Shani Kuna October 2018

CURRICULUM VITAE

Human Resource Management Studies, Sapir Academic College

M.P. Hof Ashkelon 7915600, Israel, shanik@mail.sapir.ac.il

1. Higher Education

A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Year of

Approval of

Degree

Degree Name of Institution

and Department

Period of Study

1998 B.A. - Magna Cum Laude Hebrew University of

Jerusalem. Psychology;

Communication and

Journalism

1995-1998

2002 M.A. - Magna Cum Laude Hebrew University of

Jerusalem. Social

Psychology; Communication

and Journalism

1999-2002

2008 Ph.D. Hebrew University of

Jerusalem; Organizational

Psychology

2002-2008

2. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Rank/Position

Name of Institution and Department Dates

Adjunct lecturer Public Policy and Administration, Sapir 2006-2011

2

Academic College.

Adjunct lecturer M.A. Program in Industrial, Design, Bezalel

Academy of Arts, Jerusalem

2007-2011

Adjunct lecturer Lauder School of Government,

Interdisciplinary Center

2009

Adjunct lecturer Psychology Department, Hebrew University

of Jerusalem

2009-2011

Adjunct lecturer MA Program in Organization Development,

Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

Bar Ilan University

2010 – Current

Lecturer Human Resource Management Studies, Sapir

Academic College

2011 – Current

3. Offices in Academic Administration

Library referent for the department of Human Resource Management Studies: 2011 –

Current.

Chair of Library Committee, Sapir Academic College, 2012-Current.

Head of Organizational Behavior Unit in the School of Communications, Sapir

Academic College: 2012-2016.

4. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution

From 2014 – Member of the Israeli Society of Organizational Development.

From 2014 – Member of the Israeli Sociology Society.

From 2015 – Reviewer, Voluntas, International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit

Organizations [IF=1.273]

5. Participation in Scholarly Conferences

a. Active Participation

Academic Conferences in Israel

3

Role Subject of Lecture/Discussion Place of

Conference

Name of

Conference

Date

Presenter Dyadic relationships between

organizational consultants and

managers

School of

Psychology, IDC

Resilience in

Organizations

Conference

April

2012

Presenter

(with Gil

Bozer)

Organizational impediments to

executive succession planning

in the Israeli nonprofit sector

Ruppin College The 44th

Israeli

Sociology

Society

Conference

February

19, 2013

Presenter Towards evidence based

management consulting?

Human Resource

Management

Studies, Sapir

Academic

College

Best practices

in HR: from

Theory to

Practice

Conference

May 6,

2013

Presenter Paradoxes in new public

management reform

implementation

Tel Aviv

University

The 45th

Israeli

Sociology

Society

Conference

February

2, 2014

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

Gaps between rhetoric and

practice in diversity

management

Tel Aviv-Yaffo

Academic

College

The 47th

Israeli

Sociology

Society

Conference

January

24, 2016

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

Indecent proposal? Let's talk

about studying diversity in

organizations

Ben-Guryon

University

7th

Conference

of the Israeli

Center for

Qualitative

Research

February

8, 2016

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

Diversity practices regarding

disabled employees in business

organizations

Open University,

Ra'anana

The 48th

Israeli

Sociology

Society

Conference

January

31, 2017

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Outsourcing ethical

responsibility for

organizational diversity to

Ben-Guryon

University

EBEN Israel

International

Conference:

April 20,

2017

4

Nadiv) staffing agencies in the

business sector in Israel

Responsibility,

Trust and

Dissent in

Business

Organizations

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

Diversity management

research and practice: what

lessons have we learnt?

Sapir Academic

College (with the

Israeli Sociology

Society)

Diversity

Management

Conference

May 23,

2017

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

The role of female HR

practitioners in the prevention

of sexual harassment in Israeli

business organizations

Ben-Guryon

University

The 49th

Israeli

Sociology

Society

Conference

January

29, 2018

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

The role of seminar advisors in

qualitative research which

exposes students to

organizational pathologies

Ben-Guryon

University

The 8th

Conference of

the Israeli

Center for

Qualitative

Research

February

7, 2018

Presenter

(with

Ronit

Nadiv)

Contemporary Research about

Consulting Skills in HR and

OD

Human Resource

Management

Studies, Sapir

Academic

College

Best

consulting

practices in

HR and OD:

from Theory

to Practice

Conference

May 29,

2018

Academic Conferences Abroad

Role Subject of Lecture/Discussion Place of

Conference

Name of

Conference

Date

Presenter The evolution of management

consultancy between the modern

and the postmodern

Torino

University,

Italy

The European

Sociological

Association

Conference

August 30,

2013

Presenter Utilizing practitioners' insights

regarding New Public Management

reform implementation: Promises

CUNY,

New York

3rd

International

Conference on

June 10,

2014

5

and paradoxes Practice

Research

Presented

by Gil

Bozer

Nonprofit executive succession

planning: Israeli perspective

Muenster,

Germany

Conference of

the

International

Society for

Third Sector

Research

July 2014

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

Opening the black box: Can

segregated job placement processes

explain economic inequality

between secular and ultra-orthodox

Jews in Israel?

Prague

University

The European

Sociological

Association

Conference

August 27,

2015

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

Paradoxical professionalism

processes of human resource

managers

Prague

University

The European

Sociological

Association

Conference

August 27,

2015

Presenter Teaching evidence-based

management in the Israeli third

sector: Exploring an evolving

scholarship

Ersta

University,

Stockholm

Conference of

the

International

Society for

Third Sector

Research

June 30,

2016

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

The matchmakers: The evasive role

of staffing agencies in

(de)increasing diversity in

organizations

Granada

University,

Granada

16th

International

Conference on

Diversity in

Organizations,

Communities

& Nations

July 28,

2016

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

The complex impact of using social

networking sites in employee

selection processes on

organizational diversity

Granada

University,

Granada

16th

International

Conference on

Diversity in

Organizations,

Communities

& Nations

July 28,

2016

Presenter

(with Ronit

Diversity climate and management

consultants: Are they agents of

Toronto

University,

17th

International

July 26,

6

Nadiv) greater solidarity or of

organizational inequality?

Toronto Conference on

Diversity in

Organizations,

Communities

& Nations

2017

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

Can bureaucracy defeat prejudice?

Lessons from the Israeli business

sector's reaction to recent

legislation for employment of

people with disabilities

Toronto

University,

Toronto

17th

International

Conference on

Diversity in

Organizations,

Communities

& Nations

July 26,

2017

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

Teaching Nonprofit Organization

Development (OD): Evolving

Scholarship and Practice

Vrije

University,

Amsterdam

Conference of

the

International

Society for

Third Sector

Research

July 11,

2018

Presenter

(with Ronit

Nadiv)

Managing workforce diversity from

outside-in: The role of Israeli NPOs

in promoting the employment of

people with disabilities in the

business sector

Vrije

University,

Amsterdam

Conference of

the

International

Society for

Third Sector

Research

July 12,

2018

b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions

Role Subject of

Conference/

Role at Conference/

Comments

Place of

Conference

Name of

Conference

Date

Member in the

scientific

committee of

the Israeli

Sociology

Society

Diversity

Management

Human Resource

Management

Studies and the

Israeli Sociology

Society, Sapir

Academic College

Diversity

Management

Conference

23.5.17

Member in the Best consulting Human Resource Best consulting 29.5.18

7

scientific

committee of

the Israeli

Sociology

Society

practices in HR and

OD: from Theory to

Practice Conference

Management

Studies and the

Israeli Sociology

Society, Sapir

Academic College

practices in HR

and OD: from

Theory to Practice

Conference

7. Invited Lectures\ Colloquium Talks

Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

The selection process

of organizational

consultants by HRM

professionals

Colloquium Talk Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, Bar Ilan

University

December

2012

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

Colloquium Talk Department of Sociology, Ben-

Guryon University

November

26, 2014

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

Colloquium Talk Faculty of Management, Haifa

University

April 15,

2015

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

MA Program

Colloquium Talk

Department of Psychology, IDC May 7,

2015

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

Colloquium Talk Department of Sociology,

Hebrew University

June 17,

2015

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

Colloquium Talk Department of Management,

Open University, Ra'anana

December

3, 2015

8

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

MA Program

Invited Lecture

Department of Sociology and

Anthropology, Bar Ilan

University.

June 16,

2016

Liquid

professionalism: A

critical perspective of

management

consulting

Colloquium Talk Department of Economics, Ariel

University Center

January

26, 2017

The emerging role of

diversity managers in

Israeli business

organizations

Colloquium Talk Law Department, Sapir

Academic College

March 28,

2017

8. Teaching

a. Courses Taught in Recent Years

Number of

Students

(annually)

Degree

Type of Course

Name of Course Year

25 MA Lecture and workshop Organizational

Diagnosis and

Development

From

2012

50 BA Lecture Organizational

Development and

Change

From

2012

50 BA Lecture Negotiation Dynamics

in Organizations

From

2012

20 BA Seminar Psychology of Decision

Making

From

2014

25 MA Lecture The OD Consultant and

HR Manager as

Change Agents

From

2016

25 MA Lecture Consulting Skills in

OD

From

2017

9

20 BA Lecture Impact Assessment in

Culture Organizations

2017

12. Professional Experience

2000-2010 Organizational consultant, "Zofnat" Organizational Development and Consulting

Institute, Jerusalem.

PUBLICATIONS

A. Ph.D. Dissertation

Understanding the interrelations between managers and their consultants in dyadic

organizational consulting relationships (2008). The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Advisors: Prof. Boas Shamir and Prof. Israel Katz. (220 p.). (In Hebrew)

B. Scientific Books (Refereed)

A. Authored Books – Published

Kuna, S. (2014). Liquid professionalism: A critical view of management consulting. Tel

Aviv, Israel: Resling. (188 p.) (In Hebrew) Reviewers: Prof. Shaul Fox and Prof.

Aviad Raz.

D. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

1. Bozer, G., & Kuna, S. (2013). Israeli perspective on nonprofit executive succession

planning. International Leadership Journal, 5(3), 10-27.

2. Kuna, S., & Nadiv, R. (2013). Organizational development dilemmas in nonprofit

organizations in difficult economic times. The Organization Development Journal, 31

(2), 62-71. Q4

3. Bozer, G., Kuna, S., & Santora, J.C. (2015). The role of leadership development in

enhancing succession planning in the Israeli nonprofit sector. Human Service

Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 39(5), 492-508. IF=0.75

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4. Kuna, S. (2017). Paradoxical processes impeding public management reform

implementation: Perspectives of management consultants. Public Personnel

Management, 46(2), 188-207. IF= 1.364

5. Nadiv, R., Raz, A., & Kuna, S. (2017). What a difference a role makes: Occupational

and organizational characteristics related to HR strategic role among human resource

managers. Employee Relations, 39(7), 1131-1147. IF= 1.65

6. Kuna, S. & Nadiv, R. (2018). Divided we stand? Boundary work between HR

managers and external OD practitioners. Employee Relations. 40(5), 848-867. IF=

1.65

E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books

Accepted for Publication

Kuna, S., & Nadiv, R. (In press). The embodiment of otherness: Deconstructing power

relations between staffing agencies, diverse jobseekers and organizations in the Israeli

business sector. In M. Fotaki & A. Pullen (Eds.), Diversity, affect and embodiment in

organizing. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Kuna, S. & Nadiv, R. Diversifying diversity, for a change? Critical diversity management

practices of human resource practitioners in the Israeli business sector. In M. Krumer-

Nevo, I. Weiss-Gal, & R. Strier (Eds.), Critical practices (an edited collection) (In

Hebrew)

H. Other Scientific Publications

Published

1) Articles in Hebrew Refereed Professional Journals

Kuna, S. (2008). Dyadic management consulting relationships as a mechanism for person-

organization fit. Analiza Irgunit, 13, 29-45. (In Hebrew)

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Zilberberg, V., Kuna, S., & Kurz, R. (2016). What does organizational development mean?

Analiza Irgunit, 22, 7-36. (In Hebrew)

2) Research reports

Halevy, J., & Kuna, S. (2002). Organization development in the nonprofit sector. Jerusalem,

Israel: JDC, Center for Lay Leadership. (In Hebrew)

Katz, I., Kuna, S., Lightner, Y., Arpali, A., & Dor-Haim, P. (2008). A three-year longitudinal

study of the treatment of minor delinquents in the Israeli Prison System. Jerusalem,

Israel: Ministry of Internal Security. (In Hebrew)

Katz, I., Liss, R., Piurko, Y., Kuna, S., Oppenheimer, B., & Master-Barak, M. (2008).

Findings from a national survey of school principals. Jerusalem, Israel: Ministry of

Education. (In Hebrew)

K. Submitted Publications

Under revision

Kuna, S. All by myself: Executives' experiences of impostor syndrome and loneliness as

catalysts for engaging in executive coaching with management consultants. Journal of

Applied Behavioral Science. IF=1.368

Kuna, S., & Herzog, O. Consuming management consulting: (Un)soothing the managerial

distress of conflicting modes of capitalism. Journal of Management Inquiry. IF=1.793

L. Publications in the popular press:

Kuna, S. (7.1.2015). The ambivalent image of management consulting. The Marker. (In

Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (11.11.2015). When Facebook replaces the job interview. The Marker. (In

Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (31.12.2015). Working for 'Mosad' doesn’t guarantee good management advice.

Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (11.2.2016). When work becomes a nightmare. Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

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Kuna, S. (14.4.2016). The mission of HRM. Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (1.9.2016). Advice from Google's CHRM. Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (20.10.2016). The adventures of a social entrepreneur. Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (16.11.2016). Behinds the closed doors of employee selection processes.

Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (7.12.2016). Resource allocation in the nonprofit sector. Ha'aretz. (In Hebrew)

Kuna, S. (13.4.2017). Choose employees who are willing to give. The Marker. (In

Hebrew)