Department of Cultural and Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. Gisela Gerlach

Professor for Business Administration, especially Human Resources and Organizational Theory

Contact

Phone: +49 6341 280-37310
E-Mail: gisela.gerlach(at)rptu.de
Office: AC 112

Consultation hours

After prior agreement per e-mail

Address

Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft
August-Croissant-Str. 5
76829 Landau

Research focus

  • Work-life balance and the role of mobile communication technologies
  • Organizational diversity
  • Personnel management and social relations in the workplace

Personal data

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

  • Reinke, Kathrin/Gerlach, Gisela (2022), Linking Availability Expectations, Bidirectional Boundary Management Behavior and Preferences, and Employee Well-Being: An Integrative Study Approach, Journal of Business and Psychology, 37, 4, 695-715.
  • Ancona, Deborah/Williams, Michele/Gerlach, Gisela (2020), The Overlooked Key to Leading Through Chaos, MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall 2020, 34-39.
  • Gerlach, Gisela (2019), Linking Justice Perceptions, Workplace Relationship Quality, and Job Performance: The Differential Roles of Vertical and Horizontal Workplace Relationships, German Journal of Human Resource Management, 33, 4, 337-362.
  • Lukoschek, Carmen/Gerlach, Gisela/Stock, Ruth/Xin, Katherine (2018), Leading to Sustainable Organizational Unit Performance: Antecedents and Outcomes of Executives' Dual Innovation Leadership, Journal of Business Research, 91, 266-276.
  • Gerlach, Gisela (2018), Work-Life Balance aus Sicht von Mitarbeitern: Eine Interviewstudie mit Wissensarbeitern, Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 87, 4, 251-257.
  • Gerlach, Gisela/Rödiger, Kai/Stock, Ruth/Zacharias, Nicolas (2016), Salespersons' Empathy as a Missing Link in the Customer Orientation–Loyalty Chain: An Investigation of Drivers and Age Differences as a Contingency, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management (JPSSM), 36, 3, 221-239.
  • Stock, Ruth/Strecker, Melanie/Bieling, Gisela (2016), Organizational Work-Family Support as Universal Remedy? A Cross-Cultural Comparison of China, India and the United States, International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM), 27, 11, 1192-1216.
  • Reinke, Kathrin/Bieling, Gisela/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2016), Mobile IKT-Nutzung im Arbeits- und Privatleben – Stressfaktor oder förderlich für die Life Balance?, Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell – Zeitschrift für Personal und Management, Heft 2/2016, 15-24.
  • Bieling, Gisela/Stock, Ruth/Dorozalla, Florian (2015), Coping with Demographic Change in Job Markets: How Age Diversity Management Contributes to Organizational Performance, German Journal of Human Resource Management, 29, 1, 5-30.
  • Stock, Ruth/Bauer, Eva-Maria/Bieling, Gisela (2014), How Do Top Executives Handle Their Work and Family Life? A Taxonomy of Top Executives' Work-Family Balance, International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM), 25, 13, 1815-1840.
  • David, Klaus/Bieling, Gisela/Böhnstedt, Doreen/Jandt, Silke/Ohly, Sandra/Roßnagel, Alexander/ Schmitt, Antje/Steinmetz, Ralph/Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Wacker, Arno (2014), Balancing the Online Life: Mobile Usage Scenarios and Strategies for a New Communication Paradigm, IEEE VT Magazine, 9, 3, 72-79.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela/El Ouadoudi, Youssef (2010), Das Stressoren-Ressourcen-Modell der Dienstleistungsinteraktion: Eine theoretische Betrachtung, Die Unternehmung, 64, 1, 41-63.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Herrmann, Lars/Bieling, Gisela (2009), Erfolgsrelevanz des Personal-managements: Ein Überblick über 17 Jahre empirische Forschung, Die Unternehmung, 63, 1, 8-74.

Refereed conference papers

  • Schuster, Meika/Gerlach, Gisela (2022), Beweisendes Erreichbarkeits- und Kommunikationsverhalten im Homeoffice - eine Mixed-Methods Studie, Vortrag auf dem Herbstworkshop der Kommission Personal des Verbands der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaftslehre e.V. (VHB) 2022, Berlin.
  • Saternus, Zofia/Rost, Katharina/Hinz, Oliver/Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Gerlach, Gisela (2018), Analysis of Stakeholder Preferences Regarding a Smart Assistant for Availability Management, Weizenbaum Symposium 2018: The Future of Work and Innovation in a Networked Society, Berlin.
  • Gerlach, Gisela/Hollensbe, Elaine/Stock, Ruth (Co-Chairs) (2017), At the Interface of Positive Psychology and Work-Life Balance Research, Presenter Symposium, Academy of Management 2017 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Gerlach, Gisela/Stock, Ruth/Hollensbe, Elaine (2017), Me-time: The Nature and Effects of Claiming Time for Self, Academy of Management 2017 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Schneider, Katharina/Reinke, Kathrin/Gerlach, Gisela/Stock, Ruth (2017), When Quality Beats Quantity: Satisfaction with Availability as the Critical Antecedent of Stress, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology 2017 Congress, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Schneider, Katharina/Reinke, Kathrin/Gerlach, Gisela/Anderson, Christoph/Wojtek, Sebastian/ Neitzel, Svenja/Dwarakanath, Rahul/Böhnstedt, Doreen/Stock, Ruth (2017), Aligning ICT-enabled Availability and Individual Availability Preferences: Design and Evaluation of Availability Management Applications, 2017 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) [VHB: A], Seoul, South Korea.
  • Neitzel, Svenja/Englert, Frank/Dwarakanath, Rahul/Schneider, Katharina/Reinke, Kathrin/Gerlach, Gisela/Rensing, Christoph/Böhnstedt, Doreen/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2017), Towards Using Situational Information to Detect Individual's Perceived Stress Level, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) Workshops, Kona, Hawaii.
  • Lukoschek, Carmen/Gerlach, Gisela/Stock, Ruth/Xin, Katherine (2017), Driving Organizational Unit Innovation: Antecedents and Outcomes of Ambidextrous Innovation Leadership, 2017 Winter American Marketing Association (AMA) Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • Reinke, Kathrin/Gerlach, Gisela/Tarafdar, Monideepa/Stock, Ruth (2016), ICT-Based Communication Events as Triggers of Stress: A Mixed Methods Study, 2016 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) [VHB: A], Dublin, Ireland.
  • Reinke, Kathrin/Bieling, Gisela/Stock, Ruth (2016), Work-Life Boundary Management in the Age of Constant Availability, 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP) 2016, Anaheim, California, USA.
  • Bieling, Gisela/Stock, Ruth/Entringer, Theresa/Reinke, Kathrin (2015), Use of ICTs for Cross-Border Communication: Technostress or Work-Life Balance Support?, Academy of Management 2015 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Stock, Ruth/Rödiger, Kai/Bieling, Gisela (2015), Age Differences at the Customer Encounter: The Role of Customer Orientation and Customer Perceptions of Empathy, 2015 Winter American Marketing Association (AMA) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • Bieling, Gisela/Dorozalla, Florian (2014), Making the Most of Age Diversity: How Age Diversity Climate Contributes to Employee Performance, Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Stock, Ruth/Entringer, Theresa/Bieling, Gisela (2014), New Directions for Work-Life Balance Research: A Conceptual, Qualitative Approach, Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Stock, Ruth/Wagner, Melanie/Bieling, Gisela (2014), Organizational Work-Family Support as Universal Remedy? A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela/Dorozalla, Florian (2013), Employee Performance in the Light of Demographic Change: Investigating the Role of Age Inclusion, Vortrag auf dem Herbstworkshop der Kommission Personal des Verbands der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaftslehre e.V. (VHB) 2013, Hamburg.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela/Scheer, Lisa (2011), Organizational Justice Effects on Job Performance: The Role of Personal Relationships, Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela/Dorozalla, Florian (2011), Employee Performance in the Light of Demographic Change: Investigating the Role of Age Inclusion, Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela (2010), Age as a Moderator of the Organizational Justice–Social Exchange Link? Extension of Existing Models, Vortrag auf dem Herbstworkshop der Kommission Personal des Verbands der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaftslehre e.V. (VHB) 2010, Gießen.

Monographs

  • Bieling, Gisela (2011), Age Inclusion: Erfolgsauswirkungen des Umgangs mit Mitarbeitern unterschiedlicher Altersgruppen in Unternehmen, Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden.

Contributions to edited volumes and handbooks

  • Schuster, Meika/Gerlach, Gisela (2024), Gefühlte Beweislast von Homeoffice-Mitarbeitenden, in: Mudra, Peter/Sellinger, Matthias/Völker, Rainer (Hrsg.), New Work: Gestaltung der digitalen Arbeitswelt, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 276-287.
  • Bieling, Gisela (2013), Age Diversity Management, in: Stock-Homburg, Ruth (Hrsg.), Handbuch Strategisches Personalmanagement, Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 483-502.
  • Reichart, Ernst/Bieling, Gisela (2013), Age Diversity Management bei der Hewlett Packard Deutschland GmbH: Das Projekt „Age Diversity @ HP", in: Stock-Homburg, Ruth (Hrsg.), Handbuch Strategisches Personalmanagement, Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 503-518.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela (2011), Personalmanagement im Vertrieb: Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, in: Homburg, Christian/Wieseke, Jan (Hrsg.), Handbuch Vertriebsmanagement, Wiesbaden, 281-306.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela/El Ouadoudi, Youssef (2010), Das Stressoren-Ressourcen-Modell der Dienstleistungsinteraktion, in: Bruhn, Manfred/Stauss, Bernd (Hrsg.), Forum Dienstleistungsmanagement 2010: Serviceorientierung im Unternehmen, Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, 183-208 (dieser Beitrag wurde auch in Die Unternehmung veröffentlicht).

Other publications and conference papers

  • Gerlach, Gisela (2020), Frauen gehen eigene Wege – nur wer diese kennt, kann weibliche Karrieren fördern, Blog-Beitrag für die Bertelsmann Stiftung, https://blog.creating-corporate-cultures.org/2020/09/10/frauen-gehen-eigene-wege-teil-1/
  • Gerlach, Gisela (2019), Wer sicherstellt, dass seine Mitarbeiter fair behandelt werden, ist als Unternehmen erfolgreicher, Blog-Beitrag für die Bertelsmann Stiftung, https://blog.creating-corporate-cultures.org/2019/04/02/wer-sicherstellt-dass-seine-mitarbeiter-fair-behandelt-werden-ist-als-unternehmen-erfolgreicher/
  • Reinke, Kathrin/Schneider, Katharina/David, Klaus/Gerlach, Gisela/Ohly, Sandra/Roßnagel, Alexander/Steinmetz, Ralf/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2017), Der Feind, das Smartphone? Alternative Lösungsansätze zur Anti-Stress-Verordnung - eine Längsschnittstudie, 10. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Dresden.
  • Reinke, Kathrin/Schneider, Katharina/Gerlach, Gisela/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2017), When Quality Beats Quantity – Availability Satisfaction across Work-Life Borders as the Critical Antecedent of Well-being, Interdisciplinary Conference on Flexible Work in the Digital Age, Mannheim.
  • Schneider, Katharina/Englert, Frank/Böhnstedt, Doreen/Bieling, Gisela/Dwarakanath, Rahul/Steinmetz, Ralph/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2016), Why Are You so Stressed? Analyzing Methods for Mobile Stress Measurement, Digital Working Life Course, Dubrovnik, Kroatien.
  • Reinke, Kathrin/Entringer, Theresa/Bieling, Gisela/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2015), Auswirkungen von Technologienutzung auf die Work-Life-Balance und das Stressempfinden von Wissensarbeitern – ein qualitativer Ansatz, 9. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Mainz.
  • Bieling, Gisela/Reichart, Ernst/Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2011), Age Diversity Management bei Hewlett-Packard: Integration von Mitarbeitern aller Altersgruppen, Personalführung 04/2011, 32-39.
  • Stock-Homburg, Ruth/Bieling, Gisela (2010), Egal ob jung oder alt: Hauptsache gerecht? Der moderierende Einfluss des Alters auf die Erfolgsauswirkungen organisationaler Gerechtigkeit, Vortrag auf dem GfA (Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften) Frühjahrskongress 2010, Darmstadt.

Education and academic career

  • Since 07/2018
    University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) (until 12/2022: University of Koblenz-Landau), Department of Cultural and Social Sciences, Professorship of Business Administration, esp. Human Resources and Organization.
  • 04/2018 - 07/2018
    University of Koblenz-Landau, Department of Cultural and Social Sciences, substitute professor for business administration, esp. human resources and organization.
  • 09/2012 - 03/2018
    Darmstadt University of Technology, Faculty of Law and Economics, Department of Marketing & Human Resource Management, Prof. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg. Research Assistant and Habilitand.
  • 02/2015 - 04/2015
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA. Research stay at the Sloan School of Management; invitation by Professor Deborah Ancona, Director of the MIT Leadership Center.
  • 12/2010
    Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.). Title: Age Inclusion - Success effects of dealing with employees of different age groups in companies.
  • 03/2007 - 12/2010
    Darmstadt University of Technology, Faculty of Law and Economics, Department of Marketing & Human Resource Management, Prof. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg. Research assistant and doctoral candidate.
  • 10/2001 - 03/2007
    University of Hohenheim Diploma studies in economics (major in business administration) with focus on human resources and organization, business psychology and marketing
  • 1992 - 2001
    Otto Hahn High School Landau in the Palatinate
    Abitur

 

Activities in corporate practice

  • 01/2011 - 06/2012:
    CWS-boco Germany GmbH, Dreieich
    Personnel development officer
  • 11/2005 - 02/2006 Ernst Klett Publishing House GmbH
    Internship in the area of human resources, especially personnel development
  • 08/2001 - 10/2001 DaimlerChrysler AG, Wörth plant
    Internship in the domain of personnel development (technology)