Dr Sofya Isaakyan

Assistant Professor

Department of Organisation and Personnel Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Connected with

Leadership

Profile

Sofya Isaakyan is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from Maastricht University in 2018. Her research focuses on understanding employees' upward expression of ideas and concerns about work-related issues (i.e., voice behavior) and the corresponding reactions by managers and team members. In her work, she also explores factors affecting leadership development and leader identity. Before entering academia, Sofya worked as a consultant and evaluated the effectiveness of leadership development programs.

Professional experience

Assistant Professor

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Organisation and Personnel Management

Publications

Key Publications (2)

S. Isaakyan, E.N. Sherf, S. Tangirala & H. Guenter (2020). Keeping it between us: Managerial endorsement of public versus private voice. Journal of Applied Psychology.
E.N. Sherf, M.R. Parke & S. Isaakyan (2020). Distinguishing voice and silence at work: Unique relationships with perceived impact, psychological safety, and burnout. Academy of Management Journal. doi: 10.5465/amj.2018.1428

Professional Publications

S. Isaakyan (2020). Employee voice: An important dynamic in changing times. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 38, 28-30.

Scholarly Publications (2)

S. Isaakyan, E.N. Sherf, S. Tangirala & H. Guenter (2020). Keeping it between us: Managerial endorsement of public versus private voice. Journal of Applied Psychology.
E.N. Sherf, M.R. Parke & S. Isaakyan (2020). Distinguishing voice and silence at work: Unique relationships with perceived impact, psychological safety, and burnout. Academy of Management Journal. doi: 10.5465/amj.2018.1428

Doctoral Thesis

S. Isaakyan (2018, juni 1). Public versus Private Voice: The Role of Social Setting in Explaining Managerial Reactions to Employee Voice. Maastricht University (143 pag.) (Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht) Prom./coprom.: F. Zijlstra & H. Guenter. doi: 10.26481/dis.20180601si

Media

Discovery items

Employee voice: an important dynamic in changing times

Speaking up can also have add-on organisational benefits down the line in terms of employee leadership development.

RSM Discovery magazine 38 – out now!

Issue 38: under the editorship of the Erasmus Centre for Leadership is devoted to exploring just some of the many facets of leadership.

Courses

Negotiation

Study year: 2020/2021
Code: BMME150
Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

HRM Master Thesis

Study year: 2020/2021
Code: BMMTHRM
ECTS: 16 Level: Master

HRM-OCC Master Thesis

Study year: 2020/2021
Code: BMMTHRM-OCC
ECTS: 16 Level: Master

OCC Master Thesis

Study year: 2020/2021
Code: BMMTOCC
ECTS: 16 Level: Master

Past courses

Behaviour in organisations

Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
Code: BKB010

Behaviour in organisations

Study year: 2019/2020
Code: BK1102
Level: Bachelor 1

Managerial and group decision making

Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
Code: BMME045
ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master, Master

Organisational Behaviour

Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
Code: BAP071

Organisational Behaviour

Study year: 2019/2020
Code: BT1102
Level: Bachelor 1, Bachelor 1

Employee voice: an important dynamic in changing times

Speaking up can also have add-on organisational benefits down the line in terms of employee leadership development.

+31 10 4081946

isaakyan@rsm.nl

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T10-33
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

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