Silvia Bagdadli
Associate Professor
Biography
Silvia Bagdadli is an Associate Professor of Business Organization and HRM at the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University where she is the Director of the Specialized Master of Science in Organization and Human Resources Management (MasterOP), directed from 2003 to 2008 too. At SDA Bocconi School of Management, she is Professor of the Knowledge Group Organization, Leadership and Human Resources and she directed the Executive Master in Strategic Human Resource Management from 2008 to 2014, an international program for HR Executives from leading multinationals. She has conducted research, education and coaching projects with companies operating in many different industries. She is an Executive Professional Coach Certified by ICF (PCC), for Italian and international enterprises.
Her research focuses on the areas of Strategic Human Resource Management, Talent and Leadership development and Career Management, with a comparative and international approach and an interest at the intersection of the individual and the organizational perspective,
She is the author of articles, book chapters and case studies on these subjects. Her works have been published in Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Review, the Human Resource Management Journal, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Business and Psychology, Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2000 and 2017) and Economia & Management, among others. She is a referee for Italian and international journals, including Human Resource Management, Human Relations, the Journal of Organizational Behaviour and Economia & Management. She is the Italian HR Ambassador at the HR Division of the Academy of Management. She was a member of the University Research Committee (2004/2005) and of the Management Department Research Committee (2007/2010). She was a Visiting Scholar at the Michigan University Business School and at the Maryland University Business School.
Silvia Bagdadli has a degree in Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Management both from Bocconi University.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Careers in Italy in Rocket Times: Does Gender Matter?
BAGDADLI, S., M. GIANECCHINI, "Careers in Italy in Rocket Times: Does Gender Matter?" in Diversity and Inclusion in Italy., Simone Pulcher, Stefano Basaglia, Simona Cuomo, Zenia Simonella (Eds.), Springer Cham, pp. 421-438, 2025 - 2023
The disabling effects of enabling social policies on organisations’ human capital development practices for women
REICHEL, A., M. LAZAROVA, E. APOSPORI, F. AFIOUNI, M. ANDRESEN, J. BOSAK, E. PARRY, S. BAGDADLI, J. P. BRISCOE, M. GIANECCHINI, P. SUZANNE, M. TANIGUCHI, "The disabling effects of enabling social policies on organisations’ human capital development practices for women", Human Resource Management Journal, 2023, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 129-147 - 2023
A new organization of work after Covid-19: the Bank of Italy case - Una nuova organizzazione del lavoro dopo il Covid-19: il caso Banca d’Italia
BAGDADLI, S., L. CAPORARELLO, S. CUOMO, M. MAGNI, B. MANZONI, C. ONDOLI, M. RAFFAGLIO, "A new organization of work after Covid-19: the Bank of Italy case - Una nuova organizzazione del lavoro dopo il Covid-19: il caso Banca d’Italia", SDA Bocconi Insight, 26 June 2023 - 2023
Italy: Human Resource Management in Italian Family-Owned SMEs: Sustaining the Competitive Advantage through B Corp Transformation
BAGDADLI, S., M. GIANECCHINI, "Italy: Human Resource Management in Italian Family-Owned SMEs: Sustaining the Competitive Advantage through B Corp Transformation" in The Global Human Resource Management Casebook., Liza Castro Christiansen, Michal Biron, Pawan Budhwar, Brian Harney (Eds.), Routledge, pp. 169-176, 2023 - 2023
Leonardo da Vinci's spirit: a career story of an Italian creative entrepreneur
BAGDADLI, S., M. GIANECCHINI, "Leonardo da Vinci's spirit: a career story of an Italian creative entrepreneur" in Understanding Careers Around the Globe., Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas Hall, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Emma Parry (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 25-35, 2023 - 2022
Il group coaching: quando il metodo favorisce la creatività
BAGDADLI, S., L. CAPORARELLO, S. CUOMO, M. MAGNI, B. MANZONI, C. ONDOLI, M. RAFFAGLIO, "Il group coaching: quando il metodo favorisce la creatività", Harvard Business Review Italia, March 2022 - 2022
Making Hybrid Teams Work in a Phygital World: The Case of the Bank of Italy (A, B)
BAGDADLI, S., L. CAPORARELLO, S. CUOMO, M. MAGNI, B. MANZONI, C. ONDOLI, M. RAFFAGLIO - "Making Hybrid Teams Work in a Phygital World: The Case of the Bank of Italy (A, B)" - 2022, The Case Centre, Great Britain - 2021
Human capital development practices and career success: The moderating role of country development and income inequality
BAGDADLI, S., M. GIANECCHINI, M. ANDRESEN, R. COTTON, R. KAŠE, M. LAZAROVA, A. SMALE, J. BOSAK, J. P. BRISCOE, K. CHUDZIKOWSKI, S. DELLO RUSSO, A. REICHEL, "Human capital development practices and career success: The moderating role of country development and income inequality", Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2021, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 429-447 - 2021
Here, there, & everywhere: Development and validation of a cross-culturally representative measure of subjective career success
BRISCOE, J. P., R. KAŠE, N. DRIES, A. DYSVIK, J. A. UNITE, I. ADELEYE, M. ANDRESEN, E. APOSPORI, O. BABALOLA, S. BAGDADLI, K. Ö. ÇAKMAK-OTLUOGLU, T. CASADO, J.-L. CERDIN, J.-S. CHA, K. CHUDZIKOWSKI, S. DELLO RUSSO, P. EGGENHOFER-REHART, Z. FEI, M. GIANECCHINI, M. GUBLER, D. T. HALL, R. IMOSE, I. R. ISMAIL, S. KHAPOVA, N. KIM, P. LEHMANN, E. LYSOVA, S. MADERO, D. MANDEL, W. MAYRHOFER, B. B. MILIKIC, S. MISHRA, C. NAITO, A. D. NIKODIJEVIC, A. REICHEL, N. SAHER, R. SAXENA, N. SCHLEICHER, F. SCHRAMM, Y. SHEN, A. SMALE, V. SUPANGCO, P. SUZANNE, M. TANIGUCHI, M. VERBRUGGEN, J. ZIKIC, "Here, there, & everywhere: Development and validation of a cross-culturally representative measure of subjective career success", Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2021, vol. 130, pp. 103612 - 2020
Still feeling employable with growing age? Exploring the moderating effects of developmental HR practices and country-level unemployment rates in the age – employability relationship
DELLO RUSSO, S., E. PARRY, J. BOSAK, M. ANDRESEN, E. APOSPORI, S. BAGDADLI, K. CHUDZIKOWSKI, M. DICKMANN, S. FERENCIKOVA, M. GIANECCHINI, D. T. HALL, R. KAŠE, M. LAZAROVA, A. REICHEL, "Still feeling employable with growing age? Exploring the moderating effects of developmental HR practices and country-level unemployment rates in the age – employability relationship", The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 1180-1206
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Grants & Honors
Teaching Award - Graduate School, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022
