Simon Schafheitle

Simon Schafheitle is an International Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Chair for Human Resource Management of Antoinette Weibel at the University of St. Gallen (FAA-HSG). He received his doctorate from the University of St. Gallen in 2020 focusing on the impact of datafication technologies on 21st-century workplace architectures, particularly emphasizing the dual relationship of trust and HR control. Currently, he is launching a research project aiming at a more nuanced understanding of how “intelligent” technologies impact Performance Management Systems, for instance, what it means if a robot sets employees’ goals or if an algorithm incentivizes or punishes employees. His research interests lie in the areas of "SMART Workplaces", new technologies in human resource management and leadership, digital mindsets, trust in and between organizations, employee engagement, and motivation, as well as in the tradition of evidence-based management. In terms of research methodology, he is particularly attracted to creative research methods that have received little attention in management research to date, including mixed-methods designs, field experiments, Boolean algebra, as well as design thinking, and inventive engineering approaches.

Publications

Journal paper

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette; Ebert, Isabel Laura; Kasper, Gabriel; Schank, Christoph & Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich (2020) No stone left unturned? Towards a framework for the impact of datafication technologies on organizational control. Academy of Management Discoveries, 6 (3). 455-487. [img]

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette; Meidert, Nadine & Leuffen, Dirk (2020) The Road to Trust. A Vignette Study on the Determinants of Citizens’ Trust in the European Commission. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58 (2). 256-275.

Item Weibel, Antoinette; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Ebert, Isabel Laura (2019) Goldgräberstimmung im Personalmanagement? Wie Datafizierungs-Technologien die Personalsteuerung verändern. Zeitschrift für Organisationsentwicklung, (3). 23-29. [img]

Item Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich; Busch, Thorsten; Schank, Christoph; Weibel, Antoinette; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Wildhaber, Isabelle & Kasper, Gabriel (2019) The Challenges of Algorithm-based HR Decision-making for Personal Integrity. Journal of business ethics : JOBE, 160 (2). 377-392. ISSN 0167-4544 [img]

Item Weibel, Antoinette; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Meidert, Nadine (2018) Evidenzbasiert entscheiden. Wie sich HR-Manager Forschungsergebnisse zunutze machen können. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 87 (3). 158-163. ISSN 0722-7485

Conference or Workshop Item

Item Weibel, Antoinette; Sachs, Sybille; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Laude, Daniel: Stakeholder Distrust: The Neglected Construct in Stakeholder Relations. 2020. - 40th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society. - London.

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette & Möllering, Guido: How leaders develop trust in high trust organizations - Many routes to active trusting. 2020. - Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2020 "Broadening our Sight". - Vancouver, British Columbia (CA).

Item Weibel, Antoinette; Sachs, Sybille; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Laude, Daniel: Stakeholder Distrust: The Neglected Construct in Stakeholder Relations. [Conference or Workshop Item] [img]

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette; Ebert, Isabel Laura; Kasper, Gabriel; Schank, Christoph & Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich: No stone left unturned? Towards a framework on the impact of datafication technologies on organizational control. 2019. - AMD Special Issue Workshop. - Cass Business School, London (UK).

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel: How do Organizational Members Perceive Datafication Permeated Workplaces? Insights from an Explorative Single-Case Study. 2019.

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette; Ebert, Isabel Laura; Kasper, Gabriel; Schank, Christoph & Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich: No stone left standing? Understanding the impact of technology on established modes of organizational control. 2018. - Academy of Management (AOM) Discoveries Paper Development Workshop. - Paris, Université Paris-Dauphine.

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette; Ebert, Isabel Laura; Kasper, Gabriel; Schank, Christoph & Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich: No stone left standing? Understanding the impact of technology on established modes of organizational control. 2018. - AKempor - Arbeitskreis Empirische Personal- und Organisationsforschung Tagung 2018. - Universität Salzburg.

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette; Ebert, Isabel Laura; Kasper, Gabriel; Schank, Christoph & Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich: No stone left standing? Understanding the impact of technology on established modes of organizational control. 2018. - OMTF 2018 PhD Seminar on Organizations, Management and Theories of the Firm. - Universität Zürich.

Item Busch, Thorsten; Schank, Christoph; Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich; Weibel, Antoinette; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Kasper, Gabriel & Wildhaber, Isabelle: Workplace Surveillance and Big Data: Contextualizing Digital Threats to Employees Moral Agency and Integrity. 2018. - Academy of Management Specialized Conference on Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy. - Surrey, United Kingdom.

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel: Effective Trust Management- An Evidence-based Practitioner‘s Guideline on how to Enable Stakeholders‘ Trust in Institutions. [Conference or Workshop Item] [img]

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel; Weibel, Antoinette & Möllering, Guido: Touchstone of Trust inside Organizations: Antecedents of high-trust manager-employee relationships. 2016. - 9th FINT/EIASM Conference on Trust within and between Organisations. - Dublin, IR. [img]

Book Section

Item Weibel, Antoinette; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Osterloh, Margit: Trust Rocks! Aktives Vertrauen als Grundstein für das Gelingen der Neuen Arbeit. In Sulzberger, Markus & Zaugg, Robert J. (ed.): Management Wissen - Was Leader erfolgreich macht. Wiesbaden : Springer Gabler, 2017, S. 35-42. [img]

Monograph

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Weibel, Antoinette: Touchstone of Trust inside Organizations: An explorative study on Antecedents of Managerial Leap of Faith. , 2015,

Newspaper

Item Wiemann-Hügler, Meike & Schafheitle, Simon Daniel: Digitalisierung und Agilisierung - Zwei Trends mit viel Potenzial für das Performance Management, aber auch einigen Widersprüchen. In: Personalmagazin 6 (2021), S. 36-41. [img]

Item Weibel, Antoinette & Schafheitle, Simon Daniel: «Bis auf die Unterhose überwacht»: Wie Unternehmen im Home-Office Daten über ihre Mitarbeiter sammeln. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ (2020), S. 13.

Item Weibel, Antoinette; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Pfänder, Jan: HR messbar machen - mit gezielten Experimenten Zahlen produzieren. In: Personal Schweiz (2018), 4, S. 36-37.

Presentation

Item Weibel, Antoinette & Schafheitle, Simon Daniel: The SUMIT-Mindset for HR-Leaders in the Digital Age. Sustainable Culture-Transformation is key for Business Excellence in times of Digitalization. CAS in HR Value Creation. St. Gallen, May 2018. [img]

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Weibel, Antoinette: Big Data or Big Brother - HR Analytics and Employee Attitudes inside Swiss Companies. OMTF. Lausanne, 27 September 2017. [img]

Item Busch, Thorsten; Weibel, Antoinette; Wildhaber, Isabelle; Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich; Schank, Christoph; Schafheitle, Simon Daniel & Kasper, Gabriel: Big-data driven workplace surveillance: the case of Switzerland. Data Power 2017. Ottawa, Canada, 22 June 2017.

Item Schafheitle, Simon Daniel: Big Data or Big Brother in Swiss Companies? Datafication & Automation of Leadership through AI: SNSF Research Research Project, Enduring Questions and Avenues for Action. Applied Machine Learning Days 2020. EPFL Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland,