Dr Christiaan Roell | UNSW Research

Fields of Research (FoR)

International business, Corporate social responsibility, Strategy

Biography

Christiaan Röell is a lecturer (assistant professor) in International Business at the UNSW Business School, Department of Management and Governance. His research is focused on the political strategies of multinationals in international environments, especially in Southeast Asia. He is interested in government affairs managers, and his research seeks to unpack corporate political strategizing. Christiaan's recent research focuses on how multinationals collaborate with government agencies to achieve the UN SDGs. His work has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of World Business and the British Journal of Management.

My Grants

SSHRC Insight grant 2023-25 'Overcoming adversity in cross-sector partnerships: A micro-level study of commitment. $95,278

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG 2021-22 'Tackling grand challenges: cross-sectoral collaborations to contribute to the Sustainable Development
Goals' £10,000

My Awards

Research Excellence Award. Level A/B - Early Career researcher. In November 2024 at UNSW Business School.
ASAC 2023 Conference IB Division: 'Expanding the IMP approach to Business-to-Government relationships: The case of the healthcare industry' (Honorable mention)
Best paper award at the 6th Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) conference in Vancouver (2022). Title: 'Sowing the Seeds for Political Influence: Aligning CSR Strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals'
Best Paper Award at the 38th Euro-Asia Management Studies Association's (EAMSA) annual conference (2022) in Tokyo 'Sowing the seeds for political influence: Incorporating the UN SDGs into the MNE’s nonmarket strategy'

My Research Activities

Working papers

Balancing global ethics and local politics: Government affairs in MNE subsidiaries
Constructing business-to-government relationships through key opinion leaders
From a centralized autocracy to a decentralized democracy: Managing corruption during political upheaval
When stigma harms legitimacy: Managing the dynamics of stigmatization and legitimization of MNE

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