Evelina Atanassova, Ph.D.

Dr. Evelina Atanassova is an Associate professor of Business Administration, Human Resources and Organizational Leadership at UMass Global and has been teaching for the university since March 2014, focusing on the disciplines of Management, Organizational Leadership, and Human Resources. She has also had extensive teaching experience at HEC Paris (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Atanassova’s research interests include organization management and organization behavior theories; she is currently investigating social networking strategies as a response to professional demands and individual goals, as well as social network configurations. Her research has been presented at major academic conferences, such as The Academy of Management, The European Group for Organization Studies, The Paris Conference on Education, and The International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Atanassova gained operational leadership experience in Human Resource Management as an HR Manager within a large European telecommunications company. In that capacity, she was responsible for developing and implementing large-scale strategic initiatives spanning diverse HR disciplines, including job evaluation and grading, performance appraisal, organizational restructuring, competency models and leadership development. She is a committed learner and educator who has a purpose to develop leaders that are attentive to the business, the people, and the environmental needs organizations and societies face today by bringing together scientific novelties and business trends.