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Joerg Dietz

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Joerg Dietz
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGermany
Alma materTulane University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Bankakademie Frankfurt
Known forResearch on workplace diversity, employee-customer linkages, workplace discrimination
Scientific career
FieldsOrganizational Behavior, Diversity Management
InstitutionsHEC Lausanne, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Doctoral advisorArthur P. Brief
WebsiteJoerg Dietz at HEC Lausanne

Joerg Dietz is a German academic specializing in Organizational Behavior and a professor at HEC Lausanne. He is recognized for his research in diversity management, organizational behavior, and workforce discrimination. His work has focused on how community and organizational climates affect employee outcomes, including service climates and diversity. Dietz has authored or co-authored many influential papers and won several academic awards for his research and teaching.

Early life and education

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Dietz received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Tulane University in 2000, where his dissertation focused on the effects of organizational climate on employee well-being and organizational effectiveness.[1]

Academic career

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Dietz began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 1999. He later became Associate Professor and held the Donald F. Hunter Professorship in International Business.[2] In 2009, he joined HEC Lausanne as a Full Professor and was appointed Head of the Department of Organizational Behavior.[3] He became Vice Dean of Faculty and Research in 2012. He has been a visiting scholar at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and the Geneva Graduate Institute.[4]

Research

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Dietz's research is centered on diversity, prejudice, and discrimination in the workplace, especially in the context of immigrant employees. His research also covers the effects of organizational climate on employee performance, as well as employee-customer linkages in service organizations.[5][6]

His research contributions have been published in top-tier journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Business Ethics.[7][8]

Awards and honors

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  • Best Paper Award at the Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada in 2001.[9]
  • Co-winner of the Ivey Innovative Teaching Award in 2002 for the HBA program.[2]
  • The Outstanding Publication Award in Gender, Diversity, and Organization from the Academy of Management in 2008.[10]
  • The Richard Ivey School of Business’s Fellowship in Teaching Innovation, awarded for outstanding teaching in 2008.[2]
  • Carolyn Dexter Award from the Academy of Management in 2010 for a paper on scientific mindfulness.[11]

Notable doctoral students

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Dietz has supervised several PhD students, including Thomas Fischer.[12]

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References

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  1. ^ Dietz, J. "Serving employees in service organizations: Three competing models of organizational climate for employee well-being effects on organizational effectiveness," Ph.D. dissertation, Tulane University, 2000.
  2. ^ a b c HEC Lausanne Faculty Profile, Joerg Dietz
  3. ^ "Joerg Dietz Faculty Profile". HEC Lausanne. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  4. ^ "Joerg Dietz Applying Organisation Theories to Practice" (PDF). Geneva Graduate Institute. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  5. ^ Dietz J, Pugh SD, Wiley JW (2004). "Service climate effects on customer attitudes: An examination of boundary conditions". Academy of Management Journal. 47 (1): 81–92. JSTOR 20159561.
  6. ^ Dietz J, Joshi C, Esses VM, Hamilton LK, Gabarrot F (2015). "The skill paradox: Explaining and reducing employment discrimination against skilled immigrants". International Journal of Human Resource Management. 26 (10): 1318–1334. doi:10.1080/09585192.2014.990398.
  7. ^ Pugh SD, Dietz J, Brief AP, Wiley JW (2008). "Looking inside and out: The impact of employee and community demographic composition on organizational diversity climate". Journal of Applied Psychology. 93 (6): 1422–1428. doi:10.1037/a0012696. PMID 19025258.
  8. ^ Dietz J, Guerrero L (2008). "It reminds me of Mexico: Hispanic immigrants in rural communities in the Midwest". The Business Journal of Hispanic Research. 2 (2): 76–80.
  9. ^ Dietz J, Seijts GH (2001). "Does research improve teaching in business schools? Its impact on student quality, student salaries, and rankings". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. 2001.
  10. ^ Petersen LE, Dietz J (2008). "Employment discrimination: Authority figures' demographic preferences and followers' affective organizational commitment". Journal of Applied Psychology. 93 (6): 1287–1300. doi:10.1037/a0012867. PMID 19025248.
  11. ^ Jonsen K, Aycan Z, Berdrow I, Boyacigiller N, Brannen MY, Canney S, Dietz J, Gluesing J, Kwantes TC, Lazarova M, Madzar S, Maloney MM, Maznevski ML, Mcdonough EF, Taylor S, Thomas D, Weber T (2010). "Scientific mindfulness: A foundation for future themes in international business". Academy of Management Proceedings: 1–6. doi:10.5465/ambpp.2010.54492165.
  12. ^ "Joerg Dietz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).