Despite its high relevance, top management has received little attention in HR research. Recent studies have shown that mimicry of corporate structures due to uncertainty—the so-called mimetic isomorphism—influences the composition of top management. This development raises the question of the extent to which mimicry and uncertainty influence the structural decision to promote HR executives to top management.
Together with Markus Arnold from the University of Bern and Ivo Tafkov from Georgia State University, Martin Artz has recently published a new research article "The effect of target transparency on managers' target setting decisions" in the Top 6 Accounting journal "Accounting, Organizations and Society". The three authors experimentally investigate how target transparency among employees within an organization affects managers' target setting decisions, especially when employees are dependent on each other for help.
We are very pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Verena Rieger to the School of Business & Economics. Since April 2024, she has been the Head of Chair of Business Management Group at the Center for Management (Business Administration), which focuses on research and teaching at the intersection of Strategic Management, Sustainability, Digital Transformation, and Innovation Management. Previously, Verena Rieger worked at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf at the Chair of Business Administration, especially Management, and at TU Dortmund at the Chair of Business Management.
At the beginning of the summer semester 2024, we welcome more than 60 international students to the School of Business & Economics. In their “Welcome Week”, Incomings Coordinator Martin Schmidt ensured a successful arrival at the university and in the city of Münster. The "Welcome Week" is part of the Exchange Student Services provided by the school's International Relations Center (IRC) to all exchange students.
Just over a month after taking office as the new Dean, Prof. Dr Thomas Langer welcomed the first-year students on the Bachelor's degree programmes in Business Administration, Economics and Information Systems for the first time. At the beginning of the orientation week, which is organised every semester by the WiWi student council, he introduced himself and the School of Business & Economics and gave the students some valuable tips.
Prof. Dr. David Bendig, Dr. Fabian Ernst of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Dr. Lea Püchel of the chair for Digital Innovation and the Public Sector, have published their article "Religion in Family Firms: A Socioemotional Wealth Perspective on Top-Level Executives with Perceived Religiosity" in the Journal of Business Ethics (VHB JQ3: B, FT 50). The influence of religion in Europe is steadily declining, while the Christian faith continues to play a significant social role in the USA.
The University of Münster has moved up two places in the ranking of the best universities for auditing. It is one of only four universities to receive 5 out of 5 stars and the highest rating of "excellent" with 451 out of 500 points. The ranking is published every two years by Manager Magazin and is based on the assessments of more than 80 auditing firms and around 1,400 of their clients.
How can we move towards a sustainable financial sector? Around 140 participants from politics, science and the financial sector discussed this and other questions at the "Dialogue Forum 2024" in Frankfurt at the end of February. The projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the "Climate Protection and Finance (KlimFi)" programme also presented their initial results. This includes the project "Climlabels - Transformation Labels in Climate Finance", which has been carried out since 2022 by the Chair of Behavioural and Digital Economics, together with SAFE Frankfurt, Climate & Company and Ruhr University Bochum.
The first "Master your future" info day of the School of Business & Economics will take place on 16 April 2024. Professors, students, programme managers and alumni will provide information about all Master's degree programmes at theSchool of Business & Economics as well as studying and living in Münster in presentations and personal discussions. The title "Master your future" was submitted by a Business Administration-Bachelorstudent as part of a competition on social media.
