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We are pleased to announce that our Postdoctoral Researcher Ruidong Zhu has been awarded the Early Stage Funding by the University of Innsbruck, receiving a grant of 12,000 EUR.
He will use this funding to conduct his new research project titled: “CEO Loss Aversion and Slack Resource Deployment: Implications for Corporate Sustainability”. This project examines why and how CEOs make decisions regarding the redeployment of organizational slack resources in the context of sustainability. By exploring the role of CEO loss aversion in these strategic choices, the research aims to shed light on critical behavioral mechanisms that influence corporate sustainability outcomes.
We look forward to the insights his research will bring to both academia and practice.
Research
Kerstin Neumann and Ruidong Zhu attended several conferences over the summer:
Academy of Management
Kerstin Neumann:
As Seesion Chair: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Tackling Grand Challenges: Reflections on Dilemmas and Positionings
Presenting: Dedicated Sustainability Funtions and Firms' Sustainability Performance
Ruidong Zhu:
Presenting: Symbolic or Substantive? The Influence of Boards on Chief SustainabilityOfficer Roles in Firms
41st EGOS Colloquium
Kerstin Neumann:
Expertise and Professional Expert Knowledge in the Context of Grand Challenges
SMS 45th Annual conference
Ruidong Zhu:
Presenting: Symbolic or Substantive? The Influence of Boards on Chief Sustainability Officer Roles in Firms
Research
Starting in March 2025, Kerstin Neumann has been appointed a visiting scholar at the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Research
The Special Issue on “Grand Challenges and the Rhetoric of Collective Action”, co-edited by Israel Drori (2024), Kerstin Neumann, Eero Vaara, Kees Boersma, Yiannis Kyratsis, Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, and Roy Suddaby has been published in the Academy of Management Perspectives.
For the introductory article written by the co-editors click here
and for the entire Special Issue click here
Research
The article “Media coverage of firms in the presence of multiple signals: A configurational approach” by Emanuele Bettinazzi, Anne Jacqueminet, Kerstin Neumann, and Peter Snoeren has been published at the Academy of Management Journal. For further information click here
Welcome!
We welcome Ruidong (Dong) Zhu, joining from Freie Universität Berlin, as the new Postdoc in our team!