Selected Publications of the Area Management

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Haans, R. F.J. and Mertens, M. J. (2026). The internet never forgets: A four-step scraping tutorial, codebase, and database for longitudinal organizational website data. Organizational Research Methods : ORM, 29, 113–141.
Meier-Barthold, M. and Biemann, T. (2026). Signaling effects of women's quotas: an analysis of workforce perceptions and reactions. Human Resource Management, 1–20.
Schwierzy, J., Dehghan, R., Schmidt, S., Grashof, N., Hottenrott, H. and Woywode, M. (2026). Mapping technology diffusion with AI: a web-based approach for tracking additive manufacturing adoption. International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, 6, 1–11.
Thaler, J., Sievert, M., Siraz, S. S. and Pinz, A. (2026). Microlevel judgments of organizational legitimacy: how validity cues and categorical fit shape evaluators' propriety beliefs. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 1–45.
Adomako, S., Zhu, F., Hsu, D. K., Istipliler, B. and Wiklund, J. (2025). Navigating environmental threats to new ventures: A regulatory fit approach to bricolage. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 62, 1524-1568.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. G. and Petriglieri, J. L. (2025). Crisis reveals character: Founder and founding family involvement during firm crises. Family Business Review, 38, 4–33.
Biemann, T., Koch-Bayram, I., Meier-Barthold, M. and Aguinis, H. (2025). Using Markov Chains to detect careless responding in survey research. Organizational Research Methods : ORM, 28, 543–568.
Brauer, M. and Binder, P. D. (2025). The effectiveness of verbal mimicry in activist hedge fund campaigns. Journal of Management : JOM, 51, 3189-3220.
Brauer, M. and Vandepoele, L. (2025). The strength of showing weakness: Organizational supplication and investor reactions to workforce downsizing. Journal of Management : JOM, 1–37.
Dlouhy, K., Biemann, T. and Baruch, Y. (2025). A career ecosystem perspective on societal and organizational characteristics and careers to the top in higher education. Human Resource Management Journal, 35, 561–576.
Dlouhy, K., Froidevaux, A. and Akkermans, J. (2025). Integrating diverse careers perspectives in boomerang mobility research. Applied Psychology, 74, 1–5.
Dlouhy, K., Froidevaux, A. and Akkermans, J. (2025). Navigating the boomerang mobility process: A conceptual framework and agenda for future research. Applied Psychology, 74, 1–26.
Isaak, A., Istipliler, B., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2025). Regulation, corruption, and decentralized autonomous organizations: Insights from Bitcoin trading and platform founding between 2011 and 2023. Organization Science, 36, 2210-2244.
Istipliler, B., Ahsan, M., Mole, K., Adomako, S., Gyensare, M. A. and Tang, J. (2025). Entrepreneurial alertness in dynamic environments: Mediating pathways to entrepreneurial orientation and performance. British Journal of Management : BJM, 36, 1425-1443.
Istipliler, B., Hauser, C., Calabrò, A. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2025). Sovereignty matters! Revisiting the family influence–stakeholder orientation relationship. Journal of small business and entrepreneurship : JSBE, 37, 808–842.
Keppeler, F., Sievert, M. and Jilke, S. (2025). Increasing COVID-19 vaccination intentions: a field experiment on psychological ownership. Behavioural Public Policy : BPP, 9, 16–35.
Motyka, M., Englert, B. and Helmig, B. (2025). Blending business and philanthropy in the data economy: Insights from the emerging field of data philanthropy. Business & Society, 1–35.
Rossetti, C., Biemann, T. and Dlouhy, K. (2025). The emergence of similar personalities in similar occupations. Journal of Organizational Behavior : OB, 46, 1139-1157.
Schmallenbach, L., Bley, M., Bärnighausen, T. W., Sugimoto, C. R., Lerchenmüller, C. and Lerchenmueller, M. J. (2025). Global distribution of research efforts, disease burden, and impact of US public funding withdrawal. Nature Medicine, 31, 3101-3109.
Schmück, K., Schückes, M., Gutmann, T. and Gassmann, O. (2025). Less trust, more truth: Implications and design choices for business models and platform ecosystems in the age of Web3. Technological forecasting & social change, 211, 1–27.
Schückes, M., Unger, B., Gutmann, T. and Fels, G. (2025). Innovation at the interface: A configurational approach to corporate venture capital. Journal of Business Venturing, 40, 1–34.
Sievert, M., Pinz, A. and Helmig, B. (2025). Legitimacy by association? How citizens form propriety beliefs through horizontal spillovers in public–private partnerships. European Management Journal, 1–15.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2025). Working for Jessica or Michael? Implications of gender stereotypes for job application intentions at technology startups. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal : SEJ, 19, 256–282.
Welch, N., Ahrens, J.-P. and Block, J. (2025). Regional labor market integration of women and the share of women in management: are family firms different? Review of Regional Research = Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, 45, 153–183.
Brauer, M. and Vandepoele, L. (2024). Managing the “downside” of downsizing: Firms' impression offsetting around downsizing announcements. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 61, 3684-3716.
Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2024). Types, determinants, and outcomes of entrepreneurial behaviours during crises. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 36, 1333-1362.
Dahlke, J., Beck, M., Kinne, J., Lenz, D., Dehghan, R., Wörter, M. and Ebersberger, B. (2024). Epidemic effects in the diffusion of emerging digital technologies: evidence from artificial intelligence adoption. Research Policy, 53, 1–24.
Dlouhy, K. and Froidevaux, A. (2024). Evolution of professionals' careers upon graduation in STEM and occupational turnover over time: Patterns, diversity characteristics, career success, and self-employment. Journal of Organizational Behavior : OB, 45, 344–361.
Dlouhy, K., Schmitt, A. and Kandel, I. J. (2024). A job demands–resources perspective on emotional exhaustion and work engagement in human–animal work. Occupational Health Science, 8, 733–761.
Englert, B., Sievert, M., Helmig, B. and Jansen, K. (2024). The incongruity of misfit: A systematic literature review and research agenda. Human Relations, 77, 1306-1332.
Henninger, M., Rottler, M. and Helmig, B. (2024). Under pressure: Social information on reference groups and its influence on volunteering intention—a survey experiment. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 53, 510–535.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2024). Heroes of the Green Room – How Able Successors Revitalize and Reinvent Family Firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 62, 1604-1651.
Istipliler, B., Hauer, A., Keese, D., Woywode, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2024). Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment. Journal of Small Business Management, 62, 2563-2606.
Kinne, J., Dehghan, R., Schmidt, S., Lenz, D. and Hottenrott, H. (2024). Location factors and ecosystem embedding of sustainability-engaged blockchain companies in the US. A web-based analysis. International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, 4, 1–18.
Koch-Bayram, I. and Biemann, T. (2024). How corporate social (ir)responsibility influences employees’ private prosocial behavior: An experimental study. Journal of Business Ethics, 194, 103–118.
Koch-Bayram, I. and Kaibel, C. (2024). Algorithms in personnel selection, applicants' attributions about organizations' intents and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study. Human Resource Management Journal, 34, 733–752.
Kowalzick, M., Ahrens, J.-P., Lauterbach, J. G. and Tang, Y. (2024). Overconfident CEOs in dire straits: How incumbent and successor CEOs’ overconfidence affects firm turnaround performance. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 61, 1985-2032.
Mayrhofer, W., Biemann, T., Koch-Bayram, I. and Rapp, M. L. (2024). Context is key: A 34-country analysis investigating how similar HRM systems emerge from similar contexts. Human Resource Management, 63, 355–371.
Mula, C., Zybura, N. and Hipp, T. (2024). From digitalized start-up to scale-up: Opening the black box of scaling in digitalized firms towards a scaling process framework. Technological forecasting & social change, 202, 1–16.
Pinz, A., Englert, B. and Helmig, B. (2024). Organizing logic multiplicity in hybrid organizations: The role of organizational culture. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 35, 353–378.
Schmallenbach, L. (2024). A journey through time: the story behind ‘eight decades of changes in occupational tasks, computerization and the gender pay gap’. Industry and Innovation, 31, 525–532.
Schmallenbach, L. and Biggi, G. (2024). Shortcuts to award winning research: analogies from ‘shortcuts to innovation: the use of analogies in knowledge production’. Industry and Innovation, 31, 1093-1100.
Schmallenbach, L., Bärnighausen, T. W. and Lerchenmueller, M. J. (2024). The global geography of artificial intelligence in life science research. Nature Communications, 15, 1–12.
Sievert, M. and Bruder, J. (2024). Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions. Public Administration, 102, 915–935.
Suwala, L., Ahrens, J.-P. and Basco, R. (2024). Family firms, hidden champions and regional development. ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 68, 1–8.
Zybura, J., Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B., Woywode, M. and Kowalzick, M. (2024). It takes two to Tango – Conceptualizing the “succession dance” in family firms through social exchange theory. Journal of General Management.
Biemann, T., Mayrhofer, W. and Koch-Bayram, I. (2023). Embedded in context: How time and distance affect the convergence of personnel selection practices. Human Resource Management Journal, 33, 47–68.
Bort, S. and Kieser, A. (2023). Coping with devils and climate change with the help of asceticism? Exploring the role of asceticism as trigger of collective climate action. Environmental Values : EV, 32, 525–553.
Brauer, M., Wiersema, M. and Binder, P. D. (2023). “Dear CEO and board”: how activist investors' confidence in tone influences campaign success. Organization Science, 34, 1487-1508.
Colombo, M. G., Guerini, M., Hoisl, K. and Zeiner, N. (2023). The dark side of signals: patents protecting radical inventions and venture capital investments. Research Policy, 52.
Hoisl, K., Kongsted, H. C. and Mariani, M. (2023). Lost Marie Curies: Parental impact on the probability of becoming an inventor. Management Science, 69, 1714-1738.
Isaak, R. (2023). Entrepreneurship in international context: Trends and coping with eco-entropy. Circular Economy, 1, 1–5.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2023). Is exposure to the family firm always good for the next CEO? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects post-succession performance in family firms. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 167, 1–15.
Istipliler, B., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2023). Flowers of adversity: Institutional constraints and innovative SMEs in transition economies. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 154, 1–18.
Koch-Bayram, I., Kaibel, C., Biemann, T. and Triana, M. . C. (2023). : Applicants' experiences with discrimination explain their reactions to algorithms in personnel selection. International Journal of Selection and Assessment : IJSA, 31, 252–266.
Kowalzick, M. and Appels, M. (2023). To change or not to change? Evidence on the steadiness of more hubristic CEOs. Journal of Management : JOM, 49, 2415-2454.
Lanivich, S., Adomako, S., Ahsan, M., Istipliler, B. and Cox, K. C. (2023). Multidimensional cognitive style: Linking founders to firm performance through strategy and resource orchestration. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 166.
Lerchenmueller, M. J., Schmallenbach, L., Bley, M. and Lerchenmüller, C. (2023). Gender disparities in altmetric attention scores for cardiovascular research. Communications biology, 6, 1–5.
Lin-Hi, N., Gao-Urhahn, X., Biemann, T. and Koch-Bayram, I. (2023). Internal CSR and blue‑collar workers’ attitudes and behaviors in China: a combination of a cross‑sectional study and a field experiment. Asian Business & Management, 22, 1185-1213.
Meier-Barthold, M., Biemann, T. and Alfes, K. (2023). Strong signals in HR management: How the configuration and strength of an HR system explain the variability in HR attributions. Human Resource Management, 62, 229–246.
Sievert, M. (2023). The limited impact of reference groups' symbolic gender representation on willingness to coproduce. Public Administration Review : PAR, 83, 587–602.
Wieschollek, V. and Dlouhy, K. (2023). Employee referrals as counterproductive work behavior? Employees’ motives for poor referrals and the role of the cultural context. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34, 2708-2731.
Becker, S., Bergenholtz, C., Bogers, M., Brasseur, T.-M., Conradsen, M. L., Di Marco, D., Distel, A. P., Dobusch, L., Dörler, D., Effert, A., Fecher, B., Filiou, D., Frederiksen, L., Gillier, T., Grimpe, C., Gruber, M., Häussler, C., Heigl, F., Hoisl, K., Hyslop, K., Kokshagina, O., LaFlamme, M., Lawson, C., Lifshitz-Assaf, H., Lukas, W., Nordberg, M., Norn, M. T., Poetz, M., Ponti, M., Pruschak, G., Pujol Priego, L., Radziwon, A., Rafner, J., Romanova, G., Ruser, A., Sauermann, H., Shah, S. K., Sherson, J. F., Suess-Reyes, J., Tucci, C. L., Türtscher, P., Vedel, J. B., Velden, T., Verganti, R., Wareham, J., Wiggins, A. and Xu, S. M. (2022). The Open Innovation in science research field: a collaborative conceptualisation approach. Industry and Innovation, 29, 136–185.
Castellanza, L. (2022). Discipline, abjection, and poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship: A constitutive perspective. Journal of Business Venturing, 37, 1–18.
Gottschalk, S. and Müller, B. (2022). A second chance for failed entrepreneurs: a good idea? Small Business Economics, 59, 745–767.
Herzum, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2022). Effects of corporate environmental activities on evaluators' propriety beliefs. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022.
Sievert, M., Vogel, D. and Feeney, M. K. (2022). Formalization and administrative burden as obstacles to employee recruitment: Consequences for the public sector. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 42, 3–30.
Waerder, R., Thimmel, S., Englert, B. and Helmig, B. (2022). The Role of nonprofit–private collaboration for nonprofits’ organizational resilience. Voluntas : International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 33, 672–684.
Biemann, T. and Weckmüller, H. (2021). Psychologische Sicherheit: Erfolgsfaktor für Teamerfolg jenseits der Teamzusammensetzung. Personal Quarterly, 73, 46–49.
Biemann, T. and Weckmüller, H. (2021). Wie ein effektives Performance Management zum Organisationserfolg beitragen kann. Personal Quarterly, 73, 46–49.
Gerberich, C. W. and Woywode, M. (2021). Digitalisierungskompetenz in mittelständischen Unternehmen. Der Aufsichtsrat, 18, 127–129.
Helmig, B., Jegers, M., Lapsley, I. and Pettersen, I. J. (2021). Guest editorial: Third Sector challenges in the contemporary world. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change : JAOC, 17, 1–4.
Kaibel, C. and Biemann, T. (2021). Rethinking the gold standard with multi-armed bandits: Machine learning allocation algorithms for experiments. Organizational Research Methods : ORM, 24, 78–103.
Leicht, R. and Philipp, R. (2021). Lage und Entwicklung der mittelständischen Wirtschaft in Baden-Württemberg. Mittelstandsbericht des Landes Baden-Württemberg, 2021, 19–30.
Oberg, A., Lefsrud, L. and Meyer, R. E. (2021). Organizational (issue) field perspective on climate change. Economic Sociology. Perspectives and Conversations, 22, 21–29.
Sievert, M. (2021). A replication of “Representative bureaucracy and the willingness to coproduce”. Public Administration, 99, 616–632.
Tonoyan, V. and Strohmeyer, R. (2021). Gender role (in-)congruity and resource-provider gender biases: a conceptual model. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 13, 225–242.
Wieschollek, V., Weckmüller, H. and Biemann, T. (2021). Mitarbeiterempfehlungen und Mitarbeiterempfehlungsprogramme. Personal Quarterly, 73, 58–61.
Zybura, J., Zybura, N., Ahrens, J.-P. and Woywode, M. (2021). Innovation in the post-succession phase of family firms: Family CEO successors and leadership constellations as resources. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12.

Zielinski, F., Mildenberger, G., Rabadjieva, M., Sauerbier, E., Terstriep, J. and Wruk, D. (2024). Was sind soziale Innovationen und wie lassen sich ihre Impacts messen? Konzeptionelle Grundlagen für innovationsfeldspezifische Wirkmodelle. Heidelberg: Universität Heidelberg.
Felfe, C., Kagerbauer, L., Müller, M., Sajons, C., Saurer, J. and Zwick, T. (2022). Mehr Ausbildung wagen!: Barrieren und Chancen für die Einstellung von Geflüchteten in deutschen Unternehmen. Policy brief, 1. Mannheim: Institut für Mittelstandsforschung der Universität Mannheim.
Sajons, C., Philipp, R. and Hartmann, C. (2022). Selbständigkeit von Geflüchteten und Zugewanderten – Alternativer Weg in den Arbeitsmarkt oder berufliche Sackgasse? Policy brief, 2. Mannheim: Institut für Mittelstandsforschung der Universität Mannheim.
Wruk, D. and Oberg, A. (2022). Wirkungen der Sharing Economy in Deutschland. i-share Report, 3. Mannheim.
Mair, J., Veit, D. J. and Woywode, M. (2021). Arbeiten in der Sharing Economy in Deutschland. i-share Report, 2. Mannheim.

Rossetti, C., Biemann, T. and Dlouhy, K. (2024). Personality–occupation relationships in careers. In , Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (S. 1–6). Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management: Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2023). Misbehave like nobody’s watching? Investor attention to corporate misconduct and its implications. In , (S. ). Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management: Chicago, IL.
Ahrens, J.-P., Isaak, A., Istipliler, B., Rottler, M. and Steininger, D. M. (2021). Ultimate dream management: An innovative crowdfunding management technique for the creation of desired products. In , Reshaping capitalism for a sustainable world : EURAM 2021, online conference, 16–18 June 2021; programme book (S. 188). , EURAM: Brussels.

Müller, B. and Sajons, C. (2025). Micro grants for SMES in times of crises: a recipe for resilience and recovery? 2025 ZEW Public Finance Conference. The Future of the EU Budget, Mannheim, Germany.
Ahrens, J. (2024). Organisational sustainability, governance, and time-insights from AI and Big Data. Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space, and People, Milano, Italy.
Biemann, T., Dlouhy, K. and Rossetti, C. (2024). How career experiences affect personality development. AOM Careers Division Community Conference 2024, CarCon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Boukhabza, S., Istipliler, B., Müller, B. and Ouhadi, S. (2024). How Moroccan female entrepreneurs adapt to lead their family firms: Identity work in the face of role complexity. 44th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, BCERC, München, Germany.
Boukhabza, S., Istipliler, B., Müller, B. and Ouhadi, S. (2024). Moroccan female successors as dominated dominants and their identity work activities in the face of role complexity. 40th EGOS Colloquium: Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space, and People, Milano, Italy.
Bruder, J., Helmig, B. and Sievert, M. (2024). Algorithmic decision-making in public e-services and its Influence on citizens' legitimacy perceptions. 84. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e. V., Lüneburg, Germany.
Bruder, J., Helmig, B. and Sievert, M. (2024). Algorithmic decision-making in public e-services and its influence on citizens' legitimacy perceptions. IRSPM Conference 2024, Tampere, Finland.
Bruder, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2024). Algorithmic decision-making in public e-services and its influence on citizens' legitimacy perceptions. The Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration 2024 (EGPA 2024), Athens, Greece.
Istipliler, B. (2024). Entrepreneurship as an ill-defined design domain and impact of prior experiences on entrepreneurial performance. 40th EGOS Colloquium: Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space, and People, Milano, Italy.
Istipliler, B. (2024). Know-what or know-how to venture? Ill-definedness of entrepreneurship and role of experiences. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2024, Chicago, IL.
Mertens, M. J. and Brauer, M. (2024). Just look! How visual impression management facilitates activist hedge fund campaign success. 44th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, SMS, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mertens, M. J. and Brauer, M. (2024). Just look! How visual impression management facilitates activist hedge fund campaign success. 40th EGOS Colloquium (European Group for Organization Studies) 2024, Milano, Italy.
Mertens, M. J. and Brauer, M. (2024). Just look! How visual impression management facilitates activist hedge fund campaign success. BERD@NFDI Research Symposium 2024, Mannheim, Germany.
Mertens, M. J. and Brauer, M. (2024). Just look! How visual impression management facilitates activist hedge fund campaign success. 84th Annual Academic Conference of theVerband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), Entrepreneurship, Digitalization, Sustainability, Lüneburg, Germnay.
Mertens, M. J. and Brauer, M. (2024). The Power of visuals: How visual impression management facilitates activist hedge fund campaign success. 4th International Conference of the Global Research Foundation for Corporate Governance 2024, London, UK.
Park, K. . and Istipliler, B. (2024). Better shot?: Impact of gender quota on female entrepreneurship, evidence from Germany. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2024, Chicago, IL.
Reif, T., Hossnofsky, V., Junge, S., Riefolo, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2024). Navigating succession: Unveiling predecessor preferences for successor attributes in family firms. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2024, Chicago, IL.
Rossetti, C., Sipilä, J. and Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2024). You’re sorry, so what? Exploring the (in)effectiveness of accommodative responses by notoriously bad firms after transgressions. Reputation Symposium 2024, Oxford, UK.
Sarikaya, E. (2024). Discrimination against female and migrant entrepreneurs in the finance sector-Experimental Evidence from Germany. Annual PHD Workshop & Early Stage Researcher Symposium, Rom.
Vogt, J. and Bruder, J. (2024). Why boundary conditions matter: The influence of publicness and degree choice on citizen perceptions of public service failure. The Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration 2024 (EGPA 2024), Athens, Greece.
Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B., Isaak, A. and Bort, S. (2023). Rethinking the merits of family firm exposure of the CEO prior to family business succession. 18th EISAM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Balancing financial and non-financial wealth, Neapel, Italy.
Ahrens, J.-P., Onneken, F., Rottler, M., Strohmeyer, R. and Torchia, M. (2023). Gender equality in firm leadership worldwide: Where are we now and how do family and non-family firms differ? 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Boukhabza, S., Istipliler, B., Müller, B. and Ouhadi, S. (2023). “Identity work in progress”: How Moroccan female successors adapt to lead their family firms? 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Brauer, M., Block, J. and Moritz, A. (2023). Dismissed! Exploratory insights into the relative importance of selection criteria in M&A target screening processes. SMS 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Brauer, M. and Miller, C. C. (2023). The interplay between procedural rationality and political behavior in strategic decision making. SMS 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Burgstaller, L., Müller, B., Sajons, C. and Sarikaya, E. (2023). Discrimination against migrant entrepreneurs in the finance sector. Experimental evidence from Germany. Migrant Entrepreneurship: developments at the intersection of policy and practice, Bologna, Italy.
Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2023). The power dynamics of institutional resistance: Class and gender discrimination in SW Cameroon. AOM 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.
Dehghan, R., Schmidt, S. and Schwierzy, J. (2023). 3D printing and sustainability: A web analysis approach. Informatik Festival 2023, 53. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik, Berlin, Germany.
Hartmann, C. and Dana, L.-P. (2023). New venture creation by immigrants: Learnings from online diaries of founders. 8th Annual Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference and Symposium, Lüneburg, Germany.
Isaak, A., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2023). Hype and regulative legitimacy in contested markets: The case of bitcoin trading. 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Istipliler, B., Hauer, A., Keese, D., Woywode, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2023). Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment. 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Kinne, J., Dehghan, R., Schmidt, S., Lenz, D. and Hottenrott, H. (2023). Location factors and ecosystem embedding of sustainability-engaged blockchain companies in the US. A web-based analysis. The Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science, Cambridge, MA.
Kowalzick, M., Appels, M. and Woywode, M. (2023). A moral foundations perspective on CEO political ideology and (ir)responsible behavior. EGOS 2023, 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.
Kowalzick, M., Appels, M. and Woywode, M. (2023). A moral foundations perspective on CEO political ideology and moral behavior. EURAM 2023, European Academy of Management Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Kowalzick, M., Appels, M. and Woywode, M. (2023). A moral foundations perspective on CEO political ideology and moral behavior. AOM 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.
Mula, C., Zybura, N. and Hipp, T. (2023). The Scaling process: How do high-tech start-ups transform during scaling? AOM 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.
Müller, B. and Stamm, I. (2023). The status of women in entrepreneurial groups: A relational perspective on gender inequalities in new business. 5th ZEW Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE), Mannheim, Germany.
Rossetti, C. (2023). How working long hours before personal losses affects changes in employee well-being via emotions. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Rossetti, C. and Singh, H. (2023). The role of job insecurity in predicting multiple jobholding. EAWOP Congress, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland.
Sievert, M. and Bruder, J. (2023). Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions. Public Management Research Conference 2023 (PMRC 2023), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Strohmeyer, R. and Tonoyan, V. (2023). The dark side of entrepreneurship. A framework for studying and mitigating adverse consequences. Academy of Management Perspectives Paper Development Workshop, New York, NY.
Zybura, N., Müller, B. and Gottschalk, S. (2023). Innovation activities after CEO succession in family firms: A longitudinal perspective. EuFBC Seminar #67, Online.
Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B. and Kowalzick, M. (2022). The ATALANTA algorithm. 5th International Family Business Research Forum, Hasselt, Belgium.
Bort, S. and Kieser, A. (2022). Coping with devils and climate change with the help of asceticism? Exploring the role of asceticism. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA, Hybrid.
Dahlke, J., Beck, M., Kinne, J., Lenz, D., Dehghan, R., Wörter, M. and Ebersberger, B. (2022). When is AI adoption contagious? Epidemic effects and relational embeddedness in the inter-firm diffusion of artificial intelligence. R&D 2022 Management Conference “Innovation for People and Territories”., Trento, Italy.
Herzum, J., Rottler, M. and Helmig, B. (2022). Tug-of-war and bridge-building? Individual perception of and reactions to tensions within Business-to-Nonprofit Partnerships. 38th EGOS Colloquium, Wien, Austria.
Herzum, J., Rottler, M. and Helmig, B. (2022). Tug-of-war and bridge-building? Individual perception of and reactions to tensions within Business-to-Nonprofit Partnerships. Business & Society Research Seminar 2022, Nantes, France.
Herzum, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2022). Effects of corporate environmental activities on evaluators' propriety beliefs. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA, Hybrid.
Herzum, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2022). Examining how corporate environmental activities affect evaluators' propriety beliefs: Experimental evidence on individual legitimacy judgments. CSSI Partnerships Conference 2022, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Online.
Herzum, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2022). Examining how corporate environmental activities affect evaluators’ propriety beliefs: Experimental evidence on individual legitimacy judgments. 38th EGOS Colloquium, Wien, Austria.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2022). Fusing contingency theory and upper echelon theory – for a new perspective on the critical juncture of family firm succession. IECER 2022, Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, 20th Annual Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2022). Fusing contingency theory and upper echelon theory for a new perspective on the critical juncture of family firm succession. 5th International Family Business Research Forum, Hasselt, Belgium.
Motyka, M., Englert, B. and Helmig, B. (2022). Towards a typological theory of strategies in corporate philanthropy. 100 Jahre VHB: Jubiläumstagung des Verbands der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft, Online.
Motyka, M., Englert, B. and Helmig, B. (2022). Towards a typological theory of strategies in corporate philanthropy. 2nd Organization Theory Winter Workshop, online.
Mula, C., Hipp, T. and Zybura, N. (2022). Towards a scaling process: How do high-tech start-ups transform during scaling? Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER 2022), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Rossetti, C. and Singh, H. (2022). The role of job insecurity in predicting multiple jobholding. 38 th EGOS Colloquium, Wien, Austria.
Rossetti, C. and Singh, H. (2022). The role of perceived job insecurity in predicting multiple jobholding. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Rottler, M., Ahrens, J.-P., Strohmeyer, R. and Onneken, F. (2022). Female leadership in family firms. EQUA Stipendiatenkolloquium 2022, München, Germany.
Rottler, M. and Motyka, M. (2022). Fallbeispiel zur holistischen, mehrstufigen und langfristig angelegten empirischen Untersuchung zur Wirkung vom Diversitätsmanagement eines Mehrspartentheaters. 4. Workshop der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Methoden der empirischen (Kulturnutzer:innen) Forschung des Fachverbands Kulturmanagement, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Kacperczyk, A. J., Jennings, J. E., Randles, J., Eagly, A. H., Gupta, V. K., King, E., Strohmeyer, R. and Younkin, P. (2022). Gender stereotypes about leadership and entrepreneurship: Taking stock and looking ahead. AOM 2022, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Panel Symposium, Seattle, WA, Hybrid.
Zybura, N., Müller, B. and Gottschalk, S. (2022). Innovation activities after CEO succession in family firms: A longitudinal perspective. 5th International Family Business Research Forum, Hasselt, Belgium.
Ahrens, J.-P., Basco, R. and Suwala, L. (2021). Family firms, hidden champions and regional development : the way ahead; special session and introduction to special issue. Regions in recovery : Building Sustainable Futures – Global E-Festival, Online.
Brauer, M., Hoisl, K. and Jerusalem, M. (2021). Searching for the gem: The influence of target knowledge distinctiveness on acquisition likelihood and premium. SMS 41st Annual Conference, Online.
Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2021). Resilience among the Disadvantaged: How losses influence the post crisis behaviors of Cameroonian entrepreneurs. unCONVENTIONal IECER, IECER 2021 – Virtual Community Conversation Vol. II, Online.
Herzum, J., Helmig, B. and Englert, B. (2021). B2N partnerships – Nested systems of transformation and interaction: A systematic literature review. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2021, Online.
Herzum, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2021). Corporate Environmental Responsibility Activities as a Basis of Assessment for Individual Legitimacy Judgments. Nachwuchsworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Öffentliche Betriebswirtschaftslehre (WK ÖBWL) im VHB, Online.
Herzum, J., Sievert, M. and Helmig, B. (2021). Examining How Corporate Environmental Activities Affect Evaluators’ Propriety Beliefs: Experimental Evidence on Individual Legitimacy Judgments.. SIM Sandbox Workshop, Online.
Rossetti, C., Edinger-Schons, L. M. and Sipilä, J. (2021). When corporate ethical responses after transgressions fail to alleviate consumers' anger. Business & Society Research Seminar 2021, Unamur, Belgium, Online.
Rossetti, C., Sipilä, J. and Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2021). When corporate ethical responses after transgressions fail to alleviate consumers' anger. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021, Online.
Rossetti, C., Sipilä, J. and Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2021). When corporate ethical responses after transgressions fail to alleviate consumers' anger. 37th EGOS Colloquium 2021, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Online.
Sievert, M. (2021). Representative bureaucracy and citizens willingness to coproduce : An empirical generalization and extension. Nachwuchsworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Öffentliche Betriebswirtschaftslehre (WK ÖBWL) im VHB Programm 2021, Online.
Sievert, M. and Bruder, J. (2021). Of saints and scroungers: Experimental evidence on the effects of administrative burden on citizens' policy perception. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2021, Online.
Sievert, M. and Bruder, J. (2021). Of saints and scroungers: Experimental evidence on the effects of administrative burden on citizens' policy perception.. IRSPM Annual Conference 2021, Online.
Stamm, I., Bernhard, F., Ahrens, J.-P. and Istipliler, B. (2021). Examining the relational embeddedness of entrepreneurs' marital attitudes: What do entrepreneurs expect from their spouses? And how do family entrepreneurs differ? International Family Enterprise Research Academy, IFERA, Online.
Stamm, I., Bernhard, F., Ahrens, J.-P. and Istipliler, B. (2021). What do entrepreneurs expect from their spouses? And how do family entrepreneurs differ? EURAM 2021 European Academy of Management Annual Conference, Online.
Stamm, I., Bernhard, F., Ahrens, J.-P. and Istipliler, B. (2021). What do entrepreneurs expect from their spouses? And how do family entrepreneurs differ? Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER 2021), 19th Annual Conference, Online.
Thaler, J., Pinz, A. and Sievert, M. (2021). Legitimacy judgment formation – Experimental evidence from citizen participation settings.. 37th EGOS Colloquium 2021, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2021). A conceptual model on gender biases and discrimination in entrepreneurial resource provision. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2021, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2021). Human capital provision to innovative start-ups in a male-typed industry. Gendered perspective. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2021, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2021). Innovative women-led ventures and resource-provider gender bias: The contingent role of high- vs. low-resource commitment. BCERC 2021, Babson Conference on Entrepreneurship Research Meeting, Online.
Vogel, D., Döring, M. and Sievert, M. (2021). Motivational signaling in job advertisements and their effects on attraction and hiring. Public Management Research Conference 2021, Honolulu, HI, Hybrid.
Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2021). Investor response to firm recidivism: an expectancy violations theory perspective. Society and Organizations Institute (S&O) Research Day 2021, Paris, France, Online.
Zybura, N., Müller, B. and Gottschalk, S. (2021). Innovation activities after CEO succession in family firms: A longitudinal perspective. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021 (AOM), Online.

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