Professors

Béatrice TOUSTOU

Assistant Professor

Créativité, Comportements organisationnels, Travail en équipe distante

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Béatrice TOUSTOU

Academy

Innovation

Research center

Knowledge, Technology and Organization

Location

Sophia Antipolis

Discipline

Management & Organization

Béatrice Toustou is currently Assistant Professor and a member of the SKEMA Research Center in Knowledge, Technology and Organization (KTO). She was formerly a HRM Manager with 17 years working for private as well as public organizations. She holds a master in Political Science, a degree in Chinese language and a degree in Psychology. In 2015, she completed her Doctorate with honors from the IAE Aix-Marseille, in the field of Creativity. Her research interests focus on social interactions, team work and live performance.

Education
2015
Doctorate in Management Science, IAE Aix-Marseille, France
2002
L2, Psychology, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
1994
Chinese, Languages, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, France
1989
Master, Sciences Po Toulouse, France
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2009
Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2012 - 2015
Director MSc Strategic Human Resource Management, SKEMA Business School, France
1990 - 1991
Lecturer, Chinese University (Zhongshan Daxue), China
1989 - 1990
Lecturer, Chinese University (Guangxi Mingzu Xueyuan), China
Other professional experiences
2002 - 2009
Human Resources Manager, CERAM Business School, France
1997 - 2002
Training Development Manager, Aéroport de Nice, France
1994 - 1997
Human Resource Manager, Synthelabo Pharmaceuticals, France
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2024
FNEGE, France
2024
Trophée du Digital Learning, FEFAUR, France
Research Grants
2016
PARTITA project member, Université Côte d'Azur, France
Other research activities
Other academic activities
Since 2022
Member of Scientific Committee Academy 5, Université Côte d'Azur, France
2018 - 2022
UCA Research Ethics Committee Member, Université Côte d'Azur, France

Peer-reviewed journal articles

TOUSTOU, B. (2019). La créativité sous le prisme de l'innovation. Une enquête par entretiens semi-directifs auprès de 40 chercheurs industriels. Revue Interdisciplinaire de Management, Homme & Entreprise (RIMHE), 8(37), pp. 3-28.

Conference proceedings

TOUSTOU, B. (2021). How the silent receivers influence the acting of theater performers - The social mirror of symbolic interactionism mobilized in the interactions between actors and the audience.
RICHEBÉ, N. and TOUSTOU, B. (2018). The relational spaces of creativity. Understanding the role of social exchange dynamics in creative processes.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2014). Exploring creative process dynamics through complexity theory lenses.

Book chapters

KAMINSKA, R. and TOUSTOU, B. (2015). Managing Diversity for Creativity and Innovation in a Complex World. In: A. Wilkinson, K. Townsend & G. Suder eds. Handbook of Research on Managing Managers. 1st ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Published business cases

TOUSTOU, B. and ROSNER, G. (2019). Workshops créatifs. CCMP.
TOUSTOU, B. and ROSNER, G. (2019). Creative workshops. CCMP.

Conference presentations

BOUKEF, N., TOUSTOU, B. and CHASSERIO, S. (2024). Team configuration and knowledge sharing: the specific case of temporary dispersed teams working under time pressure. In: 40th EGOS Colloquium. Milan.
TOUSTOU, B. (2021). How the silent receivers influence the acting of theater performers - The social mirror of symbolic interactionism mobilized in the interactions between actors and the audience. In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Virtual.
TOUSTOU, B. (2021). How the silent receivers influence the acting of theater performers - The social mirror of symbolic interactionism mobilized in the interactions between actors and the audience. In: EGOS (European Group for Organization Studies). Virtual.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2019). How junior and senior scientists support one another along the different stages of the creative process. In: AIMS (Association Internationale de Management Stratégique). GRENOBLE.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2019). Creative process among junior and senior researchers in a High-Tech Industrial Organization: The Role of Experience in Mobilizing Social Resources during the Four Stages of the Creative Process in a High-Tech Industrial Organization. In: AIMS (Association Internationale de Management Stratégique). Grenoble.
TOUSTOU, B. (2019). A propos de la définition de la créativité. In: Journée de recherche : Innovation, Créativité et Compétences. Aix-en-Provence.
KAMINSKA, R. and TOUSTOU, B. (2018). The Role of Social Interactions in Creative Process Dynamics: An Integrative Model. In: EURAM (European Academy of Management) Conference. Reykjavik.
RICHEBÉ, N., TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2018). Comment les artistes des arts vivants de la nouvelle économie créative travaillent en réseau, communiquent et coopèrent ? In: Creativity Week at Webster University Geneva. Genova.
RICHEBÉ, N. and TOUSTOU, B. (2018). The relational spaces of creativity. Understanding the role of social exchange dynamics in creative processes. In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Chicago.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2015). The Role of Social Resources, Pleasure and Play in the Creative Process: the Case of Researchers in a Leading European Hi Tech Company. In: Organization Studies Workshop on Organizational Creativity, Play and Entrepreneurship. Chania.
TOUSTOU, B. and RICHEBÉ, N. (2015). The in-between spaces of creativity. Understanding the role of social exchange in creative processes. In: Organization Studies Workshop on Organizational Creativity, Play and Entrepreneurship. Chania.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2015). Exploring Creative Process Dynamics. In: AOM American Academy of Management Conference. Vancouver.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2014). Exploring Creative Process Dynamics through Complexity Theory Lenses. In: EGOS Colloquium 'Reimagining, Rethinking, Reshaping: Organizational Scholarship in Unsettled Times. Rotterdam.
TOUSTOU, B. (2014). A US Campus for a Non US Business School: From vision to operation. In: EGOS Colloquium Organizations and the Examined Life: Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility. Sao Paulo.
TOUSTOU, B. and KAMINSKA, R. (2014). Exploring creative process dynamics through complexity theory lenses. In: EGOS (European Group for Organization Studies). Rotterdam.