Personal profile
Research interests
Christof Miska is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Responsibility and Sustainability in Global Business. He serves as the Academic Director of the Competence Center for Emerging Markets and is the Academic Director of the WU Executive Academy program Leadership & Unternehmensführung. At the Journal of Business Ethics he is the editor of the Cross-Cultural Dynamics and Business Ethics section.
Dr. Miska earned his doctoral degree in international business from WU Vienna and is an alumnus of the Nordic Research School of International Business (NORD IB). In addition, he holds a master's degree in international business administration from WU Vienna as well as the CEMS master's in international management. The latter was earned from WU Vienna, Copenhagen Business School, and Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. As a scholar, he visited Bentley University (USA) and INSEAD (Singapore).
Dr. Miska's research interests focus on responsible global leadership, a contemporary approach to global leadership studies with a particular focus on ethics, corporate responsibility, and sustainable development. Respectively, his research is rooted in studies of leadership, corporate responsibility, and ethics as well as in broader areas related to international organizational behavior and international management, cross-cultural management, institutional analyses, and positive organizational scholarship. Dr. Miska's research was published in internationally regarded journals such as Academy of Management Annals, Journal of World Business, the Journal of Business Ethics, and Business Ethics Quarterly, and was presented at major academic conferences including the Academy of Management and Academy of International Business annual meetings.
Expertise
- Cross-Cultural Management
- Responsible Leadership
- Business Ethics
- Expatriate Management
- Sustainability
- Corporate Responsibility
- Emerging Economies
- Purpose
- ESG
- Contextualization
- Systems and Complexity
- Leadership
- Leadership development
- SDGs
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Publications
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Multivoice Editorial: A Purpose Lens on Times of War
Miska, C., 2027, (In preparation) In: Journal of Business Ethics.Publication: Scientific journal › Other contribution to journal
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The Elgar Companion to Leadership Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals
Bolden, R., Miska, C. (Editor), Fourie, W. & Stanberry, J., 2027, (In preparation)Publication: Book/Editorship/Report › Edited book (editorship)
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Perspective: Reconciling Top-Down with Bottom-Up Institutional Change: A Co-evolutionary Perspective for Advancing the IB Contribution to the SDGs
Schmeißer, B., Lindner, T., Miska, C. & Doh, J., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of World Business.Publication: Scientific journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Social Purpose: New Concept, New Pathways?
Chua, N. & Miska, C., 2026, (Accepted/In press) The Oxford Handbook of Social Purpose. Harvey, W., A. N. & Ward-Christie, L. (eds.). Oxford University Press, 9Publication: Chapter in book/Conference proceeding › Chapter in edited volume
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Infusing ethical principles into our understanding of complexity: putting values at the center of global leadership.
Stahl, G., Chapple, W. & Miska, C., 2025, In: Advances in Global Leadership. 16, p. 221-228Publication: Scientific journal › Journal article › peer-review
Activities
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Keynote: Focusing on Purpose as Opportunity for Intercultural Research
Miska, C. (Speaker)
31 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Science to science
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Academy of Management AoM Annnual Meeting 2025
Miska, C. (Participant)
25 Jul 2025 → 31 Jul 2025Activity: Event participation/organisation › Organisation of conference/workshop/congress
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Academy of Management - Annual Meeting 2025
Miska, C. (Participant)
25 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025Activity: Event participation/organisation › Participation in conference/workshop/congress
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Academy of Management AoM Annnual Meeting 2025
Miska, C. (Participant)
25 Jul 2025Activity: Event participation/organisation › Organisation of conference/workshop/congress
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Academy of Management - Annual Meeting 2025
Miska, C. (Organiser)
25 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025Activity: Event participation/organisation › Organisation of conference/workshop/congress
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Complex Systems
Chapple, W. (PI - Project head) & Miska, C. (PI - Project head)
Project: Internal projects
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The impact of organizational purpose on resilience: the case of Italian Benefit Corporations
Chapple, W. (Researcher) & Miska, C. (Researcher)
Project: Other non-commercial research
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The Purpose of Business in a Post-Pandemic World
Miska, C. (PI - Project head), Stahl, G. (Deputy project head with power of attorney ), Chua, N. (Researcher) & Basantpreet, E. M. (Contact person for administrative matters)
1/05/22 → 30/04/24
Project: Research funding
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Vienna - Responsible Managers
Stahl, G. (PI - Project head) & Miska, C. (Researcher)
1/01/12 → 31/07/12
Project: Research funding
Press/Media
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The Dark and the Bright Side of Leadership
20/01/25 → 15/02/25
8 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Der 360°-CEO: Wenn’s ums Ganze geht
Stöttinger, B., Miska, C. & Chua, N.
2/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Corporate Purpose: Why "Meaning" is the Key to Corporate Success
24/05/24 → 28/05/24
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Prizes
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Emerald Literati Award - Outstanding Author Contribution for "The Role of Global Leadership during the Covid-19 Crisis"
Miska, C. (Recipient) & Zilinskaite, M. (Recipient), 2021
Prize
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