Otmar E. Varela

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Professor

UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas System (2015–2024); Nicholls State University (2008–2009)

13 h-index 40 pubs 873 cited

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Otmar E. Varela's research focuses on academic career success, exploring factors such as human capital and mobility. He investigates teaching, research, and service as key drivers in academic career advancement. Varela has also examined leadership and teamwork within academic laboratory settings, with comparative studies conducted in Peru and the United States. His work includes developing models for optimizing faculty time and effort in higher education, particularly in the post-COVID-19 era. Varela has authored or co-authored 41 publications, accumulating 838 citations and an h-index of 13. He collaborates with several faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including Naeem Bajwa and Sonya F. Premeaux.

Metrics

h-index: 13
Publications: 40
Citations: 873

Positions

Professor publications 2010–2026

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institution web page

Selected Publications

Off Script, Still Successful? Career Paths and Career Success of Academics in U.S. Business Schools (2026)

Academy of Management Learning and Education DOI OpenAlex
A scoping review of the academic career literature: guidelines for future research (2025)

Career Development International DOI OpenAlex
HOW CAN SMEs EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE BLOCKCHAIN? A ROADMAP AND FIVE-STEP APPROACH (2024)

Pennsylvania Economic Review DOI OpenAlex
Teaching in Higher Education after COVID-19: Optimizing Faculty Time and Effort Using a Proposed Model (2024)

Education Sciences 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Teaching, research, and service as drivers of academic career success (2023)

Organization Management Journal 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Human capital and mobility as competing antecedents of career success: the case of academia (2023)

Management Research Review 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
External validity of teamwork and leadership behavior in academic labs: evidence from samples in Peru and the U.S (2022)

The Journal of Social Psychology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Multicultural competence: an empirical comparison of intercultural sensitivity and cultural intelligence (2019)

European J of International Management 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
Teaching core soft skills into business curriculum: Can we teach longitudinally? (2019)

Journal of Education for Business 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Multicultural competence: an empirical comparison between intercultural sensitivity and cultural intelligence (2018)

European J of International Management 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Construct Specification of Cultural Intelligence: A Meta-Analysis (2018)

Academy of Management Proceedings 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Teamwork skill assessment: Development of a measure for academia (2018)

Journal of Education for Business 47 citations DOI OpenAlex
Learning Outcomes of Study-Abroad Programs: A Meta-Analysis (2016)

Academy of Management Learning and Education 100 citations DOI OpenAlex
Learning Outcomes of Study-Abroad Programs: A Meta-Analysis (2015)

Academy of Management Proceedings 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Learner-instructor similarity: a social attribution approach to learning (2015)

Journal of Management Development 5 citations DOI OpenAlex