Further Academic Activities

Activities as conference organizer, workshop convenor, and session chair

2012: “HRM and Social Innovation”, ILERA HRM Study Group Meeting at the 16th World Congress of the ILERA in Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, July 2012 (call for papers published).

2011: Session Chair, Herbsttagung der Fachkommission Personal des VHB, Universität Gießen, Germany, 30 September 2011.

2011: “Employee Involvement and Participation - Diversity in Organizational Forms and Employment Relations”, Co-Chair of Track 7 at the 7th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, November 2011 (call for papers published).

2010: Convenor of the Special Symposium on “The Impact of the Financial Crisis on HRM and Employment Relations at Company Level”, 9th European Regional Congress of the IIRA in Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, July 2010 (6 papers).

2010: “HRM in Turbulent Times”, IIRA HRM Study Group Meeting at the 9th European Regional Congress of the IIIRA in Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, July 2010 (4 papers).

2009: “Diversity in Organizational Forms and Employment Relations”, Track 7 at the 6th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13-14 November 2009.

2009: “Ethics, Social Responsibility, and International HRM”, IIRA HRM Study Group Meeting at the 15th World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA), 24 August 2009, University of Sydney, Australia (7 papers).

2009: “International and Comparative Human Resource Management: Current Research”, Workshop at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Science Po Paris, France, 16-18 July 2009 (4 papers).

2008: International Conference “Sustainable HRM in the Global Economy” in Turku, Finnland (with Prof. Dr. Mick Marchington, Manchester Business School, Prof. Dr. Satu Lahteenmaki, Dr. Maarit.Viljanen, Turku School of Economics, Finland.). 35 papers and 85 participants.

2008: First International HRM Student Conference at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 24-27 November 2008. (Participants: University of Twente, Pablo de Olavide University/Sevilla, Universite de Marseille, Cologne Business School, Greenwich University). 60 student participants.

2007: IIRA HRM Study Group Meeting “Fairness and HRM” at the 8th European Regional Congress of the IIIRA in Manchester, September 2007 (with Prof. Dr. Mick Marchington, Manchester Business School). 8 papers and 25 participants.

2006: IIRA HRM Study Group Meeting “Labour Unbound – Comparative Perspectives on the Implications for HRM of Boundaryless Organizations and Careers” at the 14th IIRA World Congress, Lima, Peru, September 2006 (with Prof. Dr. Mick Marchington, Manchester Business School). 4 papers and 20 participants.

2004: IIRA HRM Study Group Meeting “The impact of HRM on organisational and employee performance” at the 7th European Regional Congress of the IIRA, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2004 (with Prof. Dr. Mick Marchington, Manchester Business School). (13 papers, 20 participants)

Miscellaneous

2011: Academic advisor to Aon Hewitt (HRM Consulting)

Since 2008: Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the European Club for Human Resources, Brussels/Paris (http://www.europeanclub-hr.eu/)

Since 2008: Expert advisor for the FIBAA, accreditation agency for business and management degree programmes, accreditation of the following programs: Steinbeis University (MA International Management, MA Management), Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder (BSc Betriebswirtschaftslehre, BSc International Management, BSc Economics), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (MA International Management)

Since: 2007: Expert advisor for the DGFP, German Association of Personnel Management, active member of the HRM curriculum committee and the academic-practitioner exchange committee

Since 2007: Mentor for the London School of Economics

Since 2006: Mentor for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Since 2004: International Labor and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)

o 1999-2000: Coordinator of the Study Group "Industrial Relations & Societal Transition" (with Prof. Dr. W. Bendix, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

o since 2002: Coordinator of the Study Group "Human Resource Management" (with Prof. Dr. Mick Marchington, Manchester Business School, UK)

Since 1999: Expert advisor for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, Ireland

Referee for

• Academy of International Business
• Academy of Management (Annual Conference – Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management Tracks)
• British Journal of Industrial Relations
• Dutch HRM Network
• European International Business Academy
• Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Human Relations
• Human Resource Management
• Human Resource Management Journal
• Industrielle Beziehungen
• International Business Review
• International Industrial Relations Association
• International Journal of Human Resource Management
• International Journal of Manpower
• Journal of Business Ethics
• Journal of International Business Studies
• Management International Review
• McGraw Hill Higher Education