Research Areas
- trust management
- relationship marketing
- ethical marketing norms
- ethical climate and culture
- organizational leadership
- sustainability management
- risk management
- communication strategies in times of digital change
- innovation, digital structural change, digital economy
- mixed-methods research
Doctoral Thesis
Trust in the banking sector’s leadership – An empirical analysis of sustainable business model integration in traditional banking as a means of counteracting banking’s trust crisis in times of digital change.
- Betreuer
- Doctoral Subject
- Betriebswirtschaftslehre
- Doctoral Degree
- Dr. rer. pol.
- Awarded by
- Department 04 – Münster School of Business and Economics
CV
Education
- DFG Research Training Group "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" - PhD Student
- PhD Winter School, Norwegian Business School, GSERM, Oslo Norway
- PhD Summer School on Qualitative Research Methods - Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin Germany
- WWU – University of Muenster – School of Business and Economics (MScBA), Field of study: Master of Science in business administration, Major: Management, Minor: Accounting
- University of St. Gallen, Master of Arts HSG in strategy and international management
- Bielefeld University (BScBA), Field of study: Bachelor of Science in business administration, Major: Accounting, taxes and finance
- The University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
- Vienna University - Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
Positions
- Research Assistant - Münster University – Chair of Organization, Human Resource Management and Innovation - University of Muenster – School of Business and Economics
- Intern - HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG – Inhouse Consulting – Payment and Trade Processes
- Intern – Consulting – Porsche AG – Porsche Consulting GmbH - Lean Banking and Insurance
- Operational Assistant – HSG Banking Days - University of St. Gallen
- Operational Assistant - Career Development Centre - Business Contacts Muenster- University of Muenster – School of Business and Economics
- Intern - Assistant to Management Director – Management Office Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA – Bertelsmann Finance Services (BFS)
- Student Research Assistant in Microeconomics – Chair of Economic Theory and Microeconomics - Bielefeld University
- Team leader - Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Student Research Assistant in Internal Corporate Accounting, Chair of Business Administration and Management Accounting - Bielefeld University
- Intern - Audit Corporate - KPMG Europe LLP
External Functions
- Reviewer Journal of Trust Research
- Reviewing committee - European Academy of Management (EURAM)
- Reviewing committee - Australian Academy of Management (ANZAM)
- Supervisor - DAAD’s RISE Germany scholarship program
- Member of the executive committee Research Training Group 1712/1
- Alpha Beta Gamma - International Business Honor Society
- Organising Team Late Autumn School 2015
- Member of the Alumni Association, University of Muenster – School of Business and Economics
- Muenster’s Management Network for Organization, Human Resource Management and Innovation
- Bankers' Club at the University of St.Gallen
- Scholarship Holder - Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Participant of the program "Best Undergraduates to Bielefeld University" - Alumni
Projects
- GRK 1712 – RTG 1712 - Trust and Communication in a Digitized World ( – )
Main DFG-project hosted at WWU: DFG - Research Training Group | Project Number: GRK 1712 - Trust in the banking sector’s leadership – An empirical analysis of sustainable business model integration in traditional banking as a means of counteracting banking’s trust crisis in times of digital change. ( – )
Own resources project
- GRK 1712 – RTG 1712 - Trust and Communication in a Digitized World ( – )
Publications
- . . ‘In whom do we trust? Interlinking interpersonal and organizational levels of trust to create the high trusted bank. A multi-level mixed-methods approach.’ Contributed to the Australian New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
- ‘How to compete in a volatile world - Creating the high trusted bank by integrating a sustainable business approach.’ Contributed to the Australian New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. .
- ‘The trustworthy banking organization: Developing a sustainable strategy alignment for regaining and sustaining trust in banks.’ Contributed to the First International Network on Trust, Dublin, Ireland. .
- . . ‘The sustainable banking organization: Developing a sustainable strategy for regaining and sustaining trust in banks in times of digitization.’ Contributed to the 7th International Conference on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility - CSR in an Age of Digitization -, Berlin, Germany.
- . . ‘Creating a more valuable and trusted banking institution: Advice for management boards of banks.’ Contributed to the European Academy of Management, Paris, France.
- . . ‘Methodological advances to trust research – Using conversion mixed design to identify antecedents of trust within the banking organisation .’ Contributed to the Global School in Empirical Research Methods, GSERM, Oslo, Norway.
- . . ‘Trust me, I’m a banker! – How sustainability may act as a predictor of trust.’ Contributed to the Late Autumn School 2015 on "Trust and Distrust in a Digitized World", Munester.