The Management Group –
One institute, five chairs, two centers.

Professor Lukas Löhlein, Asst. Professor Victor van Pelt, Professor Fabiola Gerpott, Professor Utz Schäffer, Asst. Professor Daniel Schaupp, Professor Marko Reimer, Asst. Professor Irina Heimbach, Professor Ayse Karaevli, Professor Jane Lê
Not in the picture Professor Peter Jost, Professor Yuval Kalish, Professor Miriam Müthel, Asst. Professor Anna Theresa Ressi, Asst. Professor Pisitta Vongswasdi
What we represent:
The Management Group stands for
- Rigorous research that helps to derive evidence-based recommendations for management (i.e., research with and for practice)
- A commitment to developing early career scholars (i.e., assistant professors, PhD students)
- Excellence in teaching that prepares students to actively shape the future of work
- An openness and encouragement of diverse perspectives on management challenges
- The drive to attract third-party funding and partnerships
Our institutes, chairs, and centers:
Our academic members:

Professor
Fabiola Gerpott
Chair of Leadership
+49 (0)211 44709 375
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Professor
Peter-J. Jost
Chair of Organizational Theory
+49 (0)261 6509 300
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Professor
Yuval Kalish
Chair of Leadership, Networks, and Organizations
+49 (0)211 44709 360

Professor
Ayse Karaevli
Chair of Corporate Management and Change
+49 (0)261 6509 330
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Professor
Jane Lê
Chair of Strategic Management
+49 (0)261 6509 725
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Professor
Lukas Löhlein
Institute of Management Accounting and Control
+49 (0)261 6509 490
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Professor
Miriam Müthel
Chair of Organizational Behavior
+49 (0)211 44709 310
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Professor
Marko Reimer
Institute of Management Accounting and Control
+49 (0)261 6509 481
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Professor
Utz Schäffer
Institute of Management Accounting and Control
+49 (0)261 6509 700
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Assistant Professor
Irina Heimbach
+49 (0)261 6509 815
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Assistant Professor
Anna Theresa Ressi
+49 (0)261 6509 304
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Assistant Professor
Victor van Pelt
+49 (0)261 6509 483
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Assistant Professor
Daniel Schaupp
+49 (0)261 6509 816
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Assistant Professor
Pisitta Vongswasdi
+49 (0)211 44709 819
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Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
Klaus Brockhoff (Emeritus)

Honorary Professor
Edgar Ernst

Honorary Professor
Bolko von Oetinger
Research articles -
published in the most prestigious journals.
Explore the most recent publications of our management research experts in peer-reviewed journals on management-related topics to discover the research in detail.
Controllers and strategic decision-making: the role of cognitive flexibility in controller-manager collaboration
Fourné, S., Guessow, D., Margolin, M., Schäffer, U. (Pre-Print), Management Accounting Research, Article no. 100840, 13 pages
Keep it steady?Not only average self-control demands matter for employees’ work engagement, but also variability
Gerpott, F., Rivkin, W., Diestel, S. (Pre-Print), Work & Stress
The private life of CEOs: a strategic leadership perspective
Van Doorn, S., Heyden, M. L., Reimer, M. (Pre-Print), The Leadership Quarterly, Article no. 101679, 18 pages
When subordinates do not follow: a typology of subordinate resistance as perceived by leaders
van der Velde, A., Gerpott, F. (Pre-Print), The Leadership Quarterly, Article no. 101687, 32 pages
Kiss-up-kick-down to get ahead: a resource perspective on how, when, why, and with whom middle managers use ingratiatory and exploitative behaviors to advance their career
Gerpott, F., Van Quaquebeke, N. (Pre-Print), Journal of Management Studies
Opportunity or threat?Exploring middle manager roles in the face of digital transformation
Van Doorn, S., Georgakakis, D., Oehmichen, J., Reimer, M. (Pre-Print), Journal of Management Studies
Some positivity per day can protect you a long way: a within-person field experiment to test an affect-resource model of employee effectiveness at work
Schweitzer, V. M., Rivkin, W., Gerpott, F., Diestel, S., Kühnel, J., Prem, R., ... Wang, M. (Pre-Print), Work & Stress
Stayed at home - can’t stop working despite being ill?!Guilt as a driver of presenteeism at work and at home
Brosi, P., Gerpott, F. (Pre-Print), Journal of Organizational Behavior
The ratchet effect: theory and empirical evidence
Matejka, M., Mahlendorf, M., Schäffer, U. (Pre-Print), Management Science
Triggers,traps and disconnect: how governance obstacles hinder progress on grand challenges
Couture, F., Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J. (Pre-Print), Academy of Management Journal
Auditing versus monitoring and the role of commitment
Jost, P.-J. (Pre-Print), Review of Accounting Studies
A conceptual replication of ambidextrous leadership theory: an experimental approach
Klonek, F., Gerpott, F., Parker, S. K. (Pre-Print), The Leadership Quarterly, Article no. 101473, 23 pages
Influencing diversity beliefs through a personal testimonial, promotion‐focused approach
Vongswasdi, P., Leroy, H., Shemla, M., Hoever, I., Khattab, J. (2023), Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 44 (1), pp. 1-18
Ambidexterity in family firms: the interplay between family influences within and beyond the executive suite
Van Doorn, S., Tretbar, T., Reimer, M., Heyden, M. (2022), Long Range Planning, Vol. 55 (2), Article no. 101998, 51 pages
A review and future agenda for behavioral research on leader–follower interactions at different temporal scopes.
Hemshorn de Sanchez, C. S., Gerpott, F., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. (2022), Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 43 (2), pp. 342-368
Commensuration by form: lists and accounting in collective action networks
Crvelin, D., Löhlein, L. (2022), Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 100, Article no. 101333, 16 pages
Emotions in accounting: a review to bridge the paradigmatic divide
Repenning, N., Löhlein, L., Schäffer, U. (2022), European Accounting Review, Vol. 31 (1), pp. 241-267
Exploring the role of metaphors in social-identity construction: the case of the German controller
Goretzki, L., Löhlein, L., Schäffer, U., Schmidt, A., Strauß, E. (2022), European Accounting Review, Vol. 31 (4), pp. 877-903
Friend or foe?Co-opetition and entrepreneurial networking
Jost, P.-J. (2022), Small Business Economics, Vol. 59 (3), pp. 1043–1059
Internal and external interfaces of the executive suite: advancing research on the porous bounds of strategic leadership
Van Doorn, S., Heyden, M., Reimer, M., Buyl, T., Volberda, H. (2022), Long Range Planning, Vol. 55 (3), Article no. 102214, 15 pages
Mindfulness attenuates both emotional and behavioral reactions following psychological contract breach: a two-stage moderated mediation model
Shaffakat, S., Otaye-Ebede, L., Reb, J., Chandwani, R., Vongswasdi, P. (2022), Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 107 (3), pp. 425–443
Should I stay or should I go?The role of daily presenteeism as an adaptive response to perform at work despite somatic complaints for employee effectiveness
Rivkin, W., Diestel, S., Gerpott, F., Unger, D. (2022), Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 411-425
Stop and go, where is my flow?how and when daily aversive morning commutes are negatively related to employees’ motivational states and behavior at work
Gerpott, F., Rivkin, W., Unger, D. (2022), Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 107 (2), pp. 169-192
The detrimental effects of ethical incongruence in teams: an interactionist perspective of ethical fit on relationship conflict and information sharing
Shin, N., Ziegert, J., Müthel, M. (2022), Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 179 (1), pp. 259–272
The practice of innovating research methods
Lê, J., Schmid, T. (2022), Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 25 (2), pp. 308-336
What can I do for you?optimal market segmentation in service markets
Jost, P.-J., Ressi, A. (2022), Production and Operations Management, Vol. 31 (7), pp. 2838-2852
Why some CFOs make better M&A deals: when chief financial officers have greater influence in the C-suite, companies are far less likely to destroy value by overpaying for acquisitions
Karaevli, A., Ozcan, S. (2022), MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 63 (4), pp. 78-84
Bad news for announcers, good news for rivals - are rivals fully seizing transition-period opportunities following announcers' top management turnovers?
Burchard, C., Proelss, J., Schäffer, U., Schweizer, D. (2021), Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 42 (3), pp. 579-607
Dual roles and blurred identities: a framing contest between professional associations in a local strategic action field
Loscher, G., Löhlein, L., Lenz, H. (2021), European Accounting Review, Vol. 30 (3), pp. 503-529
Endogenous formation of entrepreneurial networks
Jost, P.-J. (2021), Small Business Economics, Vol. 56 (1), pp. 39-64
Family ownership, market development, and internationalization of Turkish business groups (1925-2017)
Karaevli, A., Yurtoglu, B. (2021), Journal of World Business, Vol. 56 (6), Article no. 101264, 17 pages
Reaching the heart or the mind?Test of two theory-based training programs to improve interactions between age-diverse coworkers
Burmeister, A., Gerpott, F., Hirschi, A., Scheibe, S., Pak, K., Kooij, D. (2021), Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 20 (2), pp. 203-232
The information paradox in a monopolist’s credence goods market
Jost, P.-J., Reik, S., Ressi, A. (2021), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 75, Article no. 102694, 13 pages
The sorting benefits of discretionary adjustment to performance-based pay
Dierynck, B., Van Pelt, V. (2021), Management Accounting Research, Vol. 52, Article no. 100755, 13 pages
Traits and time in leadership emergence: a longitudinal study
Kalish, Y., Luria, G. (2021), The Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 32 (2), Article no. 101443, 12 pages
At the boundaries of institutional theorizing: individual entrepreneurship in episodes of regulatory change
Löhlein, L., Müßig, A. (2020), Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 83, Article no. 101102, 21 pages
Playing a different game: situation perception mediates framing effects on cooperative behaviour
Columbus, S., Münich, J., Gerpott, F. (2020), Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 90, Article no. 104006, 14 pages
Respectful leadership and followers’ knowledge sharing: a social mindfulness lens
Gerpott, F., Fasbender, U., Burmeister, A. (2020), Human Relations, Vol. 73 (6), pp. 789-810
Stochastic actor-oriented models for the co-evolution of networks and behavior: an introduction and tutorial
Kalish, Y. (2020), Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 23 (3), pp. 511-534
The four competencies every IT workforce needs: digital business demands technology staff skilled in new ways of working
Karaevli, A., Ozcan, S., Wintermeyer, A. (2020), MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 62 (1), pp. 54-58
The interplay of core and periphal actors in the trajectory of an accounting innovation: insights from beyond budgeting
Becker, S., Messner, M., Schäffer, U. (2020), Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 37 (4), pp. 2224-2256
Toward a process theory of making sustainability strategies legitimate in action
Hengst, I.-A., Jarzabkowski, P., Högl, M., Müthel, M. (2020), Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 63 (1)
An identity perspective on ethical leadership to explain organizational citizenship behaviour: the interplay of follower moral identity and leader group prototypicality
Gerpott, F., Van Quaquebeke, N., Schlamp, S., Voelpel, S. (2019), Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 156 (4), pp. 1063-1078
Consequences of knowledge hiding: the differential compensatory effects of guilt and shame
Burmeister, A., Fasbender, U., Gerpott, F. (2019), Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 92 (2), pp. 281-304
It's not just what is said but when it's said: a temporal account of verbal behaviours and emergent leadership in self-managed teams
Gerpott, F., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Voelpel, S., Van Vugt, M. (2019), Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 62 (3), pp. 717-738
The social practice of coevolving strategy and structure to realize mandated radical change
Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J., Balogun, J. (2019), Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 62 (3), pp. 850-882
Founding family effects on business group growth: longitudinal evidence from Turkey (1925-2012)
Karaevli, A., Yurtoglu, B. (2018), Long Range Planning, Vol. 51 (6), pp. 831-864
How do people think about interdependence?A multidimensional model of subjective outcome interdependence
Gerpott, F., Balliet, D., Columbus, S., Molho, C., de Vries, R. E. (2018), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 115 (4), pp. 716-742
In the eye of the beholder?An eye-tracking experiment on emergent leadership in team interactions
Gerpott, F., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Silvis, J. D., Van Vugt, M. (2018), The Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 29 (4), pp. 523-532
Team personal-life inclusion in socially- vs. task-oriented countries: a cross-cultural study of Chinese vs. German teams
Weiss, M., Salm, L., Müthel, M., Högl, M. (2018), Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 49 (7), pp. 919-928
The impact of sharing mechanism design on content sharing in online social networks
Heimbach, I., Hinz, O. (2018), Information Systems Research, Vol. 29 (3), pp. 592-611
Unpacking functional experience complementarities in senior leaders’ influences on CSR strategy: a CEO-top management team approach
Reimer, M., Van Doorn, S., Heyden, M. (2018), Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 151 (4), pp. 977-995
Doctoral Program
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Doctoral Program
Have you ever thought about
our Doctoral Program?
Are you an academically excellent and highly motivated student interested in pursuing research in management topics?
We are delighted to receive applications from inspiring German and foreign candidates seeking to undertake Doctoral studies in one of the fields of Management.