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2020.18067symposium (PDF)
Tavoletti, E., Stephens, R., Dong, L., Taras, V. (2022). Nationality biases in peer evaluations: The country-of-origin effect in global virtual teams. International Business Review. 31(2), 101969 (PDF)
Richter, N. F., Strandskov, J., Hauff, S. & Taras, V., (2022), Internatioanl Business. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Textbook (publisher’s page)
Taras, V., Baack, D., Caprar, D., Jiménez, A., & Froese, F. (2021). Research: How Cultural Differences Can Impact Global Teams. Harvard Business Review, June 9, 2021, (PDF)
Johnson, W., Baker, D., Dong, L., Taras, V., Wankel, C. (2021). Do Team Charters Help Team-Based Projects? The Effects of Team Charters on Performance and Satisfaction in Global Virtual Teams, Academy of Management Learning and Education. (PDF)
Baker, D., Taras, V., Cohen, E., Balbinot, Z., & Newa, F. (2021). The Effects of Cultural Intelligence, Psychological Safety, and Teamwork Climate on Conflict Frequency in Global Virtual Teams. European Journal of International Management. DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2022.10045380 (PDF)
Valenzuela, M., Nguyen, A., Taras, V. (2021). A Review of Organizational Research on Acculturation from a Nonwork-Work Spillover Perspective: Content Analysis and Future Research Guidelines. International Journal of Management Reviews. 23(4): 516-540 https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12256 (PDF)
Richter, N. F., Martin, J., Hansen, S., Taras, V., & Alon, I. (2021). Motivational Configurations of Cultural Intelligence, Social Integration, and Performance in Global Virtual Teams. Journal of Business Research. 129(3): 351-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.03.012 (PDF)
Schlagel, C., Richter, N., Taras, V. (2021) Cultural intelligence and work-related outcomes: A meta-analytic examination of joint effects and test of incremental predictive validity. Journal of World Busines, 56(4), 101209 (PDF)
Akoto, E., Taras, V. (2021). Micro-Level Cultural Profiles and Team Orientation and Contribution. European Journal of International Management. DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2021.10039488 (PDF)
Arora, A., Arora, A., & Taras, V. (2020). Finding ‘H’ in HRI: Examining Human Personality Traits, Robotic Anthropomorphism and Robot Likeability in Human-Robot Interaction. International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies. (PDF)
Fujing, D. X., Dong, L., Gao, B., Yu, Z., & Taras, V. (2020). Understanding the Relationships between Distances and Herd Behavior in Online Reviews: The Moderating Effects of Hospitality Experience. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. (PDF)
Taras, V., Shah, G., Gunkel, M., Tavoletti, E., Assouad, A., Kraemer, J., Jimenez, A., Wei C. (2020). Graduates of Elite Universities Get Paid More. Do They Perform Better?, Harvard Business Review, September 4. https://hbr.org/2020/09/graduates-of-elite-universities-get-paid-more-do-they-perform-
better?fbclid=IwAR0vKi4h5USYOEKpjVyjUO58WvfI6TtHJwiEZQh8BVSqJ6urFSlJq0r89MA (PDF)
Lee, J. Y., Taras, V., Jiménez, A., Choi, B., & Pattnaik, C. (2020). Ambidextrous Knowledge Sharing within R&D Teams and Multinational Enterprise Performance: The Moderating Effects of Cultural Distance in Uncertainty Avoidance. Management International Review, 60(3): 1-39. (PDF)
Taras, V., Gunkel, M., Assouad, A., Tavoletti, E., Kraemer, J., Jimenez, A., . . . Shah, G. (2020). The Predictive Power Of University Pedigree On The Graduate’s Performance In Global Virtual Teams. European Journal of International Management. 16(4), 555-584. (PDF)
Taras, V. (2019). Cross-Cultural Training: History, Developments, Future Directions. In B. Szkudlarek, L. Romani, D. Caprar, & J. Osland (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary Cross-Cultural Management: Sage. (PDF)
Arora, A. S., Arora, A., & Taras, V. (2019). The moderating role of culture in social media-based spatial imagery, consumer xenocentrism, and word-of-mouth for global virtual teams. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 19(2), 160-193. (PDF)
Baumanis, L., Taras, V., Lynden, K., Tavoletti, E., & Muth, T. (2019). The X-Culture Global Business Program: A Short-Term International Study-Abroad Experience. In M. A. Gonzalez-Perez, K. Lynden, & V. Taras (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
Taras, V. (2019). X-Culture Academy: Kids Learning International Business Through Experience. In M. A. Gonzalez-Perez, K. Lynden, & V. Taras (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
Taras, V. (2019). The X-Culture Coaching Program: Learning Team Management Through Practice. In M. A. Gonzalez-Perez, K. Lynden, & V. Taras (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
Gonzalez-Perez, M. A., Lynden, K., & Taras, V. (2019). Learning and Teaching International Business and Management Using Experiential Learning Pedagogy. In M. A. Gonzalez-Perez, K. Lynden, & V. Taras (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and
Management. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan.
Gonzalez-Perez, M. A., Lynden, K., & Taras, V. (Eds.). (2019). The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan. (PDF)
Mulik, S., Srivastava, M., Yajnik, N., & Taras, V. (2019). Antecedents and Outcomes of Flow Experience of MOOC Users. Journal of International Education in Business. (PDF)
Taras, V., Baak, D., Caprar, D., Dowd, D., Froesee, F., Jimenezf, A., & Magnussong, P. (2019). Diverse effects of diversity: Disaggregating effects of diversity in global virtual teams. Journal of International Management. 25(4)1-36. (PDF)
Taras, V. (2019). Conceptualizing and Measuring Cultural Intelligence: Important Unanswered Questions. European Journal of International Management. 14(2): 273-293. (PDF)
Modaresnezhad, M., Palvia, P., Iyer, L., & Taras, V. (2019). Information Technology (IT) Enabled Crowdsourcing: A Conceptual Framework. Information Processing and Management. 57(2):102-135. (PDF)
McLarnon, M., O’Neill, T., Taras, V., Donia, M., Steel, P., & Law, D. (2019). Global Virtual Team Communication, Coordination, and Performance across Three Peer Feedback Strategies. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. 51(4):207-218. (PDF)
Palvia, P., Dissanayake, I., Amoako-Gyampah, K., Mehta, N., & Taras, V. (2019). Competition Matters! Self-Efficacy, Effort and Performance in Crowdsourcing Teams. Information & Management. 56(8):103-158. (PDF)