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Current · Arkansas
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2025
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Otmar E. Varela
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Researcher
Also affiliated: Nicholls State University (2008–2009)
Faculty Researcher
13 h-index
41 pubs
858 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
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: 41
- Citations: 858
Selected Publications
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Off Script, Still Successful? Career Paths and Career Success of Academics in U.S. Business Schools (2026)
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A scoping review of the academic career literature: guidelines for future research (2025)
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HOW CAN SMEs EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE BLOCKCHAIN? A ROADMAP AND FIVE-STEP APPROACH (2024)
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Teaching in Higher Education after COVID-19: Optimizing Faculty Time and Effort Using a Proposed Model (2024)
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Teaching, research, and service as drivers of academic career success (2023)
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Human capital and mobility as competing antecedents of career success: the case of academia (2023)
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External validity of teamwork and leadership behavior in academic labs: evidence from samples in Peru and the U.S (2022)
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Multicultural competence: an empirical comparison of intercultural sensitivity and cultural intelligence (2019)
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Teaching core soft skills into business curriculum: Can we teach longitudinally? (2019)
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Multicultural competence: an empirical comparison between intercultural sensitivity and cultural intelligence (2018)
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Construct Specification of Cultural Intelligence: A Meta-Analysis (2018)
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Teamwork skill assessment: Development of a measure for academia (2018)
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Learning Outcomes of Study-Abroad Programs: A Meta-Analysis (2016)
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Learning Outcomes of Study-Abroad Programs: A Meta-Analysis (2015)
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Learner-instructor similarity: a social attribution approach to learning (2015)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Naeem Bajwa
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
3 shared publications
In database
- Teaching in Higher Education after COVID-19: Optimizing Faculty Time and Effort Using a Proposed Model
- Human capital and mobility as competing antecedents of career success: the case of academia
- HOW CAN SMEs EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE BLOCKCHAIN? A ROADMAP AND FIVE-STEP APPROACH
Sonya F. Premeaux
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2 shared publications
In database
- Teaching, research, and service as drivers of academic career success
- Human capital and mobility as competing antecedents of career success: the case of academia
Thomas R. Tudor
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2 shared publications
In database
- Teaching in Higher Education after COVID-19: Optimizing Faculty Time and Effort Using a Proposed Model
- HOW CAN SMEs EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE BLOCKCHAIN? A ROADMAP AND FIVE-STEP APPROACH
Michael J. Burke
Tulane University (US)
1 shared publication
- External validity of teamwork and leadership behavior in academic labs: evidence from samples in Peru and the U.S
Kety Jáuregui
Esan University (PE)
1 shared publication
- External validity of teamwork and leadership behavior in academic labs: evidence from samples in Peru and the U.S
Susy Quevedo
Esan University (PE)
1 shared publication
- External validity of teamwork and leadership behavior in academic labs: evidence from samples in Peru and the U.S
Karen Leonard
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1 shared publication
In database
- Teaching in Higher Education after COVID-19: Optimizing Faculty Time and Effort Using a Proposed Model
Virginia Lasio
École Supérieure de Psychologie (MA)
1 shared publication
- A scoping review of the academic career literature: guidelines for future research
María José Murcia
Austral University (AR)
1 shared publication
- A scoping review of the academic career literature: guidelines for future research
Armando Borda
Esan University (PE)
1 shared publication
- A scoping review of the academic career literature: guidelines for future research
Joe T. Felan
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1 shared publication
In database
- HOW CAN SMEs EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE BLOCKCHAIN? A ROADMAP AND FIVE-STEP APPROACH
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