AUT - Romie Frederick Littrell

Associate professor Romie Frederick Littrell

Associate Professor of International Business

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext: 5805

Email: Romie.Littrell@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
WO1418, Oracle Building, 56 Wakefield St, Auckland

Postal Address:
Mail Stop B-31, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142

Links to relevant web pages:
http://www.romielittrell.homestead.com
http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/business/research/research-areas/listings/international-business/associate-professor-romie-littrell

Qualifications:

PhD, Applied Psychology, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

PhD, Business Administration, Kennedy College, Zurich, Switzerland

MBA, California Coast University, Santa Ana CA. USA

B.A., Psychology, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, USA

Memberships and Affiliations:

• International Academy of Intercultural Research, Fellow
• Academy of Management
• Academy of International Business
• International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychlogy

Biography:

Dr. Littrell is a Fellow of the Academy of Intercultural Research. He earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration, with an International Organisational Behaviour speciality, in 1999, at Kennedy College, Zurich, Switzerland, with a thesis topic: “Perceptions of Desirable Leadership Behaviours of Multi-Cultural Managers by Indigenous Chinese Managers and Supervisors”. The thesis was published as a special issue: “Desirable leadership behaviours of multi-cultural managers in China” by The Journal of Management Development in 2002; selected as outstanding article of the year for the journal. It has been subsequently published as a book and e-book by the Emerald Library. In 2010  completed a second Ph.D. in Applied Psychology was earned at the School of Psychology of AUT University.

Work in Tertiary Education, USA, China, Switzerland, Germany and New Zealand:
  Current position: Associate Professor of International Business: Auckland University of Technology, Department of International Business, February 2002 to present.
  Prior Experience: Professor of International Marketing & Management, 12 years and teaching courses in leadership, managing cultural differences, introduction to management, international management, marketing, international marketing, introduction to finance in various countries.
  Visiting Professor: Leadership, organisational behaviour, marketing, business & culture, computer programming, systems analysis, introduction to business, business communications, hotel management, in the USA, China, Switzerland India, and Turkey.
  Lecturer, 2 years: statistics, hospitality management

Industry Experience: 30 years experience in sales and management in the IT industry in the Americas and Europe.

 

Teaching Areas:

• Leadership in International Business
• International Business Management

Research areas:

• International Management
• International Leadership
• Business & Culture
• International Human Resource Management

Current Research Projects:

Currently facilitator of a global project studying preferred leader behaviour and individual values across cultures, related to enhancing international business transactions.

Publications:

Some Recent Publications:
Littrell, Romie F. (forthcoming, 2011). A Proposal for the Structure of Moral and Ethical Education of University Students and Adult Businesspeople: What to Teach and Why. In Stachowicz-Stanusch Agata & Wankel, Charles (Eds.), Management Education for Integrity, Charlotte, NC, USA: IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., Chapter 3.

Littrell, Romie F. (forthcoming). The Effects of National and Sub-National Cultures on Preferred Leader and Manager Behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lituchy, Terri; Punnett, Betty Jane & Puplampu, Bill (Eds.), Management in Africa: Macro and Micro Perspectives, Florence, KY, USA: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Chapter 3.

Wanasika, Isaac; Howell, Jon P.; Littrell, Romie & Dorfman, Peter. (2011).  Managerial Leadership and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of World Business, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 234-241.
Selmer, Jan and Littrell, Romie. (2010). Business Managers' Work Value Changes Through Down Economies".  Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, vol. 1, no. 1, pp.31-48.

Littrell, Romie F. and Montgomery, Elisabeth. (2010). Contemporary Entrepreneurs in South China: A Discussion of Their Individual Values. In Wang, Yue and Ramburuth, Prem (Eds.), Thirty Years of China's Economic Reform: Institutions, Management Organizations and Foreign Investment, Hauppauge NY, USA: Nova Science Publishers, Chapter 4.

Littrell, Romie. (2009). Acerca de los modos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes provenientes de culturas confucianistas. In Sánchez Griñán A.; Melo, Mónica (Comps.) Qué saber para enseñar a estudiantes chinos. 1º ed. Buenos Aires: Voces del Sur, pp.73-125. In English: Littrell, Romie F. (2006). Learning Styles of Students in and from Confucian Cultures. In Ong Siow Heng, Gerhard Apfelthaler, Katrin Hansen, Nirundon Tapachai, eds. Intercultural Communication Competencies in Higher Education and Management, Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Academic. http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.cfm?SBNum=39354

Littrell, Romie F. (2009). Mythology, Culture, and Leadership in England. In Kessler, Erich H. and Wong, Diana J. (Eds.), Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership, Edward Elgar Publishers Inc.

Alon, Ilan; Littrell, Romie F. and Chan, Allan K.K. Chan. (2009). Branding in China: Global Product Strategy Alternatives. Multinational Business Review, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 123-143.

Littrell, Romie F. (2008). Managing Culturally Diverse Stakeholders in International Projects: The Problem of Planning, Rio´s International Journal on Sciences of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Management, Vol. 2, No. III. http://www.rij.eng.uerj.br/scientific/2008/

Littrell, Romie F. (2007). Influences on Employee Preferences for Empowerment Practices by the “Ideal Manager” in China, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 87-110.

Littrell, Romie F. and Ramburuth, Prem. (2007). Leadership and Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa Vol. 1, San Diego, CA, USA: University Readers.

East Asia: Littrell, Romie F. (2006). “Learning Styles of Students in and from Confucian Cultures”. In Ong Siow Heng, Gerhard Apfelthaler, Katrin Hansen, Nirundon Tapachai, eds. Intercultural Communication Competencies in Higher Education and Management, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic.