Wurtz Olivier | ESCP Business School

Olivier Wurtz

Associate Professor of Management

Department : Management
Campus : Paris

Olivier Wurtz is an Associate Professor of Management at ESCP Business School. He teaches courses on management, organisations, leadership, and change. His research focuses on international management, addressing contemporary challenges faced by global managers, including global work and cross-cultural encounters, well-being and coping, diversity, and the dynamics of creativity. Professor Wurtz is also an expert in international mobility and expatriation, investigating critical aspects of the expatriation process such as preparation and training, adjustment, family-related challenges, and repatriation. He collaborates with leading French multinational corporations and government organisations to advance knowledge in these areas. Olivier also serves as an adjunct professor at l’École Polytechnique. He graduated from ESCP with a Master in Management and holds a PhD from HEC Paris. His professional experience spans several countries, including France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, and the United States, and he has worked for multinational corporations such as Procter & Gamble, PwC, and L’Oréal. Before joining ESCP, he held academic positions at the University of Vaasa (Finland) and ...

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15 publications

Case Studies

2025

BOLINO, M., O. WURTZ, A. BOLINO

Promoting Abroad: Whose Background Fits Best?

Harvard Business Publishing

Case Studies

2024

BOLINO, M., O. WURTZ, A. BOLINO

Assigned Abroad: Worth the Risk?

Harvard Business Publishing

Academic Articles

2023

REICHE, S., M. DIMITROVA, M. WESTMAN, S. CHEN, O. WURTZ, M. LAZAROVA, M. SHAFFER

Expatriate Work Role Engagement and the Work-Family Interface: A Conditional Crossover and Spillover Perspective

HUMAN RELATIONS, 76 (3), 452–482

Academic Articles

2022

WURTZ, O.

A transactional stress and coping perspective on expatriation: new insights on the roles of age, gender and expatriate type

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL MOBILITY, 10 (3), 351-372

Academic Articles

2022

KRAIMER, M., M. SHAFFER, M. BOLINO, S. CHARLIER, O. WURTZ

A transactional stress theory of global work demands: A challenge, hindrance, or both?

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, 107 (12), 2197–2219

Academic Articles

2021

LUMINEAU, F., M. HANISCH, O. WURTZ

International Management as Management of Diversity Reconceptualizing Distance as Diversity

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 58 (6), 1644-1668

Academic Articles

2018

WURTZ, O.

Expatriation, alcohol and drugs: antecedents and consequences of substance use in expatriation

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL MOBILITY, 6 (3/4), 316-334

Books

2018

DICKMANN, M.

The Management of Global Careers: Exploring the Rise of International Work

Palgrave, 348

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2018

DICKMANN, M., V. SUUTARI, O. WURTZ

The multiple forms and shifting landscapes of global careers. In The Management of Global Careers

In: The Management of Global Careers, Dickmann, Suutari, Wurtz Palgrave Macmillan

Chapters

2018

SUUTARI, V., L. MÄKELÄ, O. WURTZ

Management of Work-Life Interface of Global Careerists

In: The Management of Global Careers, Dickmann, Suutari, Wurtz Palgrave Macmillan

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Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

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AI in Higher Education Summit 2026 – Paris, 17–18 March

17 - 18 March 2026
07.00 am - 05.20 pm

2020

Academy of Management, International Management Division

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Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

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AI in Higher Education Summit 2026 – Paris, 17–18 March

17 - 18 March 2026
07.00 am - 05.20 pm

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Case Studies

2025

Promoting Abroad: Whose Background Fits Best?

Case Studies

2024

Assigned Abroad: Worth the Risk?

Academic Articles

2023

Expatriate Work Role Engagement and the Work-Family Interface: A Conditional Crossover and Spillover Perspective

Academic Articles

2022

A transactional stress and coping perspective on expatriation: new insights on the roles of age, gender and expatriate type

Academic Articles

2022

A transactional stress theory of global work demands: A challenge, hindrance, or both?

Academic Articles

2021

International Management as Management of Diversity Reconceptualizing Distance as Diversity

Academic Articles

2018

Expatriation, alcohol and drugs: antecedents and consequences of substance use in expatriation

Books

2018

The Management of Global Careers: Exploring the Rise of International Work

Chapters

2018

The multiple forms and shifting landscapes of global careers. In The Management of Global Careers

Chapters

2018

Management of Work-Life Interface of Global Careerists

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2020

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