Prof. Dr. Werner Nienhueser

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitaetsstr. 11
45141 Essen, Germany
email: werner.nienhueser[at]uni-due.de
Phone: ++49-201-183-2260, Fax: (49) 201-183-2283

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Curriculum Vitae

• Citizenship: German

Education

• 1983: M.A., Master of Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann), University of Paderborn, Germany
• 1988: PhD (Dr. rer.pol.), Business Administration, University of Paderborn, Germany
• 1994: Habilitation (Business Administration), University of Paderborn, Germany

Professional Employment

• 1984-1985: Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Mannheim
• 1985-1990: Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Paderborn
• 1990-1993: Assistant Professor, University of Paderborn
• 1993-1994: DFG Research Fellow
• 1994-1995: Professor of Public Management, Human Resource Management and Organisation, University of Konstanz
• 1995-present: Professor (Chair) of Work, Human Resource Management and Organization, University of Duisburg-Essen

Recent (selected) publications (in English language) in refereed journals

• (Ed., with Axel Haunschild and Richard Weiskopf): Power in Organizations - Power of Organizations. Management Revue, Special Issue, Vol. 20, No. 4. München, Mering 2009 (the editorial and all articles are downloadable, thanks to Rainer Hampp Verlag; (Editorial).
• The Effects of Different Types of Works Councils on Bargaining Outcomes. Results of an Empirical Study. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2009, Vol. 30(3): 372–400
• (with Barry, M.): Coordinated Market Economy/ Liberal Employment Relations: Low Cost Competition in the German Aviation Industry. In: Bamber, G.J., & Hoffer Gittell, J. (Eds.). International Perspectives on Approaches to Managing People in the Changing Airline Industry (Provisional Title). A Guest-edited Symposium: (Special Issue). International Journal of Human Resource Management, 15 (in print).
• Resource Dependence Theory – How Well Does It Explain Behavior of Organizations? In: Matiaske, M.; Leblebici, H.; Kabst, R. (Eds.): Resources and Dependencies. Management Revue (Special Issue), Vol. 19., Issue 1+2: 9-32, 2008
• (with Wenzel Matiaske): Effects of the 'Principle of Non-Discrimination“ on Temporary Agency Work – Compensation and Working Conditions of Temporary Agency Workers in 15 European Countries. Industrial Relations Journal (2006), 37 (1): 64-77
• (Ed.) Flexible Work – Atypical Work – Precarious Work. Management Review, Special Issue, Vol. 16, No. 3. München, Mering 2005

Please find acomplete list of my publications here.

Research

I focus on theoretically based, empirical analyses in the field of employment relations and human resource management. In particular I am interested in the causes and consequences of different types of HRM-Strategies, in the relationship between HRM and industrial relations,in different forms of atypical employment and in power in and of organizations.

Teaching

I teach courses in

• Human Resource Management
• Industrial Relations
• Research Methods in HRM and Organisations
• Organisations
• Management

Professional Society Affiliations

• German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA)
• International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)
• European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
• Verein für Socialpolitik
• German Academic Association for Business Research (member of the sections HRM, organizations, university governance, methodology)
• European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
• Academy of Management (AoM)

Editor and Member of Advisory Boards of academic journals

• Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) (2008-) (Editor-in-Chief)
• Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management (Advisory Board)
• Management Revue (Advisory Board)
• Sozialer Fortschritt (Advisory Board)
• Series "Empirische Personal- und Organisationsforschung" (Rainer Hampp-Verlag) (Co-Editor)
• Series "Schriften zur europäischen Arbeits- und Sozialpolitik" (Nomos-Verlag) (Co-Editor)
• Series "Kommunikation in Organisationen: Studien zu Sprache, Interaktion und Diskurs in professionellen Kontexten" (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften) (Co-Editor)

Expertises for academic journals

• International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Economic and Industrial Democracy
• European Management Journal
• management revue
• Die Betriebswirtschaft
• Zeitschrift für Personalforschung
• Industrielle Beziehungen
• Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung
• Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation (zfo)
• Sozialer Fortschritt

Expertises and reports for academies and foundations

• Österreichischer Akkreditierungsrat (Accreditation of Austrian Universities)
• Hans-Böckler-Foundation
• DAAD

Appointments

• Chair of the Section Human Resource Management (German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB)) (2005-2007)
• Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Advisory Board)
• Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ) (Member of the Executive Board)