Maria Carolina Saffie Robertson

Ma. Carolina Saffie Robertson has worked at SJF School of Business since 2016 after earning her doctorate degree. She has served as an associate professor of human resources management since earning tenure in the spring of 2022.

Carolina has extensive teaching experience, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in human resources management (including Introduction to HR, Staffing, Compensation, Training and Development, and Performance Management) as well as courses in organizational behavior (including Leadership Development and Intro to OB). Carolina is comfortable teaching in different modalities (face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online) and using several pedagogical tools such as cases and exercises.

Her research interests include leadership and mentoring. In particular, she aims to identify the mechanisms that facilitate or hinder the development of successful mentoring relationships in the workplace. She is also interested in researching how the university experience can be improved for all students, including effective teaching strategies in the classroom. Her research has been published in The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Sex Roles, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and other journals, as well as edited book chapters. In an effort to disseminate her research findings, Carolina has presented at several conferences across the globe, including AoM and EAWOP, touching on various topics relating to human resources and management.

Carolina has proudly served her department, school and university in several different committees. At the School of Business, she has been part of the following committees: Strategic Plan, Research and Publications, MBA Curriculum, and Undergraduate Curriculum. She has also served in university-wide committees including Learning Space Design Advisory Board, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, Faculty Assembly, Elections Committee, and Curriculum and Instruction Committee. Carolina received the 2017 Faculty STAR Award for Excellence in Service and has served as the faculty advisor for the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) collegiate chapter.

In addition to serving multiple roles on campus, she actively serves her profession by serving as a reviewer to several conferences and journals. Carolina also serves her local community, volunteering at the Victor Central School district and through the Red Cross.

Most Recent Conference Presentations

• Walking the Talk: Toward Creating Mentally Healthy Business Schools. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM) August 2024, Chicago, IL. With J. Fiset.
• Are BDMs gender specific? An Exploration of Mentoring Experiences for Men in STEM. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) May 2023, Katowice, Poland.
• Employability of new academics: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceptions of employability. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) January 2022, Glasgow, Scotland. With J. Fiset.
• It's not you, it's me: An exploration of mentoring for women in STEM. Academy of Management (AOM) August 2019, Boston, MA.

Publications

• Navigating the support landscape: Bridging the divide between social support in business schools and student mental health, The International Journal of Management Education, 21(3), 2023. Co-authored with J. Fiset.
• Finding a job in academia: Development of an employability model for new assistant professors, Higher Education Quarterly, 75(2), 263-277, 2021. Co-authored with J. Fiset.
• It's not you, it's me: An exploration of mentoring for women in STEM, Sex Roles 83(9), 566-579, 2020.
• The impact of gender and perceived academic supervisory support on new faculty negotiation success, Higher Education Quarterly, 74(3), 240-256, 2020. Co-authored with J. Fiset.