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Alexandru V. Roman

Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
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Alexandru V. Roman, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management whose research seeks to develop insights into how people can improve organizational performance.

He is interested in organizations鈥 tradeoffs regarding human capital resource choices. In particular, he studies the effects of changes in organizational aspirations and goals on human capital resources reconfigurations. Dr. Roman received a Ph.D. in Strategy and Organizations from the University of California Riverside and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Roman also has numerous years of industry and consulting experience.

Awards

The Distinguished Paper Award in Strategic Leadership, TMT, and Corporate Governance, Academy of Management Conference (2025)
Best Paper Award, Strategic Human Capital Interest Group, Istanbul SMS Conference (2024)
UCR School of Business the Golden Apple Teaching Award (2024)
Designated as Best Paper Award Finalist, STR Division, Academy of Management Conference (2023)
Best Student Paper Award Finalist, TIM Division, Academy of Management Conference (2023)
UCR School of Business the Golden Apple Teaching Award (2022)
Best Paper Award, Western Academy of Management Conference (2022)
Favorite Professor of the Year, MPA Program (2022)
鈥淢ost Impactful Professor鈥 Award, Pi Alpha Alpha (2021)

Gubler, T., Liu, H., & Roman, A. (2025).No margin, no mission? How emergency medical service crews attend to competing financial and social goals on 9-1-1 calls. Strategic Management Journal

Gubler, T., Roman, A., & Haibo, L. (2025). Motivational spillovers in repeated tasks: How Critical 9-1-1 calls influence EMS crew performance. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2025 (1), 24529. 

Roman, A., Naumskova, I., & Haleblian, J. (2023). Conditioned by upbringing: Executives鈥 social class and corporate crime. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 84, 133-152.

Helper, S., Gray, J., Hughes, M., & Roman, A. (2021). Public policy and operations management. Journal of Operations Management, 67 (7), 780-802. Most Downloaded Paper (2021)

Areas of Expertise

Firm Behavior
Human Capital Resources Management
Strategic Management
Supply Chain Management

Education

Ph.D., Strategy and Organizations, University of California Riverside (2020)
Ph.D., Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University (2013)
M.A. in Economics, State University of New York at Albany (2010)
MBA, Accounting and Finance, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (2006)
Portrait of Alexandru Roman
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management