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Andra Serban

Associate Professor

Area: Management and Entrepreneurship

  • Snead Hall
  • 301 W. Main Street
  • Box 844000
  • Richmond, VA, 23284-4000
  • Office: B4111

Expertise

  • Leadership
  • Teams
  • Social  Networks

Interests

Teaching
  • Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Statistics for Management, Critical Issues in Management
Research
  • Leadership, Teams, Social Networks, Creativity and Innovation
Bio

Dr. Andra Șerban is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on leadership, face-to-face and virtual team decision-making and performance, as well as creativity and innovation. Her work has been published in scholarly journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Business Ethics, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is currently a member of the Editorial Board of The Leadership Quarterly.

Andra earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Leadership with a minor in Decision Making and Simulation from State University of New York at Binghamton. She has previously worked as an Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resource Management at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and as an Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Romania.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions
Book Chapter
  • Yammarino, F. J., Sotak, K. L., Serban, A. (2020). Charismatic-Ideological-Pragmatic Model with Shared and Collective Leadership: A Multi-Level Integration. In Charismatic, Ideological, and Pragmatic Leadership: Multiple Pathways to Success. Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis.
Conference Proceeding
  • Milstein, N., Berson, Y., Castaldo, R., Christopoulos, G., Gordon, I., Serban, A., Lavidor, M., Lee, A., Massaro, S., Pecchia, L., Serban, A., Slater, ., Wan, S. (2022). Applying Neuroscience Methods to Address Research Chalenges in Management. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.12314symposium
  • Philip, J., Kosmidou, V., Choudhury, P., Jin, F., Chao, C., Yang, B., Jun, M., Tsai, C., Marshall, J., Choudhury, A., Serban, A., Hou, ., Jung, M., Dionne, S., Yammarino, F. J. (2022). Examining Individual and Team Phenomena in the Context of Robots and AI Agents. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.10759symposium
  • Serban, A., Sheng, Z., He, Y., Cortina, J., Yao, X. (2021). From Help to Helpful Help: A Social Network Examination of Antecedents and Outcomes of Helpfulness. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.277
  • Sotak, K. L., Serban, A., Friedman, B. (2021). Perceptions of ethicality: The role of attire style, gender, and context. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.11175abstract
  • Serban, A., Kepes, S., Wang, W., Baldwin, R. (2020). Creativity and Cognitive Ability: Typology Contributions and a Meta-Analytic Review of Moderators. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.12185abstract
  • Serban, A., Kepes, S., Wang, W., McKay, A., Olson, E. I. (2020). Ethical and Empowering Leadership Styles and Follower Creativity: A Meta-Analytic Review. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.10204abstract
  • Morozova, D., Williams Woolley, A., Jorritsma, ., Somaya, D., Tsai, C., Zhao, X., Serban, A. (2020). When Teams Consist of More than Humans: On Teaming Up with Robots and AI in Workplaces. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.10276symposium
  • Serban, A., Rubenstein, A., Reina, C. S., Bosco, F. A., Katell, L. (2019). Social Insulation at Work: The Distinct Buffering Effects of LMX and POS. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.13742abstract
  • Hao, C., Serban, A., Shirreffs, K., Ji, X. (2018). Past Experience, Expertise, Cohesion and Choice Shift: A Simulation of Group Risky Decision-Making. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.13081abstract
  • Hao, C., Dionne, S., Serban, A., Sotak, K. L., Tsai, C., Gupta, A. (2017). Levels of Analysis in Social Network Research: A State-of-the-science Review. Academy of Management Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.12984abstract
Journal Article
  • Sheng, Z., Serban, A., Cortina, J., He, Y., Yao, X. (2023). From Helping to Helpful: a Social Network Examination of Workplace Helpfulness at Multiple Levels. Journal of Business and Psychology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-023-09923-6
  • Serban, A., Kepes, S., Wang, W., Baldwin, R. (2023). Creativity and Cognitive Ability: Typology Contributions and a Meta-analytic Review. Intelligence. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2023.101757
  • Sotak, K. L., Serban, A., Friedman, B., Palanski, M. (2023). Perceptions of Ethicality: The Role of Attire Style, Attire Appropriateness, and Context. Journal of Business Ethics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05347-7
  • Serban, A., Rubenstein, A., Bosco, F. A., Reina, C. S., Grubb, L. (2022). Stressors and Social Resources at Work: The Buffering Effects of LMX, POS, and their Interaction on Employee Attitudes. (vol. 37, pp.717–734). Journal of Business and Psychology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-021-09774-z
  • Tsai, C., Marshall, J. D., Choudhury, A., Serban, A., Hou, T., Young, M. F., Dionne, S. D., Yammarino, F. J. (2022). Human-robot collaboration: A multilevel and integrated leadership framework. The Leadership Quarterly. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101594
  • Serban, A., Yammarino, F. J., Sotak, K. L., Banoeng-Yakubo, J., Mushore, A. B., Hao, C., McHugh, K. A., Mumford, M. D. (2018). Assassination of political leaders: The role of social conflict. (vol. 29, pp.457-475). The Leadership Quarterly. DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.01.003
  • McHugh, K. A., Yammarino, F. J., Dionne, S. D., Serban, A., Sayama, H., Chatterjee, S. (2016). Collective decision making, leadership, and collective intelligence: Tests with agent-based simulations and a Field study. (2 ed., vol. 27, pp.218–241). The Leadership Quarterly.
  • Serban, A., Roberts, A. J. (2016). Exploring antecedents and outcomes of shared leadership in a creative context: A mixed-methods approach. (2 ed., vol. 27, pp.181–199). The Leadership Quarterly.
  • Serban, A., Yammarino, F. J., Dionne, S. D., Kahai, S. S., Hao, C., McHugh, K. A., Sotak, K. L., Mushore, A. B., Friedrich, T. L., Peterson, D. R. (2015). Leadership emergence in face-to-face and virtual teams: A multi-level model with agent-based simulations, quasi-experimental and experimental tests. (3 ed., vol. 26, pp.402–418). The Leadership Quarterly.
  • Dionne, S. D., Gupta, A., Sotak, K. L., Shirreffs, K. A., Serban, A., Hao, C., Kim, D. H., Yammarino, F. J. (2014). A 25-year perspective on levels of analysis in leadership research. (1 ed., vol. 25, pp.6–35). The Leadership Quarterly.
  • Yammarino, F. J., Mumford, M. D., Serban, A., Shirreffs, K. (2013). Assassination and leadership: Traditional approaches and historiometric methods. (6 ed., vol. 24, pp.822–841). The Leadership Quarterly.
  • Dionne, S. D., Chun, J. U., Hao, C., Serban, A., Yammarino, F. J., Spangler, W. D. (2012). Article quality and publication impact via levels of analysis incorporation: An illustration with transformational/charismatic leadership. (6 ed., vol. 23, pp.1012–1042). The Leadership Quarterly.
  • Yammarino, F. J., Salas, E., Serban, A., Shirreffs, K., Shuffler, M. L. (2012). Collectivistic leadership approaches: Putting the “we” in leadership science and practice. (4 ed., vol. 5, pp.382–402). Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
  • Shuffler, M. L., Salas, E., Yammarino, F. J., Serban, A., Shirreffs, K. (2012). Putting the “we” in leadership: Continuing the dialogue to advance our science and practice. (4 ed., vol. 5, pp.437–443). Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
  • Dionne, S. D., Akaishi, J., Chen, X., Gupta, A., Sayama, H., Yammarino, F. J., Serban, A., Hao, C., Head, H. J., Bush, B. J. (2012). Retrospective Relatedness Reconstruction Applications to Adaptive Social Networks and Social Sentiment. (4 ed., vol. 15, pp.663–692). Organizational Research Methods.
  • Gooty, J., Serban, A., Thomas, J. S., Gavin, M. B., Yammarino, F. J. (2012). Use and misuse of levels of analysis in leadership research: An illustrative review of leader–member exchange. (6 ed., vol. 23, pp.1080–1103). The Leadership Quarterly.
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