Research interests

  • Conflict management and mediation
  • Team processes and team adaptivity
  • Moral motives in relationship regulation

Academic Career

2023
Habilitation, University of Munich
since 2020
Academic Council at Chair of Economic and Organisational Psychology, University of Munich
2012
PhD, University of Munich
2009-2020
Research assistant at Chair of Economic and Organisational Psychology, University of Munich
2007-2008
Research and Teaching Assistant at the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
2001-2007
Diploma in Psychology, University of Munich

Publications

Journal articles

  • Reif J. A. M., Feldmeier, C. L., Georganta, E., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2025). From ideation to implementation: A model of team innovation. Group and Organization Management. Online first publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011251334678[FULL TEXT]
  • Kugler, K. G. & Coleman, P. T. (2025). One Style Does Not Fit All: The Relationship of Mediator Behavioral Adaptivity to Mediator Empowerment, Efficacy, and Satisfaction. International Journal of Conflict Management, 24(1), 166-190. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-03-2024-0060
  • Arendt, J. F., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2024). When team members (dis)agree about social rules and norms: a shared relational models approach to explaining team viability. Current Psychology, 43(21), 19121-19139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05680-8[FULL TEXT]
  • Arendt, J. F. W., Kugler, K. G., Brodbeck, F. C. (2023). Being on the Same Page about Social Rules and Norms: Effects of Shared Relational Models on Cooperation in Work Teams. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 26(5), 1119-1139. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221088506[FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). Gender Differences in Motives for Initiating and Avoiding Negotiations. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.34891/pkae-ey24[FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G. (joint first authorship), Stockkamp, M. T., Richter, S. S., Benning, V. M. Muschaweck, L. A. & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). An Employee-Centered Perspective on Business Processes: Measuring “Healthy Business Processes” and their Relationships with People and Performance Outcomes. Business Process Management Journal, 28(2), 398-418. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-06-2021-0375 [FULL TEXT]
  • Seiler, M., Cott, A. B., Torres, V. Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., Gammel, J. H., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). How to strengthen a culture of innovation by combining values-based and evidence-based innovation management. International Journal of Innovation Management, 26(5), 398-418. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919622400035
  • 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[FULL TEXT]
  • Georganta, E., Kugler, K. G., Reif. J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2021). The Four-Phase Team Adaptation Process: An Empirical Investigation. Team Performance Management, 27(1/2), 66-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-01-2020-0007 [FULL TEXT]
  • Georganta, E., Kugler, K. G., Reif. J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2021). Diving Deep into Team Adaptation: How Does it Really Unfold Over Time? Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 25(2), 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000133 [FULL TEXT]
  • Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G. (joint first authorship), Fischer, J. A., Heinze, J., & Fischer, D. (2021). Group-Level Integrative Complexity: Enhancing Differentiation and Integration in Group Decision Making. Group Processes and Intergoup Relations, 24(1), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219892698[FULL TEXT]
  • Kim, R., Coleman, P. T., & Kugler, K. G. (2021). Is Conflict Adaptivity Better than Cooperation? The Effects of Adaptive Conflict Behaviors on Job-Related Well-Being in South Korea. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 38(3), 95–109. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21291 [FULL TEXT]
  • Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. A. M. (joint first authorship), Petersen, G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2021). The impact of moral motives on economic decision-making in relationally different situations. Journal of Dynamic Decision Behavior, 7(2), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.11588/jddm.2021.1.77559[FULL TEXT]
  • Kugler, K. G. & Coleman, P. T. (2020). Get Complicated: The Effects of Complexity on Conversations over Potentially Intractable Moral Conflicts. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 13(3), 181–284. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12192[FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., Brodbeck, F. C. (2020). Why are women less likely to negotiate? The influence of expectancy considerations and contextual framing on gender differences in the initiation of negotiation. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research,134(4), 304-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12169 [FULL TEXT]
  • Vogel-Heuser, B., Böhm, M., Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., Maasen, S., Pantförder, D., Buchholz, J., Bauer, H., Brandl, F., Lindemann, U. (2020). Interdisciplinary engineering of cyber physical production systems: Highlighting the benefits of a combined interdisciplinary modelling approach on the basis of an industrial case. Design Science, 6(e5), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/dsj.2020.2[FULL TEXT]
  • Arendt J. F. W., Verdorfer A. D., & Kugler K. G. (2019). Mindfulness and Leadership: Communication as a Behavioral Correlate of Leader Mindfulness and Its Effect on Follower Satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00667[FULL TEXT]
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler, K. G., Vallacher, R., & Kim, R. (2019). Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst: Regulatory focus optimality in high and low-intensity conflict. International Journal of Conflict Management, 30(1), 45–64. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-03-2018-0040 [FULL TEXT]
  • Mazei, J., Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., & Hüffmeier, J. (2019). Warum sich Frauen und Männer in Verhandlungen unterscheiden. In Mind. [FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kunz, F. A., Kugler, K. G., Brodbeck, F. C. (2019). Negotiation contexts: How and why they shape women’s and men’s decision to negotiate. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 12(4), 322–342. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12153[FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., Brodbeck, F. C. (2019). The regulatory power of standardized business processes. Business Process Management Journal, 25(5), 1126–1144. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-12-2017-0353 [FULL TEXT]
  • Buchholz, J. Drewlani, T. Gammel, J. H., Panförder, D., Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2019). Vernetzung heterogener Akteure in Innovationsnetzwerken. Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, 10(2), 12–16. Available at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • 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 [FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Gammel, J., Feldmeier, C., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2018). Die zwei Seiten der Innovation, Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, 9(1), 13–14. Available at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler, K. G., & Chatman, L. (2017). Adaptive Mediation: A contingency approach to mediating conflict. International Journal for Conflict Management, 28(3), 383–406. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-11-2016-0090
  • Kugler, K. G. (2016). Teilprojekt A8: Zyklenmanagement von Teams und vernetzten Akteuren: Diagnose, Intervention und Evaluation. Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, 7(1), 23–24. Available at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler, K. G., Mazzaro, K., Gozzi, C., El Zokm, N., & Kressel, K. (2015). Putting the peaces together: A situated model of mediation. International Journal of Conflict Management, 26(2), 3–29. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-02-2014-0012 [FULL TEXT]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2015). Zyklenmanagement in Teams – ein psychologisches Modell. Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, 6(1), 10–12. Available at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • 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[FULL TEXT]
  • Coleman, P. T., & Kugler, K. G. (joint first authorship) (2014). Tracking Managerial Conflict Adaptivity: Introducing a Dynamic Measure of Adaptive Conflict Management in Organizations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(7), 945–968. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.1935 [FULL TEXT]
  • Kurt, L., Kugler, K. G., Coleman, P. T., & Liebovitch, L. S. (2014). Behavioral and emotional dynamics of two people struggling to reach consensus about a topic on which they disagree. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e84608. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084608[FULL TEXT]
  • Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. M., & Maier, M. A. (2013). Morals Matter in Economic Games. PLoS One, 8(12), e81558. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081558[FULL TEXT]
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler, K. G., Mitchinson, A., & Foster, C. (2013). Navigating conflict and power at work: The effects of power and interdependence asymmetries on conflict in organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43(10), 1963–1983. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12150 [FULL TEXT]
  • Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. A. M., Brodbeck, F. C., Behncke, F., & Lindemann, U. (2013). Arbeitsabläufe und Prozesse in einem komplexen Umfeld. Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, 4(3), 13–15. Available at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler, K. G., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Nowak, A., & Vallacher, R. (2012). Getting down to basics: A situated model of conflict in social relations. Negotiation Journal, 28(1), 7–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1571-9979.2011.00324.x
  • Brodbeck, F. C., Kugler, K. G., & Reif, J. A. M. (2012). Teamprozesse als erfolgskritische Faktoren im Zyklenmanagement. Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, 3(1), 4–6. Available at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • Kugler, K. G., Winkler, M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2011). Teams und Multiteam-Systeme (MTS) im Fokus: Ein organisationspsychologischer Beitrag zum Zyklenmanagement. Zyklenmanagement Aktuell, (2)2, 3–4. Avaliable at: https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/sfb-768/768/publikationen/newsletter/
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler, K. G., Mitchinson, A., Chung, C., & Musallam, N. (2010). The view from above and below: The effects of power and interdependence asymmetries on conflict dynamics and outcomes in organizations. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 3(4), 283–311. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-4716.2010.00062.x[FULL TEXT]
  • Coleman, P. T., Goldman, J. S., & Kugler, K. G. (2009). Emotional intractability: Gender, anger, aggression and rumination in conflict. International Journal of Conflict Management, 20(2), 113–131. https://doi.org/10.1108/10444060910949595

Books & Book chapters

  • Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. A. M., & Mazei, J. (2024). Gender Differences in Negotiations. In O. Acar, A. Tuncdogan, H. Volberda & K. de Ruyter (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Individual Differences in Organizational Contexts. Oxford University Publications. [Link]
  • Coleman, P. T., Kugler K. G., & Mazzaro K. (2016). Getting beyond win-lose and win-win: A situated model of adaptive mediation. In K. Bollen, M. Euwema & M. Lordea (Eds.), Advancing workplace mediation: Integrating theory and practice (pp. 21-38). Springer. [Link]
  • Pruitt, D. & Kugler, K. G. (2014). Some research frontiers in the study of conflict and its resolution. In M. Deutsch, P. T. Coleman & E. C. Marcus (Eds.), The handbook of conflict resolution: Theory and practice (3rd edition). Jossey-Bass. [Link]
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2014). Teamprozesse als erfolgskritische Faktoren im Zyklenmanagement. In B. Vogel-Heuser, U. Lindemann, G. Reinhart (Hrsg.) Innovationsprozesse zyklenorientiert managen (S. 77–89). Springer. [Link]
  • Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Liebovitch, L., Kugler, K. G., & Bartoli, A. (2013). Attracted to conflict: Dynamic foundations of destructive social relations. Springer. [Link]

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