In summer term 2025, a research semester will take place. Therefore, our chair’s course offer will be adjusted. There will generally be no live lectures in summer term 2025. Below you find more detailed information regarding our courses: Bachelor modules Markets and Firms The lecture materials are offered for self-study....
Educational Degree Design: The Economic Rationales
Research semester in summer term 2025
Research semester in summer term 2025
Lehre in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre
A Theory of Degrees in Education
Bounded Irrationality: A New Perspective on Economic Behavior
Prof. Dr. Stefan Winter
Prof. Dr. Stefan Winter is professor and head of chair. Photo: © RUB Marquard
Britta Hasenbein
Britta Hasenbein is secretary at the chair of Human Resource Management. Photo: © RUB Marquard
How rational is gambling?
New publication in Journal of Economic Surveys
The typical gambler loses money and yet continues to gamble. Research in orthodox and behavioral economics, psychology, sociology, and medicine offers a wide range of possible explanations. In their new article "How Rational is Gambling?" (recently published in the Journal of Economic Surveys), Prof. Dr. Stefan Winter and Robin...
Human Resource Management
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Chair of Human Resource Management wins the RUB eLearning competition “5×5000”
The HRM chair has won the RUB eLearning competition "5x5000" on the topic "Good space for teaching - eLearning tools used in a varied way" in the 27th round of the winter semester 20/21! Together Robin, Melissa and Elka developed the project "Im Ra(h)men des Möglichen - ein digitales Lehrkonzept...
Markets and Firms [Märkte und Unternehmungen]
Personnel Economics [Personalökonomik I]
Dr. Robin Matz
Robin was research assistant and doctoral student at the chair of Human Resource Management until end of winter term 2023/24. Photo: © RUB Marquard
Seminar in Personnel Economics [Personalökonomisches Seminar]
Managing yourself [Selbstmanagement]
Economics of Gambling and Betting Markets [Glücksspielökonomik]
Executive Compensation [Managementvergütung]
Deborah Maffia, M.Sc.
Deborah is research assistant and doctoral student at the chair of Human Resource Management. Photo: © RUB Marquard
Melissa Kistner, M.Sc.
Melissa works as research assistant and doctoral student at the chair of Human Resource Management. Photo: © RUB Marquard
Viktoria Donsbach, B.Sc.
Viktoria was a student research assistant and tutor at the chair of Human Resource Management until end of winter term 2021/2022.
Lara Herker, B.Sc.
Lara works a research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management.
Lars Aretz, B.Sc.
Lara works a research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management.
Seminar in Human Resource Management I [HRM Forschungsseminar I]
Seminar in Human Resource Management II [HRM Forschungsseminar II]
Emely Hasenbein, B.Sc.
Lara works a research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management.
Elias Niclas, B.A.
Lara works a research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management.
Expertise and Decision [Expertise und Entscheidung]
Maximilian Krafzik, B.Sc.
Lara works a research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management.
The managerial power approach: Is it testable?
The till girl’s daughter and the ghost of university deterrence – A content analysis of the German tuition fee debate
Externalities and optimal subsidization of higher education
What do journals do? – Voluntary public goods and the doomsday of commercial science publishing
The managerial power approach – A tautology revisited
Free choice of legal fee shifting rules?
Risk love and the favorite-longshot bias: Evidence from German harness horse racing
Do horses like vodka and sponging? – On market manipulation and the favorite-longshot bias
An alternative explanation of the favorite-longshot bias
Executive stock options in Germany: The diffusion or translation of US-style corporate governance
Fair value accounting for sequential stock option grants?
Discovery in the new economy – Why entrepreneurs may not contract with investors
Tax and accounting implications of sequential stock option grants
Managerial stock option contracts and firm performance
Valuing employee and executive stock options with incentive effects
The great pay debate
The design of executive compensation – An analysis of long-term compensation components and caps
Electronic collaboration in a scientific production context – Drafting a platform for extendable publications
The suitability of review systems as award procedures for third-party funds – Development of an approach for conducting an evaluation of award procedures
About the absence of publishing negative results in scientific literature – An economic analysis of damages, causes and counteractions
Abstract of an alternative system for publication with focus on incentive based aspects
Qualitative assessment through journals – An incentive based analysis of the publication process
Implementing the VorstAG – An examination of the basis of annual reports, covering firms listed in DAX, MDAX and SDAX between 2009 and 2011
3 Years of STACK – An experience report on the implementation and use of formative randomized online tests
Dipl.-Kfm. Simon Hermann
Dr. Sabine Altiparmark
Dr. Nils-Christian Staake
Alena Schmitz, M.Sc.
Dr. Philip Michels
Dr. Maike Manthey
Human Resource Management
Welcome to the homepage of the chair of Human Resource Management at Ruhr-University Bochum! On the following pages we have provided information about our activities in research and teaching for you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time: Ruhr-Universität Bochum Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft...