Federica DE STEFANO
Assistant Professor
Management & Human Resources

Biography
Federica De Stefano is an Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris and a Senior Fellow of Wharton People Analytics.
Her research focuses on how organizations deploy their employees. In studying this topic, she has developed two research streams. In her first stream, she adopts the individual perspective to study how HR processes, such as staffing, digital communication, and performance appraisals, shape individuals' career rewards and the sustainability of their working conditions. Her second stream focuses on a strategic perspective to examine how firms can achieve competitive advantage from human capital. Theoretically, her work seeks to speak to the literatures on human resource management, macro-organizational behavior, careers, and strategic human capital. Empirically, much of her work is quantitative and based on field studies in organizational contexts.
Professor De Stefano is a member of the Editorial Board of Human Resource Management and Human Resource Management Review. She has been awarded with several research grants, including a Marie Curie grant from the European Commission. She also served as elected Representative-at-Large for the Strategic Human Capital Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society (SMS).
Prior to joining HEC Paris, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management, a M.Sc. in International Management, a BA in Management from Bocconi University in Milan (Italy), and a M.Sc. in Management Science and Corporate Management from Fudan University in Shanghai (China).
Personal page: https://people.hec.edu/de-stefano/
Scientific articles
Strategic Management Journal, October 2022, vol. 43, n° 10, pp 1983-2011, (in coll. with Matthew Bidwell, Arnaldo Camuffo)
Academy of Management Journal, 2019, vol. 62, n° 4, pp 979-1002, (in coll. with R. Bonet, A. Camuffo)
MIT Sloan Management Review, 2019, vol. 60, n° 3, pp 17-18, (in coll. with M. BIDWELL)
Human Resource Management, March - April 2018, vol. 57, n° 2, pp 549-566, (in coll. with S. Bagdadli, A. Camuffo)
Journal of Business Ethics, 2017, vol. 143, n° 2, pp 245-259, (in coll. with A. Camuffo, C. Paolino)
Chapters in edited books
Handbook Of Research On Strategic Human Capital Resources, T. Moliterno, & A. Nyberg, Edward Elgar Publishing, 281-306
Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, The Structuring Of Work In Organizations, L. E. Cohen, M. D. Burton, & M. Lounsbury, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 47, 363-382
Scientific articles
Strategic Management Journal, October 2022, vol. 43, n° 10, pp 1983-2011, (in coll. with Matthew Bidwell, Arnaldo Camuffo)
MIT Sloan Management Review, 2019, vol. 60, n° 3, pp 17-18, (in coll. with M. BIDWELL)
Academy of Management Journal, 2019, vol. 62, n° 4, pp 979-1002, (in coll. with R. Bonet, A. Camuffo)
Human Resource Management, March - April 2018, vol. 57, n° 2, pp 549-566, (in coll. with S. Bagdadli, A. Camuffo)
Chapters in edited books
Handbook Of Research On Strategic Human Capital Resources, T. Moliterno, & A. Nyberg, Edward Elgar Publishing, 281-306
Research In The Sociology Of Organizations, The Structuring Of Work In Organizations, L. E. Cohen, M. D. Burton, & M. Lounsbury, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 47, 363-382
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2020- Assistant Professor HEC Paris
- 2020- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2020- Senior Fellow, Wharton People Analytics The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- 2018-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow at Wharton People Analytics (Responsible of the Wharton People AnalyticsCareers Research Stream) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar, Wharton People Analytics (Responsible of the Wharton People AnalyticsCareers Research Stream) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
- Academy of Management (HR and CAR Divisions), EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies), Strategic Management Society
- Elected Representative-at-Large Strategic Human Capital IG of the Strategic Management Society (SMS)Elected Representative-at-Large Strategic Human Capital IG of the Strategic Management Society (SMS)
Editorial activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2021 Marie Curie Fellowship European Commission
- 2019 Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award (HR Division Academy of Management)
- 2015 SHRM Foundation Dissertation Grant Award (HR Division Academy of Management)
- 2012 Bocconi University PhD Scholarship