Stephanie K. Jones, PhD
Stephanie K. Jones, PhD
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Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
E-mail: Jones@msm.nl
Phone: +31 43 38 70 888 |
Short Profile
Dr. Jones was appointed Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Maastricht School of Management in January 2007. She graduated with a PhD from University College London, having gained her Bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics.
Specializing in management and HRM, Dr. Jones managed consulting and training businesses in the UK , Hong Kong, PRC, India , Australia and Dubai , from 1988 to 2001. She was also actively engaged in writing and researching books and articles.
Moving to academic life in 2001, she was previously based at the Kuwait Maastricht Business School (2005-7), and taught at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (2002-5) and the American University in Dubai (2001-2). She has also taught for the Universities of Exeter, Cranfield and Leicester of the UK .
Dr. Jones is an active consultant and trainer in all aspects of leadership and management. She served on the editorial board of a practitioner journal Human Assets Middle East, and served twice as an assessor and lead assessor for the Dubai Human Development Awards.
Dr. Jones has authored over 25 full-length internationally-published books on business and management, including on the subjects of leadership, cross-cultural issues, psychometric testing, recruitment, career development and expatriation. Her 2005 book, Nelson’s Way: leadership lessons from the great commander, reached the top ten best-selling business books in the UK. Dr. Jones has recently completed substantial sections of the first three volumes in the MSM textbook series, How to Write Your MBA Thesis, Leadership, Change and Responsibility, and Managing Cultural Diversity .
Dr. Jones is principally involved in the teaching of MBA and DBA programs for Maastricht School of Management all over the world, in the Middle East (Kuwait, Egypt, Yemen) in Africa (Rwanda, Ghana) and in South America (Peru, Suriname), as well as China (Shanghai). During 2009 she has also taught in Kazakhstan and Vietnam.