Olja Arsenijević

Biography

Olja Arsenijević, a scientific researcher and full professor in the field of management, was born in 1967 in Novi Sad.

Education

She graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad, Department of Serbo-Croatian Language and South Slavic Literatures in 1991, with a thesis titled “Culinary Lexicon and Utensils Lexicon in Srem.”

She completed her master’s studies at the Faculty of Management, University of “Business Academy” (2001-2003). During her master’s studies, she passed all exams with an average grade of 10, and defended her master’s thesis (2003) entitled “Organizational Culture of Higher Education Institutions Studying Management.”

She defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Modeling the Evaluation of Education for Management” in 2007 at the Faculty of Management, University of “Business Academy.”

Work Experience

From 2001 to 2014, she was employed at the Faculty of Management in Novi Sad, first as an assistant (2001–2007), then as an assistant professor (2007–2012), and finally as an associate professor (2012–2014).

At the Faculty of Management, besides teaching, she was engaged as the Head of the Department for Operational Management from 2008 to 2010 and served as the Vice-Dean for Science from 2010 to 2014.

At the same faculty, she founded the study program “Media Management” and led it from 2002 to 2004.

Since 2014, she has been employed at the Faculty of Business Studies and Law as an associate professor until 2018 when she was appointed a full professor on January 24th.

At the Faculty of Business Studies and Law, she was responsible for quality assurance in the institution’s self-evaluation process and served as the Vice-Dean for Science.

Since 2019, she has been engaged as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Kranj, University of Maribor, teaching the subject “Leadership.”

Since May 2021, she has been employed at the Institute for Serbian Culture in Leposavić.

Editorial and Conference Involvement

Olja Arsenijević has been a member of the program committee and editor of conference proceedings for international conferences:

• “On the Path to the Age of Knowledge,” from 2006 to 2014.
• “Law, Economics, and Management in Modern Conditions” – LEMiMA, from 2014 to 2021. Link
• “Application of New Technologies in Management and Economy” – ANTIM, from 2014 to 2021. Link
• International Conference on Organizational Science Development, from 2017 to 2021. Link

Journal Editorial Board Membership

She has been on the editorial board of several journals, including:

• Baština (Heritage), Institute for Serbian Culture, Priština/Leposavić. Link
• International Journal of Economics and Law, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union – Nikola Tesla”, Belgrade. Link
• Trends in Business, College of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, Belgrade. Link

Mentorship

She has been a mentor for four defended doctoral dissertations and is currently supervising one dissertation in progress at the Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union – Nikola Tesla.”

She has also mentored four master’s theses, four master’s degree projects, and several dozen undergraduate theses.

She developed a program accredited by the Institute for the Improvement of Education and Upbringing, titled “Competencies of School Directors for a New Management Paradigm,” 556-XIII/27/2010. Link

Research Projects

Olja Arsenijević participated as a leader or team member in several research projects:

• From 2006 to 2010, she was engaged in a research project funded by the Secretariat for Science of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, “Innovation Culture as a Factor in the Formation and Development of Innovation Systems” (No. 114-451-0248). Initially, she was a project associate (led by Prof. Dr. Đuro Kutlača), and in the last three years, she was the project leader.
• From 2011 to 2019, she participated in a research project funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, “Digital Media Technologies and Socio-Educational Changes” (No. 47020, led by Prof. Dr. Milica Andevski) as an A1 category researcher.
• She was a project leader and editor of a thematic collection in several international projects realized within the Faculty of Business Studies and Law: “Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Economy,” FP DH/PE1/0116-0217/2016-2017, and “Comparative Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship in Serbia, Russia, Europe, and in the World,” No. FP DH/PE2/0117-0218/2017-2018.
• As a team member, she participated in the project “Research on Sustainable Development of Ecological Systems in terms of Monitoring, Protection, and Utilization of Water,” /401-00-973/2017-07, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Republic Directorate for Waters.
• She was a team member on the project “Research in the Field of Application of New Technologies in Management and Economy,” /451-03-0018412018-14 from 04.04.2018, co-financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, and Faculty of Strategic and Operational Management.
• She was a member of the project team for the project “Research of Contemporary Achievements, Trends, and Application Possibilities in Law, Economics, and Management in Serbia,” /45I-03-0012512017-14 from 06.04.2017, co-financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, and Faculty of Strategic and Operational Management.
• As a project team member, she participated in the project “Research of Archival Materials and Testimonials of Camp Survivors with Special Emphasis on the Causes, Facts, and Consequences of the Holocaust,” /451-03-00011/20I8-14, co-financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, Faculty of Strategic and Operational Management, and Museum of Genocide Victims, Belgrade.
• She was a team member on the project “Safety Culture of the Young,” /FP DH/BE1/1115-1117/2015-2017, financed by the Faculty of Business Studies and Law, Faculty of Management, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia (contract no. 551/17 from 14.09.2017.), and University Donja Gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro.
• She was a member of the project team on the project “In The Spirit of Olympic,” /FP DH/IMT/0616-0618/2016-2018 Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” College of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, Belgrade (contract no. 428/16 from 19.07.2016), Faculty of Management, University “Union-Nikola Tesla” (contract no. 268/17 from 07.12.2017.), Faculty of Education, University of Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (contract no. 721/16 from 16.12.2016.); Faculty of Sport, University “Union-Nikola Tesla” (contract no. 43/14 from 21.01.2014), and University Donja Gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro.
• She was a member of the international project team “Benchmarking of Top Political Management of The Republic of Slovenia and the Possibility of Applying Their Experience to the Republic of Serbia,” /No. FP DH/ME 4/0217-1217/2017. Collaboration: Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” Belgrade, Faculty of Strategic and Operational Management, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” Belgrade, Serbia (contract no. 74/16 from 13.04. 2016); Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia (contract no. 551/17 from 14.09.2017)
• She was a team member on the project “Further Directions of Economic Transformation for Development,” /FP DH/PE/0717-0119/2017-2019. Participants: Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” Faculty of Business and Administrative Sciences, Novo Mesto, Slovenia (contract no. 362/16 from 17.06.2016), Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, University of Maribor, Slovenia (contract no. 551/17 from 14.09.2017.), and the Military Academy of the University of Defense, Belgrade (contract no. 571/16 from 05.10.2016.);
• She was a member of the project team on the project “New Business Tendencies,” /No.IP1-03.07-20.12.2018 Participants: Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship (BEE), Belgrade, Serbia; The Edutus University Engineering Institute, Tatabanya, Hungary; Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University Union “Nikola Tesla,” Belgrade, Serbia; KazHLIU University, Kazakhstan; North-Caucasus Federal University, the Russian Federation, Russia; Faculty of Information Technology and Engineering, University Union “Nikola Tesla,” Belgrade, Serbia; New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria; Business College of Applied Studies “Prof. Radomir Bojkovic, PhD,” Krusevac, Serbia.
• She was a member of the project team on the project: “Professionalization of Management in Health in Serbia as a Condition for Increasing Success,” /No. FP DH/ME2/0116-0417/2016-2017 Participants: Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union-Nikola Tesla”; Faculty of Strategic and Operational Management, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” Belgrade, Serbia, College of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, Belgrade, Serbia (contract no. 428/16 from 19.07.2016); Military Academy, Belgrade, contract no. 571/16 from 05.10.2016.).
• Project leader of “Mastermind in Business, Empowerment for Starting Your Own Business and Practice for Final Year Students,” /FP DH/ME3/0316-0916/2016, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union-Nikola Tesla” in collaboration with Rockon BVBA, Netherlands.
• Member of the research team on the project “Peer Violence,” FP DH/PR/0218-0918/2018, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, Institute for Serbian Culture and History, Leposavić, Secondary School “Ušće,” Belgrade, and Elementary School “Kosta Vujić,” Zemun.
• Member of the project team on the project “Public Sector – Possibilities for More Efficient Functioning,” FP DH/PE2/0116-0617/2016-2017. Faculty of Business Studies and Law, University “Union-Nikola Tesla,” Military Academy of the University of Defense, Belgrade (contract no. 571/16 from 05.10.2016.).
• Member of the project team on the Erasmus+ project Ruraliteast in partnership with 9 organizations: CLUSTER AGRIFOOD CAMPANIA, AGENCY FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY – LDAMNE, CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, CONFARTIGIANATO IMPRESE SALERNO, CONSULTING AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, INSTITUTE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT, METRORESEARCH, SHUMART ASSOCIATION, BANJA LUKA COLLEGE – BLC. (ERASMUS-YOUTH-2023-CB)

The results of these projects have been published in monographs, thematic collections of papers, and journals.

Languages

She speaks Russian, Slovenian, and English.

Selected Bibliography

• Monographs:
  • Culture, Achievement, Mentoring, and Education for Management: The Study of Students of Faculty of Management, Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT, COBISS.SR-ID 512392349, ISBN 978-3-659-25577-9
  • Managing Change, Cekom Books, Novi Sad, ISBN 978-86-85943-45-4
  • Business and Collective Bargaining, Cekom, Sremski Karlovci, pp. 274, ISBN 978-86-6185-018-9
  • Intellectual Capital of an Organization: A Contemporary Management Tool, Faculty of Business Studies and Law, ISBN 978-86-81088-04-3
  • Intellectual Capital of Cultural Heritage – Importance, Measurement, and Management, Institute for Serbian Culture Priština-Leposavić, ISBN 978-86-89025-71-2
  • Online Teaching in the Republic of Serbia Through the Lens of the Community of Inquiry (co-authored with Jasmina Arsenijević), Institute for Serbian Culture Priština – Leposavić, ISBN 978-86-89025-98-9
• Chapters in Internationally Significant Monographs:
  • Development of an Optimization Tool for Intangibles in SMEs: A Case Study from Serbia with a Pilot Research in the Prestige by Milka Company, in Optimal Management Strategies in Small and Medium Enterprises, IGI Global, pp. 320 – 347, 2017. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1949-2, ISBN 9781522519492
  • Role of Regional Development Agencies in Entrepreneurial and Rural Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities, (Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics (ABISA) book series). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, Business Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), 2020. ISBN 978-1-7998-2641-5.
  • Interdisciplinaryness and Different Approaches of Critical Discourse Analysis, in Fundamental Thematic Scientific Conference Fundamental Research, Institute for Serbian Culture Priština – Leposavić
• Indexed Papers in Web of Science and SCOPUS:
  • Gabrsek, R., Ferjan, M., Podbregar, I., Arsenijevic, O., Sprajc, P. (2018) CEO Background and Company Performance – Evidence from the Cohesion Regions of Eastern and Western Slovenia, Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, Inst Local Self-Government Public Procurement, Maribor, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 591 – 612, ISSN 1581-5374, doi: 10.4335/16.3.591-612(2018)
  • Erjavec, K., Arsenijevic, O., Starc, J. (2018) Satisfaction with Managers’ Use of Communication Channels and Its Effect on Employee-Organisation Relationships, Journal for East European Management Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh &Amp; CO KG, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 559 – 578, ISSN 0949-6181, doi: 10.5771/0949-6181-2018-4-559, Baden-Baden.
  • Arsenijević, O., Trivan, D., Podbregar, I., Šprajc, P. (2017) Strategic Aspect of Knowledge Management, Organizacija – Journal of Management, Informatics and Human Resources, FON Univerziteta u Mariboru, vol. 50, no. 2, ISSN 1138-5454, doi: 1378467
  • Dimić, M., Barjaktarević, L., Arsenijević, O., Šprajc, P., Janez, Z. (2018) Measuring the Concentration of the Insurance Sector – The Case of Southeastern European Countries, WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 50 – 64, ISSN 1318-5454, doi: 10.2478/orga-2018-0004

Citations

• Scopus: 25 citations, h-index: 3 Link
• Google Scholar: 225 citations, h-index: 6, i10-index: 5 Link
• ResearchGate: 69 citations Link
• Web of Science: 44 citations, h-index: 3 Link