10274: Making the Most of Your Time Away: Practical Advice for Planning an International Experience

Friday, July 25, 2025

12:30 - 14:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C2-m3

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/QGWAJ8

Organizer(s)

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Kyle Ehrhardt

U. of Colorado, Denver, United States
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Xiaoxia Zhu

Salisbury University, United States

Participant(s)

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Wladislaw Rivkin

Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Germany
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Xiji Zhu

Hitotsubashi University, Japan
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Huong Le

Central Queensland U., Australia
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Ellen Ensher

Loyola Marymount U., United States
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Andrew Yu

U. of Melbourne, Australia
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Wayne F. Cascio

U. of Colorado, Denver, United States

International experiences come in many forms, including visiting professorships, sabbaticals, as well as other types of short-term research and/or teaching visits. These experiences provide many personal and developmental benefits. They enable management scholars to initiate and deepen collaborations, support the development of their own research and teaching expertise, enhance their well-being by providing a respite from routine work, and open their minds to new routines and working styles. Along with these benefits, however, comes the substantial challenge of planning an international experience - a task that is taken on autonomously more often than not. Questions about when to go, where to go, how long to go and what to focus on during an international experience are important to address upfront. The goal of this PDW is to support junior and senior scholars alike by providing varying perspectives on planning an international experience. We bring together a panel of five scholars – all from different parts of the world both with respect to their home university and the locations of their international experiences – who will provide insight and advice based on their own encounters. Following presentations from each of the five panelists, we will then conclude the PDW with a panel so that attendees may be able to have questions addressed by all of the PDW participants.