Ruth Alas (5 August 1960 in Türi – 23 January 2018 in Tallinn) was an Estonian management scientist. She was the head of the Department of Management of the Estonian Business School until her death.[1][2] Alas wrote more than 100 articles and 23 textbooks in topics relating to management and business.[3]
Tallinn Polytechnical Institute (currently Tallinn Technical University), Faculty of Economics (1983)[4]
Tartu State University (currently University of Tartu), Faculty of Psychology (1987)[4]
Estonian Business School, International Business Management, Master's degree (1997)[4]
Bentley College (currently Bentley University), Faculty of Management, management training (1997)[4]
IESE Business School, University of Navarra (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa, Universidad de Navarra), international complementary training (1999)[4]
Estonian Business School, Business Management, Doctoral degree (PhD) (2002)[4]
University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics, Doctoral degree (PhD) in the field of economics (2004)[4]
Career
Alas worked as a programmer and a consultant. From 1995 she was a lecturer at the Estonian Business School, where she became a member of the senate in 1997, and head of the Department of Management in 2003.[4] She wrote about change management in organizations.[5]
Alas published in the Journal of Business Ethics,[6] the Journal of Change Management,[7] the Journal of East European Management Studies,[8]Human Resource Development International,[6] the International Journal of Strategic Change Management,[9] the Baltic Journal of Management,[10] the Journal of Business Economics and Management,[11]Engineering Economics,[12] Cross Cultural Management,[13]Women in Management Review,[14]Chinese Management Study,[15] the International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management,[16]Social Science Research Network,[17] and others.
^Edwards, Vincent (January 2013). "Crisis management in Chinese organizations, benefiting from the changes/Governance of life in Chinese moral experience, the quest for an adequate life". Asia Pacific Business Review. 19 (1): 140–142. doi:10.1080/13602381.2012.690219. S2CID154000119.
^ abAlas, Ruth; Sharifi, Sudi (1 January 2002). "Organizational learning and resistance to change in Estonian companies". Human Resource Development International. 5 (3): 313–331. doi:10.1080/13678860210143550. ISSN1367-8868. S2CID144113026.
^Alas, Ruth; Vadi, Maaja (2006). "The impact of organisational culture on organisational learning and attitudes concerning change from an institutional perspective". International Journal of Strategic Change Management. 1 (1/2): 155. doi:10.1504/ijscm.2006.011109.
^Alas, Ruth; Vadi, Maaja (2006). "The employees' attitudes and their connections with the organisational culture in the process of change in the Estonian organisations". Baltic Journal of Management. 1 (1): 49–66. doi:10.1108/17465260610640877.
^Alas, Ruth (2005). "Job related attitudes and ethics in countries with different histories". Cross Cultural Management. 12 (2): 69–84. doi:10.1108/13527600510798024.
^Alas, Ruth; Rees, Christopher J. (2005). "Estonia in transition: exploring the impact of change on women managers". Women in Management Review. 20 (6): 446–460. doi:10.1108/09649420510616827.
^Alas, Ruth (2008). "Attitudes and values in Chinese manufacturing companies: A comparison with Japanese, South Korean and Hong Kong companies". Chinese Management Studies. 2 (1): 32–51. doi:10.1108/17506140810866232.
^Alas, Ruth; Vadi, Maaja; Sun, Wei (1 January 2008). "Connections between factors of readiness to change in Chinese organisations". International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management. 1 (2): 219–231. doi:10.1504/IJCCM.2008.017172.
^Alas, Ruth; Papalexandris, Nancy; Galanaki, Eleanna; Niglas, Katrin (2014). "Managerial Values and Employee Commitment in a Cultural Context". Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2508123. S2CID153867046. SSRN2508123. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
