Biography
Monica Maria Coroș is an associate professor lecturer at the Faculty of Business from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. She started her teaching activity during her master's studies (2005/2006), becoming a full-time academic staff member at the beginning of the 2008/2009 academic year. She graduated in 2005 with a specialization in Managerial Assistance from the Faculty of Business and a specialization in Communication and Public Relations from the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences, both faculties of the Babeș-Bolyai University. She followed the master's degree in Business Administration at the Faculty of Business, which she graduated from in 2006, as the head of promotion. In October 2006, she became a PhD student in the field of Management at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, from Babeș-Bolyai University, with the research topic The Management of Tourism Supply and Demand, obtaining the title of Doctor of Management in January 2014. Monica Maria Coroș is coeditor of the books of proceedings of the international conference of the Faculty of Business, Modern Trends in Business, Hospitality, and Tourism (the first published by Presa Universitară Clujeană and the next two by the Springer publishing house). She ahs collaborated in the development of several international volumes published by Routlegde, IGI Global and other international or national publishing houses, respectively, several teaching books and is the author or co-author of more than 110 chapters, scientific and specialized articles, published abroad and in the country, respectively communicated at international conferences.
In December 2017, she received the Virgil Madgearu Award granted by the Romanian Academy, after she was awarded the Gaudeamus Prize by AJTR (The Association of Romanian Tourism Journalists and Writes) in January of the same month. In recognition of her teaching activity, ANOSR awarded her, at the proposal of the faculty's students, the title of Bologna Professor in 2017.
She was and is a member of several research teams (both in the field of tourism and in the field of SMEs). She is part of professional associations such as SAMRO, CACTUS, and AJTR and is a founding member of the Centre for Research and Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality (CRETH).
Consultation hours
- Tuesday: 10:00-11:00
- Programmed meetings on MS TEAMS CHAT.
- Code class MS TEAMS: v334jkr
- Desk: Room 122
Disciplines taught
Travel Agency Management (bachelor level, AASO and AASOE), International Tourism Operations (bachelor level, AASO and AASOE), Tourism Resources’ Management (bachelor level, AASOE & AASOE), Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality Industry (bachelor level, AA Bistrița extension, AAE and AASOE), Tourism Heritage Valorization (bachelor level, AASO and AASOE), International Management (master level, IBA), Cultural Tourism (master level, AAOTI), Organizational Behavior (master level, AA)
Areas of scientific interest
Sustainable tourism and SDGs, smart tourism and digitization in tourism and hospitality, hospitality employment, wine businesses and wine tourism, cultural tourism, destination management, corruption, education, management, and entrepreneurship
Scientific publications
- Cozma Adeline-Cristina, Coroș Monica-Maria, Pop Ana-Monica, Gavrilescu Ion, & Dinucă Nicolae Cătălin (2023), „Corruption, Deforestation, and Tourism – Europe Case Study”, Heliyon, 9(8), nr. art. e19075, doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19075, WOS:001060842500001
- Popescu, Delia, Coroș, Monica Maria, Pop, Iuliana, Bolog Cristina (2022), „The Green Deal – Dynamizer of Digitalization in Tourism: The Case of Cluj-Napoca Smart City”, Amfiteatru Economic, 24(59), pp. 110-127, WOS:000746992700008, ISSN: 1582-9146, DOI: 10.24818/EA/2022/59/110, https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/RevistaDetalii_EN.aspx?Cod=1210
- Coroș, Monica Maria, Racolța-Paina, Nicoleta Dorina, Pop, Ana Monica, Bolog, Cristina, & Nistoreanu, Bogdan Gabriel (2021), „The Perception of Romanian Students and Graduates of Tourism and Hospitality Programmes Regarding the Labour Market and Their Future Employment”, Transformations in Business and Economics, Volume 20(1), pp. 125-139, WOS:000630908900008 ISSN: 1648-4460
- Coroș Monica Maria, Pop Ana Monica, & Popa Andrada-Ioana (2019), „Vineyards and Wineries in Alba County, Romania towards Sustainable Business Development”, Sustainability (MDPI Journal, eISSN: 2071-1050), Volume 11(15), Special Issue: Sustainable Food and Wine Tourism, July 25, nr. art.: 4036, pp: 1–39, https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/15/4036/htm, https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154036, WOS:000485230200041
Partnerships with the business environment
- Google Hub - Virtual Entrepreneurship Hub - establishment and coordination
- Junior Achievement Romania - students enrolled in competitions
- DoubleTree by Hilton City Plaza - traineeship and internship partnerships
- Mihai Eminescu Trust - collaborator for the spring school Rural Sustainable Tourism in Transylvania (Erasmus+ BIP, March 2023) and partnership for internships
International experience
- secretary of the international conference of the Faculty of Business, Modern Trends in Business, Hospitality, and Tourism (4 editions), with significant international participation and with the involvement of international personalities as keynote speakers, respectively with the support of numerous prestigious international academic journals;
- member of the development and implementation team of the Erasmus + BIP (Blended Intensive Program) Event Management – Autumn School, together with EPHEC (Bruxelles, Belgium), ICD Business School (Toulouse, France), and University of Szeged (Szeged, Hungary), October 23rd-December 8th, 2023, with online activities prior and after the physical mobility (November 6th-10th, 2023), involving 24 students from the partner universities and 9 from the Faculty of Business;
- coordinator/responsible of the development and implementation team of the Erasmus + BIP (Blended Intensive Program) Rural Sustainable Tourism in Transylvania – Spring School, together with Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (Lisbon, Portugal), and University of Rome, "Tor Vergata" (Rome, Italy), March 1st-31st, 2023, with online activities prior and after the physical mobility (March 4th-11th, 2023), involving 25 students from the partner universities and 8 from the Faculty of Business;
- coordination of the international online Seminar, European Virtual Venture, organized with ITIN/ITESCIA Cérgy-Paris (8 editions in the 2009-2015 time-span).