Contact Dr Valentina Battista
- Tel: +44 (0)1234 754521
- Email: V.Battista@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @battista_vb
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Background
Dr Valentina Battista is Visiting Fellow in Human Resource Management at the Faculty of Business and Management, Cranfield University. She has been affiliated with Cranfield School of Management for nearly a decade, previously holding positions as Research Fellow and Lecturer. At Cranfield, she has taught across MBA, Executive MBA, and MSc programmes and served as Director of the MSc in Management and Human Resource Management (CIPD-accredited).
Her research focuses on human resource management, people management systems, and performance management, with a particular interest in how organisations design management and control practices to support organisational effectiveness in contexts characterised by technological change and evolving workforce dynamics.
Dr Battista’s work bridges academic research and practice. She has contributed to several externally funded research projects with organisations including the UK Ministry of Defence, the Home Office, and EY, addressing topics such as people analytics, workforce capability development, and the future of work. She has also contributed to Cranfield’s influential Female FTSE Board Report, examining gender diversity in UK corporate leadership.
Her research has been published in leading international journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology and the International Journal of Operations and Production Management. Her work combines rigorous academic research with practical relevance, aiming to inform both management theory and organisational practice.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Parry E & Battista V. (2023). The impact of emerging technologies on work: a review of the evidence and implications for the human resource function. Emerald Open Research, 1(4)
- He Y, Payne SC, Beus JM, Muñoz GJ, Yao X, .... (2022). Organizational climate profiles: Identifying meaningful combinations of climate level and strength. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108(4)
- Kujala J, Battista V, Lucianetti L & Paavilainen A. (2021). The influence of cultural context in managerial decision-making: legitimacy views of Finnish and Italian managers. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 21(1/2)
- Lucianetti L, Battista V & Koufteros X. (2019). Comprehensive performance measurement systems design and organizational effectiveness. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 39(2)
- Curtis MB, Vinson JM, Conover TL, Lucianetti L & Battista V. (2017). National Culture and Ethical Judgment: A Social Contract Approach to the Contrast of Ethical Decision Making by Accounting Professionals and Students from the U.S. and Italy. Journal of International Accounting Research, 16(2)
- Battista V & Lucianetti L. (2015). La manipolazione dei valori di bilancio: pressione del management e tratti personali nell'attività del controller. MANAGEMENT CONTROL
- Parry E & Battista V. The impact of emerging technologies on work: a review of the evidence and implications for the human resource function. Emerald Open Research, 1
Conference Papers
- Afonso D, Franco-Santos M & Battista V. (2021). Individual identity and organizational control systems: A review and a new research agenda
- Kujala J, Battista V, Lucianetti L & Paavilainen A. (2021). The influence of cultural context in managerial decision-making: legitimacy views of Finnish and Italian managers
- Leonelli S & Battista V. (2019). The impact of Entrepreneur’s Narcissism on Leadership: The mediating role of Resilience and Risk-Taking
- Rossi D, De Luca F, Battista V & Lucianetti L. (2019). Antecedents of PMS and consequences on organizational performance: the mediation role of organizational learning
- Battista V & Parry E. (2018). Impact of emerging technologies on work and the role of human resource management
- Battista V & Parry E. (2018). The impact of technological advancement on the future of work and the role of Human Resources: an evidence-based investigation.
- Battista V & Parry E. (2017). Enhancing Employees Performance through Quantified Self Technologies: The Social and the Technical System within Organisations
- Franco-Santos M, Battista V & Lucianetti L. (2015). Managing the unmanageable: A closer look at the relationship between control systems and the performance of universities
- Franco-Santos M, Battista V & Lucianetti L. (2015). Managing the unmanageable: A closer look at the relationship between control systems and the performance of universities
Books
- Leisink P, Borst RT, Knies E & Battista V. (2021). Human Resource Management in a Public-Sector Context In The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Approaches to Human Resource Management. Oxford University Press.
- Parry E & Battista V. (2019). Generation Z in the UK: More of the Same – High Standards and Demands In Generations Z in Europe. Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Kujala J, Battista V, Lucianetti L & Paavilainen A. (2017). Legitimating Managerial Moral Decisions: A comparison between the Finnish and the Italian Cases In Dey AK & Thatchenkery T (eds), Advances in Social Change, Leadership & Organizational Decision Making,. Bloomsbury.
- Battista V, Verna I, Lucianetti L & Sargiacomo M. (2016). The Interrelations Between Personnel Burn Out and Financial Distress in Italian Public Universities In Sargiacomo M(ed.), Financial Distress in Italian Public Administration. McGraw Hill Education.