Chair of Leadership and Organization - Prof. Dr. Thomas Steger

Since April 2011 Prof. Dr. Thomas Steger holds the Chair of Business Administration, especially Leadership and Organization. Thomas Steger grew up in Lucerne (Switzerland) and studied economic sciences, with emphasis on business administration, at the University of Fribourg from 1986 until 1991. After one and a half year practical experience in the leadership of a student association as well as in the HR management of a medium-sized company, he started a job as a research assistant at the Department of Organization Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology in 1993. He received his doctoral degree in 2000 and habilitated in 2006. Between 2002 and 2008 he held the junior professorship of European Management at Chemnitz University of Technology. In 2006/2007 he was the professor (ad interim) of the Chair of Governance, Organization and HRM at the University of Hohenheim. Between 2008 and 2011 he was the professor (ad interim) of the Chair in Organization Theory and Management at the University of Erfurt.

Thomas Steger is married and a father of two sons.

His research interests focus on corporate governance (especially boards of directors) and employee owned companies. Particular emphasis is placed on the transitional countries of Central and Eastern Europe. He continues to focus on the new challenges of work and organization design (e.g., digitalisieren, application of artificial intelligence).

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