Snejina Michailova


Snejina Michailova is a New Zealand business academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland. In 2025, Michailova was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Academic career

After a 1997 PhD titled INERTIA: organizational culture of Bulgarian industrial companies between stability and change at the Copenhagen Business School she joined the staff there, before moving to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.
Michailova is married to professor Kenneth Husted, also at the University of Auckland. They breed Icelandic horses on a rural property outside of Auckland.
In March 2025, Michailova was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi "for her groundbreaking research in international business and management".

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