Diversity Management
Organizational Behavior
Leadership
HR Management
Management of Diversity and Inclusion
Organisationsverhalten
Leadership
HR Management
Digitalization, Leadership and Human Resource Management
Health-focused leadership and psychological health
Management of the demographic change
Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm is an Associate Professor of Diversity Management and Leadership at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He also serves as the Director of the Institute for International Management and Diversity Management at the University of St. Gallen (IIDM-HSG). He received his masters and his Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen. In 2008 and spring 2009 he worked as a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Ageing at the University of Oxford, Great Britain.
His research focuses on leadership, Human Resource management, diversity as well as change management. He has a special interest in the vocational inclusion of employees with disabilities, health-focused leadership, as well as the management of demographic change. Most recently, he investigates the relationship of digitalization with employees' long-term health.
Stephan has written and edited several books and has published in top-tier management journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Human Resource Management, MIT Sloan Management Review as well as the Harvard Business Manager. He regularly contributes to international scientific conferences and has been an invited key-note speaker at various large-scale congresses.
He has won numerous prizes for his scientific contribution including the Journal of Organizational Behavior Best Paper Award (2012), the Journal of Managerial Psychology Highly Commended Article Award (2014), the Swiss Public Health Award (2014), the Vontobel Award for Research on Age(ing) (2014), the Academy of Management's Saroj Parasuraman Award (2015), the Bright Idea Research Award (2017) as well as the Impact Award of the University of St. Gallen (2019) and (2024).
Stephan is teaching and consulting internationally in numerous institutions and companies based on his expertise in diversity and change management, Human Resources and leadership. He has held workshops on introducing inclusive HR systems, developing health-focused and agile leadership skills, as well as fostering healthy workplaces in times of digital change.
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