Research interests

  • Intercultural leadership and management
  • Organizational culture
  • Diversity and dissent in groups
  • Collective information processing
  • Problem solving and decision making
  • Action and misaction processes
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Group performance and synergy

Career

since 2007
Chair holder Economic and Organisational Psychology, University of Munich
2000-2007
Chair holder Economic and Social Psychology, Aston University, Birmingham
1994-2000
Junior professor at the Chair of Social Psychology, University of Munich
1993
PhD, University of Gießen
1991-1994
Junior professor at the Chair of Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Gießen
1987-1991
Research assistant at the Chair of Economic and Organisational Psychology, University of Munich
1987
Diploma in Psychology, University of Munich

Complete curriculum vitae of Felix Brodbeck with overview of publications (PDF, 324 KB)

Selected publications

Journal articles

  • Arendt, J. F. W., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). Being on the same page about social rules and norms: Effects of shared relational models on cooperation in work teams. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(5), 1119-1139.https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221088506
  • Arendt, J. F. W., Kugler, K. G, & Brodbeck, F. C. (2021). Conflicting relational models as a predictor of (in)justice perceptions and (un)cooperative behavior at work. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5(3), 183-202. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.85
  • Reif, J. A., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). " Should I Negotiate?" A Model of Negotiation Initiation Considering Psychological Person-Environment Transactions. Negotiation & Conflict Management Research, 15(2).
  • Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., Fischer, J. A., Heinze, J., & Fischer, D. (2021). Group-level integrative complexity: Enhancing differentiation and integration in group decision-making. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(1), 125-144. https://.doi.org/10.1177/136843021989269
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2020). Why are women less likely to negotiate? How expectancy and contextual framing influence gender differences in the initiation of negotiation. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 13(4), 287-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12169
  • Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. A. M., Kaschner, T., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2018). Gender differences in the initiation of negotiations: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 144(2), 198-222. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000135
  • Li, C., Brodbeck, F. C., Shenkar, O., Ponzi, L. J., & Fisch, J. H. (2017). Embracing the foreign: Cultural attractiveness and international strategy. Strategic Management Journal, 38(4), 950-971. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2528
  • Thibault Landry, A., Kindlein, J., Trépanier, S.-G., Forest, J., Zigarmi, D., Houson, D., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2016). Why individuals want money matters: Using self-determination theory to explain the differential relations between motives for making money and employee psychological health. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 226–242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9532-8
  • Mahlke, J., Schultze, M., Koch, T., Eid, M., Eckert, R., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2016). A Multilevel CFA-MTMM Approach for Multisource Feedback Instruments: Presentation and Application of a New Statistical Model. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23(1), 91-110. https://.doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2014.990153
  • Reif, J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2014). Initiation of negotiation and its role in negotiation research Foundations of a theoretical model. Organizational Psychology Review, 4(4), 363-381. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041386614547248
  • Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2014). Corporate Communication and Worker Perceptions of Conflict Management and Justice. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 7(4), 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12042
  • Guillaume, Y. F. R., van Knippenberg, D., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2014). Nothing succeeds like moderation: A social self-regulation perspective on cultural dissimilarity and performance. Academy of Management Journal, 57(5), 1284-1308. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2013.0046

Books & Book chapters

  • Brodbeck, F. C., Kirchler, E., & Woschée, R. (Hrsg.). Die Wirtschaftspsychologie (Band I-V). Springer.
  • Werther, S., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). Reducing Decision Error and the Role of Team
    Coaching. In S. Greif, H. Möller, W. Scholl, J. Passmore & F. Müller (Eds.), International Handbook of Evidence-Based Coaching (pp. 783-792). Springer.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81938-5_64
    Schulz-Hardt, S., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2020). Group performance and leadership. In M.
    Hewstone, W. Stroebe & K. Jonas (Eds.), Introduction to Social Psychology (6th Edition) (pp. 557-583). Blackwell.
    Brodbeck, F. C., & Guillaume, Y. R. F. (2018). Umgang mit Informationen und
    Meinungsbildung in Projekten. In M. Wastian, I. Braumandl, L. von Rosenstiel & M. West (Hrsg.), Angewandte Psychologie für das Projektmanagement (S. 43-61). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53929-3_3
  • Brodbeck, F. C. (2016). Internationale Führung: Das GLOBE Brevier in der Praxis. In F. C. Brodbeck, E. Kirchler & R. Woschee (Hrsg.). Die Wirtschaftspsychologie (Band II). Springer.
  • Werther, S., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2016). Fehlentscheidungen von Gruppen durch Coaching verringern. In S. Greif, H. Möller & W. Scholl (Hrsg.), Handbuch Schlüsselkonzepte im Coaching (S. 201-208). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49483-7_16

Selected media contributions

ARD alpha (2023): "Wie ihr im Job gut zusammenarbeitet und ein besseres Team werdet" (German)

Brand Eins (2019): "Unternehmenskultur - Innen und außen" (German)

Podcast MURACAMY (2025): Talk with Prof. Felix Brodbeck about willingness to cooperate in teams (German)

Selected awards and honours

  • 2014: Fellow of the IAAP (International Association of Applied Psychology)
  • 2011: Best Paper Award, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP, American Association for Psychology, Division 14): TOP Poster 99-1: “The role of fit in understanding leader effectiveness across cultures”
  • 2009: Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award for the book: "Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies (2007/08)", Editors: Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Felix C. Brodbeck & Robert House, American Association for Psychology (APA, Division 52)
  • 2005: Financial Times Award for the program “organisational behaviour”, led by the WOP Group at Aston Business School (which Felix Brodbeck chaired at that time) as “Best in Organisational Behaviour in Europe” as part of their Evaluation “Masters in Management 2005”
  • 2004/2005: M. Scot Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP, American Association for Psychology, Division 14) awarded to the members of the GLOBE Project
  • 2003: Times Award for the MBA Program “Organizational Studies”, led by the WOP Group at Aston Business School (which Felix Brodbeck chaired at that time) as “Best MBA course for Organisation Studies – world wide”
  • 1996-2000: Research Associate of MRC/ESRC, Centre for Organization and Innovation, University of Sheffield
  • 1995: Software Ergonomics Research Award, German Society for Computer Sciences and German Chapter of the American Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • 1994: Heinz-Heckhausen-Junior-Scientist-Award, German Society of Psychology (DGfP)

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