The effect of the disaster context on international humanitarian logistics: An empirical assessment
like the Haiti earthquake in 2010 is described as especially inefficient and ineffective. In this study, we provide quantitative empirical evidence on the effect of different disaster contexts on humanitarian [...] e. conflicts, natural disasters or epidemics, the disaster size and its development over time. We study the effect on the decisions taken by humanitarian actors in international logistics, e.g. the choice [...] a PhD candidate in the field of humanitarian operations and supply chain management under the supervision of Maria Besiou (KLU) and Walid Klibi (KEDGE BS). Prior to joining the KLU, Caspar received a M
Virtuous Victims: How Victims’ Responses to Abusive Supervision Influence Third-Parties’ Helping Behavior
investigate whether victims’ reactions to abusive supervision affect the extent to which third parties are willing to help the victim or the abusive supervisor. A field study utilizing critical incident techniques [...] arising when victims stand up for themselves in the face of an abusive supervisor. Biography Benjamin Korman is a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Christian Tröster in the field of Organizational Behavior [...] provide robust support for our theory that victims who stand up for themselves in the face of an abusive supervisor trigger feelings of elevation (i.e. admiration for virtue) in third parties. Elevation
When abusive supervision feels justified: Consequences for employee felt obligation
abusive supervision to a myriad of negative outcomes for subordinates. In the present study, we develop a complementing perspective and suggest that on top of the negative effects abusive supervision may also [...] analyses revealed a positive and significant indirect effect of abusive supervision on felt obligation via increased justified abuse. In Study 2, we applied an experimental 2x2 vignette method to replicate [...] Abstract Abusive supervision, which covers the sustained display of hostile leadership behaviors, is gaining increased academic attention in recent years. There is strong empirical support linking abusive
Improving the collaboration between humanitarian organizations in the field. A behavioral approach
role to the disaster response, our study intends to identify the behavioral barriers and facilitators during these meetings. For this purpose, we conducted a case study by interviewing 20 cluster members [...] conditions and scenarios and their effect on the efficiency and effectiveness of cluster meetings. Our study elicits, that the collaboration in these meetings is more successful if the cluster lead takes up [...] a PhD-Candidate in the field of Organizational Behaviour and Humanitarian Logistics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Maria Besiou and Prof. Dr. Niels Van Quaquebeke. Her research focuses on the collaboration
Competition between organized and unorganized retailers
in a simultaneous retail pricing game. We first study the one-stage retail-pricing model where the wholesale prices are exogeneous parameters. We then study a two-stage retail and wholesale pricing model [...] University of Technology under the supervision of Professors Jan Fransoo and Dorothee Honhon. He then worked as a postdoc at Tuck School of Business under the supervision of Professor Brian Tomlin. His research [...] mom-and-pops and many multinational firms leverage direct distribution to influence store operations. We study the competition between a supermarket and a cluster of mom-and-pops, which replenish a product from
The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision
more or less abusive supervision than their coworkers. We call this incongruent abusive supervision. Our findings support our theory that employees associate incongruent abusive supervision with concerns [...] theoretical model. These findings highlight coworkers’ abusive supervision as an important context for the experience of one’s own abusive supervision and introduce shame as an emotional mechanism important [...] employee responses to supervisor abuse. Biography Benjamin Korman is a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Christian Tröster in the field of Organizational Behavior and Leadership at the Kühne Logistics
Can abusive supervision prompt supervisor-directed helping? Yes! The role of LMX, locus of control, and guilt
time-lagged study, a two-week daily survey study, and an experiment—provide support for our reasoning. As such, our study not only significantly extends theorizing on consequences of abusive supervision, but [...] victims of abusive supervision may blame themselves for the abuse, feel guilty, and then try to make it up to their abusive supervisors by helping them more. In this dynamic, we posit that abusive supervision [...] Abstract Studies typically find that employees responds to abusive supervision with reduced helping. Most of these studies take the perspective that the target of the abuse will blame the supervisor or
Micro-foundations of improvement initiatives in MNCs: A fuzzy-set analysis of operations managers’ beliefs
, we included beliefs related to efficacy (“pull”) and beliefs related to legitimacy (“push”) to study the convergence of two apparently contradictory theoretical arguments. We use fuzzy-set Qualitative [...] Shanghai, and the Universidad Complutense Madrid. At USC, Johannes conducted research under the supervision of Peer Fiss on configurational methods in the context of organizational innovation and design
Leading local and expatriate humanitarian aid worker in the field: A case for intergroup leadership
intergroup leadership Humanitarian organizations struggle with inadequate leadership at field-level. We study, via an online survey with 125 humanitarian workers, how leadership can tackle operational challenges [...] aid effectively while leading a highly diverse workforce in humanitarian aid field offices. Our study empirically supports that leaders can improve effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian operations [...] of operational performance in the field. Biography Mojtaba Salem is a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Maria Besiou (Kühne Logistics University), Prof. Dr. Niels Van Quaquebeke (Kühne Logistics
Revenue Management for Large-Scale Applications
marginal capacity value estimates to update fare prorations over time. An extensive numerical simulation study demonstrates that the method results in tightened upper bounds on the optimal expected revenue, and [...] University's Department of Management Science where he completed the Ph.D. program in 2009 under supervision of Prof. Joern Meissner and Prof. Kevin Glazebrook . From October 2009 until September 2010, he