Jakob Stollberger

Dr Jakob Stollberger is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the department of Management and Organisation of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and an International Research Affiliate at the National University of Singapore (See AiTH NUS Business School). Prior to joining the School of Business and Economics at VU, he held various research positions at Aston Business School, Cambridge Judge Business School, and the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Jakob's research has been published in in a number of leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, or Journal of Organizational Behavior. His scholarship featured in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings and was shortlisted for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. He also acts as Reviewer for a number of top-tier journals and is a member of the Editorial Board of Human Relations.

Jakob regularly writes practitioner-oriented pieces for outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, the World Financial Review, or the European Business Review and his work received media coverage in Forbes, The World Economic Forum, or The Conversation UK among others.

Research

As a work psychologist, Jakob explores various ways how behavioral insights can support organizations in their day-to-day work. His research agenda focuses on themes that lie at the intersection between organizations and society, such as issues around how leaders can promote or derail organizational innovation efforts, how work influences family dynamics, as well as how humans can best work together with artificial intelligence (AI) in the not-too-distant future of work. In empirically exploring these themes, he relies on his expertise in study design (e.g., experience sampling studies, and randomized controlled trials) and quantitative data analysis (e.g., latent growth modelling and multilevel modelling).

Jakob's research has attracted internal and external funding (e.g., ESRC) and he is a regularly invited speaker at academic institutions, businesses, and governmental bodies.

Teaching

Jakob teaches on a range of programmes as well as coordinates doctoral education courses as part of the Amsterdam Business Research Institure (ABRI). Examples include coordination of Leadership: Mobilizing People (BSc) or the PhD-level Specialization Seminars in OB/HRM. He engages in PhD supervision and is open to discussing ideas of prospective PhD students on topics that fall within his areas of expertise.