Dr. Ana Boamorte de Azevedo

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship

Contact information

E-mail: anaa@athabascau.ca

Current courses

Dr. Ana Boamorte de Azevedo

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship

Contact information

Email: anaa@athabascau.ca

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Dr. Azevedo is an accomplished educator with over 30 years of work experience in teaching, research, curriculum development, and student supervision. Her areas of expertise include International Business, EDI and Intercultural Competence, Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Research Methodology (e.g., survey design and administration). As a consultant, Dr. Azevedo has assisted entrepreneurs and small businesses in market research, strategic planning, and business plan development.

Dr. Ana Azevedo joined the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University in October of 2010. She is currently Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and teaches graduate courses in New Venture Development and Visionary and Entrepreneurial Thinking. Dr. Azevedo also serves as the Academic Coordinator for the undergraduate entrepreneurship course (ENTP212). Prior to her relocation to Canada, Dr. Azevedo was an Associate Professor in the Department of International Management at FH-Joanneum (Graz, Austria), teaching courses in Strategic Management, International Business, Quantitative Research Methods, as well as project-based courses in International Market Entry. She has also worked as a full-time faculty member at the University of Texas in El Paso and at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida.

Since 2003, Dr. Azevedo has been investigating how to promote skills development and work readiness in students, business leaders, and entrepreneurs. During 2016-2017, Dr. Azevedo developed a new training program in cultural intelligence (CQ), with support from a faculty colleague. In a pilot study involving MBA students and HR professionals, the researchers tested and confirmed that this program significantly increased participants’ cultural intelligence, innovative work behavior, and resilience. The CQ training program can be used to promote intercultural competence and key future skills. As a Brazilian citizen who has lived and worked in four countries, Dr. Azevedo has acquired first-hand experience regarding the importance of intercultural competence for individual and organizational performance. Since 2015, Dr. Azevedo is also a Certified Cultural Intelligence Facilitator.

Research interests

Business Education;
Competence Development and Future Skills;
Cultural intelligence Development;
International Business, Intercultural Competence, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI);
Adaptive Leadership;
Innovation, Learning and Change;
Individual and Organizational Transformation.

Educational credentials

PhD in Business Administration – Florida International University
MBA – COPPEAD Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
BASc in Economics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Professional affiliations

Administrative Sciences of Canada (ASAC)
Certified Professional Human Resources Association (CPHR - BC & Yukon)

Selected recent publications

Azevedo, A., & Jugdev, K. (2022). Applying cultural intelligence to develop adaptive leadership. Organization Development Journal, 40(4), Winter 2022, pp. 56-70.
Azevedo, A., Jugdev, K., & Mathur, G. (2022). The impact of organizational support for the project management process on project and firm performance. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 15(7), pp. 1013-1031.
Morpurgo, M, & Azevedo, A. (2021). Investigating the role of professional accounting education in enhancing meta-competency development: Aligning with industry perceptions. In D. S. Harper (Ed.), Integration and application of business graduate and business leader competency-models. Pennsylvania, United States: IGI Global. [ISBN: 2327-3372]
Azevedo, A., & Shane, M.J. (2019). A new Training Program in Developing Cultural Intelligence Can Also Improve Innovative Work Behavior and Resilience: A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Graduate Students and Professional Employees. International Journal of Management Education, 17(3), 100303.
Azevedo, A. (2018). Cultural Intelligence: Key Benefits to Individuals, Teams and Organizations. American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, 10(1), 52-56.
Hurst, D., Azevedo, A., & Hawranik, P. (2018). Building Adaptive Capacity in Online Graduate Management Education. In A. Khare and D. Hurst (Eds.), On the Line – Business Education in the Digital Age (pp.265-280). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International.
Azevedo, A., & Hurst, D. (2017). An Integrative Competency-based Framework for Graduate Entrepreneurship Education. Journal of Business Leadership, 25(1), 10-27.
Dwyer, R., & Azevedo, A. (2016). Preparing Leaders for the Multi-Generational Workforce. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 10(3), 281-305.
Azevedo, A., Hurst, D., & Dwyer, R. (2015). Competency-Based Training Program for International Students. International Business Research, 8(3), 11-28.
Azevedo, A., & Jugdev, K. (2013). Individual Engagement in Business Education: Promoting spiritual intelligence and values to create sustainable communities. International Journal of Sustainability Education, 8(1), 105-115.
Azevedo, A., Apfelthaler, G., & Hurst, D. (2012). Competence Development in Business Graduates: An Industry-driven Approach for Examining the Alignment of Undergraduate Business Education with Industry Requirements. International Journal of Management Education, 10, 12-28.