(Khadija) van der Straaten

Department of Business-Society Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Associate Member ERIM

Field: Organisation

Affiliated since 2021

Khadija van der Straaten is Assistant Professor researching International Business and Sustainability at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her main research topics include gender and inequality in multinational enterprises and their global value chains. Her research has been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journals Journal of International Business Studies and Critical Perspectives on International Business. Her research has been featured on the World Economic Forum Agenda, as well as in the Dutch media (including NRC and BNR). In her empirical research, she uses both quantitative and configurational analysis.

Khadija is editorial review board member of the Journal of International Business Policy. Since 2021, she has been visiting research fellow of the John H. Dunning Centre for International Business at Henley Business School, UK.

Khadija received her PhD from the University of Amsterdam Business School in 2022. Her dissertation won both the Gunnar Heldlund award 2021-23 for best dissertation in the field of International Business (awarded at the European International Business Academy) and the best dissertation award 2021-22 of the University of Amsterdam Business School.

Publications

Article (3)

Academic (3)
- van der Straaten, K., Pisani, N., & Kolk, A. (2024). Parenthood wage gaps in multinational enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00691-w
- van der Straaten, K., Narula, R., & Giuliani, E. (2023). The multinational enterprise, development, and the inequality of opportunities: A research agenda. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(9), 1623-1640. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00625-y
- van der Straaten, K., Pisani, N., & Kolk, A. (2020). Unraveling the MNE wage premium. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(9), 1355-1390. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-019-00285-x

Comment/Letter to the editor (2)

Academic (2)
- van der Straaten, K., Narula, R., & Giuliani, E. (2023). Publisher Correction: The multinational enterprise, development, and the inequality of opportunities: A research agenda. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(9), 1641. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00628-9
- Narula, R., & van der Straaten, K. (2021). A comment on the multifaceted relationship between multinational enterprises and within-country inequality. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(1), 32-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-10-2019-0080

Web publication/site (1)

Professional (1)
- van der Straaten, K. (2020). How multinationals influence the gender wage gap on a global scale. Web publication/site https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/women-multinationals-gender-wage-gap-developing-countries/

Additional activities (2)

Critical Perspectives on International Business (Journal)

Publication Peer-review (Academic)
Journal of International Business Studies (Journal)

Publication Peer-review (Academic)