Michael SEGALLA

Emeritus Professor

Management & Human Resources

Biography

Michael SEGALLA is Professor Emeritus of Management at HEC Paris. He is Franco-American, earned a Master of Political Science and International Relations and a Ph.D. in Organizational Studies and Labor Relations (University of Iowa). Over the years he lectured on topics such as Data Privacy, AI Ethics, Management, Human Resources, Organizational Behaviour, and Cross Cultural Risk at faculties including McGill University in Montreal, City University of New York in New York City, the City University of New York - Cornell University Master of Science in Industrial Relations, and Hangzhou Dianzi University. The Franco-American Commission for Education Exchange awarded him an Inter-foundation Grant to lecture on business school curriculum reform. From 2016 to 2017 he was a visiting professor in the Faculties of Management and Medicine at McGill University. From 2017 to 2019 he was Visiting Chair Professor in the School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University in Hangzhou, China. He mentors Founders/CEOs for NewChip Accelerator and is a Partner at the International Board Foundation. He is HEC Paris's most frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and its international editions.

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Scientific articles

How do firms value sales career paths?

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2024, vol. 52, pp 762-788, (in coll. with A. KESHAVARZA, D. ROUZIES, F. KRAMARZ, B. QUELIN)

The Ethics of Managing People’s Data

Harvard Business Review, July-August 2023, vol. 101, n° 4, pp 86-94, (in coll. with D. ROUZIES)

Is Work an Act of Worship? The Impact of Implicit Religious Beliefs on Work Ethic in Secular vs Religious Cultures

Journal of Business Ethics, December 2023, vol. 188, n° 3, pp 509-531, (in coll. with S. TAGHAVI)

International Perspectives on Employee Engagement: Are American Firms Leading the Way or Walking Alone?

International Studies of Management and Organization, Spring 2019, vol. 49, n° 1, pp 1-6, (in coll. with Angelo DENISI)

Is extra legroom worth fighting for ?

Harvard Business Review, November 2014, vol. 92, n° 11, pp 30, (in coll. with C. CIOBANU, V. LEBUNTEL, D. ROUZIES)

Sales-Marketing Interface in Saudi Arabia: A Commentary

Journal of Business Research, September 2012, vol. 65, n° 9, pp 1298-1300, (in coll. with D. ROUZIES)

Wer die wahre Macht hat

Harvard Business Manager, 2010, n° 201008014,

Faith in Firms - As Low As You'd Expect

Harvard Business Review, January-February 2010, pp 22-23,

Why Mumbai at 1 pm is the Center of the Business World

Harvard Business Review, October 2010, pp 38-39,

Find the Real Power in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review, May-June 2010, pp 800-801,

Books

International Perspectives on Employee Engagement

Routledge, New York 2021

Organizational Behaviour and Change in Europe: Case Studies

SAGE Publications 1996 (in coll. with F. CHEVALIER )

Chapters in edited books

International Perspectives on Employee Engagement: Are American Firms Leading the Way or Walking Alone?

International Perspectives On Employee Engagement, Michael Segalla, Routledge, New York, 1

Introduction: COVID KPIs: Will the pandemic also kill the annual bonus for executives and managers in 2020?

International Perspectives On Employee Engagement, Michael Segalla, Routledge, New York

Socialisme capitaliste : la création d'une concurrence sociale efficace in France

Encyclopédie Des Ressources Humaines, J. Allouche (Ed.), Vuibert, 1321-1326

Evaluation commerciale : les défis européens

L'Art Du Management, Leadership, Performance, Développement Durable, B. Ramanantsoa (ed.), Pearson Education France

E-Mails : le comportement des managers européens

L'Art Du Management 3, Dunod, 458-462

Le savoir tacite dans un contexte culturel

L'Art Du Management 3, Dunod, 421-426

Eine vergleichende Studie von Personalentscheidungen im Banksektor

Kulturelle Unterschiede Der Gerechtigkeitswahrnehmung Europäischer Manager, Gabriele Jacobs, Lit Verlag, Münster, Hamburg, London, 7-16

L'européanisation des forces de vente

L'Art Du Marketing, M. Dickson, Village Mondial, Financial Times, Les Echos, 178-180

National Cultures, International Business

Mastering Global Business, M. Dickson, The Financial Times - FT Pitman Publishing, 186-191

Crédit Lyonnais : The Internationalisation of a French Bank

European Cases Of Organisational Behaviour And Change, F. Chevalier, M. Segalla (Eds), SAGE Publications

Proceedings

A Cross-National Investigation Of Incentive Sales Compensation

22nd Workshop On Strategic Human Resource Management , 2007 , Bruxelles (D. ROUZIES, D. Rouziès, M. Besson, B. Weitz)

The power of the situation

Methodological considerations for cross-cultural management research. IACCM Conference Rotterdam "Cross cultural Life of Social Values , 2007 , Rotterdam (G. Jacobs, F. Bellschak)

An International Study of Dysfunctional Email Usage Attitudes Among Managers

21st Workshop On Strategic Human Resource Management, Aston School of Business , 2006 , Manchester

Tacit Knowledge in a Cross Cultural Context

19th Workshop On Strategic Human Resource Management, HEC Paris , 2004 , Jouy-en-Josas

Working papers

The Impact of Cultural Dimensions on Sales Force Compensation

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1999

Euro: the Move to a Global Europe

Mimeo , 1997

How Alcatel focused, Delivered, and Succeeded in the Global Telecommunications Market

Mimeo , 1997

Les conditions de vie et de travail des expatriés étrangers en France dans le secteur bancaire

Mimeo , 1993

Rules changes and arbitrator training for complex commercial arbitration: the search for solutions

Working Paper Series, Social Science Research Network , 1991

The linkage between managerial attitudes and human resource management in the Soviet Union

Working Paper Series, Social Science Research Network , 1991

The equal protection clause: a critique and test of Western's premise

Working Paper Series, Social Science Research Network , 1984

Scientific articles

How do firms value sales career paths?

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2024, vol. 52, pp 762-788, (in coll. with A. KESHAVARZA, D. ROUZIES, F. KRAMARZ, B. QUELIN)

Is Work an Act of Worship? The Impact of Implicit Religious Beliefs on Work Ethic in Secular vs Religious Cultures

Journal of Business Ethics, December 2023, vol. 188, n° 3, pp 509-531, (in coll. with S. TAGHAVI)

The Ethics of Managing People’s Data

Harvard Business Review, July-August 2023, vol. 101, n° 4, pp 86-94, (in coll. with D. ROUZIES)

International Perspectives on Employee Engagement: Are American Firms Leading the Way or Walking Alone?

International Studies of Management and Organization, Spring 2019, vol. 49, n° 1, pp 1-6, (in coll. with Angelo DENISI)

Books

International Perspectives on Employee Engagement

Routledge, New York 2021

Organizational Behaviour and Change in Europe: Case Studies

SAGE Publications 1996 (in coll. with F. CHEVALIER )

Chapters in edited books

International Perspectives on Employee Engagement: Are American Firms Leading the Way or Walking Alone?

International Perspectives On Employee Engagement, Michael Segalla, Routledge, New York, 1

Introduction: COVID KPIs: Will the pandemic also kill the annual bonus for executives and managers in 2020?

International Perspectives On Employee Engagement, Michael Segalla, Routledge, New York

Socialisme capitaliste : la création d'une concurrence sociale efficace in France

Encyclopédie Des Ressources Humaines, J. Allouche (Ed.), Vuibert, 1321-1326

Evaluation commerciale : les défis européens

L'Art Du Management, Leadership, Performance, Développement Durable, B. Ramanantsoa (ed.), Pearson Education France

Proceedings

A Cross-National Investigation Of Incentive Sales Compensation

22nd Workshop On Strategic Human Resource Management , 2007 , Bruxelles (D. ROUZIES, D. Rouziès, M. Besson, B. Weitz)

The power of the situation

Methodological considerations for cross-cultural management research. IACCM Conference Rotterdam "Cross cultural Life of Social Values , 2007 , Rotterdam (G. Jacobs, F. Bellschak)

An International Study of Dysfunctional Email Usage Attitudes Among Managers

21st Workshop On Strategic Human Resource Management, Aston School of Business , 2006 , Manchester

Tacit Knowledge in a Cross Cultural Context

19th Workshop On Strategic Human Resource Management, HEC Paris , 2004 , Jouy-en-Josas

Working papers

The Impact of Cultural Dimensions on Sales Force Compensation

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 1999

Euro: the Move to a Global Europe

Mimeo , 1997

How Alcatel focused, Delivered, and Succeeded in the Global Telecommunications Market

Mimeo , 1997

Les conditions de vie et de travail des expatriés étrangers en France dans le secteur bancaire

Mimeo , 1993

Education

1988
Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Iowa - USA

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

2021- Emeritus Professor HEC Paris
2020-2021 Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
2012-2021 Member, HEC Center for Research on Individuals and Organizations HEC Paris
2009-2021 Professor HEC Paris
2016-2016 Department Head, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris
1992-2009 Associate Professor HEC Paris
2005-2008 Head, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

2017-2020 Chair Professor in Automation Hangzhou Dianzi University
1998-1999 Visiting Professor University of Florida
1989-1993 Assistant Professor City University of New York
1986-1988 Visiting Professor McGill University, Faculty of Management
1985-1985 Visiting Scholar International labour Office, United Nations

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

Elected to the Board of Directors of the Fondation Marechal Foch
Member, EGOS
Past co-ordinator of the CEMS Organisational Behaviour Inter-Faculty Group (1994-1997)
Member, International Industrial Relations Association

Editorial activities

June 2011- Scientific Committee Member: Human Resources Global Management Conference, Barcelone

2009- Hilb, Martin, Daniel Ondrack, and Michael Segalla (editors) 'Strategic Human Resource Management with European Perspectives'. European Journal of International Management. Vol. 3, n. 4

September 2008 Scientific Advisor - 2008 European Attractiveness Scoreboard, Paris - Berlin

March 2007 Scientific Advisor - 2007 European Attractiveness Scoreboard, Paris - Berlin

2007- Reviewer, National Science Foundation, innovation Organizational Change Program

2003- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)

2001-2004 Editorial Advisor Board Member, European Management Journal

2001 Guest editor : "Management Focus: Cultures and Employee Policies", European Management Journal, vol. 19, n 1

Editorial Board Member, European Journal of International Management

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Management and Governance

Guest Editor, Journal of Managerial Psychology (papers from a Special Symposium at the 1997 Academy of Management Meetings), vol. 13, n 3/4, 1998

Conference organisation

2014-2014 Workshop LABEX ECODEC

2005-2005 Member of the Organising Committee for the 8th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Monash University, Cairns, Australia

1998-1998 Symposium organiser, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Diego

1998-1998 Co-organiser, European Group and Organizational Studies Colloquium, Maastricht University

1997-1997 Organiser, Symposium and Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston

Co-organiser, Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management, EIASM - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Awards & honors

2012 2012 HR Honour Award, Luxembourg. HR ONE
2012 HEC Paris "Top Ten" Award for research productivity
2001 2001 AESC Europe Annual Award for the best 2000 European published research on leadership and corporate governance - "Making cross-cultural research relevant to European corporate integration", European Management Journal