Miguel Olivas-Lujan, PhD

Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, Ph.D. is a professor and former department chairman at Pennsylvania Western University’s department of Business, Economics, & Communication.

His research focuses on Human Resources Management, international and domestic, Leadership, Bullying, Information Technology Innovations, Religious Entrepreneurship, and Evidence-based Management. His work has appeared in journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, and encyclopedic entries, in four languages; he has been serving on several editorial and nonprofit boards for about two decades.

Miguel is a Senior Editor for the Advanced Series in Management, a scholarly book series by Emerald (UK) and served as the second Editor-in-Chief for the Business Journal of Hispanic Research. He has also guest-edited special issues in journals that include the Journal of Managerial Psychology and Human Resource Management Journal. His research has been supported by multiple research grants and recognition that includes “Best Paper,” “Outstanding Reviewer,” and “Outstanding Service” awards from several organizations like the Academy of Management (AOM), Iberoamerican AOM, and Eastern AOM, in addition to “Researcher of the Year” (several years) from the College of Business.

A former chairperson for the Management Education and Development (MED) division of the AOM, Miguel has also served professional organizations such as the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)’s Global Expertise Panel and The Pennsylvania State University’s Center for International Human Resource Studies (CIHRS) as its Associate Director.

His courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels include Leadership, International Business, Teamwork, Compensation, Employment Regulations, Occupational Safety,  Besides Pennsylvania, he has taught from short seminars to full courses in Argentinean, Canadian, Colombian, Dutch, German, Mexican, Polish, and Spanish universities. His degrees are from the University of Pittsburgh in the USA (Ph.D.) and Monterrey Tech in Mexico (MBA and B.Sc. in Computer Engineering).

His hobbies include reading, adding steps to his fitness tracker, traveling, learning languages, playing keyboards or guitar, singing, and watching and analyzing movies with his wife and any of their children and friends.