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Faculty of Management, Economics and Social SciencesSeminar for Business Administration, Corporate Development and Organization

Assistant Professor Dr. Norbert Steigenberger

Dr. Norbert Steigenberger

Jönköping University
E-Mail: steigenberger(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de
E-Mail: norbert.steigenberger(at)ju.se

 

 

Vita

Dr. Norbert Steigenberger is an Assistant Professor at the Jönköping International Business School in Sweden.
Dr. Norbert Steigenberger studied Business Economics at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) and the Universitetet i Tromsø (Norway). From 2005 to 2011, he was a research and teaching assistant at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the Chemnitz Technical University. In January 2011, he received his doctorate from Chemnitz University for his dissertation thesis titled “Result Heterogeneity in Strategic Management Research Findings – Problem Analysis and Solutions”.
Between August 2011 and June 2016, Dr. Steigenberger was a Post-Doc researcher at the Seminar for Business Administration, Corporate Development, and Organization at the University of Cologne. He lead, among others, the projects "Decision-making in complex situations" and "Coordination in heterogeneous ad hoc teams". From September 2015 to June 2016 Dr. Steigenberger was also a guest researcher at Aalto University, Helsinki.

Research

Research Interests

  • Decision making 
  • Merger & acquisition
  • High risk/high reliability organizations
  • Stakeholder management and power in organizations
  • Crowdfunding

Research Projects

  • Stability and change of management approaches in the course of mergers (supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
  • Decision making in complex situations (in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger DGzRS, supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
  • Coordination in heterogeneous ad hoc teams (supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, in the joint project Maritimes Simulatorennetzwerk (MAR-SimNET). Additional partners: Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger DGzRS, Rheinmetall Defense Electronics, Chair of Industrial Science and Innovation Management at TU Chemnitz.

Research Grants

  • Decision making in complex situations: funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, conducted in cooperation with the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS)
  • Coordination in heterogeneous ad hoc teams: Funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, conducted in cooperation with the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS), Rheinmetall Defense Electronics and the Technical University Chemnitz

Awards

  • 2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, 2016 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA.
  • 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
  • 2014 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA.
  • 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, 2013 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, USA.
  • 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Organization and Management Theory Division, 2013 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, USA.
  • 2005 Georgius-Agricola-Medaille, TU Freiberg, für herausragende Leistungen im Studium.

Additional Acitivities

Member of the editorial board „International Journal of Human Resource Management” (since 2013)

Publications

Monographs and Edited Volumes

  • Pawlowsky, P., & Steigenberger, N. (Eds.). 2012. Die HIPE-Formel: Empirische Analysen von Hochleistungsteams. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaften. Details
  • Steigenberger, N. 2011. Ergebnisheterogenität in der Strategischen Managementforschung: Analyse und Lösungsmöglichkeiten. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften.
  • Fritsch, M., Henning, T., Slatchev, V., & Steigenberger, N. (Eds.). 2007. Hochshule, Innovation, Region. Wissenstransfer im räumlichen Kontext-Berlin. (Vol. edition sigma). Details

Book Chapters

  • Lübcke, T., Steigenberger, N. 2015. Resilienz in Hochleistungsteams: Eine umweltökonomische Analyse. In U. Bargstedt, G. Horn, A. van Vegten, Resilienz in Organisationen stärken – Vorbeugung und Bewältigung von kritischen Situationen. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft.
  • Pawlowsky, P., & Steigenberger, N. 2010. Lernen von Hochleistungsteams. In K.-H. Schuchow & J. Gutmann (Eds.), Jahrbuch Personalentwicklung: 61-69. Köln: Luchterhand Wolters Kluwer. Details
  • Steigenberger, N., & Pawlowsky, P. 2010. Lernen von Hochleistern: Welchen Nutzen haben die Erkenntnisse der Forschung zu verlässlichkeitsorientierten Organisationen für Unternehmen? In P. Mistele & U. Bargstedt (Eds.), Sicheres Handeln lernen - Kompetenzen und Kultur entwickeln: 253-260. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaften. Details
  • Steigenberger, N., Pawlowsky, P., Lübcke, T., & Schulte, M. 2010. Leistungsmessung in der Strategischen Managementforschung – Methoden der Selektion von Hochleistern. In H. Jacobsen & B. Schallock (Eds.), Innovationsstrategien jenseits traditionellen Managements. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag. Details
  • Steigenberger, N., & Pawlowsky, P. 2010. Determinanten der Hochleistung. In A. Orthey (Ed.), Handbuch PersonalEntwickeln, Vol. 141.
  • Pawlowsky, P., Mistele, P., & Steigenberger, N. 2008. Quellen der Hochleistung: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Befunde. In P. Pawlowsky & P. Mistele (Eds.), Hochleistungsmanagement. Leistungspotenziale in Organisationen gezielt fördern: 33-60. Wiesbaden: Gabler. Details
  • Pawlowsky, P., Steigenberger, N., & Kneisel, E. 2008. Die Rote Königin überlisten - Strategisches Management aus dem Blickwinkel der Hochleistungsforschung. In U. Götze & R. Lang (Eds.), Strategisches Management zwischen Globalisierung und Regionalisierung: 41-66. Wiesbaden: Gabler. Details

Articles in Journals (Double-blind Review)

  • Steigenberger, N. 2016. The Challenge of Integration: A Review of the M&A Integration Literature. International Journal of Management Reviews, in press.
  • Steigenberger, N. 2016. Organizing for the Big One: A Review of Case Studies and a Research Agenda for Multi-Agency Disaster Response. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, in press.
  • Steigenberger, N. 2015. Emotions in Sensemaking: A Change Management Perspective. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 28(3).
  • Steigenberger, N. 2014. Only a matter of chance? How firm performance measurement impacts study results. European Management Journal, 32(1): 46–65.
  • Steigenberger, N. 2013. Power shifts in organizations: the role of high-performance work systems. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(6): 1165-1185. Details

Working Papers and Articles in Specialist Journals (no double-blind review)

  • Steigenberger, N. 2014. On the Motivation of Backers in the Video Gaming Industry
  • Steigenberger, N., & Lübcke, T. 2009. Hochleistungsorganisationen zwischen Stakeholder-Orientierung und internen Erwartungen. Journal Arbeit, 9(1): 15-16.
  • Kohlbank, T., Leichsenring, J., & Steigenberger, N. 2009. Kosteneffizienz und Sicherheit -  Ein Zielkonflikt? Eine explorative Untersuchung am Beispiel der Polizei. Fokus Prints, 12.
  • Steigenberger, N., Fritsch, M., Henning, T., & Slavtchev, V. 2008. Hochschulen als regionaler Innovationsmotor? Arbeitspapiere der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung,158. Details

Conference Papers/Articles (selection)

  • Steigenberger, N., Wilhelm, H. 2016. Talk is cheap, isn’t it? When and how substantive and rhetorical signals interact to affect stakeholder contributions to crowdfunded projects. Paper accepted for presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California, USA.
  • Steigenberger, N., Fuchs, H., & Lübcke, T. 2015. Intuition or Deliberation – How Do Professionals Make Decisions in Action? Paper accepted at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Steigenberger, N., & Wilhelm, H. 2015. Talk is cheap - is it? The effect of persuasive appeals on stakeholder resource contributions. Paper accepted for the EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece.
  • Steigenberger, N., & Ebers, M. 2014. The paradox of goal-setting and goal achievement in PMIs: why the wrong ones set ambitious goals. Paper presented at the EGOS Colloquium, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Steigenberger, N. 2013. Linking integration team composition to PMI plan adherence in the first three month after closure. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, USA.
  • Steigenberger, N. 2012. Sensemaking, Sensegiving, and Emotions in Organizational Change Processes. Paper presented at the EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland.