Ivana Milosevic, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management

Office Hours: Contact for appointment
Phone: 843.953.6664 (email preferred)
E-mail: milosevici@cofc.edu
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Ivana Milosevic, Ph.D. joined the College of Charleston School of Business as an assistant professor of management in the fall of 2017. Prior to teaching for the Department of Management and Marketing, Ivana taught various management and leadership courses for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln as well as the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh — where she received the Teaching Award for superior dedication and excellence in teaching. At CofC, Ivana teaches undergraduate courses in organizational behavior and human resource management and serves as class coordinator for MGMT 301: Management and Organizational Behavior. Ivana’s research has been published in management journals including Journal of Management, Business & Society, and Journal of Leadership and Organization Studies. She received several best paper awards in recognition of her work, including 2019 Academy of Management best paper award. In addition, Ivana was 2019 recipient of the REACH program Professor Recognition Award.
Education
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Ph.D., Management (Organizational Behavior), 2014
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
MBA, 2008
European University, Belgrade, Serbia
B.S., Business Administration, 2005
Research Interests
- Leadership
- History
- Organizational Knowledge
- Process Theory
- Qualitative Research Methods
Courses Taught
- Management and Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
Honors and Awards
- Academy of Management, Sage Best Leadership Paper Award, 2016
- Southern Management Association, Best Paper in Track, 2015
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Teaching Award, 2015
- Midwest Academy of Management, Best Reviewer Award, 2013
- Academy of Management, Sage Best Leadership Paper Award, 2012
Publications
Bass, A. E., Pfarrer, M., Milosevic, I. & Titus, A. (2021). Better to Be Loved by Some? Flaunting to Manage Stakeholder Group Impressions Ahead of Unpredictable Negative Events. Academy of Management Review (In-press).
Milosevic, I., Maric, S., & Loncar, D. (2019). Defeating the toxic boss: The nature of toxic leadership and the role of followers. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.
Combs, G. M., Milosevic, I., & Bilimoria, D. (2019). Introduction to the special topic forum: Critical discourse: Envisioning the place and future of diversity and inclusion in organizations. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.*
*Special Issue Editor
Spivack, A. & Milosevic, I. (2018). Perceived location autonomy and work environment choice: The mediating influence of intrinsic motivation. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 54(3), 325–348
Bass, A. E. & Milosevic, I. (2018). The ethnographic method in CSR research: The role and importance of methodological fit. Business & Society 57(1), 174-215.
Milosevic, I., Bass, A. E., & Combs, G. M. (2018). The paradox of knowledge creation in a high-reliability organization: A case study. Journal of Management, 44(3), 1174-1201.
Milosevic, I., Bass, A.E. & Milosevic, D. (2017). Leveraging positive psychological capital (PsyCap) in crisis: A multiphase framework. Organization Management Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2017.1353898
Conference Presentations:
Milosevic, I., Bass, A. E., & Schulte, B. When Institutional Logics Conflict and When They Complement: A Comparative Case Study of Sustainability Practices in a Developed Economy and an Economy in Transition. To be presented at 2022 Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, WA*.
*Published in the Proceedings of the 2022 Academy of Management Meeting as one of the best papers accepted to the conference.
Milosevic, I., Bass, A. E., & Zahra, S. Tipping over to Scalable Growth: Examining Micro-Activities in the Growth Dynamic Capability. To be presented at 2022 Academy of Management Conference, Seattle, WA.
Bass, A. E. & Milosevic, I. A Behavioral View of Strategic Leadership: Examining Strategy Making in Healthcare. Presented at the 2021 Southern Management Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
For a comprehensive list of Dr. Milosevic's research, please see her CV.