My role model

My academic role model: Martin Mende

by Martin Mende. I consider myself lucky beyond words to have found my way into the field of service research, a career I never would have dreamt of pursuing when I...

My academic role model: Sertan Kabadayi

by Sertan Kabadayi Lerzan, Thank you for this great and quite unexpected invitation. I almost choked on my coffee when I read that last paragraph. What an honor! So, let me...

My academic role model: Lerzan Aksoy

by Lerzan Aksoy Thank you Rod Brodie for nominating me for this article! This is a difficult task as there are so many people I admire in the service space....

My Academic Role Model: Rod Brodie

by Rod Brodie When I was nominated by Jacquie Pels to write about my academic role models, I reflected on how I have navigated my way through my academic career...

My Academic Role Model with Wafa Hammedi

guest article by Wafa Hammedi I feel very honored to be nominated for this role model article series. Writing this article means a lot to me as it forced me...

My academic role model: Jaqueline Pels

Guest article by Jaqueline Pels Four colleagues were, at different stages, my role models: Hans Thorelli, Jag Sheth, Evert Gummesson and Rod Brodie. They all share four characteristics: the will to...

My Academic Role Model: Cristina Mele

guest article by Cristina Mele I was delighted to be nominated for the Guest Article, considering my acute awareness of the way role modeling can influence both the people around...

Linda Hollebeek: My Academic Role Model

guest article by Linda Hollebeek Thank you, Linda Nasr, for nominating me as a guest author for SERVSIG’s My Academic Role Model. Reflecting on this question has been a fun exercise...

My Academic Role Model: Kay Lemon

Guest article by Kay Lemon When I was asked to write about my “academic role model,” I realized that I have had so many exemplary academic role models that it...

My academic role model: Tracey Danaher

guest article by Tracey Danaher An academic career is a journey that is greatly shaped by those we meet along the way.  As a PhD student in Australia I was greatly...

My Academic Role Models: Anu Helkkula

guest article by Anu Helkkula, Hanken School of Economics Thank you, Bart Larivière for nominating me. I met Bart when we both were PhD students in the 2010 La Londe Service...

My Academic Role Models: Bart Larivière

guest post by Bart Larivière First, I would like to thank Lisa Brüggen for nominating me. I met Lisa for the first time at the airport when we were traveling to...