Christophe Haag

Management, Law and Human Resources

Dr Christophe Haag is a professor of organizational behavior, a branch of social psychology, at EMLYON. He teaches in the ESC (undergraduate) program and the executive MBA, amongst others. He has designed and delivered numerous tailor-made programs for top management (boards of directors, high potentials, middle managers). He's interested in the human brain and particularly in the "intelligent" use of our emotions and our intuitions in the daily life. His first motivation, as a researcher : to decipher the Da Vinci Code of our sixth sense. His research has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Organization Management, European Management Journal, M@n@gement... He works with atypical populations such as artists (movie directors, writers, actors), former members of the RAID or officers of the Army, neuroscientists, neuropsychiatrists, speech therapists, CEOs of large companies, journalists, etc. His first objective is to make scientific discoveries more "accessible". He has already published two books that got a lot of media attention in France : " Génération QE (EQ Generation in english) " ( Pearson) and more recently " La Poulpe Attitude (The Octopus Behavior in english) " (Michel Lafon). His new challenge : to uncover the secrets of the human voice.

EDUCATION

• 2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Chair: Sinaceur, M.) - INSEAD
• 2007 Ph.D. in Management (Chair: Getz, I. & Laroche, H.) - ESCP-EAP European School of Management
• Doctorat ès Science de Gestion, Université Paris X Nanterre (Chair : Getz, I. & Laroche, H.)
• 2003 D.E.A. (GDO) - Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, Ecole des Mines de Paris, ESCP-EAP, ESSEC & Université Paris X.
• 2002 MSc in Strategic Management - University of Stirling - Faculty of Management, Scotland
• 2001 B.A. in Management - CERAM Business School
• 1999 University Diploma in Chemistry and Applied Physics - Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France

EXPERIENCE

• Since September 2007 Associate Professor - EMLYON Business School, Lyon, France
• 2003-2007 PhD candidate - ESCP-EAP (now ESCP Europe), Paris, France

EXPERTISE

Dr. Christophe Haag has made numerous appearances on FRENCH TV (e.g. France 2, Direct 8, BFM TV,...), on THE RADIO (e.g. France Info, France Inter, Europe 1, BFM,...), in THE PRESS (e.g. Sciences et Avenir, Management, Forbes, Le Figaro,...). Clic here to see the review of Press

COURSES TAUGHT

• Programme Grande Ecole - Organizational Behavior
• Programme Grande Ecole - The Emotionally Intelligent Manager
• Executive Education (on Emotional Intelligence): COCA-COLA (Middle managament; Board of Directors), ADECCO (High Po), LOCAM-Crédit Agricole(Middle management), ERDF/GRDF (Middle management), MERIAL (Board of directors and Middle management)...

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Intuition
• Emotional intelligence (EQ)
• Decision
• Top Management Teams and CEOs
• Crisis Management
• Corporate Communication
• Applied psychology
• Human voice

PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC ARTICLES (11)

‑ SALA, Gabriel, Haag, Christophe. 2016. Comment vaincre l'anxiété en situation extrême ?: Les secrets de la Force Intervention du GIGN, unité d'élite de la gendarmerie nationale.Revue Française de Gestion, 2016/4 (257): 129-147 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe, FRESNEL, Elizabeth. 2015. Implementing Voice Strategies in Extreme Negotiations: A conversation with Christophe Caupenne, successful former commando of the French RAID unit.Organization Management Journal, 12 (1): 4-12 P.

‑ SINACEUR, Marwan, KOPELMAN, Shirli, , VASILJEVIC, Dimitri, , Haag, Christophe. 2015. Weep and get more: When and why sadness expression is effective innegotiations.Journal of Applied Psychology, 100 (6): 1847-1871 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe, COGET, Jean-François, , Melkonian, Tessa. 2011. Top-level communication: behind the scenes with famous French spin doctor Jacques Seguela.Organization Management Journal, 8 (3): 167-179 P.

‑ COGET, Jean-François, Haag, Christophe, , GIBSON, Donald E.. 2011. Anger and fear in decision-making: The case of film directors on set.European Management Journal, 29 (6): 476-490 P.

‑ SINACEUR, Marwan, VAN, KLEEF Gerben A., , NEAL, Margaret A., , ADAM, Hajo, , Haag, Christophe. 2011. Hot or cold: Is communicating anger or threats more effective in negotiation?.Journal of Applied Psychology, 96 (5): 1018-1032 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe, COGET, Jean-François. 2010. Leading creative people: Lessons from advertising guru Jacques Séguéla.European Management Journal, 28 (4): 278-284 P.

‑ SINACEUR, Marwan, THOMAS-HUNT, Melissa C., , NEALE, Margaret A., , O'NEILL, Olivia A., , Haag, Christophe. 2010. Accuracy and perceived expert status in group decisions: When minority members make majority members more accurate privately.Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36 (3): 423-437 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe. 2009. Avis d’experts : La crise, créatrice ou destructrice de lien social ?.Organization Development Journal, (1474): 1 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe, LAROCHE, Hervé. 2009. Dans le secret des comités de direction, le rôle des émotions : proposition d’un modèle théorique.M@n@gement, 12 (2): 82-117 P.

‑ COGET, Jean-François, Haag, Christophe, , BONNEFOUS, Annabel-Mauve. 2009. Le rôle de l'émotion dans la prise de décision intuitive: zoom sur les réalisateurs-décideurs en période de tournage.M@n@gement, 12 (2): 118-141 P.

BOOKS (7)

‑ Séguéla, Jacques, Haag, Christophe. 2017. Contre nos peurs, changeons d’intelligence !. Paris: Albin Michel 235 p.

‑ Haag, Christophe. 2013. Vox confidential : Une enquête inédite sur les mystères de la voix humaine.: Michel Lafon 350 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe. 2013. Vox confidential: Une enquête inédite sur les mystères de la voix humaine. Neuilly-sur-Seine : M. Lafon 215 p.

‑ Haag, Christophe. 2011. La poulpe attitude.: Michel Lafon 272 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe. 2011. La poulpe attitude: Et si, vous aussi, vous utilisiez votre intuition pour prendre les bonnes décisions ?. Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine): M. Lafon 272 p.

‑ Haag, Christophe, Seguela, Jacques. 2009. Génération QE : Le quotient émotionnel, arme anticrise. Paris: Pearson 200 P.

‑ Haag, Christophe, Séguéla, Jacques. 2009. Génération QE : Le quotient émotionnel, arme anticrise. Paris: Pearson EducationVillage Mondial 220 p.

BOOK CHAPTERS (1)

‑ Haag, Christophe, Getz, Isaac. 2016. The InBoard Emotional Contagion Model. Chapter 6., Research on Emotion in Organizations. Vol12: Emotions and Organizational Governance. : Emerald, 143-167 P.