Prof. Dr. Sebastian Junge

Chair of Corporate Management

Curriculum vitae

Sebastian Junge represents the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Corporate Management, at the Institute of Management as a deputy professor. He studied and completed his doctorate at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Mannheim, the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research interests include personality traits and perceptions of managers, innovation behaviour and resilience of companies as well as succession processes in family businesses. His research appears in renowned journals such as the Journal of Management and the Journal of Management Studies.

Recent publications

2023

Bauer D., Junge S., Reif T.:
May the resources be with you: a systematic review and framework of startup funding options
In: Management Review Quarterly (2023)
ISSN: 2198-1620
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-023-00336-6
Dötschel E., Junge S., Guthmann T.:
Location is everything: Explorative and exploitative learning, non-scale free resources, and firm performance of German companies
In: Journal of Business Economics (2023)
ISSN: 0044-2372
DOI: 10.1007/s11573-023-01163-7
Dötschel E., Junge S., Hoßnofsky V., Stengl J.:
CSR engagement and social media evaluation – Evidence from S&P 500 (family) firms
Dötschel E., Junge S., Hoßnofsky V., Stengl J.:
The Role of CSR Engagement on Social Evaluation – Evidence from S&P 500 (Family) Firms
International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) (Krakau)
Hagen M., Su W., Junge S.:
60th birthday of ‘A Behavioral Theory of the Firm’: a review of the relational concepts and recommendations for future research
In: Management Review Quarterly (2023)
ISSN: 2198-1620
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-023-00369-x
Junge S., Luger J., Mammen J.:
The Role of Organizational Structure in Senior Managers' Selective Information Processing
In: Journal of Management Studies (2023)
ISSN: 0022-2380
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12918
Su W., Junge S.:
Unlocking the recipe for organizational resilience: A review and future research directions
In: European Management Journal (2023)
ISSN: 0263-2373
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2023.03.002

2022

Bauer D., Reif T., Junge S.:
Who is the Chosen One? – A Systematic Literature Review on the Core Concepts of Family Firm Succession
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Winterthur, 13. June 2022 - 17. June 2022)
Bauer D., Reif T., Junge S.:
Your Path Lies Before You – A Review on Succession in Family Firms and a Way Ahead
Academy of Management (AOM) (Seattle, 5. August 2022 - 9. August 2022)
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.16613abstract
Dötschel E., Junge S.:
(Non-) Founding Family Firms and Exploration – What is the Secret of their Viability?
Strategic Management Society (SMS) (London / UK, 17. September 2022 - 20. September 2022)
Dötschel E., Junge S.:
The Mystery of Survival – (Non-) Founding Family Firms and Exploration
International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) (Santander / Spanien, 22. June 2022 - 24. June 2022)
Dötschel E., Junge S.:
They shun to explore, but still survive – (Non-) Founding family firms and explorative orientation
Academy of Management (AOM) (Seattle / USA, 5. August 2022 - 9. August 2022)
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.16930abstract
Dötschel E., Junge S.:
What is their secret? Family influence and a firm's relative exploration orientation
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Wintherthur / Switzerland, 15. June 2022 - 17. June 2022)
Reif T., Bauer D., Junge S.:
With Great Decisions Comes Great Responsibility: Reviewing the Core Concepts of Family Firm Succession
International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) (Santander, 22. June 2022 - 24. June 2022)

2021

Bauer D., Junge S., Reif T.:
Lifting the Curtain of Silence: The Discovery and Conceptualization of the Search Fund Phenomenon
International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) (Santander / Virtual, 14. June 2021 - 25. June 2021)
Bauer D., Junge S., Reif T.:
Why is there a Veil of Silence? The Exploration of the Search Fund Phenomenon
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Montreal / Virtual, 16. June 2021 - 18. June 2021)
Dötschel E., Junge S., Uhl J., Mader C.:
They should know how to succeed: Remote Work in the ICT Sector during the Pandemic
Wissenschaftsforum 2021 (Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule, 5. November 2021 - 5. November 2021)
Hoßnofsky V., Junge S., Graf-Vlachy L.:
If and Where: Environmental Antecedents of CDO Adoption
In: GI Lecture Notes in Informatics 2021

2020

Bauer D., Junge S.:
A new hope? How search funds may reshape family firm succession events
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Dublin / Virtual, 4. December 2020 - 6. December 2020)
Blunck D., Junge S.:
The bitter pill: Ambidexterity in the pharmaceutical industry
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference 2020 (Trinity College, Dublin, 4. December 2020 - 6. December 2020)
Hagen M., Wittmann C., Mammen J., Junge S.:
Bitter sweet brightness: The impact of CEOs’ bright personality traits on corporate fraud
Academy of Management (AOM) (virtual, 7. August 2020 - 11. August 2020)
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2020.19652abstract
Hoßnofsky V., Junge S.:
Securities Analysts’ Assessments of Firms’ ESG Scores over Time: Evidence from European Firms
Strategic Management Society (SMS) (virtual, 26. October 2020 - 30. October 2020)
Hoßnofsky V., Schlichte F., Junge S.:
Shades of green: Investigating new ventures’ attention upon sustainability and its impact on success
Academy of Management (AOM) (virtual, 7. August 2020 - 11. August 2020)
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2020.19859abstract
Junge S., Graf-Vlachy L., Mammen J., Meinhardt R., Gudd C.:
The illusion of independence: Spun-off firms’ risk-taking as a function of status and attachment to the parent firm
In: Long Range Planning (2020), Article No.: 101966
ISSN: 0024-6301
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2020.101966
Schlichte F., Hoßnofsky V., Junge S.:
Sustainability en vogue? Investigating founders’ characteristics and new venture success
European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) (, 26. March 2020 - 27. March 2020)
Wittmann C., Hagen M., Mammen J., Junge S.:
Five shades of brightness: CEO personality traits and their influence on fraudulent behavior
European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) (Paris, 26. March 2020 - 27. March 2020)

2019

Bauer D., Junge S.:
MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND FRAMEWORK OF STARTUP FUNDING OPTIONS
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Lissabon, 26. June 2019 - 28. June 2019)
Hagen M., Junge S.:
No matter what it takes: The influence of firms’ and CEOs’ goal attainment on corporate fraud
European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) (Passau, 6. June 2019 - 7. June 2019)
Hagen M., Junge S., Heberlein L.:
Taking the dark path: The impact of firm performance relative to aspiration level on corporate fraud
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Lissabon, 26. June 2019 - 28. June 2019)
Hoßnofsky V., Junge S.:
Does the Market Reward Digitalization Efforts? Evidence from Securities Analysts' Investment Recommendations
In: Journal of Business Economics (2019)
ISSN: 0044-2372
DOI: 10.1007/s11573-019-00949-y
Hoßnofsky V., Junge S., Buechs T.:
Does the market reward sustainability efforts of European firms? The mediating role of financial intermediaries
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Lissabon, 26. June 2019 - 28. June 2019)
Junge S.:
Do Owners Act in the Interest of the Firm? The Influence of Institutional and CEO Ownership on a Firm’s Explorative Orientation
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Lissabon, 26. June 2019 - 28. June 2019)
Schlichte F., Junge S., Mammen J.:
Being at the right place at the right time: does the timing within technology waves determine new venture success?
In: Journal of Business Economics (2019)
ISSN: 0044-2372
DOI: 10.1007/s11573-019-00947-0

2018

Hoßnofsky V., Junge S.:
Does the Market Reward Digitalization Efforts? Evidence from Securities Analysts' Investment Recommendations
Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Erich-Gutenberg-Arbeitsgemeinschaft (EGA) (Cologne, 7. June 2018 - 7. June 2018)
DOI: 10.1007/s11573-019-00949-y
Junge S., Guthmann T.:
The geographical context really matters: Exploration‒exploitation, firm performance, and the geographical context of German companies
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Reykjavik, 19. June 2018 - 22. June 2018)
Meinhardt R., Junge S., Weiss M.:
The organizational environment with its measures, antecedents, and consequences: a review and research agenda
In: Management Review Quarterly (2018)
ISSN: 2198-1620
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-018-0137-7

2017

Junge S.:
Do Institutional Owners Lead Firms into Disaster? Institutional Owners and Exploration
Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 4. August 2017 - 9. August 2017)
In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2017
URL: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.12204abstract
Junge S.:
Institutional and CEO Ownership and the Influence on Exploration‒Exploitation
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Glasgow, 21. June 2017 - 24. June 2017)
Junge S.:
The Influence of Institutional and CEO Ownership on a Firm’s Explorative Orientation
Strategic Management Society (SMS) (Housten, 16. September 2017 - 19. September 2017)

2016

Meinhardt R., Gudd C., Junge S., Mammen J.:
Do they really break free? Post Spin-off Firms' Behavior and their Attachment to the Parent
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Paris, 1. June 2017 - 4. June 2017)
Meinhardt R., Gudd C., Junge S., Mammen J.:
The Illusion of Independence: Spin-off Firms' Alignments to Institutional Expectations
Academy of Management (AOM) (Anaheim, 5. August 2016 - 9. August 2016)
Meinhardt R., Junge S., Mammen J.:
Environmental Uncertainty and Firm Performance: Narcissistic CEOs Can Bear a Helping Hand
Strategic Management Society (SMS) (Berlin, 17. September 2016 - 20. March 2022)
Meinhardt R., Junge S., Mammen J.:
Nothing Is as it Seems: Environmental Uncertainty Misperception and Firm Performance
European Academy of Management (EURAM) (Paris, 1. June 2016 - 4. June 2016)
Meinhardt R., Junge S., Mammen J.:
Uncertainty...The Only Certain Thing? Environmental Uncertainty and Firm Performance
Academy of Management (AOM) (Anaheim, 5. August 2016 - 9. August 2016)