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Adecco Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Chair, Strategy and Entrepreneurship Faculty
BA (Carlos III, Madrid) MSc (UPF, Barcelona) PhD (MIT)
A native of Spain, Dr Isabel Fernandez-Mateo holds the Adecco Chair at London Business School. As Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, she has taught in various degree programmes at London Business School, including the required core Strategic Management course for the full time MBA and Executive MBAs, as well as two electives: “Building your Career Strategy” and “People Analytics.” She also teaches in the PhD programme.
Dr Fernandez-Mateo is an expert on how relationships influence career outcomes – particularly in hiring, job transitions, and career advancement. She also studies gender diversity in the executive labor market. In her recent work, she examines the organizational and social barriers that prevent women’s access to positions of leadership. Her work has been published in leading academic journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Management Science, and Organization Science. She is currently Department Editor of Management Science (Organizations Section).
2018 Finalist for the Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Best Conference Paper and Best Interdisciplinary Paper (Strategic Management Society Conference)
2018 Best OMT Published paper of 2017 Award by the OMT Division of the Academy of Management (for “Leaning Out: How Negative Recruitment Experiences Shape Women’s Decisions to Compete for Executive Roles”)
2018 Outstanding Publication in OB Award by the OB Division of the Academy of Management (for “Leaning Out: How Negative Recruitment Experiences Shape Women’s Decisions to Compete for Executive Roles,” published in 2017)
2013 Meritorious Service as Associate Editor Award, Management Science.
2013 American Sociological Association’s W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Organizations, Occupations and Work Section (for “Anticipatory Sorting and Gender Segregation in Temporary Employment”)
2012 INFORMS-Industry Studies Association Best Paper Prize (for “Anticipatory Sorting and Gender Segregation in Temporary Employment,” published in 2011.)
2007-to date, Adecco Associate Professor (Endowed Chair at London Business School)
2007 Outstanding Reviewer Award, the Editorial Board of the Academy of Management Review
2005 Academy of Management, Careers Division Best Paper Award (for “Beyond Organizational Careers. Information, Learning and Trust in Mediated Employment Arrangements.”)
2004 Industrial Relations Research Association, Best Dissertation Award – Honorable mention.
2004 American Sociological Association’s James D. Thompson Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. Organizations, Occupations and Work Section.
2002 Research Fellowship, MIT Sloan Center for e-Business
2001, 2004 Research Fellowship, MIT Workplace Center
1998-2000 Full funding of graduate studies, La Caixa Fellowship (Spain)
1997-1998 Research Fellowship, Catalan Government (Spain)
1996 Research fellowship, Spanish Institute for Iberoamerican Cooperation
1995 European Union Erasmus Fellowship
2022
Fernandez-Mateo I
Organization Science 2022 In Press
2018
Fernandez-Mateo I; Kaplan S
Organization Science 2018 Vol 29:6 p 989-1236
2017
Ody-Brasier A; Fernandez-Mateo I
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles 2017
Brands R A; Fernandez-Mateo I
Administrative Science Quarterly 2017 Vol 62:3 p 405-442
Fernandez-Mateo I; Ody-Brasier A
American Sociological Review 2017 Vol 82:1 p 147-178
Brands R A; Fernandez-Mateo I
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles 2017
2016
Fernandez-Mateo I; Fernandez R
Management Science 2016 Vol 62:12 p 3636-3655
2015
Fernandez-Mateo I; Coh M
Organization Science 2015 Vol 26:5 p 1381-1399
2013
Bidwell M; Briscoe F; Fernandez-Mateo I; Sterling A
The Academy of Management Annals 2013 Vol 7:1 p 61-121
2011
Fernandez-Mateo; King Z
Management Science 2011 Vol 57:6-989 1008
2010
Fernandez-Mateo I; Bidwell M
Organization Science 2010 February Vol 21:6 p 1141-1158
Fernandez-Mateo I
Business Strategy Review 2010 Vol 21:4 p 52-57
2009
Fernandez-Mateo I
American Journal of Sociology 2009 Vol 114:4 p 871-923
2008
Bidwel M; Fernandez-Mateo I
Book Chapter: In Cappelli P. Ed., Employment Relationships: New Models of White Collar Work, CUP, 2008
2007
Bidwell M; Fernandez-Mateo I
Academy of Management Proceedings 2007 p 1-6
Fernandez-Mateo I
American Sociological Review 2007 April Vol 72:2 p 291-317
2006
Fernandez R; Fernandez-Mateo I
American Sociological Review 2006 Feb Vol 71:1 p 42-71
Bidwell M; Fernandez-Mateo I
In Cappelli P ed., Strategic employment relations, Cambridge University Press, 2006
2005
Fernandez-Mateo I
in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2005
Munoz-Bullon F; Fernandez-Mateo I
in Cabrera A and Bonache J eds., Direccion estrategica de personas. 2nd ed., Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2005
2002
Fernandez-Mateo I
in Cabrera A and Bonache J eds., Direccion estrategica de personas, Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2002
Our teaching offering is updated annually. Faculty and programme material are subject to change.
Optional courses providing a deep dive into specialist areas.
View electives Show lessFirms are accelerating the use of analytics to translate human capital into competitive advantage. This trend has increased the demand for leaders who are informed users and consumers of analytical tools to manage and develop talent. This course meets such demand, by drawing on the latest evidence-based research on people analytics and educating students on how to use these tools in a thoughtful, effective, and responsible manner.
Students will be expected to use and analyse data, hence you need a basic knowledge of statistics. However, previous experience with statistical or programming packages is not required. We will provide you with some basic code and tools in class. The goal is to help you understand what kind of data and analytical techniques are more appropriate for each problem, as well as to train you in a thoughtful evaluation of the evidence required to make sound decisions.
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