She earned a B.A. from Wellesley College and Ph.D. in international business from the University of South Carolina. Prior to joining SUNY New Paltz, she worked at the University of Texas at Dallas and Coopers & Lybrand Consulting (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers). Her research interests span the areas of international management, organizational behavior, and strategy. She is primarily interested in biculturalism, cross-cultural management, global leadership, group diversity, the influence of cultural values on individuals and groups, psychological attachment, boundary spanning, and the roles of international managers. She has published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Management International Review.