Always clear, engaging, and insightful.
Inspires curiosity and a love for knowledge.
Helps students see the bigger picture.
Makes complex ideas simple and clear.
Great Professor!
Dr Heidi Wechtler is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Deputy Head of School (Research Training) at Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Macquarie University and a Master of Applied Economic and Statistical Engineering from Université Evry Val d'Essonne, France. A statistician by training, she worked for seven years as a statistical research engineer at Sorbonne Business School in Paris, teaching courses on quantitative and mixed methods in its Research Masters and Doctoral Program. Following her PhD, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of New South Wales, with research focused on human resources topics including hiring, employee turnover, career management, expatriation, and diversity management. Her research interests include career, expatriation, gender, HRM, international HRM, migrants, overqualification, turnover, and leadership.
Wechtler has published in top-tier journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology (A*, FT50), Contemporary Accounting Research (A*, FT50), Journal of World Business (A*), Leadership Quarterly (A*), International Business Review (A), Journal of International Management, Management International Review (A), and International Journal of Human Resource Management (A). Key publications include 'HR practices and employee performance: the mediating role of well-being' (Khoreva & Wechtler, 2018, Employee Relations); 'Cross-cultural adjustment of expatriates: The role of emotional intelligence and gender' (Koveshnikov, Wechtler & Dejoux, 2014, Journal of World Business); 'A collaborative approach to maintaining optimal inventory and mitigating stockout risks during a pandemic: capabilities for enabling health-care supply chain resilience' (Friday et al., 2021, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management); 'Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of digital technologies in mental health systems' (Berardi et al., 2024, BMC Health Services Research); and 'Wrinkle of change? The reproduction of executive age profiles across CEO succession episodes' (Heyden & Wechtler, 2026, Human Relations). She has received major awards and honors, including the 2025 Leadership College Excellence Awards (College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle); 2019 International Management Division Best Paper Award (Academy of Management); 2016 Macquarie University Faculty Business and Economics Higher Research Excellence Award; 2015 Alan M. Rugman Most Promising Scholars Award (Academy of International Business); 2013 Haynes Prize (Academy of International Business); and commendations for excellence in teaching, HDR supervision, equity, diversity, inclusion, and health, safety, wellbeing.
