Dr Olga Muzychenko

Senior Lecturer

School of Management

College of Business and Law


Olga is Associate Head of School (International) and program coordinator for postgraduate and undergraduate International Business and International Management programs at the Adelaide Business School. She teaches MBA and other postgraduate courses. Her areas of expertise integrate Cross-Cultural Management, Entrepreneurship and International Business. Olga's past research looked at the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises, entrepreneurship education and training, management of cultural diversity, and psychological dimensions of international entrepreneurship. Her current interest is the application of mindfulness in the workplace and the design and delivery of mindfulness-based transformative learning programs. Before commencing her academic career, Olga worked in the industry. She maintains links with the business community, acting as a consultant to small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe and Australia and the Enterprise Development Section of the International Labour Organisation. Her professional expertise is complemented by the experience of working and living in France, Italy, the UK, Singapore, China (Mainland and Hong Kong), Russia and Armenia.

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Adelaide Australia PhD
University of Stirling UK Master of Science
Moscow State University Russia Bachelor of Art (Honours)

Date Title Institution name Country
Certificate in Mindfulness Based Interventions (L1) Mindfulness Training Institute of Australasia Australia
Certificate in Brain-based Coaching Neuroleadership Institute United States

Year Citation
2015 Muzychenko, O., & Liesch, P. (2015). International opportunity identification in the internationalisation of the firm. Journal of World Business, 50(4), 704-717.
DOI Scopus106 WoS94
2011 Muzychenko, O. (2011). International opportunity identification by entrepreneurs: the process and cognitive determinants. European Journal of Management, 11(2), 52-71.
2009 Zalan, T., Muzychenko, O., & Burshtein, S. (2009). Atlassian : supporting the world with legendary service. Journal of International Business Education, 4, 27-46.
2008 Muzychenko, O., Zalan, T., & Wells, R. (2008). Developing competencies for international entrepreneurship: the role of a global mindset. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 6(4), 217-240.
WoS2
2008 Muzychenko, O. (2008). Competence-based approach to teaching international opportunity identification: cross-cultural aspects. European Journal of International Management, 2(4), 418-436.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2008 Muzychenko, O. (2008). Cross-cultural entrepreneurial competence in identifying international business opportunities. European Management Journal, 26(6), 366-377.
DOI Scopus105
2004 Saee, J., & Muzychenko, O. (2004). A phenomenological study of sub-contracting small-and-medium-sized enterprises and their globalization strategies and responses. Journal of Transnational Management, 9(1), 3-19.
DOI
2004 Muzychenko, O., & Saee, J. (2004). Cross-cultural professional competence in higher education. Journal of Management Systems, 16(4), 1-19.

Year Citation
2018 Muzychenko, O., & Raman, D. O. (2018). MINDFULNESS TRAINING: HOW TO BECOME A BETTER LEADER. In D. Vrontis, Y. Weber, & E. Tsoukatos (Eds.), RESEARCH ADVANCEMENTS IN NATIONAL AND GLOBAL BUSINESS THEORY AND PRACTICE (pp. 1634-1636). Valletta, MALTA: EUROMED PRESS.
2018 Dong, K., & Muzychenko, O. (2018). FEAR OF FAILURE AND INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION. In D. Vrontis, Y. Weber, & E. Tsoukatos (Eds.), RESEARCH ADVANCEMENTS IN NATIONAL AND GLOBAL BUSINESS THEORY AND PRACTICE (pp. 1536-1538). Valletta, MALTA: EUROMED PRESS.
WoS1
2009 Zalan, T., Muzychenko, O., & Burshtein, S. (2009). Atlassian: Building a 'Born-Global' company from Australia. In Managerial and Entrepreneurial Developments in the Mediterranean Area (pp. 1700-1701). Italy: EroMed Press.
2008 Muzychenko, O., & Zalan, T. (2008). International opportunity identification by entrepreneurs: Does a global mindset matter?. In J. Leitao (Ed.), Rent XXII - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (pp. 1-22). Belgium: EIASM.
2008 Muzychenko, O., Seet, P., & Wells, R. (2008). Working in culturally diverse groups: How to enhance the learning experience of MBA students. In Proceedings of ICFE 2008 (pp. 1-11). CD: Prince of Songkla University.
2007 Muzychenko, O. (2007). Facilitating international entrepreneurship through developing a global mindset. In P. Keogh (Ed.), Proceedings of the 30th ISBE Conference (pp. 1-10). CDROM: ISBE.
2007 Muzychenko, O. (2007). Learning style variations in a culturally diverse class: A case study. In G. Crisp, & M. Hicks (Eds.), Proceedings of the HERDSA 2007 (pp. 1-8). CDROM: HERDSA.
2006 Muzychenko, O. (2006). Cross-cultural entrepreneurial competence in identifying international business opportunities. In Claire Massey (Ed.), Proceedings of the 51st ICSB World Conference (pp. CDROM1-CDROM10). CDROM: Small Enterprise Association.
2006 Mueller, J., Muzychenko, O., Tan, W., & Hanjun, H. (2006). Creating entrepreneurs through action: A 6-country review of action learning in entrepreneurship in China, US, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Singapore. In Claire Massey (Ed.), Proceedings of the 51st ICSB World Conference (pp. CDROM1-CDROM10). CDROM: Small Enterprise Association.
2006 Muzychenko, O. (2006). Competence Based Approach to Teaching International Opportunity Identification: Cross-cultural Aspects. In P. Andreassi (Ed.), Proceedings of IntEnt 2006 (pp. www1-www17). www: Foerderkreis Gruendungs-Forschung Entrepreneurship.
2005 Muzychenko, O. (2005). A model of cross-cultural entrepreneurial competence. In D. Brooksbank, & O. Jones (Eds.), Proceedings of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship - 28th National Conference 'Illuminating Entrepreneurship' (pp. CD ROM 1-CD ROM 14). CD ROM: Lancaster University.
2005 Muzychenko, O. (2005). Cross-cultural competence in entrepreneurship education and training. In D. Kirby (Ed.), Proceedings of the Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference (pp. CD ROM 1-CD ROM 16). CD ROM: University of Surrey.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2018 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Fear of Failure and Entrepreneurial Intention among Young Individuals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Minhajul Islam Ukil
2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Fear of Failure in the Context of Making Internationalisation Decision of a Firm Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kechen Dong

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