Dr S. (Saeedeh) Ahmadi
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Economics and Business
Section Strategy & International Business
Visiting address
- Plantage Muidergracht 12
- Room number: 02-15
Postal address
- Postbus 15953
1001 NL Amsterdam
Contact details
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Assistant Professor
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Dr. Saeedeh Ahmadi is an assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the University of Amsterdam Business School. She holds a PhD in Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her expertise lies at the nexus of strategic management, innovation management, and psychology. Focusing on managerial decision-making in uncertain situations, she tries to understand what makes managers oriented toward riskier options, why some managers get out of comfort zone and why others do not or delay some actions. She is also enthusiastic about goal setting and assessing the effectiveness of managerial interventions that try to motivate variety seeking and idea generation in organizations. She has presented her research in major international management conferences such as Academy of Management and Strategic Management Society and published in Journal of management Studies. She has served as ad-hoc reviewer of Journal of management Studies and Psychological Reports. Prior to entering academia, dr. Ahmadi worked several years as strategy analyst and marketing analyst in telecommunication industry.
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Teaching
Courses in the UvA Executive Programme in Management Studies:
“Strategy and Organization”
“Adaptive Organization”
Courses in the UvA Bachelor's programme in Business Administration:
“International Business”
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Publications
2021
Ahmadi, S., Jansen, J. J. P., & Eggers, J. P. (2021). Using Stretch Goals for Idea Generation Among Employees: One Size Does Not Fit All! Organization Science, Published online in Articles in Advance 30 Jun 2021.
2017
- Ahmadi, S. (2017). New business opportunities at MNE’s front end: When stretch goals work? Academy of Management Conference: Atlanta - August 2017. In Academy of Management
- Ahmadi, S., Khanagha, S., Berchicci, L., & Jansen, J. (2017). Are managers motivated to explore in the face of a new technological change? The role of regulatory focus, fit, and complexity of decision‐making. Journal of Management Studies, 54(2), 209-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12257
2016
- Ahmadi, S., & Jansen, J. J. P. (2016). Fostering dispersed entrepreneurship within large organizations – The role of stretch goals and resource availability ? –Academy of Management Conference: Aanaheim- California- August 2016. In Academy of Management
- Ahmadi, S., & Khanagha, S. (2016). Strategizing on disruptive technologies: organizational and managerial determinants of adaptive response- Strategic Management Society Conference-Berlin- October 2016. In Strategic Management Society
2015
- Ahmadi, S., & Berccici, L. (2015). A Motivational Perspective of Exploration: The Effects of Regulatory Focus and Complexity on Exploration. In Proceedings of Academy of Management (1 ed., Vol. 2015, pp. 18519-18519). Academy of Management Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.18519abstract
2020
- Ahmadi, S., & Berchicci, L. (2020). Managers’ Preferences for Timing of Investment in a New Technology: Role of Motivation and Ability. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.21349abstract [details]
2020
- Ahmadi, S. (Author). (2020). Why Can Stretch Goals Have Unintended Effects?. Web publication/site, Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rsmdiscovery/2020/02/27/why-can-stretch-goals-have-unintended-effects/?sh=2433924c5eb1 [details]
2017
- Ahmadi, S. (2017). How managers can turn their biases into a strength. RSM Discovery, 31, 14-16. https://discovery.rsm.nl/articles/detail/316-how-managers-can-turn-their-biases-into-a-strength/
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Ancillary activities
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Ahmadi, S., Jansen, J. J. P., & Eggers, J. P. (2021). Using Stretch Goals for Idea Generation Among Employees: One Size Does Not Fit All! Organization Science, Published online in Articles in Advance 30 Jun 2021.