Journal Articles

Zimmermann, A and Kenter, J (2023) Framing the change and changing frames: Tensions in participative strategy development, Politics & Policy, 51(1), pp.81-113, ISSN: 1555-5623. DOI: 10.1111/polp.12518.

Zimmermann, A, Albers, N, Kenter, JO (2021) Deliberating our frames: How members of multi-stakeholder initiatives use shared frames to tackle within-frame conflicts over sustainability issues, Journal of Business Ethics, 178(3), pp.757-782, ISSN: 0167-4544. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04789-1.

Zimmermann, A, Lioliu, E, Oliveira, J (2020) How do offshoring-related changes in job characteristics affect onshore managers’ affective organizational commitment? The moderating role of perceived organizational valence, Journal of Information Technology, 35(4), pp.316-336, ISSN: 0268-3962. DOI: 10.1177/0268396220942237.

Caligiuri, P, De Cieri, H, Minbaeva, D, Verbeke, A, Zimmermann, A (2020) International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice [Editorial], Journal of International Business Studies, 51, pp.697-713, ISSN: 0047-2506. DOI: 10.1057/s41267-020-00335-9.

Hu, X, Marlow, S, Zimmermann, A, Martin, L, Frank, R (2019) Understanding opportunities in social entrepreneurship: a critical realist abstraction, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 44(5), pp.1032-1056, ISSN: 1042-2587. DOI: 10.1177/1042258719879633.

Butler, CL, Minbaeva, D, Makela, K, Maloney, MM, Nardon, L, Paunova, M, Zimmermann, A (2018) Towards a strategic understanding of global teams and their HR implications: an expert dialogue, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ISSN: 1466-4399. DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2018.1428720.

Zimmermann, A, Oshri, I, Lioliou, E, Gerbasi, A (2017) Sourcing in or out: implications for social capital and knowledge sharing, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 27(1), pp.82-100, ISSN: 0963-8687. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2017.05.001.

Gerogiannis, I, Zimmermann, A, Wilson, A (2017) Services offshoring: A microfoundations perspective, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 306, pp.1-18, ISSN: 1865-1348. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70305-3_1.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2016) A systems perspective on offshoring strategy and motivational drivers amongst onshore and offshore employees, Journal of World Business, 51(4), pp.548-567, ISSN: 1090-9516. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.01.005.

Zimmermann, A and Bollbach, M (2015) Institutional and cultural barriers to transferring Lean production to China: evidence from a German automotive components manufacturer, Asian Business & Management, 14(1), pp.53-85, ISSN: 1472-4782. DOI: 10.1057/abm.2014.18.

Liouliu, E and Zimmermann, A (2015) Vendor opportunism in IT outsourcing: a TCE and social capital perspective, Journal of Information Technology, ISSN: 0268-3962.

Lioliou, E, Zimmermann, A, Willcocks, L, Gao, L (2014) Formal and relational governance in IT outsourcing: Substitution, complementarity and the role of the psychological contract, Information Systems Journal, 24(6), pp.503-535, ISSN: 1350-1917. DOI: 10.1111/isj.12038.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2014) Knowledge transfer in IT offshoring relationships: The roles of social capital, efficacy and outcome expectations, Information Systems Journal, 24(2), pp.167-202, ISSN: 1350-1917. DOI: 10.1111/isj.12027.

Zimmermann, A and Middleton, C (2014) Vicious and virtuous circles in offshoring relationships, Professional Outsourcing Resource.

Hislop, D, Bosch-Sijtsema, D, Zimmermann, A (2013) Introduction for special themed section: Information and communication technologies and the work-life boundary, New Technology, Work and Employment, 28(3), pp.177-178, ISSN: 0268-1072. DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12015.

Zimmermann, A, Raab, K, Zanotelli, L (2013) Vicious and virtuous circles of offshoring attitudes and relational behaviours. A configurational study of German IT developers, INFORMATION SYSTEMS JOURNAL, 23(1), pp.65-88, ISSN: 1350-1917. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2012.00399.x.

Zimmermann, A (2011) Interpersonal relationships in transnational, virtual teams - towards a configurational perspective, International Journal of Management Reviews, 13(1), pp.59-78, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2010.00284.x.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2011) Collaborative IT offshoring relationships and professional role identities: Reflections from a field study, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 78(3), pp.351-360.

Zimmermann, A, Liu, X, Buck, TW (2009) Employee Tenure and the Nationality of Joint Ventures in China, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 20(11), pp.2271-2291, ISSN: 0958-5192. DOI: 10.1080/09585190903239658.

Zimmermann, A and Sparrow, P (2007) Mutual Adjustment Processes in International Teams: Lessons for the Study of Expatriation, International Studies of Management & Organization, 37(3), pp.65-88, ISSN: 0020-8825.

Zimmermann, A, Holman, D, Sparrow, PR (2003) Unravelling Adjustment Mechanisms: Adjustment of German Expatriates to Intercultural Interactions, Work, and Living Conditions in the People's Republic of China, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 3(1), pp.45-66.

Sparrow, PR and Zimmermann, A (2002) International Management Teams, Managing Internationally Mobile Employees, 19, pp.1-16.

Gerogiannis, I, Zimmermann, A, Wilson, A Offshoring of advanced services: a microfoundations perspective, Journal of Business Research, ISSN: 0148-2963.

Hu, X, Zimmermann, A, Marlow, S (Accepted for publication) Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, pp.1-23, ISSN: 0898-5626. DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2024.2422368.

Conferences

Zimmermann, A (2023) The way enthusiasm builds: Frame amplification and emotional reinforcement during citizen workshops. In European Group of Organisation Studies, Cagliari, Italy.

Zhao, J, Barnard, S, Zimmermann, A (2022) Factors Affecting China Women's Career under China's Family Planning Policy - A Literature Review. In British Academy of Management Conference, Manchester.

Zimmermann, A and Kenter, J (2022) Framing the change and changing frames. In EGOS Colloquium, Vienna.

Zimmermann, A (2020) Different views, shared frames: How members of multi-stakeholder initiatives use and deliberate shared frames to agree on sustainability actions. In British Academy of Management conference, Manchester.

Zimmermann, A (2020) Deliberating our frames: How members of multi-stakeholder initiatives use and deliberate shared frames to reach sustainability solutions. In Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver.

Zimmermann, A (2020) How members of multi-stakeholder initiatives use and deliberate shared frames to reach sustainability solutions. In EGOS Colloquium, Hamburg.

Zimmermann, A (2019) Frame deliberation in stakeholder collaborations on sustainability. In , Brighton.

Zimmermann, A (2019) Conceptualising frame deliberation in participative stakeholder collaborations. In , Birmingham.

Gerogiannis, I, Zimmermann, A, Wilson, AD (2017) Offshoring of advanced services: a microfoundations perspective. In Global Sourcing Workshop, LaThuille, Italy.

Gerogiannis, I, Zimmermann, A, Wilson, A (2017) Examining the role of employee motivation in services offshoring strategy implementation: a conceptual framework. In BAM 2017 Doctoral Symposium, Warwick, UK.

Zimmermann, A, Lioliou, E, Oliveira, J (2017) Managerial work characteristics and organizational commitment after offshoring. The moderating effect of perceived organizational valence. In Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, USA. DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2017.11561abstract.

Zimmermann, A, Lioliou, E, Oliveira, J (2016) Managerial work characteristics and organizational commitment after offshoring. The moderating effect of perceived organizational valence. In Global Sourcing Workshop, LaThuille, Italy.

Gerogiannis, I, Zimmermann, A, wilson, A (2016) Organisational change in advanced services offshoring strategy: a microfoundations and goal framing perspective. In EIWOP Small Group Meeting, Thems.

Zimmermann, A, Oshri, I, Lioliou, E, Gerbasi, A (2015) Sourcing In or Out: Implications for Social Capital and Tacit Knowledge Sharing. In Global Sourcing Workshop, LaThuille, Italy.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2014) Task allocation strategies and motivational processes in advanced services offshoring. In Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM), Philadelphia, PA.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2014) Task allocation strategies and motivational processes in advanced services offshoring. In Global Sourcing Workshop, Val D'Isere.

Zimmermann, A (2012) Offshoring Attitudes and Relational Behaviours in German-Indian Offshoring Collaborations. Reflections from a Field Study. In International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration, Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Intercultural Collaboration, Bangalore, pp.107-118.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2012) The evolution of professional role identities in IT offshoring relationships. In The Proceedings of the ProPEL International Conference, Stirling, UK.

Parthasarathy, R and Zimmermann, A (2012) Talent Management Retention Strategy: Practices and the Mechanisms behind the Retention of Employees: Evidence from a Case study in a Multinational Organisation in India. In 10th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross-Cultural Management, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Parthasarathy, R and Zimmermann, A (2012) Talent Management Practices and the Mechanisms behind the Retention of Employees : Evidence from a Case study in a Multinational Organisation in India. In , (ed) 1st Workshop on Talent Management, Brussels, Belgium.

Zimmermann, A and Ravishankar, MN (2012) Knowledge transfer in offshoring arrangements: the roles of social capital, efficacy and outcome expectations. In .

Zimmermann, A (2011) Offshoring attitudes and their consequences for relationships in transnational teams. Reflections from a field study of German information technology developers. In Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, . DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65870654.

Zimmermann, A (2011) Offshoring attitudes, relational behaviours, and departmental culture. In Proceedings of European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Helsinki, ISBN: 978-952-60-3574-1.

Zimmermann, A (2010) Interpersonal relationships in transnational, virtual teams - towards a configurational perspective. In Proceedings of 37th Annual Conference of The Academy of International Business (UKI), Trinity College Dublin, p.43.

Zimmermann, A, Liu, X, Buck, T (2008) Employee tenure in China: Comparing foreign joint ventures. In Academy of International Business conference, CD Rom, Milano.

Zimmermann, A, Liu, X, Buck, T (2008) Employee tenure in China: Comparing foreign joint ventures. In Proceedings of 35th Academy of International Business (UKI) Conference, Portsmouth, UK, CD Rom.

Books

Zimmermann, A (2008) Mutual Adjustment in International Teams, VDM, ISBN: 978-3-8364-6355-3.

Chapters

Zimmermann, A (2024) Global virtual teams. In Asmussen, CG, Hashai, N, Minbaeva, D (ed) Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.157-160, ISBN: 9781800884038. DOI: 10.4337/9781800884045.ch42.

Caligiuri, P, De Cieri, H, Minbaeva, D, Verbeke, A, Zimmermann, A (2022) International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice. In Crises and Disruptions in International Business: How Multinational Enterprises Respond to Crises, Palgrave MacMillan, pp.417-454, ISBN: 978-3-030-80382-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80383-4.

Oshri, I, Lioliou, E, Gerbasi, A, Zimmermann, A (2019) Organizational Controls, Social Ties and Performance in Plural Sourcing. In Kotlarski, J, Oshri, I, Willcocks, L (ed) Digital Services and Platforms. Considerations for Sourcing 12th Global Sourcing Workshop 2018, La Thuile, Italy, February 21–24, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, SpringerLink, pp.164-185.

Zimmermann, A (2018) Managing virtual talent. In Global Talent Management, Routledge, pp.210-228, ISBN: 9781138712454.

Oshri, I, Kotlarsky, J, Zimmermann, A, Vaia, G (2018) What Client Firms Want and Are Willing to Do to Achieve Innovation from Their Suppliers: Insights from the Nordic, Italian, and British Outsourcing Sectors. In Willcocks, L, Kotlarsky, J, Oshri, I (ed) Dynamic Innovation in Outsourcing, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.95-131, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75352-2.

Zimmermann, A (2011) Interpersonal relationships in transnational, virtual teams. In Hutson, E, Sinkovics, R, R, Beril, Eds, J (ed) Firm-level internationalization, regionalism and globalization, Palgrave, pp.201-216, ISBN: 978 0230289970.

Zimmermann, A, Liu, X, Buck, TW (2009) The Challenge of Managing Employee Tenure in China. In Ibeh, K and Davies, SE (ed) Contemporary Challenges to International Business, Palgrave, pp.13-31, ISBN: 9780230218451.

Mayrhofer, W, Sparrow, PR, Zimmermann, A (2008) Modern Forms of International Working. In Dickmann, M, Brewster, C, Sparrow, eds, PR (ed) International Human Resource Management: A European Perspective, Routledge, pp.219-239, ISBN: 978-0-415-42393-9.

Datasets

Zimmermann, A, Albers, N, Kenter, JO (2021) Supplementary Information files for Deliberating our frames: How members of multi-stakeholder initiatives use shared frames to tackle within-frame conflicts over sustainability issues, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.15179952.

Zimmermann, A, Lioliu, E, Oliveira, J (2020) Supplementary information files for How do offshoring-related changes in job characteristics affect onshore managers’ affective organizational commitment? The moderating role of perceived organizational valence, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.12808037.

Other

Oshri, I, Zimmermann, A, Lioliou, E (2015) Develop your hybrid sourcing strategy, Develop your hybrid sourcing strategy.

Zimmermann, A and Middleton, C (2013) Offshoring attitudes. Location special. Part 2, Managing staff attitudes, Offshoring work makes a lot of employees angry, but others see only opportunity. Why do these extremes exist? And how can managers better understand employees’ motivations?.