Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
D.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration
riikka.m.harikkala@utu.fi Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku |
Employee emotions; Cosmopolitanism; Emotional climate; Communication; Interaction; Mergers and acquisitions
Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen is a Lecturer in International Business. She has graduated from Turku School of Economics in 2019. Her research interests lie in the field of emotion studies, widely adapted to working contexts. In addition to research and teaching, she updates the IB internet and intranet pages, and instructs a weekly TSE faculty exercise class.
The overarching theme of Riikka's research is emotions, which she has explored in multiple ways, for example: emotion elicitation in individuals and groups at work, employees’ emotional bond to organizational identity, embodied emotions during leisure time activity, and work-related emotions in unforeseen circumstances. She is currently collaborating on projects on emotional dynamics in the life course of cosmopolitans, the influence of emotional attachment in family firm internationalization, and EDI in international business. She is an editorial board member for the Journal of Change Management.
Riikka has supervised Masters’ Theses in the International Business faculty at TSE since 2015. She has completed 60 ECTS University Pedagogy studies gaining her teaching proficiency, and 32 ECTS Positive Psychology Practitioner studies as continuing education.
- Managing Emotions in Organizations: Positive Employee Experiences Following Acquisitions (2020) Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
- Rough Winds? Emotional Climate Following Acquisitions (2020) Emotions and Service in the Digital Age Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
- When all doors close: Implications of COVID-19 for cosmopolitan entrepreneurs (2020)
- International Small Business Journal
- Career Paths in Time and Space
(WORK2019 Conferencen abstrakti) (2019) WORK2019 abstract book Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Niina Nummela, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Johanna Raitis - Cultures in Flux: A Longitudinal Perspective on Postacquisition Socio-Cultural Integration (2019)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
- The cosmopolitan future of identity: The changing nature of space and time
(Futures Conference -konferenssiesityksen abstrakti, 2019) (2019) Contructing Social Futures, Book of Abstracts Johanna Raitis, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Niina Nummela, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki - The Power of Positivity: An Abductive Exploration into Improving Cross-border Acquisition Integration
(Esitys 45th European International Business Academy Conferencessa, Leeds 13.-15.12. 2019) (2019) Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen - The Power of positivity : how employee emotions and interaction can benefit cross-border acquisitions (2019) Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka
- When Does Pride Go Before the Fall? The Many Faces of Pride Following a Cross-border Acquisition
(Esitys 45th European International Business Academy Conferencessa (EIBA), Leeds 13.-15.12. 2019) (2019) Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen - When does pride go before the fall? The many faces of pride following a cross-border acquisition
(Esitys The 4th Emerging Markets Inspiration Conferencessa (EMIC), 16.-19.6. 2019 Stockholm Sweden) (2019) Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen - Where’s your happy place? The power of positivity following a major organizational change
(Esitys 25th Nordic Academy of Management Conferencessa, 22.-24.8. 2019, Vaasa Finland) (2019) Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen - Dialogue as a source of positive emotions during cross-border post-acquisition socio-cultural integration (2018)
- Cross Cultural and Strategic Management
- Emotions and Virtual Teams in Cross-border Acquisitions (2018) Individual, Relational, and Contextual Dynamics of Emotions Melanie E Hassett, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Niina Nummela, Johanna Raitis
- Relational Identity Construction in the Merger of Equals (2018) Socio-Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Nordic Approach Johanna Raitis, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
- Rough winds? Emotional climate following cross-border acquisitions (2018) Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
- Smoothing out the course of true love: The role of positive emotional climate in post-acquisition integration (2018) Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka
- Socio-cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions - The Nordic Approach (2018) Johanna Raitis, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Melanie E. Hassett, Niina Nummela
- The triggers and types of emotions emerging in M&As (2018) Socio-Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Nordic Approach Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
- Emotions in cross-border acquisitions – Perspectives from the parent company (2017) Contemporary Issues in International Business. Are we seeing the tail-end of globalization Melanie Hassett, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Niina Nummela, Johanna Raitis
- Finding positivity during a major organizational change: In search of triggers of employees’ positive perceptions and feelings (2017) Emotions and Identity Johanna Raitis, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Melanie Hassett, Niina Nummela