Biography

Dagmar Abfalter studied International Economics at the University of Innsbruck and received her PhD in 2008 with a thesis on the construction of success in music theater. In parallel, she completed an MBA in International Arts Management (ICCM/Salzburg). 2002-2013 she was a university assistant at the Department of Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism at the University of Innsbruck. 2013-2018 she was Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the Department of Cultural Management and Gender Studies and habilitated in Cultural Institutions Studies in 2018, subsequently she was Associate Professor at mdw 2018-2023. She is the head of the structured doctoral program (sdp) at mdw and Associate Dean of Research Studies. For the International Journal of Arts Management, she serves as Associate Editor in the Management section. Since June 2023, Dagmar Abfalter is Professor of Cultural Management at the Department of Cultural Management and Gender Studies at mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and Head of the Department since February 2024.

 

Research focus

• at the interface of cultural management and cultural institutions studies

• structural inequality in the cultural economy
• leadership and strategy development in arts/cultural institutions 
• qualitative/hybrid research methods

 

Courses

 

Publications (selected)

Abfalter, D./ Reitsamer R. (2022) (eds.): "Music as Labour: Inequalities and Activism in the Past and Present", London: Routledge.

Abfalter, D. (2010): „Das Unmessbare messen? Die Konstruktion von Erfolg im Musiktheater“ [Measuring the unmeasurable? The construction of success in music theatre], VS Research, Wiesbaden. 

Abfalter, D./ Müller, J./ Raich, M. (2021): „Translation Decisions in Qualitative Research: A Systematic Framework“, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 469-486.

Abfalter, D./ Stini, S. (2021): „Freelance classical musicians in Austria and the COVID-19 Pandemic“. In: Salvador, E., Navarrete, T., & Srakar, A. (Eds.). (2021). Cultural Industries and the Covid-19 Pandemic: A European Focus. London: Routledge, pp. 128-140.

Abfalter, D./ Piber, M. (2016): “Strategizing Cultural Clusters: Long-Range Socio-Political Plans or Emergent Strategy Development?”, Journal of Arts Management, Law & Society, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 177-186. 

Zaglia, M.E./ Waiguny, M.J.K./ Abfalter, D. /Müller, J. ( 2015): “The influence of online social networks on performance of small and medium enterprises: an empirical investigation of the online business to business network XING”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-23. 

Raich, M./ Müller, J./ Abfalter, D. (2014): “Hybrid analysis of textual data: Grounding managerial decisions on intertwined qualitative and quantitative analysis”, Management Decision, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 737-754.

Abfalter, D. (2013): “Authenticity and Respect. Leading creative teams in the performing arts”, Creativity & Innovation Management, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 295-396.

Matzler, K./ Abfalter, D./ Mooradian, T./ Bailom, F. (2013): “Corporate Culture as an Antecedent of Successful Exploration and Exploitation”, International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 1-23.

Abfalter, D./ Stadler, R. / Müller, J. (2012): „The Organization of Knowledge Sharing at the Colorado Music Festival“, International Journal of Arts Management, Vol. 14., No. 3, pp. 415.

Abfalter, D./ Zaglia, M.E./ Müller, J. (2012): „Sense of Virtual Community: A Follow Up on its Measurement“, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 400–404. 

Müller, J./ Abfalter, D./ Hautz, J. / Hutter, K./ Matzler, K./ Raich, M. (2011): “Differences in Corporate Environmentalism – a comparative analysis of leading US and German Companies”, European Journal of International Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 122-148. 

Full List of Publications

Univ.-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Dagmar Abfalter, MBA

Head of Department

Professor of Cultural Management

 

E-Mail: abfalter@mdw.ac.at

Tel.: +43 1 711 55 3418