Brief biography

Welcome to the homepage of Audra I. Mockaitis.

This website contains information and links about my academic and professional activities and interests.

Please use the links at the top of the page to browse the website.

Email: audra@mockaitis.com

Work experience

I am currently a Senior Lecturer in International Business in the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia. From 2006-2010 I was a Senior Lecturer in International Business at the Victoria University of Wellington, School of Marketing and International Business. In 2005 I was Associate Professor of International Business and Marketing and from 2002-2005 I was Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at Vilnius University.

Research interests

My research interests center on International Business and International Management. I am most interested in cross-cultural management and the internationalization processes of firms. My current research focuses on these areas. More information about my current research projects can be found under the Research & Publications link above.

Education:

In 2002 I obtained my PhD degree in Comparative Management and began working as Lecturer at Vilnius University in the Department of Marketing. Dissertation title: The Influence of National Cultural Values on Management Attitudes: A Comparative Study Across Three Countries.

I have a MIB (International Business) from Vilnius University. Thesis title: The International Joint Venture: When Values Differ (Thesis evaluation: 10/10). During my master studies I also spent a semester at Aalborg University in Denmark.

I am originally from the USA, where I completed my undergraduate education at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), BA Russian-East European Studies and Economics. I spent my third year abroad at the Plekhanov Institute of Economics in Moscow, Russia and Vilnius University in Lithuania.