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Research Interests
Corporate Governance
Organizational Routines
Organization Theory
Standardization
Strategy as Practice
Strategy Consulting
Top Management Teams
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Chair of Organization and Management
University of Zurich
Plattenstrasse 14
Office: Room J-417
CH-8032 Zurich
Phone: +41/44/634 37 50
Fax: +41/44/634 37 49
Email: david.seidl@business.uzh.ch
Consultation hour: on appointment
CV
Since 2008 | Full Professor, Chair of Organization & Management, University of Zurich |
2008 | Habilitation (postdoctoral thesis) on the topic “Strategy as Practice”, Helmut-Schmidt University, Hamburg |
2004-2008 | Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Munich Head of the Centre for Organizational Research, University of Munich |
Since 2006 | Research Associate, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge |
2005 | Visiting Scholar, Stanford University |
2001-2004 | Research Associate, Institute of Business Policy and Strategic Management, University of Munich |
1996-2000 | PhD in Management Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge University |
1999 | Visiting scholar, Witten/Herdecke University |
1993-1994 | Exchange student, City University, London |
1991-1996 | Diploma (MSc) in Business Administration and Sociology, University of Munich |
Recent Publications (Selection)
Ma, S., Kor, Y., & Seidl, D. (2022) TMT role structure: A vantage point for advancing upper echelons research. Strategic Management Journal.
Feldman, M., Pentland, B., D’Adderio, L., Dittrich, K., Rerup, C., Seidl, D. (eds.) (2021) Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cooren, F. and Seidl, D. (2020) “Niklas Luhmann’s radical communication approach and its implications for research on organizational communication”. Academy of Management Review 45(2): 479–497.
Ma, S., Kor, Y. and Seidl, D. (2020) “CEO Advice Seeking: An Integrative Framework and Future Agenda”. Journal of Management 46(6): 771-805.
Dittrich, K. and Seidl, D. (2018) “Emerging intentionality in routine dynamics: A pragmatist view”. Academy of Management Journal 61(1): 111-138.
Seidl, D. and Werle, F. (2018) “Inter-organizational sensemaking in the face of strategic meta-problems: Requisite variety and the dynamics of participation”. Strategic Management Journal 39(3): 830-858.
Ma, S. and Seidl, D. (2018) “New CEOs and their collaborators: Divergence and convergence between the strategic leadership constellation and the top management team” Strategic Management Journal 39(3): 606-638.
Dittrich, K., Guerard, S. and Seidl, D. (2016) “Talking about routines: The role of reflective talk in routine change”. Organization Science 27(3): 678–697.
Kieser, A., Nicolai, A. and Seidl, D. (2015) “The practical relevance of management research: turning the debate on relevance into a rigorous scientific research program” Academy of Management Annals 9(1): 143-233.
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Editorial Boards
Membership in Academic Boards
Since 2012 | Member of the Advisory Committee of the Interest Group “Strategizing: Activities and Practice (SAP) at the Academy of Management (AoM) |
2011 - 2012 | Past Chair of the Interest Group “Strategizing: Activities and Practice (SAP) at the Academy of Management (AoM) |
2010 - 2011 | Chair of the Interest Group “Strategizing: Activities and Practice (SAP) at the Academy of Management (AoM) |
2008 - 2014 | Member of the Executive Board of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) |
2007 - 2009 | Representative-at-large of the Interest Group “Strategy Practice” at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) |