Argyro Avgoustaki is a Professor of Management at ESCP Business School where she has been teaching graduate courses in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Research Methods since 2013. She has been a visiting researcher at the Department of Management Science at Lancaster University Management School and the Department of Management at Cass Business School. Prior to joining ESCP Europe, she was a visiting researcher at the department of Innovation and Organizational Economics at Copenhagen Business School.

She holds a Ph.D degree in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a Master degree in Business Economics and Management from M.A.I.Ch., all with distinction. In 2014-2015 she completed the Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, HBS Executive Education at Harvard Business School.

Her interests lie at the intersection of human resource management and industrial relations. Some of the topics she has researched are the role of high performance work practices, such as incentive pay, on performance, flexible working arrangements, and the antecedents and outcomes of employee work effort. She has published in the Journal of Management, ILR Review, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Review of Financial Analysis, and Economic and Industrial Democracy. Her work has also been covered in media outlets such as The Financial Times, FT China, Business Insider UK, Le Monde, Le Figaro, The Daily Mail, Insider, CNBC, Le Soir, The Guardian, Women’s Health, New Scientist, Entrepreneur, MDR Radio, CNBC, and the World Economic Forum.

She is one of the founders of the London CYGNA group, which represents a network of female scholars. CYGNA's main objective is to promote interaction among academics and provide a forum for learning and support.  She is also a member of the Academy of Management Society, the Strategic Management Society and the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE).

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Academic Articles

2023

ALFES, K., A. AVGOUSTAKI, T. A. BEAUREGARD, A. CAÑIBANO, M. MURATBEKOVA-TOURON

New ways of working and the implications for employees: A systematic framework and suggestions for future research

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 33 (22), 4361-4385

Academic Articles

2023

AVGOUSTAKI, A., H. T. W. FRANKORT

All work intensity is not created equal: Effort motives, job satisfaction and quit intentions at a grocery chain

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 61 (4), 869-894

Academic Articles

2023

ANAGNOSTOPOULOU, S. C., A. AVGOUSTAKI

The Impact of Human Resource Practices on Corporate Investment Efficiency

INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, vol. 87, 102609

Academic Articles

2022

CAÑIBANO, A., A. AVGOUSTAKI

To telework or not to telework: Does the macro context matter? A signalling theory analysis of employee interpretations of telework in times of turbulence

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL

Academic Articles

2022

PROUSKA, R., A. AVGOUSTAKI, A. PSYCHOGIOS, A. WILKINSON

Employee participation and representation in Central and Eastern Europe

ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY, 43(1), 123-145

Academic Articles

2022

FRANKORT, H., A. AVGOUSTAKI

Beyond Reward Expectancy: How Do Periodic Incentive Payments Influence the Temporal Dynamics of Performance?

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 48(7), 2075-2107

ESCP Impact Papers

2022

CAÑIBANO, A., A. AVGOUSTAKI

Employee experiences of telework in times of crisis

ESCP Impact Papers, 2022-03-EN

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ESCP Impact Papers

2021

AVGOUSTAKI, A

Work intensity and unsustainable work: Evidence from the European Working Conditions Survey

ESCP Impact Papers, 2021-30-EN

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Academic Articles

2020

AVGOUSTAKI, A., A. CAÑIBANO

Motivational Drivers of Extensive Work Effort: Are Long Hours Always Detrimental to Well-being?

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 59(3), 355-398

Academic Articles

2019

AVGOUSTAKI, A., H. , T. W. FRANKORT

Implications of work effort and discretion for employee well-being and career-related outcomes: An integrative assessment.

INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW, 72 (3), 636-661