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
Keno Theile - PhD Candidate
as part of cooperative study program) 2013 Project Autonomous exhaust emission test driving, Mercedes-Benz Plant, Bremen, Germany (on the job training as part of cooperative study program) 2012 Quality [...] part of cooperative study program) 2011 Basic Mechanical Processing Workshops, Mercedes-Benz Plants, Bremen / Sindelfingen, Germany (on the job training as part of cooperative study program) Education Since [...] Candidate Keno Theile joined Kühne Logistics University in August 2019 as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Kai Hoberg. His research will focus on the risk management of intra-logistic in the
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
Sarah Joseph
PhD candidate in the field of Sustainable Food Systems at Kühne Logistics University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hanno Friedrich. She successfully completed her doctoral studies in June 2022, with [...] May 2012. Sarah’s research focuses on using interdisciplinary data-driven approaches (such as case study, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and spatial statistics) to measure and improve the environmental su
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
Research Seminar Series
02.2020 12:00 – 13:00 Research Seminar Series When abusive supervision feels justified: Consequences for employee felt… Abstract Abusive supervision, which covers the sustained display of hos… View details [...] Seminar Series Virtuous Victims: How Victims’ Responses to Abusive Supervision Influenc… Abstract We investigate whether victims’ reactions to abusive supervisi… View details 26.02.2020 13:30 – 14:30 Research [...] View details 11.09.2019 12:00 – 13:00 Research Seminar Series The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision Abstract We investigated the turnover intentions of employees who perce… View details 12.06
Master Thesis Award for Susan Reh
in Psychology, wrote her thesis in the area of Leadership and Organizational Behavior under the supervision of Prof. Niels Van Quaquebeke and Prof. Christian Tröster. In the thesis, she investigated how [...] unfavorable to oneself will affect people’s behavior towards their rivals. Using an experimental vignette study, Susan could show that, irrespective of the final comparison distance, comparison trajectories where
Prof. Christian Tröster, PhD - Presentations
The benefit of abusive supervision: Follower guilt!.Paper presented at 7th ESMT OB Symposium, Berlin, DE, June 25th-26th. Van Quaquebeke, N. & Tröster, C. (2018). Can abusive supervision lead to more s [...] Tröster, C. & Giessner, S. (2022). Observers' Moral Elevation and Helping Behavior Following the Abusive Supervision of Coworkers. Accepted to the 82nd Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Seattle, USA, August [...] 5th-6th. Korman, B. A., Tröster, C. & Giessner, S. (2019). The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision. Presented at the 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, August 9th-13th.
