Simon Oertel
November 2015 Office AddressFriedrich Schiller University of Jena
Chair of Organization, Leadership and HRM School of Economics and Business Administration Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 3 07743 Jena Phone: ++49 (3641) 9-43133 Fax: ++49 (3641) 9-43132 http://www.wiwi.uni-jena.de/Organisation/ Research Interests
Imprinting Institutional Theories of Organization
Organizational/Institutional Change Industrial Relations
Sociology of Higher Education Behavioral Theory of the Firm Educational and Professional Curriculum
Since 10/2010 Postdoctoral Researcher
Chair of Organization, Leadership and HRM School of Economics and Business Administration Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
05/2014 - 10/2014 Stanford University (CA, USA), Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology
10/2013 - 12/2013 WU Wien (Vienna, Austria), Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Organization Studies
10/2010 Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) in Business Administration at the School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. PhD thesis: “Drivers of organizational success – Factors that influence organizational survival chances” (summa cum laude)
09/2008 - 09/2010 Research Fellow
Chair of Organization, Leadership and HRM School of Economics and Business Administration Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany 05/2006 - 08/2008 Research Fellow
(Scholarship of the Federal State of Thuringia)
(“Landesgraduiertenstipendium des Landes Thüringen”) Chair of Organization Theory and Management
10/2004 - 02/2006 Master of Arts in Political Economics, University of Erfurt, Germany. Master’s thesis: “Organizational learning” 10/2000 - 08/2004 Diploma in Business Administration (Dipl. Betriebswirt),
University of Applied Sciences of Trier, Germany. Diploma thesis: “The influence of attitudes on employee motivation” Memberships
Academy of Management (OMT; ENT)
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) New Institutionalism Network
HBS Forschungsnetzwerk Personal, Arbeit, Organisation Service as Academic Reviewer
Academy of Management Meeting (OMT, ENT, MH divisions) Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Erasmus Law Review EURAM
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
Journal for East European Management Studies Journal of Organizational Change Management Journal of Organization & Management
Scandinavian Journal of Management Service in Academic Governance
Member of the appointments committee for the full professor position for educational studies at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (2013)
Member of the appointments committee for the full professor position for international management at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (2012)
Third-Party Funding, Individual Scholarships and Awards
2015 Winner of the Best Paper Award, zfo (VHB, Kommission Organisation) (1200,-- EUR)
2014 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Acquisition of funding and individual beneficiary of a visting scholarship, Stanford University (14800,-- EUR)
2012 Research Grant of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany (6600,-- EUR)
2009 - 2015 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Acquisition of funding and individual beneficiary of travel grants (~7000,-- EUR)
2006 - 2008 PhD Scholarship of the Federal State of Thuringia; (“Landesgraduiertenstipendium des Landes Thüringen”) (19500,-- EUR)
Courses Taught Undergraduate
Seminar “Organization Change” (winter term 2010/11, 20 students) Seminar “Organization Theory” (winter term 2011/12, 20 students)
Seminar “The European Airline Industry” (winter term 2012/13, 20 students) Seminar “Industrial relations” (winter term 2013/14, 30 students)
Seminar “Non-profit organizations” (winter term 2014/15, 30 students)
Tutorial “Introduction to Organization, Leadership, and HRM” (summer term 2015, 250 students)
Graduate
Tutorial “Organization Theory” (summer terms 2009, 2010, 2014; winter terms 2011, 2012, 2015; 60-110 students)
Course “Organization Theory (winter term 2012; 60 students)
Seminar “The American Airline Industry” (summer term 2013; 24 students) Seminar “Non-Profit Organizations” (summer term 2015; 15 students)
Tutorial “Organizational Change” (tutorial, summer term 2015; 120 students) Methodological Expertise
Survival Analysis/Event History Modeling Computer-Aided Text Analysis/Content Analysis
Publications
Articles in Refereed Journal:
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach): Organizational failure in the aftermath of radical institutional change, Organization Studies, 2016 (forthcoming).
(with Kirsten Thommes) Making history: Sources of organizational history and its rhetorical construction, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2016 (forthcoming), DOI:
10.1016/j.scaman.2015.09.001.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) Shadows of the past: The effect of
communist heritage on employee consultation, Industrial and Labor Relations Review (ILRR), 2016 (forthcoming).
(with Christina Günther and Peter Walgenbach) It’s all about timing: Age-dependent consequences of founder exits and new member additions, Entrepreneurship Theory and
Practice, 2016, 40 (forthcoming), DOI: 10.1111/etap.12148.
(with Michael Hunoldt and Anne Galander) Institutionelle Komplexität: Wie CSR-Manager widersprüchlichen Erwartungen begegnen, Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation (zfo), 2015, 84, 356-360.
Density imprints and the survival chances of organizations: A question of organizational ancestors, Journal for East European Management Studies, 2014, 19: 81-105.
(with Ina Krause and Peter Walgenbach) Veränderungen in den Beschäftigungsverhältnissen: Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung, Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, 2012, 26: 346-375.
(with Anne Galander and Peter Walgenbach) Imprinting und Regelkonformität – Die Bedeutung des institutionellen Gründungskontexts für die Übernahme der Richtlinien des Deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex, Managementforschung, 2012, 22: 83-126. (with Peter Walgenbach) The effect of core change on survival chances of small and medium-sized organizations, Journal of Organizational Change Management, 2012, 3: 462-482.
(with Peter Walgenbach) Licence to survive: The effect of master certificates on the survival chances of start-ups, European Management Review, 2011, 8: 33-45.
(with Peter Walgenbach) Gesellschafteraustritt und Schließungsrisiko - eine Betrachtung von kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmungen, Die Betriebswirtschaft, 2010,70: 223-238. (with Peter Walgenbach) How the organizational ecology approach can enrich business research on small and medium-sized enterprises: Three areas for future research,
Schmalenbach Business Review, 2009, 61: 250-269.
(with Charles Emery) An examination of employee culture-based perceptions as a predictor of motivation, Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict, 2006, 10: 13-29.
(with Danny Rhodes, Charles Emery, Robert Tian, Michael Shurden, Samual Tolbert, and Maria Antonova) A cross-cultural comparison of leader ethics, Journal of Organizational
Book Chapters and Articles in Proceedings:
Stinchcombe, Arthur L.: Social structure and organizations, in: Kühl, S.: Schlüsselwerke der
Organisationsforschung, Heidelberg, Springer, 2015, 673-676.
(with Kathrin Brünner and Angela Chvosta) Die Institutionalisierung dualer Studiengänge: Hintergründe, Verlauf und Entwicklung, AG BFN-Forum "Duale Studiengänge", 2015. (with Kathrin Brünner) Determinanten der Organisation betrieblicher Berufsausbildung in großen Unternehmen: Bildungszentren als dritte Lernorte, in: Chancen und Risiken aus der
demografischen Entwicklung für die Berufsbildung in den Regionen, Bundesinstitut für
Berufsbildung, 2015.
(with Ulrike Berger and Isolde Bernhard-Mehlich) Die Verhaltenswissenschaftliche
Entscheidungstheorie (The Behavioral Theory of the Firm), in: Kieser, A. / Ebers, M. (Eds.): Organisationstheorien, 7th ed., Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2014, 118-163.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) Die Rechte von Arbeitnehmervertretern in Ost- und Westeuropa - Einheitseuropa oder Zweiklassengesellschaft? In: Kranz, O. / Steger, T. (Eds.): Between Instrumentality and Insignificance - Employee Participation in the Context
of Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. München / Mering: Hampp, 2014, 223-251.
(mit Kirsten Thommes und Peter Walgenbach) Born in the GDR: Imprinting, structural inertia and the survival chances of organizations. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013, 11642.
Drivers of organizational success – factors that influence organizational survival chances, Friedrich Schiller University, 2010 (PhD thesis).
(with Peter Walgenbach) Die Umwelt der Organisation. In: Mayrhofer, W. / Meyer, M. / Titscher, S. (Eds.): Praxis der Organisationsanalyse. Anwendungsfelder und ihre Methoden. UTB: Wien, 2010, 63-82.
Conference and Workshop Presentations
(with Michael Hunoldt and Anne Galander) Handling institutional complexity in
organizations: How CSR managers aim to implement CSR in their organization, 31st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, 2015.
(with Michael Hunoldt and Anne Galander) Handling institutional complexity in
organizations: How CSR managers aim to implement CSR in their organization, Kommission Organisation (VHB), Zurich, 2015
(with Kirsten Thommes) History as a source of organizational identity creation, 30th EGOS Colloquium, Rotterdam, 2014.
(with Michael Hunoldt, Anne Galander) Handling institutional complexity in organizations: How CSR- managers aim at implementing CSR in their organizations, 30th EGOS Colloquium, Rotterdam, 2014.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) Born in the GDR: Imprinting, structural inertia and the survival chances of organizations, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Orlando, 2013.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) Shadows of the past: Employee consultation in Europe and the effect of a socialistic heritage, European Conference of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association, Amsterdam, 2013.
(with Kirsten Thommes) Rhetorical history and intra-industry firm heterogeneity, Kommission Organisation (VHB), Jena, 2013.
Density imprints and the survival chances of organizations: A question of organizational ancestors, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Boston, 2012.
(with Kirsten Thommes) The revitalization of history: The East German watchmaking industry, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Boston, 2012.
(with Thommes, Kirsten and Walgenbach, Peter): Employee participation in organizational change processes – Do East and West European practices differ when the going gets rough?, 28th EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, 2012.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) The influence of imprinting and structural inertia on the survival chances of organizations, 2nd European Organizational Ecology Workshop, Tilburg University, 2012.
(with Christina Günther and Peter Walgenbach) The influence of founder exits & replacements on the survival chances of SMEs, Symposium "Organizations in Change: Modes, Pattern, Dynamics", Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 2011.
(with Christina Günther and Peter Walgenbach) The influence of founder exits &
replacements on the survival chances of SMEs, Academy of Management Meeting (ENT Division), San Antonio, 2011.
(with Kirsten Thommes) Revitalizing strategic resources: The watchmaking industry in East Germany, 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, 2011.
(with Anne Galander and Peter Walgenbach) Becoming Institutionalized: Key actors and the German Corporate Governance Code – 1998-2010, 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, 2011.
(with Ina Krause and Peter Walgenbach) Veränderungen in den Beschäftigungsverhältnissen: Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung, Kommission Organisation (VHB), Berlin, 2011. Update or Novelty? Organizational form relatedness as a mediator of density effects, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Montréal, 2010.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) The long-term influence of socialistic imprinting and inertia on organizations, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Montréal, 2010.
(with Peter Walgenbach) The effect of reputation on the survival chances of small and medium-sized organizations, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Montréal, 2010.
(with Anne Galander) The effect of imprinting on organizational norm conformity – Analysis of the German Corporate Governance Code, 26th EGOS Colloquium, Lisbon, 2010.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) You can't teach an old dog new tricks, can you? The influence of imprinting on the survival chances of organizations, Kommission Organisation (VHB), Berlin, 2010.
(with Peter Walgenbach) The effect of core change on survival chances of small and medium-sized organizations, Academy of Management Meeting (OMT Division), Chicago, 2009.
(with Kirsten Thommes and Peter Walgenbach) You can't teach an old dog new tricks, can you? The influence of imprinting on the survival chances of organizations, 25th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona, 2009.
(with Peter Walgenbach) License to survive: The effect of legitimacy on the survival chances of organizations, 25th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona, 2009.
(with Peter Walgenbach) Changes in the governance structure and the mortality risk of organizations, 6th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, MPI Jena, 2009. (with Peter Walgenbach) Veränderungen in der Gesellschafterstruktur und Schließungsrisiko: Eine empirische Untersuchung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen in Thüringen, Forum der Deutschen Mittelstandsforschung, Frankfurt a. M., 2008.
Workshops
MAXQDA Workshop, Instructor: Claus Stefer (MAGMA - Marburger AG für Methoden & Evaluation, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft Philipps-Universität), 22 Juni, 2012.
Unintended organizational change - The challenges of firm growth, maturing, and founder succession (Max Planck Institute of Economics/Evolutionary Economics Unit, Jena), 24-26 March 2011.
Graduate Academy (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena): Qualitative Research Methods with ATLAS.ti, Instructor: Susanne Friese, 29-30 November 2010.
Essex Summer School: Computer-aided text analysis, University of Essex, Instructor: Roel Popping (University of Groningen), 12-23 July 2010.
Survival Analysis, EM Lyon, Instructor: Prof. Dr. Paul D. Allison (University of Pennsylvania), 14-15 April 2008.
Essex Summer School: Introduction to duration models, University of Essex, Instructor: Prof. Dr. Matt Golder (Florida State University), 19 July - 2 August 2008.
