Current research project activities:

A) Mike is the project leader (principal investigator)of an international comparative study on 'Work and employment relations of European multinational grocery retailers: discounters and hypermarkets'. The project is funded from 2010-2013 and involves research partners based in Finland, Germany, Ireland, Poland Spain, Turkey and the UK. The final project report has been submitted to the funding body, the Hans Böckler Foundation, in Sept 2012..

B) Mike is part of an international research collaboration, which is coordinated by Jon Lervik at BI Oslo and funded by the Norwegian Research Council, from 2011-2014. His main research interests in this collaboration are the study of internationalization, business model changes and organisational sensemaking processes within a Norwegian shipyard, based in Alesund.

Member of the Board of the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS);
Member of the Divisions International Management, Organization and Management Theory and Critical Management Studies of the Academy of Management (AOM);
(Founding) Member of the European Academy of Management (EURAM)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)

Editorship of special issues of academic journals

Pending Guest-editor (together with Florian Becker-Ritterspach and Ram Mudambi) of the Special Issue ‘New organizational perspectives on the study of politics and power in the multinational company’ in Organization Studies (forthcoming; deadline for final paper submission: 30th of November 2013)

Pending Guest-editor (together with Arndt Sorge) of the Special Issue ‘Multinationals, social agency and institutional change: variation by sector' in Competition and Change (forthcoming; deadline for final paper submission: 30th of September 2013)

2006 Guest-editor (together with Dirk Matten and Peter Walgenbach) of the Special Issue ‘Transnational institution building and the multinational corporation’ in Human Relations, 59/11.

2006 Guest-editor (together with C. Dörrenbächer) of the Special Issue ‘Micro-politics and conflicts in multinational corporations’ in Journal of International Management, 12/3.

2002 Guest-editor (together with Ed Clark) of the Special Issue on ‘Management learning in post-socialist societies’ in Human Resource Development International, 5/3.

1999 Guest-editor (together with Kathleen Kantner) of the Special Issue ‘Innovation im stahlharten Gehäuse’ (Innovation in the iron cage) Berliner Debatte Initial, Issue 3.

Scholarship and academic awards

• PhD scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation (1991-94)
• Carolyn Dexter award for the best international paper by the Academy of Management in Denver (USA) in 2002
• Best paper award from the International Management Division of the Academy of Management and included in the ‘Best Paper Proceedings’ in 2002

• Convenor of pre-colloquium workshop on ‘Work organization, employment and regulation in the retail industry’ at the 28th EGOS Colloquium in Helsinki in 2012
• Convenor of pre-Colloquium Paper Development Workshop on  ‘Organizational Institutionalism: Organizational Institutionalism: Studying social agency and institutions in local, national and international contexts’ the 28th EGOS Colloquium in Helsinki in 2012
• Mentor and convenor of OMT Paper Development Workshop on ‘Institutions and Power’ at the Judge Business School in Cambridge in 2012
• Convenor for the sub-theme ‘The politicised multinational company: The role of actors and institutions’ at the 3rd LAEMOS in Buenos Aires in 2010; and of  the same sub-theme again at the 4th LAEMOS in Axixic (Mexico) in 2011
• Convenor at various EGOS conferences for sub themes on “Studying Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy in Context” (27th EGOS Colloquium in Gothenburg in 2011), ‘Socio-political Interaction in Transnational Social Spaces: Power, Micro-political Strategizing and Cross-border Conflicts in Multinational Companies’ (24th EGOS Colloquium in Amsterdam in 2008),  ‘Unravelling organizational learning in multinational corporations’ (23rd EGOS Colloquium in Vienna in 2007), ‘Micro-politics and conflicts in multinational companies’ (20th EGOS Colloquium in Ljubljana in 2004), ‘Organisational politics, power and identities in transforming societies’ (18th EGOS Colloquium in Barcelona in 2002) and ‘Managing and Organising in Transitional Societies’ (17th EGOS Colloquium in Lyon in 2001)
• Track organiser for various EURAM conferences for the tracks on: ‘Global, national and local practices in multinational corporations’ (Annual EURAM Conferences in Milan in 2003 and in St Andrews in 2004), and ‘Concepts and practices of organisational learning: Is there life in the ‘old dog?’ (Annual EURAM Conference in Oslo in 2006)
• Organiser of a panel on ‘Micro-political aspects of mandate development and learning in local subsidiaries of MNCs’ at 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference in Cambridge (UK) in 2005
• Organizer of a symposium on ‘Transnational Institution Building and the Multinational Corporation’ at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, New Orleans in 2004
• Organizer of  a symposium on “Politics and Power in the Multinational Company” at 27th EGOS Colloquium in Gothenburg in 2011

Forthcoming

Special Issue (together with F. Becker-Ritterspach and R. Mudambi) on ‘New organizational perspectives on the study of politics and power in the multinational company’ in Organization Studies (deadline for paper submissions: 30th of November 2013)

Special Issue (together with A. Sorge) on ‘Multinationals, social agency and institutional change: variation by sector' in Competition and Change (deadline for paper submissions: 30th of September 2013)

2012

Geppert, M., Dörrenbächer, C., Gammelgaard, J. & Taplin, I. forthcoming:    Managerial risk-taking in international acquisitions in the brewery industry: institutional and ownership influences compared, British Journal of Management. 

2011

Saka-Helmhout, A. & Geppert, M. 2011: Different forms of agency and institutional influences within multinational enterprises, Management International Review, Vol. 51 No. 5, pp. 567-592.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11575-011-0091-2

Clark , E. & Geppert, M. 2011: Subsidiary integration as identity construction and institution building: a political sensemaking approach. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 48 No. 2, pp. 395-416.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00963.x 

2010

Geppert, M. 2010: Teaching critical management studies in business schools: does it really matter? Critical Policy Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 424-426.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2010.525969 

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2010: Subsidiary staffing and initiative-taking in multinational corporations: a socio-political perspective. Personnel Review, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 600-621.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00483481011064163 

2009

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2009, Micro-political games in the multinational corporation: the case of mandate change. Management Revue, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 373-391.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1688/1861-9908_mrev_2009_04_Doerrenbaecher 

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2009, A micro-political perspective on subsidiary initiative-taking: evidence from German-owned subsidiaries in France, European Management Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 100-112.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2008.06.004 

2006

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Walgenbach, P. 2006, "Transnational institution building and the multinational corporation: an emerging field of research", Human Relations, Vol.59, No.11, pp.1451-1465.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10.1177/0018726706072888 

Clark, E. & Geppert, M. 2006, "Socio-political processes in international management in post-socialist contexts: knowledge, learning and transnational institution building", Journal of International Management, Vol.12, No.3, pp 340-357.

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2006, "Micro-politics and conflicts in multinational corporations: current debates, re-framing, and contributions of this special issue", Journal of International Management, Vol.12, No.3, pp 251-265.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2006.07.001 

Geppert, M. & Matten, D. 2006, "Institutional influences on manufacturing organization in multinational corporations: the 'cherrypicking’ approach", Organization Studies, Vol.27, No.4, pp 491-515.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840605059452 

Williams, K. & Geppert, M. 2006, "The German model of employee relations on trial: negotiated and unilaterally imposed change management", Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.37, No.1, pp 48-63.

Geppert, M. & Williams, K. 2006, "Global, national and local practices in multinational corporations: towards a socio-political framework", International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.17, No.1, pp 49-69.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585190500366243 

2005

Geppert, M. 2005, "Competence development and learning in British and German subsidiaries of MNCs: why and how national institutions still matter", Personnel Review, Vol.34, No.2, pp 155-177.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00483480510579402 

2004

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Schmidt, P. 2004, "Die Bedeutung institutionalistischer ansätze für das Verständnis von Organisations- und Managementprozessen in multinationalen Unternehmen [The relevance of institutionalist approaches for the analysis of organisation and management processes in MNCs]", Berliner Journal für Soziologie, Vol.14, No.3, pp 379-39.

Matten, D. & Geppert, M. 2004, "Work systems in heavy engineering: the role of national culture and national institutions in multinational corporations", Journal of International Management, Vol.10, No.2, pp 177-198.

2003

Williams, K., Geppert, M. & Matten, D. 2003, "Challenges of the German model of employee relations in the era of globalisation", EBS Review [Estonian Business Review], Autumn, pp 183-196.

Geppert, M. 2003, "Sensemaking and politics in MNCs: a comparative analysis of vocabularies within the global manufacturing discourse in one industrial sector", Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol.12, No.4, pp 312-329.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1056492603259058 

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2003, "The limits to globalisation in multinational companies: experiences from an Anglo-German research project", Die Mitbestimmung, Vol.8, No.03, pp 52-56.

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2003, "Change management in MNCs: how global convergence intertwines with national diversities", Human Relations, Vol.56, No.7, pp 807-838.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00187267030567003 

Geppert, M. & Clark, E. 2003, "Knowledge and learning in transnational ventures: an actor-centred approach", Management Decision, Vol.41, No.5, pp 433-442.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740310479287 

Geppert, M., Williams, K. & Matten, D. 2003, "The social construction of contextual rationalities in MNCs: an Anglo-German comparison of subsidiary choice", Journal of Management Studies, Vol.40, No.3, pp 617-641.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6486.00354 

2002

Matten, D. & Geppert, M. 2002, "La gestione strategica nelle multinazionali: La cultura e le istituzioni nazionali nel processo di globalizzazione [Italian language]", Studi Organizzativi, Vol.3, pp 39-70.

Geppert, M. 2002, "Intertwining organisational learning and institutional settings: evidence from organisational case studies in the East German context", Journal for East European Management Studies, Vol.7, No.1, pp 6-26.

Clark, E. & Geppert, M. 2002, "Management learning and knowledge transfer in transforming societies: approaches, issues and future directions", Human Resource Development International, Vol.5, No.3, pp 263-277.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13678860210142137

Before 2000

Geppert, M. & Merkens, H. 1999, Learning from one’s own experience: continuation and organizational change in two East German firms, Human Resource Development International, Vol.2, No.1, pp 25-40.

Geppert, M. 1996, The German experience of privatisation, Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol.11, pp 74-78 (in Russian language).

Geppert, M. 1996, Paths of managerial learning in the East German context. Organization Studies, Vol.17, No.2, pp 249-68.

2011

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. Eds 2011, Politics and power in the multinational corporation: the role of institutions, interests and identities. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

2006

Geppert, M. & Mayer, M. Eds 2006, Global, national and local practices in multinational companies, Palgrave: Basingstoke

2002

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. Eds 2002, Challenges for European management in a global context: experiences from Britain and Germany, Palgrave: Basingstoke

2000

Geppert, M. 2000), Beyond the learning organisation: Paths of organisational learning in the East German context. Gower: Aldershot

Forthcoming 

Dörrenbächer, C./Becker-Ritterspach, F./ Geppert, M. (forthcoming): Local subsidiary managers strategizing in initiative-taking: The role of location commitment, initiatives at stake, and the organizational setting, in Organizations and managerial ideas: Global themes and local variations, G.S. Drori, M.A. Höllerer and P. Walgenbach, Eds, Routledge: Abingdon.

Taplin, I./Gammelgaard, J./ Dörrenbächer, C.- Geppert, M. (forthcoming): The demise of Anheuser-Busch: Arrogance, hubris and strategic weakness in the face of intense internationalization, in The brewery industry in globalized markets, J. Gammelgaard and C. Dörrenbächer, Eds, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.

2011

Geppert, M. & Dörrenbächer, C. 2011, Politics and power in the multinational corporation: an introduction, in Politics and power in the multinational corporation: The role of institutions, interests and identities,  C. Dörrenbächer and M. Geppert, Eds,Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 3-38.

Williams, K. & Geppert, M. 2011, Bargained globalization: employment relations providing robust “tool kits” for socio-political strategizing in MNCs in Germany, in Politics and power in the multinational corporation: The role of institutions, interests and identities,  C. Dörrenbächer and M. Geppert, Eds, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 72-100

2009

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2009, Micro-political strategies and strategizing in multinational corporations: The case of subsidiary mandate change, in Handbook of research on strategy and foresight, L.A. Constanzo and R.B. MacKay, Eds, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp 200-218.

2008

Geppert, M. & Martens, B. 2008, Corporate Financing, Management and Organization in SMEs: An Anglo-German Comparison, in Change in SMEs: Towards a new European capitalism?, Bluhm, K. and R. Schmidt, Eds, Palgrave: Basingstoke, pp 58-76.

2007

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2007, The impact of foreign subsidiary manager’s socio-political positioning on career choices and their subsequent strategizing: Evidence from German-owned subsidiaries in France”, in Career choices in management and entrepreneurship, M. Özbilgin and A. Malach-Pines, Eds, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp 240-257.

2006

Geppert, M. "Kultur und organisation – in vergleichender perspektive [Culture and organisation in comparative perspective]", in Soziale Ungleichheit, Kulturelle Unterschiede: Verhandlungen des 32. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in München 2004 [Social inequality, cultural differences]", proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the German Association of Sociology, K.-S. Rehberg, Ed, Munich, Campus: Frankfurt, 2004, available on CD-ROM, pp 3235-3246.

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Schmidt, P. 2006, "Hintergründe und Probleme der Transnationalisierung multinationaler Unternehmungen: Globale Isomorphismen, National Business Systems und transnationale soziale Räume [Backgrounds and problems of the transnationalization of multinational firms: Global isomorphisms, national business systems and transnational social spaces]", in Transnationale Konzerne als Neuer Organisationstyp?: Organisationstheoretische und Empirische Beträge zum Problem der Glokalität [Transnational Firms as a New Organisational Form: Organisation Theoretical and Empirical Contributions to the Global-Local Dilemma], U. Mense-Petermann, G. Wagner, Eds, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: Wiesbaden, pp 85-120.

Williams, K. & Geppert, M. 2006, "Employment relations as a resource in the socio-political construction of transnational social spaces by multinational companies: Evidence from German and British subsidiaries", in Global, national and local practices in multinational companies, M. Geppert, M. Mayer, Eds, Palgrave: Basingstoke, pp 38-60.

2005
 

Pawlowsky, P. & Geppert, M. 2005, "Organisationales Lernen [Organisational learning]", in Moderne Organisationstheorien 1: Handlungsorientierte Ansätze [Modern Organisation Theories: Action-Orientated Approaches], E. Weik and R. Lang, Eds, 2nd Edn, Gabler: Wiesbaden, pp 259-293.

2003

Geppert, M. 2003, "Critical revision of some core ideas within the discourse about the learning organization: Experiences from field research in East German companies", in Research in Organizational Change and Development, W.A. Pasmore and R.W. Woodman, Eds, Vol.14, JAI Press: Greenwich, CT, pp 257-282.

2002

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2002, "Challenges for European management in a Global context: Introduction, approaches and directions of future research", in Challenges for European Management in a Global Context: Experiences from Britain and Germany, M. Geppert, D. Matten and K. Williams, Eds, Palgrave: Basingstoke, pp 1-16.

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2002, "Global change management approaches in multinational corporations and distinct national trajectories: Britain and Germany compared", in Challenges for European Management in a Global Context: Experiences from Britain and Germany, M. Geppert, D. Matten and K. Williams, Eds, Palgrave: Basingstoke, pp 42-67.

Geppert, M. 2002, "The learning organisation revisited: Critique of some core ideas based on field research in East German enterprises", in Personalmanagement im Transformationsprozess [Personnel Management in the Process of Transformation], R. Lang, Ed, Rainer Hampp Verlag: Muenchen and Mering, pp 247-267.

2001

Merkens, H., Geppert, M., & Antal, D. 2001, "Triggers of organizational learning during the transformation process in Central European countries", in The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge, M. Dierkes, A. Berthoin Antal, J. Child and I. Nonaka, Eds, Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp 242-263.

Merkens, H., Geppert, M., & Antal, D. 2001, "Triggers of organizational learning during the transformation process in Central European countries", in The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge [Chinese language], M. Dierkes, A. Berthoin Antal, J. Child and I. Nonaka, Eds, People’s Publishing House: Shanghai, pp 185-200.

2011 

Filstad, C., Geppert, M. & Visser, M. 2011, “Power and politics in organizational learning and knowledge – a pragmatist approach” at the 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lange, K., Geppert, M., Becker-Ritterspach, F. & Saka-Helmhout, A. 2011, “The adoption of new business models in the aviation industry: socio-political implications”at the 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2010 

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2010, “Politics and power in the multinational corporation: the role of interests, identities and institutions” at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2010, “Politics and power in the multinational corporation: the role of interests, identities and institutions” at the 3rd Latin American and European Meeting on Organization Studies (LAEMOS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Williams, K. & Geppert, M. 2010, “Bargained Globalisation: employment relations providing robust ‘tool kits’ for socio-political strategizing in multinational companies in Germany” at the 3rd Latin American and European Meeting on Organization Studies (LAEMOS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2009 

Geppert, M., Dörrenbächer, C., Gammelgaard J. & Taplin, I. 2009, “Acquisitions and risk-taking in the global brewery industry: A comparative institutionalist study” at the 25th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain.

2008

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert. M. 2008, “Socio-political positioning and strategizing of key subsidiary managers in cases of mandate change” at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA.

Williams, K. & Geppert, M., 2008, “Bargained globalisation in Germany: Multinational companies, local actors and socio-political strategizing” at the 24th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2007

Geppert, M. 2007, “Comparative aspects of case study research in the MNC: Some insights and experiences on how we ‘comparing the incomparable’” at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, USA.

Geppert, M. & Saka-Helmhout, A. 2007, “Organisational Learning within MNCs: The Role of Institutions and Actors’ Orientations” at the 23rd EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria.

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert. M. 2007, “Strategizing in situations of mandate change in MNCs: The impact of key subsidiary managers’ socio-political positioning” at the 23rd EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria.

2006

Geppert, M. 2006, “Institutional environments and management strategies: First findings of a British-German comparison”, presented at the International Conference on ‘Small and Medium-sized Firms under Changing Conditions of New (European?) Capitalism, University of Jena, Germany.

Geppert, M & Dörrenbächer, C. 2006, “Mandate development in local subsidiaries of MNCs: micropolitical strategies and practices“, presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA.

2005

Geppert, M. & Dörrenbächer, C. 2005, “Micro-political aspects of mandate development and learning in local subsidiaries of multinational corporations”, presented at the 21st European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Berlin, Germany. 

2004

Geppert, M. 2004, "Kultur and organisation in international vergleichender perspektive [Culture and organisation: an international comparative perspective]", presented at the 32nd Congress of the German Sociological Association [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie], Munich, Germany.

Geppert, M & Sorge, A. 2004, "Societal effects, international trade and multinational enterprises" presented at the Symposium "Transnational Institution Building and the Multinational Corporation, Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, USA.

Geppert, M. & Clark, E. 2004, "The knowledge and learning in international ventures: Exploring the socio-political dimension of transnational institution building in post-socialist contexts", presented at the 20th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Geppert, M. 2004, “The use of employment relations in the socio-political construction of transnational social spaces in multinational companies: Britain and Germany compared”, presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management, St. Andrews, UK.

Geppert, M. & Matten, D. 2004, “Current aspects of the local-global dilemma in MNCs: the contribution of institutionalist approaches”, presented at the Annual Conference of the Commission “International Management” of the German Association of Business Administration, Ludwigshafen-Limburgerhof, Germany.

2003

Geppert, M., Williams, K & Matten, D. 2003, “Challenges for the German model of employee relations in the era of globalization”, presented at the 1st International HRM Conference in Estonia, "People Friendly Management", Tallinn, Estonia.

Geppert, M. & Clark, E. 2003, “Socio-political sensemaking and emergent institutional implications: Linking human agency and the construction of transnational social space”, presented at the 19th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, for the 'Standing Working Group 1: Comparative Study of Economic Organizations', Copenhagen, Denmark.

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Schmidt, P. 2003, “The contribution of the European and American institutionalism to the theory of the multinational firm: National business systems, ‘transnational social space’ and globalisation” [German language]", presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Business Administration, Zurich, Switzerland

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2003, “Global, national and local practices in multinational corporations – A socio-political framework”, presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of European Academy of Management, Milan, Italy.

Geppert, M. & Matten, D. 2003, “Work systems in heavy engineering: The role of national culture and national institutions in multinational corporations”, presented at the 4th Annual International Business Research Forum ‘From markets to partnerships and hierarchies to coalitions: Perspectives on the modern multinational corporation’, Philadelphia, USA.

Geppert, M. 2003, “Competence development and learning in British and German subsidiaries of MNCs: why and how national institutions still matter”, presented at the 27th Conference of the Commission ‘Organisation’ of the Academic Association of Business Administration in Germany, Augsburg, Germany.

2002

Geppert, M. 2002, “Learning and knowledge sharing in MNCs: An Anglo-German comparison”, presented at the 2nd Annual Conference at the European Academy of Management, Stockholm, Sweden

Geppert, M. 2002, “Sensemaking and politics in multinational companies: A comparative analysis of vocabularies within the global manufacturing discourse”, presented at the 18th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain.

Geppert, M. & Matten, D. 2002, “Institutional foundations of manufacturing strategies in multinational corporations: evidence from Britain and Germany”, presented at the 18th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain.

Geppert, M., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2002, “Change management in MNC: How global convergence intertwines with national diversities”, presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Denver, USA. Carolyn Dexter Award Winner for Best Paper

Geppert, M. 2002, “Sensemaking and politics in MNCs: A comparative analysis of vocabularies within the global manufacturing discourse in one industrial sector”, presented at the 17th Annual Employment Research Unit Conference, Cardiff Business School.

Geppert, M. & Clark, E. 2002, “Knowledge transfer and management learning in transforming societies: human agency and the construction of social space”, presented at the 5th Annual International Business and Economics Conference ‘Harmony and Hegemony in an Era of Globalization’, St Norbert College, De Pere, USA.

2001

Becker-Ritterspach, F., Geppert, M., Lange K., Lohr, K., Matten, D. & Williams, K. 2001, "Management of change in multinational companies: global challenges and national effects", presented at a Research Conference on behalf of Anglo-German Foundation, Humboldt University, Berlin.

Geppert, M & Matten, D. 2001, "Globalisation: modes, myths and models: experiences from an Anglo-German research project", proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the DAAD-Lectors in Great Britain and Ireland, London, UK. Keynote presentation

Geppert, M., Williams, K., & Matten, D. 2001, “Change management in MNCs: How global convergence intertwines with national diversities”, presented at the Research Conference of the Anglo-German Foundation, Berlin, Germany.

Geppert, M. 2001, “The learning organisation revisited: Critique of some core ideas based on field research in East German enterprises”, presented at the 5th Chemnitzer Eastforum on “Human Resource Management in Transition”, Chemnitz, Germany.

Geppert, M., Williams, K.& Matten, D. 2001, “The design of work systems in national subsidiaries of multinational companies: Globalisation, national institutions and managerial choice”, presented at the Founding Conference of the European Academy of Management, Barcelona, Spain.

Geppert, M., Williams, K., & Matten, D. 2001, “The social construction of change management in MNCs: An Anglo-German comparison”, presented at the 17th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Lyon, France.

Geppert, M. 2001, “The learning organisation revisited: Critique of some core ideas based on field research in East German enterprises”, presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Washington DC, USA.

2005

Dörrenbächer, C. & Geppert, M. 2005, Micro-Political Aspects of Mandate Development and Learning in Local Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations, Discussion paper SPIII 2005-202, Social Science Research Centre, Berlin (ISSN 1011-9532)

2003

Williams, K., Geppert, M., & Matten, D. 2003, Challenges for the German Model of Employee Relations in the Era of Globalization, Research Paper Series 2003/5, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), Nottingham (ISSN 1479-5116)

2002

Geppert, M. 2002, Conference Report in Journal for East European Management Studies, vol.7, no.2, pp 212-213.

2001

Geppert, M., Matten, D., & Williams, K. 2001, The Design of Work Systems in National Subsidiaries of Multinational Companies: Globalisation, National Institutions and Managerial Choice, EBMS Working Paper 2001/7. Swansea. (ISSN 1470-2398)

Geppert, M., Williams, K. & Matten, D. 2001, The Social Construction of Change Management in MNCs: An Anglo-German Comparison, EBMS Working Paper 2001/9, Swansea (ISSN 1470-2398)