Biography

Dr Frens Kroeger is a Lecturer (= U.S.: Assistant Professor) in Organisation Studies at Surrey Business School, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Trust Research (CTR). Frens received his PhD from Cambridge University in July 2011. His first publication in a highly ranked (3*) journal was published in November 2011, with further papers currently in preparation / under review. Frens has taught both at sociology departments and business schools in England, Germany and Switzerland.

Research Interests

Frens's research interests revolve around the issue of trust within and between organisations, a topic which he approaches from a strongly conceptual, sociologically informed, and broadly neo-institutionalist perspective. Reflecting this core interest, Frens is a founding member of the Centre for Trust Research (CTR), based at Surrey Business School. His next larger research project is planned to address the creation and collapse of system trust within the financial industries, particularly in investment banking.

Publications

Peer reviewed journal articles:

2007. "Economic Globalization and the 'Power of Place': Strategic Globalization and Social Dynamics of Localization in Transnational Corporations." Slovak Sociological Review 39: 483-501.

2011. "Trusting Organizations: The Institutionalization of Trust in Interorganizational Relationships." Published Online First in Organization: http://org.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/11/15/1350508411420900.abstract

[Under review. Paper titles deleted for purposes of blind peer review.]

In preparation. "Organisational trust cultures: Emergence, persistence and change. An institutionalisation perspective."

(Peer reviewed conference presentations inter alia in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bremen, Cambridge, London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Paris. Further presentations coming up in 2012 in Milan and Helsinki.)

Teaching

Business Strategy

Entrepreneurship and Business Planning

Entrepreneurial Business Planning (PG)

Dissertation supervision at undergraduate, Master's and doctoral levels

Tutor for Professional Training Placements