
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 l’École Hôtelière de Lausanne.
He has received awards for his research and teaching.
Academic Articles
2023
Expatriate Work Role Engagement and the Work-Family Interface: A Conditional Crossover and Spillover Perspective
HUMAN RELATIONS, 76 (3), 452–482
Academic Articles
2022
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
A transactional stress theory of global work demands: A challenge, hindrance, or both?
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, 107 (12), 2197–2219
Academic Articles
2021
International Management as Management of Diversity Reconceptualizing Distance as Diversity
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 58 (6), 1644-1668
Academic Articles
2018
Expatriation, alcohol and drugs: antecedents and consequences of substance use in expatriation
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL MOBILITY, 6 (3/4), 316-334
Books
2018
The Management of Global Careers: Exploring the Rise of International Work
Palgrave, 348
Chapters
2018
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
Management of Work-Life Interface of Global Careerists
In: The Management of Global Careers, Dickmann, Suutari, Wurtz Palgrave Macmillan
Academic Articles
2016
Work-and family-role adjustment of different types of global professionals: Scale development and validation
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
Chapters
2015
Coping and work-life balance of international assignees
In: Companion to International Human Resource Management, Collings, Woods & Caliguiri Routledge