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.
Publications
Article (3)
Academic (2)
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Isaakyan, S., Sherf, EN., Tangirala, S., & Guenter, H. (2021). Keeping it between us: Managerial endorsement of public versus private voice. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(7), 1049-1066. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000816
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Sherf, EN., Parke, MR., & Isaakyan, S. (2020). Distinguishing voice and silence at work: Unique relationships with perceived impact, psychological safety, and burnout. Academy of Management Journal, 64(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2018.1428
Professional (1)
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Isaakyan, S. (2020). Employee voice: An important dynamic in changing times. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 38, 28-30.
Doctoral Thesis (1)
Internal (1)
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Isaakyan, S. (2018). Public versus Private Voice: The Role of Social Setting in Explaining Managerial Reactions to Employee Voice. Maastricht University. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20180601si
Courses
HRM Master Thesis
- Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
- Code: BMMTHRM
- Level: Master
OCC Master Thesis
- Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021
- Code: BMMTOCC
- Level: Master
Past courses
HRM-OCC Master Thesis
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMMTHRM-OCC
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
Negotiation
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMME150
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Behaviour in organisations
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BK1102
- Level: Bachelor 1
Behaviour in organisations
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BKB010
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
Featured in the media
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How to Sell Your Ideas up the Chain of Command
Sofya Isaakyan, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Department of Organisation and Personnel Management, is mentioned in this article of the Harvard Business Review.
Saturday, 1 January 2022
Featured on RSM Discovery
Speaking up can have add-on organisational benefits down the line in terms of employee leadership development.
Issue 38: under the editorship of the Erasmus Centre for Leadership is devoted to exploring just some of the many facets of leadership.
