Dagmar Abfalter is Professor at the Department of Cultural Management and Gender Studies (IKM) at mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She holds a doctoral degree in Social and Economic Sciences from the University of Innsbruck with a thesis on the social construction of success and its implications for leadership in music theatre organizations; and an MBA in International Arts Management from ICCM/University of Salzburg with a master thesis on brand communities in the arts. From 2002-2013, she was a University Assistant at the Department of Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism at the University of Innsbruck. Since 2013 she has been tenure-track Assistant Professor at mdw. In 2018 she completed her habilitation at mdw in Cultural Institutions Studies (CIS). She has been the chairperson of the Association of Cultural Management (Fachverband Kulturmanagement) in Austria, Germany and Switzerland (2019-2022). Her areas of expertise include leadership, strategy development and innovation in cultural institutions, media-enhanced arts and consumer experiences (e.g. live-opera-streaming) and qualitative/hybrid research methods.
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.
Schorn, R./ Abfalter, D./ Brunner-Sperdin, A. (2024): It’s Relative! The Cross-Modal Effects of Music Density on Perception of Product Size. Sage Open Online First.
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.