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Dr. Dina Nir

Head of the Executive MBA

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About

Dr. Dina Nir is the head of the Executive MBA (IMBA) program and was the head of the MBA from 2016-2022.

Dr. Nir is a senior organizational consultant, researcher and developer of models for positive leadership in management and organizational transformation. Dr. Nir is also an expert in the art of negotiation and implements the Harvard negotiation method in organizations.

During her years of research, she developed a series of tools for personal and organizational development, including a method for increasing optimism in everyday life and the Feedforward Interview in collaboration with Prof. Avi Kluger – a method for empowering employees within the framework of feedback processes.

Dr. Nir researches the structure and process of internal conflict and developed the Negotiating Self Method – a method for resolving internal conflicts and making decisions that support Wellbeing.

Education

Postdoctorate

The Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (2010).

Doctor

Philosophy form the Hebrew University of Jerusalem(2009)

M.B.A.

Business Administration, Ono Academic College (2000) (with honors).

.B.A

Economics, Tel Aviv University. (1996).

Teaching Areas

The art of negotiation, Positive Psycholgoy in leadership

Research interests

Positive Interventions for managers, Inner conflict and integrative solutions, Personal and organizational transformation

Selected Publications

Rechter, E., Kluger, A. N., & Nir, D. (2025). The feedforward interview: A theoretical account. Human Resource Management Review, 35(2), 101061.
Nir, D. (2016). Becoming the Leader of Your Decisions. In: Hermans, H. (eds) Assessing and Stimulating a Dialogical Self in Groups, Teams, Cultures, and Organizations. Springer, Cham.
Littman-Ovadia, H., & Nir, D. (2014). Looking forward to tomorrow: The buffering effect of a daily optimism intervention. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9 (2), 122-136.
Nir, D. (2011). From a dialogical to a Negotiational Self. In H. J. M. Hermans & G. Thorsten (Eds.), The Handbook on the Dialogical Self, UK: Cambridge Press.
Kluger, A. N., & Nir, D. (2010). Feedforward First, Feedback Later. Human Resource Management Review, 20 (3), 235–246.