DR. PATRICK HAACK - Department of Business Administration

DR. PATRICK HAACK
Office Address:
Université de Lausanne
Département de Stratégie
Quartier UNIL-Dorigny
Bâtiment Internef – 603
CH-1015 Lausanne
Private Phone/Email:
+41-76-700-4688
[email protected]
Date/Place of Birth:
Marital Status:
June 11th, 1978, Aachen (Germany)
Married, one child
ACADEMIC CURRICULUM
Since 08/2015
HEC, University of Lausanne
Assistant Professor of Business Ethics (tenure track)
Since 09/2014
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Fellow, World Class Research Environment “Governing Responsible Business”
01/2013 – 07/2015
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Assistant Professor (non-tenured) in Organization Studies, Department of
Business Administration, research group of Prof. Dr. Andreas G. Scherer
03/2014 – 07/2014
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Visiting Scholar, Department of Organization; Affiliated Visiting Scholar,
Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
10/2008 – 12/2012
University of Zurich, Switzerland
 Doctoral Degree in Organization Studies, Faculty of Business Administration
 Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andreas G. Scherer and Prof. David Seidl, PhD.
 6.00, summa cum laude
 Nominated for the 2013 Young Talent Award of the German Academic
Association for Business Research; VHB
01/2011 – 12/2011
Stanford University, United States
Visiting Scholar, School of Education, Scandinavian Consortium for
Organizational Research
05/2010 – 06/2010
United Nations, United States
Visiting Researcher, UN Global Compact Office
07/2009 – 08/2009
Stanford University, United States
Sommer Institute in Political Psychology
01/2009 – 01/2011
Université de Montréal, Canada
Fellow, Transnational Doctoral Academy on Corporate Responsibility
10/2001 – 06/2007
University of Constance, Germany
 Diploma in Public Administration (“Verwaltungswissenschaft”)
 Best faculty graduation, rank 1 out of 107 (GPA of 1.1)
 VEUK Award for outstanding diploma thesis
08/2004 – 06/2005
York University, Canada
Visiting Student, Schulich School of Business and Political Science Department
09/2003 – 06/2004
University of Granada, Spain
Visiting Student, Political Science and Management Department
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RESEARCH FOCUS
Research Areas
Corporate Social Responsibility
Microfoundations of Institutions
Practice Adoption and Implementation
Experimental Research Methods
Social Judgment Formation
Transnational Governance
Research Interests
My research seeks to integrate psychological and social-constructionist
viewpoints within an ideational paradigm to open the “black box” of institutional
processes. My specific interests include the micro-level and multi-level analysis
of social evaluations, including legitimacy and reputation, the exploration of
decoupling from a dynamic perspective, and questions of research design and
research methodology, especially the application of experiments and formal
modelling approaches in the study of institutionalization and legitimation.
Current Topics
The Integration of Approaches to Diffusion and Decoupling
Under which conditions does the hypocritical adoption of formal corporate
responsibility policies in transnational governance prove instable and yield longterm institutional consequences?
Endogenous Sources of Institutional Change
What explains the sudden decline in the validity of organizations and organizational practices? How can we explore the magnitude of mental and
behavioral thresholds in the validation process?
The Microfoundation of Institutions: Methodological Challenges
What kind of research designs and research methods facilitate the examination
of micro- and multi-level institutional processes? What are the opportunities and
challenges of (quasi-)experimental methods and formal modeling approaches?
The Affective Dimension of Legitimacy
Is there an affective component of legitimacy judgments, besides its cognitive
and sociopolitical components? How can we conceptualize and examine such
an affective component?
Reputation as a Buffer vs. Reputation as a Liability
What role plays a firm’s reputation in influencing evaluators’ (e.g., customers,
investors, stakeholders, etc.) attributions of responsibility and choice behavior
following negative events? Does a firm’s reputation weaken or intensify the
strength of evaluators’ responses to negative events?
The Communicative Constitution of Organizations
What is the role of the mass media in stabilizing terrorist organizations (e.g., al
Qaeda) that operate under extreme circumstances (restrictions to
communication, lacking an overview of their own members, etc.)?
ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
08/2015
Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015
Winner, Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division Best Paper Award (with
Dennis Schoeneborn) [1,000 USD]
07/2015
European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium 2015
Winner, Best Student Paper Award, Subtheme no. 10: Creating and Sustaining
Transnational Multi-Actor Governance of Corporate Conduct (with Stefan
Schembera und Andreas Georg Scherer)
08/2014
Foundation Ambros Lüthi
Finalist, Research Award of the Foundation Ambros Lüthi
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ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS (CONTINUED)
05/2013
German Academic Association for Business Research; VHB
Finalist, Young Talent Award 2013
05/2013
University of Zurich
Finalist, Mercator Award for Junior Researchers
03/2013
German Academic Association for Business Research
Winner, Best Paper Award of the Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation [1,000 €]
07/2011
European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium 2011
 Finalist of Best Paper Award (entire conference; with Dennis Schoeneborn
and Timothy Kuhn)
 Winner, Best Paper Award (with Dennis Schoeneborn and Timothy Kuhn),
sub-theme no. 30: “Organizations of Organizations”
07/2009
European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium 2009
Winner, Best Student Paper Award, sub-theme no. 13: “The Social Dynamics of
Standardization” (with Dennis Schoeneborn and Christopher Wickert)
06/2007
University of Constance
VEUK-Award for outstanding diploma thesis at the faculty of Politics and
Management
THIRD-PARTY FUNDING & SCHOLARSHIPS
In preparation
Research Project “The Communicative Constitution of Organizations as
Intentional Actors: Applicant (with Dennis Schoeneborn). In preparation for
resubmission (“Revise and Resubmit”) to the Danish Council for Independent
Research, April 2016 [410,000 €]
In preparation
Scientific Network “Microfoundations of Institutions”: Founder and
Coordinator (with Jost Sieweke). In preparation for resubmission (“Revise and
Resubmit”) to the German Research Foundation, January 2016 [41,500 €]
Since 09/2014
Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (Denmark). Fellowship, World
Class Research Environment “Governing Responsible Business” [Annual
honorarium of 3,400 €]
04/2014 – 07/2014
Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne (Switzerland): Acquisition of
funding for research stay at Copenhagen Business School [9,600 CHF]
01/2014 – 06/2014
Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and IT, University of Zurich
(Switzerland): Acquisition of funding and project leader of the e-learning project
“Interactive Learning 2014” [5,000 CHF]
04/2013 – 03/2016
Foundation for Research in Science and the Humanities, University of
Zurich (Switzerland): Acquisition of funding for the project “Testing the
legitimacy-as-deliberation thesis” (with Andreas Scherer) [17,000 CHF]
01/2011 – 12/2011
Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne (Switzerland): Acquisition of
funding for research stay at Stanford University (United States) [52,000 CHF]
07/2009 – 08/2009
Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne (Switzerland): Acquisition of
funding for attending the Summer Institute on Political Psychology at Stanford
University (United States) [4,100 CHF]
01/2009 – 01/2011
German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn (Germany)
Fellowship, Transnational Doctoral Academy on Corporate Responsibility
[Funding of travel expenses and accommodation]
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THIRD-PARTY FUNDING & SCHOLARSHIPS (CONTINUED)
12/2008 – 12/2010
Swiss Network for International Studies, Geneva (Switzerland): Coacquisition of funding for the project “The Role of Private Business in Global
Governance: An Analysis of Corporate Citizenship Approaches of Swiss MNEs
and SMEs Participating in the UN Global Compact (with Andreas Scherer,
Guido Palazzo, Dorothée Baumann, and Christopher Wickert [220,000 CHF]
11/2006 – 06/2007
Hans-Jäckh-Stiftung, Heilbronn (Germany): Acquisition of funding for diploma
thesis “Talking Intervention” [1,000 €]
08/2004 – 06/2005
Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart (Germany): Acquisition of
funding for research stay at York University, Toronto (Canada) [15,000 €]
04/2003 – 07/2003
German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn (Germany): Acquisition of
funding for research stay at the University of Granada (Spain) [2,000 €]
04/2003 – 07/2003
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin
(Germany): Acquisition of funding for internship at the German‐Argentinean
Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Buenos Aires (Argentina) [3,000 €]
ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC SYMPOSIA & WORKSHOPS
09/2015
Annual Symposium of the Oxford Centre for Corporate Reputation, Oxford
University (England). Convenor of the paper session “Experimental Research
on Corporate Reputation”
07/2015
European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Athens (Greece).
Co-convenor of the preconference workshop “Experimental Research in
Organization Studies” (with Alex Bitektine and Rodolphe Durand)
07/2014
European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Rotterdam (The
Netherlands). Convenor of the preconference workshop “Experimental
Research in Institutional Theory: Opportunities and Challenges” (with Alex
Bitektine and Lynne Zucker)
08/2013
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando (United States):
Convenor of the symposium “Experimental Research in Institutional Theory”
(with Alex Bitektine and Marius Meeus, sponsored by OMT & MOC divisions)
08/2012
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston (United States): Convenor
of the symposium “Experimental Research in Institutional Theory” (with Alex
Bitektine, sponsored by the OMT, MOC and OB divisions)
SERVICE AS ACADEMIC REVIEWER
Editorial board membership:
 Academy of Management Review, since 2015
 Business & Society, since 2014
Ad-hoc reviewer for the following academic journals:
 Business Ethics Quarterly
 International Interactions
 Journal of Business Ethics
 Journal of Management Studies
 Organization Studies
 Strategic Organization
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SERVICE AS ACADEMIC REVIEWER (CONTINUED)
Regular reviewer at academic conferences:
 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (OMT, MOC, and SIM divisions);
since 2010
 German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB; Organization
Studies Division); since 2011
ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS
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German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), since 2014
Academy of Management, since 2010
Competence Centre for Human Rights, University of Zurich, contact person
for the section Business and Economics, since 2010
European Group for Organizational Studies, since 2009
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Organisation und Management, since 2013
TEACHING FOCUS
With the goal that students transfer insights across disciplinary domains, my teaching seeks to integrate
knowledge from psychology, political science, and economics with organization studies. By drawing on
my business work experience (e.g., as a crisis communication consultant at Burson Marsteller), I try to
blend theoretical with practical concerns. In seminars, I put special emphasis on introducing students to
the basics of research design and train them in research methods, such as in the application of content
analytical and experimental approaches. I provide in-depth feedback to student essays and
presentations in order to develop students’ scholarly skills and critical thinking. Interactive elements
(e.g., breakout groups or instant online-surveys) as well as e-learning tools (e.g., podcasts) enrich my
classroom teaching.
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
Since spring 2016
The Management of Risk, Legitimacy and Reputation (in English), HEC
Lausanne: Instructor, lecture for master students
Since fall 2015
Introduction to Business Ethics (in English), HEC Lausanne: Instructor,
lecture for 3rd year bachelor students
Spring 2013, 2015
Strategies of Multinational Firms (in German), University of Zurich: Instructor,
seminar for bachelor students [Evaluation in 2013: 5.9 out of 6.0; Evaluation
in 2015: 5.5 out of 6.0]
Spring 2014
Corporate Responsibility, Governance & Communication (in English),
Copenhagen Business School: Instructor of the session “CSR and Institutional
Theory”, seminar for master students [No Evaluation]
Fall 2013, 2014
Introduction to Management (in German), University of Zurich: Instructor
(together with Prof. Dr. Andreas G. Scherer) and main coordinator of the study
module (incl. creation and maintenance of the e-learning platform; creation,
head organization, and grading of the exams which involve about 1,200
bachelor students) [Evaluation in 2013: 4.6 out of 6.0; 2014: 4.5 out of 6.0]
Fall 2012
Entrepreneurship (in German), University of Zurich: Instructor of proseminar
for bachelor students [Evaluation: 4.9 out of 6.0]
Theories of the Multinational Firm (in German), University of Zurich: Teaching
assistant, seminar for bachelor students [No Evaluation]
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TEACHING PORTFOLIO (CONTINUED)
Spring 2012
Globalization and Multinational Firms (in German), University of Zurich.
Teaching assistant, lecture for bachelor students [No Evaluation]
Business Policy and Strategy (in English), University of Zurich: Teaching
assistant, seminar for master students [No Evaluation]
Fall 2005
International Political Economy (in German), Faculty of Political Science and
Administrative Science at the University of Konstanz (Germany): Teaching
assistant, seminar for master students [No Evaluation]
PARTICIPATION IN TEACHING TRAININGS
Fall 2013
Multiple-Choice Exams, University of Zurich (1 day)
Interacting with Large Student Groups, University of Zurich (1 day)
Spring 2013
Presentation Skills, University of Zurich (2 days)
CO-SUPERVISION OF DISSERTATIONS
Since 2014
Robin Schnider: “Internalization of Externalities through CSR” (University of
Zurich)
Since 2013
Elisabeth Does: “Financial Risk Taking in Organizations” (University of Zurich)
Since 2012
Stefan Schembera: “Organizing for CSR – Fighting corruption” (University of
Zurich)
MEMBER OF DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
2015/2016
Minh Pham (HEC Lausanne); with Guido Palazzo (chair) and Andrew Crane
SUPERVISION OF BACHELOR AND MASTER THESES
Spring 2015
Chengyi Hou: “Framing free trade between China and Switzerland: An
explorative study” (MA)
Rahel Burri: “Die ‘Public Eye Awards‘ Vergabe: Die Debatte um
unternehmerische Verantwortung im Wandel der Zeit” (BA)
Jane Schmid: “Emotionen als Treiber von Spillover-Effekten in der
Legitimierung von TGS: Ergebnisse eines Experiments“ (BA)
Nominated for the Bachelor thesis award 2015 of the Faculty of
Economics, Business Administration and IT, University of Zurich
Patrica Weber: “Schwellen der CSR-Verantwortung von Unternehmen
gegenüber Mitarbeitenden – aus der Sicht der Mitarbeitenden und des
Unternehmens“ (BA)
Dario Musumeci: “Ein Experiment zur Untersuchung des Einflusses von CSRAktivitäten auf die Wahrnehmung eines Unternehmens als verantwortungsbewusste Organisation” (BA)
Céline Tritten: “Die Wirkung von Unternehmensgrösse und Reputation auf die
wahrgenommene Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Eine experimentelle
Untersuchung“ (BA)
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SUPERVISION OF BACHELOR AND MASTER THESES (CONTINUED)
Fall 2014
Wenzel Roth: “Die öffentliche Kommunikation zum UN Global Compact: In
welchem Masse unterscheiden sich Befürworter und Kritiker im emotionalen
Gehalt ihrer Aussagen?“ (BA)
Bernadette Scharfenberger: “The Discrepancy between Communication and
Action in the Field of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Multiple Regression
Analysis of Determinants Influencing the “Promise-Performance Gap” (BA)
Carmen Sprus: “Die kommunikative Konstituierung des transnationalen
Handelsabkommen: Ergebnisse einer Inhaltsanalyse“ (BA)
Simona Eicher: “The Effect of Character and Capability Cues on Corporate
Reputation and Product Value Evaluation: An Empirical Study” (BA)
Spring 2014
Kevin Hönger: “Die Stärke und Richtung des Priming-Effekts auf die Legitimität
der Finanzbranche in Abhängigkeit von internen und externen Bezugsgruppen:
Ein Experiment” (BA)
Tamara Lötscher: “Strategien des Legitimitätsaufbaus: Der Fall des UN Global
Compacts” (BA)
Jolanda van der Maas: “Die affektive Dimension von Legitimität: Entwicklung
und Validierung eines Untersuchungsdesigns” (BA)
Lara Vogt: “Global-Governance-Implementierung durch Legitimierung: Eine
Analyse am Beispiel des UN Global Compacts” (BA)
Fall 2013
Dominic Locher: “The Influence of Validity on Propriety in Group Discussions:
An Experimental Investigation” (MA)
Romana Mostafa: “Der Einfluss von Kommunikation auf die Legitimität der 1:12
Initiative: Die Rolle von Gruppenhomogenität und Gruppenausrichtung” (BA)
Spring 2013
Sarah Inauen: “Klimawandel effektiv kommuniziert Welche Deutungsrahmen
führen zur Optimierung der Delegitimierungskampagnen von Umwelt‐NGOs
gegen MNUs?” (MA)
Master thesis award 2013 of the Faculty of Economics, Business
Administration and IT, University of Zurich
Alexander Stauch: “Krisenkommunikation und Legitimitätsverlust: Eine
experimentelle Untersuchung der Wirksamkeit von Kommunikationsstrategien
in Abhängigkeit von unterschiedlichen Krisenarten” (BA)
Michael Groos: “Die Wirkung von Unternehmensgröße und
Unternehmensvergangenheit auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit von
Greenwashvorwürfen: Eine experimentelle Untersuchung” (BA)
Andreas Schenkel: “Die dynamische Entwicklung von CSR: Decoupling und
Coupling‐Prozesse über die Zeit. Eine qualitative Fallstudie aus
dem Textilgewerbe” (BA)
Fall 2012
Michael Denzler: “Repairing Legitimacy after Allegations of Privacy Violations:
A Case Study of Google Street View” (BA)
Aleksandra Risteski: “The Disclosure of Preference Falsification through
Modern Communication: The Revolutionary Movements in the Arab
Spring analyzed from a Legitimacy Perspective” (BA)
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SUPERVISION OF BACHELOR AND MASTER THESES (CONTINUED)
Spring 2012
Mischa Haberthür: “Der United Nations Global Compact und Spillover-Effekte:
Wie Firmen Assoziierungen mit dem UNGC in der Geschäftsberichterstattung
einsetzen” (BA)
NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
07/2009 – 12/2010
Foundation Guilé, Zurich, Switzerland
Analyst, Assessment of CSR communication of MNCs
05/2008 – 09/2008
European Aeronautic and Space Company, Munich, Germany
 Assistant, Communications Department, Cassidian (Defence & Security)
 CEO briefing and positioning
10/2007 – 05/2008
Burson-Marsteller, Berlin, Germany
 Junior Consultant for various national and international clients
 Human rights project for Robert Amsterdam, lawyer of Michail
Chodorkowski
07/2007 – 08/2007
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn,
Germany
Project Consultant at the organizational development department
06/2006
KOB, Obertulba, Germany
Interpreter for Ecuadorian tourist group during the soccer world championship in
Germany
09/2004 – 06/2005
Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, Toronto, Canada
Research Assistant
09/2004 – 12/2004
Amnesty International, Toronto, Canada
Assessment of leadership strategy as part of the Schulich MBA-Course “NonProfit Management” with subsequent consultancy of the management board
04/2003 – 07/2003
German-Argentinean Chamber of Commerce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Intern at the Human Resources Department
03/2002 – 06/2002
Siemens AG, Konstanz, Germany
Assistant at the Controlling department
09/2000 – 05/2001
Work & Travel Visa Australia & New Zealand
Round trip with working stay in Sydney
06/2000 – 10/2005
LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany
 Trainee with responsibilities in the Corporate Communications, Economic
Research, Risk Management, and Controlling departments.
 In total eight months of full‐time occupation during university vacancies
09/1998 – 06/2000
LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany
 Certified “Bankkaufmann”
 GPA: 89 out of 100 percent
09/1997 – 08/1998
State Office for Preservation of Monuments, Mainz, Germany
Civil Service, assistant for archeological excavations
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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Since 2013
Department of Business Administration (IBW), University of Zurich: Elected
board member of IfbF club, the alumni association of former IBW employees
Since 2010
Academy of Management: Founder and Co-Convenor of the “Swiss
Reception,” an informal networking event at the Annual Meetings of the
Academy of Management
Since 2010
Competence Centre for Human Rights, University of Zurich: Contact person
for the section Business and Economics
10/2013
Student Network for Ethics in Economics and Practice (sneep): Workshop
Leader at the sneep workshop “Ethics in the Financial Industry”
SKILLS
Languages
German: mother tongue
English: fluent; 3 year residence in the United States, Canada, and Australia;
TOEFL 2004: 287/300
Spanish: very good, 18 month residence in Spain and Latin America
French: basic – intermediate (B1/B2); 4 years of high school teaching, 2 month
residence in Cannes, France
Methodological Skills
Correspondence Analysis
Lab and Survey Experiments
Logistic and Multinomial Logistic Regression
Qualitative Content Analysis
Quantitative Content Analysis
Software Skills
QDA Miner, NVivo, SPSS, Stata, SimStat, WordStat
PERSONAL
I was a former bank assistant as well as a communication and policy consultant. Currently, I enjoy
cross-country skiing, cycling, the outdoors, and spending time with my family. I also enjoy traveling
abroad to get in touch with other people, cultures, and mindsets.
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REFERENCES
Dr. Renate E. Meyer
Professor of Organization Studies
Head of the Institute for Organization Studies
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Austria
[email protected]
+43-1-313-364-437
Michael D. Pfarrer, PhD
Associate Professor of Management
Department of Management
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
United States
[email protected]
+1-706-542-8393
Dr. Andreas Georg Scherer
Professor of Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm
Department of Business Administration
University of Zurich
Switzerland
[email protected]
+41-44-634-5300
Dr. Dennis Schoeneborn
Professor (MSO) of Organization, Communication, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Copenhagen Business School
Dept. of Intercultural Communication and Management
Porcelænshaven 18A
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
[email protected]
+45-3815-4225
David Seidl, PhD
Professor of Organization and Management
Department of Business Administration
University of Zurich
Switzerland
[email protected]
+41-44-634-3750
Dr. Peter Walgenbach
Professor of Organization, Leadership and Human Resource Management
School of Economics and Business Administration
University of Jena
Germany
[email protected]
+49-3641-943-130
Zurich, 7 December 2015
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