Profile
Khadija van der Straaten is Assistant Professor researching International Business and Sustainability at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Her main research topics include gender and inequality in multinational enterprises and their global value chains. Her research has been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journals Journal of International Business Studies and Critical Perspectives on International Business. Her research has been featured on the World Economic Forum Agenda, as well as in the Dutch media (including NRC and BNR). In her empirical research, she uses both quantitative and configurational analysis.
Khadija is editorial review board member of the Journal of International Business Policy. Since 2021, she has been visiting research fellow of the John H. Dunning Centre for International Business at Henley Business School, UK.
Khadija received her PhD from the University of Amsterdam Business School in 2022. Her dissertation won both the Gunnar Heldlund award 2021-23 for best dissertation in the field of International Business (awarded at the European International Business Academy) and the best dissertation award 2021-22 of the University of Amsterdam Business School.
Publications
Article (3)
Academic (3)
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van der Straaten, K., Pisani, N., & Kolk, A. (2024). Parenthood wage gaps in multinational enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies, 55(6), 805-815. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00691-w
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van der Straaten, K., Narula, R., & Giuliani, E. (2023). The multinational enterprise, development, and the inequality of opportunities: A research agenda. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(9), 1623-1640. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00625-y
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van der Straaten, K., Pisani, N., & Kolk, A. (2020). Unraveling the MNE wage premium. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(9), 1355-1390. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-019-00285-x
Comment/Letter to the editor (2)
Academic (2)
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van der Straaten, K., Narula, R., & Giuliani, E. (2023). Publisher Correction: The multinational enterprise, development, and the inequality of opportunities: A research agenda. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(9), 1641. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00628-9
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Narula, R., & van der Straaten, K. (2021). A comment on the multifaceted relationship between multinational enterprises and within-country inequality. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(1), 32-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-10-2019-0080
Web publication/site (1)
Professional (1)
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van der Straaten, K. (2020). How multinationals influence the gender wage gap on a global scale. Web publication/site https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/women-multinationals-gender-wage-gap-developing-countries/
Activities
Additional positions (1)
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Henley Business School, University of ReadingStart date approval: 01 Jan 2023End date approval: 31 Dec 2024Place: READINGDescription: Associate research member
Additional activities (2)
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Critical Perspectives on International Business (Journal)Khadija van der Straaten (Reviewer)01 Jan 2021
Activity: Editorial work > Publication Peer-review (Academic)
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Journal of International Business Studies (Journal)Khadija van der Straaten (Reviewer)01 Jan 2020
Activity: Editorial work > Publication Peer-review (Academic)
Courses
Business Sustainability & Social-Ecological Systems
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
- Code: BM01GBS
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Global Business Strategies
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
- Code: BM02GBS
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Past courses
International Business from a Societal Perspective
- Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
- Code: B3T4104
- Level: Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3
Featured in the media
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Men who become fathers benefit from “overvaluation” in their professional lives, research shows
Article about the research by Assistant Professor Khadija van der Straaten into the differences in wages of working fathers and mothers in MNCs found that "we are not only paying women too little; we are also paying men too…
Friday, 26 April 2024 -
More women are applying for jobs in Europe than North America. Why?
Khadija van der Straaten is quoted in this article about a confluence of economic and social factors is driving greater numbers of job applications from women in Europe. (In Armenian)
Wednesday, 3 April 2024 -
More women are applying for jobs in Europe than North America. Why?
Khadija van der Straaten is quoted in this article on the BBC Worklife website about the confluence of economic and social factors that is driving greater numbers of job applications from women in Europe. …
Tuesday, 2 April 2024 -
The staggering difference between men and women’s pay after they have children
Khadija van der Straaten's research features in this article about the motherhood penalty and the fatherhood bonus.
Wednesday, 13 March 2024 -
The staggering difference between men and women’s pay after they have children
This article features research from Khadija van der Straaten: she analysed the disparities in pay and progression for men and women working at multinational enterprises and domestic firms around the world both before and after…
Wednesday, 13 March 2024 -
Fathers Are Overvalued -Whilst Mothers Are Paid Less By Employers, New Study Reveals
Khadija van der Straaten's research features in this article: Men who become fathers benefit from “overvaluation” in their professional lives whereas mothers experience the opposite, often undervalued by employers and underpaid as…
Monday, 11 March 2024 -
Why men with children eagerly want to work for multinationals
Dr. Khadija van der Straaten speaks about her research into inequality at multinationals.
Wednesday, 8 March 2023 -
On traits that give fathers a bonus are mothers judged
Interview with RSM assistant professor Dr Khadija van der Straaten.
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Featured on RSM Discovery
Khadija van der Straaten studied the differences in wages of employees who are fathers and mothers working in multinational organisations. We are not just paying women too little – we’re paying men too much.
