Stephan Alexander Böhm

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Title
Prof. Dr.
Last Name
Böhm
First name
Stephan Alexander
Email
stephan.boehm@unisg.ch
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Phone
+41 71 224 3181
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Main focuses
Diversity Management, Leadership
Fields of research
Management of Diversity and Inclusion
Leadership
Further fields of research
Digitalization, Leadership and Human Resource Management
Health-focused leadership and psychological health
Management of the demographic change
Education(s)
  • Visiting Postdoc: University of Oxford (England)
  • Ph.D.: University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Major: Leadership and HR Management
  • Master/Bachelor: University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), HEC Lausanne (Switzerland), University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Professional Career

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 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.

Teaching activities

  • Leadership and Human Resource Management (Bachelor)
  • Organizational Behavior (Bachelor)
  • Managing Diversity and Inclusion (Master)
  • New Work: Individualization and (Self-)Leadership (Master)
  • Grand Challenge: The role of companies for overcoming inequality and social separation (Master)
  • Leadership in European Companies (MBA)
  • Leadership and Change Management (Executive Education)
Talk(s)

  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Messung, Gestaltung und Wirkung von Inklusion am Arbeitsplatz. Keynote Speech within the scope of the SIEMENS Switzerland Inclusion Day, Zurich, 5th of December, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Inklusion messen – Der. St. Gallen Inclusion Index. Keynote Speech within the scope of the “Betriebsservice Fachtage”, Vienna, 28th of November, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Social Health@Work – Wie man die Digitalisierung und Flexibilisierung am Arbeitsplatz gesund und effektivgestalten kann. Keynote Speech within the scope of the B&R Passion4Automation Day 2023, Frauenfeld, 24th of November, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Der Inclusion Check – Inklusion messen, verstehen, gestalten. Keynote Speech within the scope of the Expert Conference “Der inklusive Betrieb”, Berne, 21st of November, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Work 4.0 – Wie kann digitale und hybride Arbeite gesund gestaltet werden. Keynote Speech within the scope of the 19th Swiss Conference for Workplace Safety (STAS 2023), Berne, 19th of October, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Social health@work – Wie Individuen, Führungskräfte und Organisationen die Digitalisierung und Flexibilisierung von Arbeit gesund gestalten können. International Guest Lecture by invitation of the University of Kiel in the scope of “Kieler Woche” 2023, Kiel, 19th of June, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Sustainable Performance in a hybrid World. Keynote Speech within the scope of PWC’s @12 Series, Zurich, 14th of June, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Weatherproof – How to create resilient structures to strengthen a company: The interplay of organizational resilience, diversity, and inclusion. Keynote Speech within the scope of Rehau Group’s Inspirational Talk series, Online, 26th of May, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). So arbeiten Sie gesund und nachhaltig nach der Pandemie. Presentation within the scope of the BARMER Online Seminar, 2nd of May, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Führung und Gesundheit in der neuen Arbeitswelt. Keynote Speech within the scope of the Dreiländertagung Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung, Rorschach, 26th of April, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Inklusion aus Forschungsperspektive. Keynote Speech within the scope of UnternehmensForum, Ingolstadt, 14th of March, 2023.
  • Böhm, S.A. (2023). Social health@work: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der fünften Studienwelle. Keynote Speech within the scope of the conference "Zukunft der Arbeit", organized by BARMER and SZ Institut, Munich, 9th of March, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Arbeit und Psyche –Herausforderungen für Arbeitgebende. Keynote Speech within the scope of Forum Integration, St. Gallen, 6th of March, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Diversität ist eine Chance, Inklusion heisst, sie zu nutzen. Keynote Speech for the top management team and supervisory board of UNIQUA Group, Vienna, 20th of February, 2023.
  • Böhm, S. A. (2023). Hybride Arbeit: Wenn Freiheit von Regeln profitiert. Keynote Speech within the scope of the Vodafone Enterprise Plenum “New Work Utopia” – Impulse für die moderne Organisation, Nuremberg, 8th of February, 2023.
Affiliation(s)
  • Oxford University Society
  • European Academy of Management
  • Academy of Management
  • VHB
  • HSG Alumni
  • HSG Docnet
Award

  • 2024: PERSONALquarterly Best Paper Award (awarded by the HR division of the German Academic Association for Business Research – VHB)
  • 2024: German Journal of Human Resource Management Best Paper Award (awarded by the HR division of the German Academic Association for Business Research – VHB)
  • 2024: Impact Award of the University of St. Gallen (for the University’s research project with the highest relevance and impact for organizational practice and society at large) for the project "Mobil & Vor Ort" in cooperation with AUDI AG
  • 2023: Third place German New Work Award, Category “Better Work” for the project "Mobil & Vor Ort" in cooperation with AUDI AG
  • 2023: Nominee for the PERSONALquarterly Best Paper Award (awarded by the HR division of the German Academic Association for Business Research – VHB
  • 2022: Nominee for the for Best Paper Award - Team Performance Management Track, European Academy of Management (EURAM), Dublin, Ireland
  • 2022: Top Downloaded Article Award by Journal of Organizational Behavior for the study “It matters how old we feel in organizations: Testing a multilevel model of organizational subjective-age diversity on employee outcomes”
  • 2021: Top Cited Article Award by Human Resource Management for the study “On the treatment of persons with disabilities in organizations: A review and research agenda”
  • 2020: Runner-up for the Saroj Parasuraman Award for the Outstanding Publication on Gender and Diversity 2019
  • 2019: Impact Award of the University of St. Gallen (awarded for the university-wide research project with the highest impact for practice and society at large) for a project on the vocational (re-)integration of employees with psychological impairments
  • 2019: Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings – GDO Division
  • 2018: PERSONALquarterly Best Paper Award (awarded by the HR division of the German Academic Association for Business Research – VHB)
  • 2017: Bright Idea Research Award (awarded by the New Jersey Policy Research Organization and the Stillman School of Business of Seton Hall University)
  • 2016: Personnel Psychology Best Article Award Finalist
  • 2016: Academy of Management Outstanding Reviewer Award – GDO Division
  • 2015: Saroj Parasuraman Award for the Outstanding Publication on Gender and Diversity 2014 (awarded by the Academy of Management)
  • 2015: Academy of Management Outstanding Reviewer Award – GDO Division
  • 2014: Vontobel Award for Research on Age(ing)
  • 2014: Swiss Public Health Award – Best practice based study
  • 2014: Teaching Award of the European Business School (EBS) REMI Executive Education, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany (awarded as top 1 executive lecturer out of 230 lecturers, based on teaching evaluations)
  • 2014: Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings – GDO Division
  • 2014: Academy of Management Outstanding Reviewer Award – GDO Division
  • 2014: Journal of Managerial Psychology Highly Commended Article Award 2013
  • 2012: Journal of Organizational Behavior Best Paper Award 2011
  • 2012: Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings – GDO Division
  • 2010: Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings – GDO Division
  • 2009: Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings – OB Division
  • 2007: Nominee for the Academy of Management HR Division Best Ph.D. Paper Award
Editorial board(s)

  • Journal of Organizational Behavior (Wiley) (2020-2022)
  • Personnel Psychology (Wiley) (since 2017-ongoing)
  • Journal of Managerial Psychology (Emerald) (2017-2019)
  • The International Journal of Human Resource Management (Taylor & Francis) (since 2017-ongoing)
  • Work, Aging and Retirement (Oxford University Press) (since 2015-ongoing)
Projects(s)
Research Cooperation