Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour
BA, MA (University of Heidelberg), PhD (University of St Gallen)
Research interests
Jochen’s research focus is on the social dynamics between leaders and followers and on the role of emotions and motivation in organisational life. Jochen examines, for example, how charismatic leaders affect followers, how emotions spread through organizations, how leaders build emotional intelligence into organisational systems, and how people feel about and prepare for the future in an ever changing world of work. His research relies on experimental, archival, survey and field studies.
Subject group: Organisational Behaviour
Professional experience
Jochen’s research has been published in top-tier academic outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He regularly writes for Harvard Business Review and his discoveries have been featured in two TEDx talks and the media around the world, for example, by the BBC, CNN, The Economist, The Financial Times, Le Monde, The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and Die Zeit.
In his research, teaching and consulting, Jochen has worked with a diverse set of companies and organisations including the Adecco Group, the Boston Consulting Group, British Telecom, Daimler, easyJet, the European Commission, Google, Grey, Jaguar Land Rover, L’Oréal, Media Arts Lab, Microsoft, Nordea, Rolls-Royce, Trivago, the UK’s Cabinet Office, and the World Bank. As a co-founder of the Global HR Valley, a future-of-work ecosystem that is part of the Reskilling Revolution of the World Economic Forum, he builds a platform together with prominent businesses, organisations and governments to prepare leaders and organisations for a changing world of work.
Jochen has lectured at all academic levels and received multiple best teacher awards. He has also taught at startup incubators such as Plug & Play in Silicon Valley and the Venture Café Foundation in Boston, as well as at prestigious military academies, such as the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK and the Center for Leadership in Germany. Jochen is amongst the founders of the Experimental Laboratory at Cambridge Judge Business School. He is an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Discoveries and a member of the Editorial Board of The Leadership Quarterly; previously, he was a Consulting Editor for Emotion and served on the Editorial Board of the Academy of Management Journal. He is a Subject Matter Expert of the Academy of Management and an executive board member of the International Society for Emotional Intelligence. He is also an expert member for the Emotion Revolution in the Workplace project by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Previous appointments
Jochen’s primary appointment is with the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he is a Full Professor, holds the Chair of Human Resource Management and Leadership, and serves as the Director of the Center for Leadership in the Future of Work. Previously, Jochen held the Chair of Leadership and HRM at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Düsseldorf, Germany; was a Research Associate at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland; and was a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Arts and Science at Yale University in the United States.
Awards & honours
- Best Entrepreneurship Implications Paper Award (for the paper “Investors increase financial support to entrepreneurs who share a personal shortcoming” with Lauren Christine Howe), Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management, 2022
- Highly Commended Paper Award, Emerald Literati Awards, 2019
- Annual Prize for the Best Leadership-related Article, Institute for Leadership, Ivey Business School, 2019
- Teaching Prize, MBA Programme, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, 2018
- Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Journal, 2017
- Academy of Management Annals Best Article Award, 2015
- Academy of Management Best Paper Award, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, 2013
- Finalists for the SAGE Best Paper Award, 2013
- Outstanding Author Contribution Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2010
- Best Paper Award, International Conference on Emotions and Organisational Life, INSEAD, 2008
- German Study Award (Deutscher Studienpreis), 2007
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) Scholarship, 2002-2005
- Baden-Württemberg Stipend (Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg) Scholarship, 2002-2003
Selected publications
Here are a selection of Jochen Menges’s publications. Please see the “Selected publications” tab above for a more comprehensive list.
Landis, B., Fisher, C.M. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “How employees react to unsolicited and solicited advice in the workplace: implications for using advice, learning, and performance.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(3): 408-424 (DOI: 10.1037/apl0000876)
Jachimowicz, J.M., Lee, J., Staats, B., Gino, F. and Menges, J.I. (2021) “Between home and work: commuting as an opportunity for role transitions.” Organization Science, 32(1): 64-85 (DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2020.1370)
Landis, B., Kilduff, M., Menges, J.I. and Kilduff, G. (2018) “The paradox of agency: feeling powerful reduces brokerage opportunity recognition yet increases willingness to broker.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(8): 929-938 (DOI: 10.1037/apl0000299)
Knight, A., Menges, J.I. and Bruch, H. (2018) “Organizational affective tone: a meso perspective on the origins and effects of consistent affect in organizations.” Academy of Management Journal, 61(1): 191-219 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2016.0671)
Conroy, S., Becker, W. and Menges, J.I. (2017) “The meaning of my feelings depends on who I am: work-related identifications shape emotion effects in organizations.” Academy of Management Journal, 60(3): 1071-1093 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.1040)
Menges, J.I., Tussing, D., Wihler, A. and Grant, A. (2017) “When job performance is all relative: how family motivation energizes effort and compensates for intrinsic motivation.” Academy of Management Journal, 60(2): 695-719 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0898)
Journal articles
Fiedler, K., Schenk, W., Watling, M. and Menges, J.I. (2005) “Priming trait inferences through pictures and moving pictures: the impact of open and closed mindsets.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88(2): 229-244 (DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.88.2.229)
Bruch, H. and Menges, J.I. (2010) “The acceleration trap: it’s not just individuals who burn out – companies do, too.” Harvard Business Review, 88(4): 80-86
Kilduff, M., Chiaburu, D.S. and Menges, J.I. (2010) “Strategic use of emotional intelligence in organizational settings: exploring the dark side.” Research in Organizational Behavior, 30: 129-152 (DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2010.10.002)
Menges, J.I., Walter, F., Vogel, B. and Bruch, H. (2011) “Transformational leadership climate: performance linkages, mechanisms, and boundary conditions at the organizational level.” The Leadership Quarterly, 22(5): 893-909 (DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.010)
Uhlmann, E.L., Leavitt, K., Menges, J.I., Koopman, J., Howe, M. and Johnson, R.E. (2012) “Getting explicit about the implicit: a taxonomy of implicit measures and a guide for their use in organizational research.” Organizational Research Methods, 15(4): 553-601 (DOI: 10.1177/1094428112442750)
Becker, W.J. and Menges, J.I. (2013) “Biological implicit measures in HRM and OB: a question of how, not if.” Human Resource Management Review, 23(3): 219-228 (DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.12.003)
Nohe, C., Michaelis, B., Menges, J.I., Zhang, Z. and Sonntag, K. (2013) “Charisma and organizational change: a multilevel study of perceived charisma, commitment to change, and team performance.” The Leadership Quarterly, 24(2): 378-389 (DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.02.001)
Menges, J.I. and Kilduff, M. (2015) “Group emotions: cutting the Gordion knots concerning terms, levels-of-analysis, and mechanisms.” Academy of Management Annals, 9(1): 849-932 (DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2015.1033148)
Tasselli, S., Kilduff, M. and Menges, J.I. (2015) “The microfoundations of organizational social networks: a review and an agenda for future research.” Journal of Management, 41(5): 1361-1387 (DOI: 10.1177/0149206315573996)
Momm, T., Blickle, G., Liu, Y., Wihler, A., Kholin, M. and Menges J.I. (2015) “It pays to have an eye for emotions: emotion recognition ability indirectly predicts annual income.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36(1): 147-163 (DOI: 10.1002/job.1975)
Brands, R., Menges, J.I. and Kilduff, M. (2015) “The leader-in-social-network schema: perceptions of network structure affect gendered attributions of charisma.” Organization Science, 26(4): 1210-1225 (DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.0965)
Menges, J.I., Kilduff, M., Kern, S. and Bruch, H (2015) “The awestruck effect: followers suppress emotion expression in response to charismatic but not individually considerate leadership.” The Leadership Quarterly, 26(4): 626-640 (DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.06.002)
Silberzahn, R. and Menges, J.I. (2016) “Reading the face of a leader: women with low facial masculinity are perceived as competitive.” Academy of Management Discoveries, 2(3): 272-289 (DOI: 10.5465/amd.2014.0070)
Menges, J.I., Tussing, D., Wihler, A. and Grant, A. (2017) “When job performance is all relative: how family motivation energizes effort and compensates for intrinsic motivation.” Academy of Management Journal, 60(2): 695-719 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0898)
Conroy, S., Becker, W. and Menges, J.I. (2017) “The meaning of my feelings depends on who I am: work-related identifications shape emotion effects in organizations.” Academy of Management Journal, 60(3): 1071-1093 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.1040)
Gino, F., Staats, B., Jachimowicz, J.M., Lee, J. and Menges, J.I. (2017) “Reclaim your commute.” Harvard Business Review, May-June: 149-153
Kunze, F. and Menges, J.I. (2017) “Younger supervisors, older subordinates: an organizational-level study of age differences, emotions, and performance.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(4): 461-486 (DOI: 10.1002/job.2129)
Knight, A., Menges, J.I. and Bruch, H. (2018) “Organizational affective tone: a meso perspective on the origins and effects of consistent affect in organizations.” Academy of Management Journal, 61(1): 191-219 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2016.0671)
Moeller, J., Ivcevic, Z., White, A.E., Menges, J.I. and Brackett, M.A. (2018) “Highly engaged but burned-out: intra-individual profiles in the US workforce.” Career Development International, 23(1): 86-105 (DOI: 10.1108/CDI-12-2016-0215)
Landis, B., Kilduff, M., Menges, J.I. and Kilduff, G. (2018) “The paradox of agency: feeling powerful reduces brokerage opportunity recognition yet increases willingness to broker.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(8): 929-938 (DOI: 10.1037/apl0000299)
Matz, S.C., Menges, J.I., Stillwell, D.J. and Schwartz, H.A. (2019) “Predicting individual-level income from Facebook profiles.” PLOS One, 14: e0214369 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214369)
Ivcevic, Z., Menges, J.I. and Miller, A. (2020) “How common is unethical behavior in U.S. organizations?” Harvard Business Review, 20 March 2020
Howe, L.C., Whillans, A. and Menges, J.I. (2020) “How to (actually) save time when you’re working remotely.” Harvard Business Review, 24 August 2020
Howe, L.C., Jachimowicz, J.M. and Menges, J.I. (2021) “Your job doesn’t have to be your passion.” Harvard Business Review, 4 June 2021
Howe, L.C., Menges, J.I. and Monks, J. (2021) “Leaders, don’t be afraid to talk about your fears and anxieties.” Harvard Business Review, 18 August 2021
Ivcevic, Z., Moeller, J., Menges, J. and Brackett, M. (2021) “Supervisor emotionally intelligent behavior and employee creativity.” Journal of Creative Behavior, 55(1): 79-91 (DOI: 10.1002/jocb.436)
Jachimowicz, J.M., Lee, J., Staats, B., Gino, F. and Menges, J.I. (2021) “Between home and work: commuting as an opportunity for role transitions.” Organization Science, 32(1): 64-85 (DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2020.1370)
Blickle, G., Kranefeld, I., Wihler, A., Kückelhaus, B.P. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “It works without words: a nonlinguistic ability test of perceiving emotions with job-related consequences.” European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(3): 210-223 (DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000656)
Howe, L.C. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “Remote work mindsets predict emotions and productivity in home office: a longitudinal study of knowledge workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Human-Computer Interaction, 37(6): 481–507 (DOI: 10.1080/07370024.2021.1987238)
Howe, L.C., Jachimowicz, J.M. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “To retain employees, support their passions outside work.” Harvard Business Review, 30 March 2022
Landis, B., Fisher, C.M. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “How employees react to unsolicited and solicited advice in the workplace: implications for using advice, learning, and performance.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(3): 408-424 (DOI: 10.1037/apl0000876)
Taylor, C.L., Ivcevic, Z., Moeller, J., Menges, J.I., Reiter-Palmon, R. and Brackett, M.A. (2022) “Gender and emotions at work: organizational rank has greater emotional benefits for men than women.” Sex Roles, 86(1-2): 127-142 (DOI: 10.1007/s11199-021-01256-z)
Tussing, D.V., Wihler, A., Astandu, T.V. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “Should I stay or should I go? The role of individual strivings in shaping the relationship between envy and avoidance behaviors at work.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(4):567-583 (DOI: 10.1002/job.2593)
Wihler, A., Hülsheger, U.R., Reb, J. and Menges, J.I. (2022) “It’s so boring – or is it? Examining the role of mindfulness for work performance and attitudes in monotonous jobs.” Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(1): 131-154 (DOI: 10.1111/joop.12370)
Kammerlander, N., Menges, J., Herhausen, D., Kipfelsberger, P. and Bruch, H. (2023) “How family CEOs affect employees’ feelings and behaviors: a study on positive emotions.” Long Range Planning (DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2022.102209) (published online Mar 2022)
Mo, C.H., Jachimowicz, J.M., Menges, J.I. and Galinsky, A.D. (2023) “The impact of incidental environmental factors on vote choice: wind speed is related to more prevention-focused voting.” Political Behavior (DOI: 10.1007/s11109-023-09865-y) (published online Feb 2023)
Books, monographs, reports & case studies
Menz, M., Ebersbach, L. and Menges, J.I. (2007) Mergers und acquisitions: von der Strategie zur Integration [Mergers and acquistions: from strategy to integration]. Bern: Haupt Verlag.
Menges, J.I., Ebersbach, L. and Welling, C. (2008) Erfolgsfaktor Emotionales Kapital – Menschen begeistern, Ziele erreichen [Emotional capital, a success factor: inspire people, reach goals]. Bern: Haupt Verlag.
Menges, J.I. (2009) Organizational-level affect: antecedents, boundary conditions, and consequences of emotional climates and competencies. Bamberg: Difo-Druck.
Book chapters
Menges, J.I. and Bruch, H. (2009) “Organizational emotional intelligence and performance: an empirical study.” In: Härtel, C.E.J., Zerbe, W.J. and Ashkanasy, N.M. (eds.): Research on emotions in organizations: vol.5. Bingley: Emerald, pp.181-209
Menges, J.I. (2012) “Organizational emotional intelligence: theoretical foundations and practical implications.” In: Härtel, C.E.J., Zerbe, W.J. and Ashkanasy, N.M. (eds.): Research on emotions in organizations: vol.8. Bingley: Emerald, pp.355-373
Walter, F., Vogel, B. and Menges, J.I. (2013) “A theoretical examination of mixed group mood: the construct and its performance consequences.” In: Zerbe, W.J., Ashkanasy, N.M. and Härtel, C.E.J. (eds.): Research on emotions in organizations: vol.9: Individual sources, dynamics, and expressions of emotion. Bingley: Emerald, pp.119-152
Menges, J.I. (2017) “Charisma.” In: Moghaddam, F.M. (ed.) The SAGE encyclopedia of political behavior: vol.1. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp.81-84
