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prof.dr. SR (Steffen) Giessner

Biography

Steffen R. Giessner is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Change at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).

He holds an MSc in Psychology from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, and a PhD in Psychology from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany. His research is located at the intersection of organizational psychology and management. His primary research topics are employee support during organizational merger, follower’s perceptions of leadership, antecedents of leader behavior, and non-verbal communication of power. He has authored and co-authored papers in the areas of organizational behavior, management, and psychology. His research received media coverage in outlets like the New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Manager and Wall Street Journal. His most recent book on addresses how one can develop the non-verbal aspect of leadership impact.

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Full professor | Department of People and Organisations
Email
sgiessner@rsm.nl

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Work

  • Folkert Mulder, Steffen R. Giessner & Bas Koene (2026) - - Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 47 (9), 1-13 - doi: -
  • Jérémy E. Wilson-Lemoine, Martyna D. Swiatczak, Niklas K. Steffens, Rolf van Dick, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Serap Arslan Akfirat, Lorenzo Avanzi, Christine Joy A. Ballada, Bita Barghi, Tahir Bazarov, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Aldijana Bunjak, Matej ÄŒerne, Kitty Dumont, Charlotte M. Edelmann, Olga Epitropaki, Katrien Fransen, Cristina García-Ael, Steffen R. Giessner, Ilka H. Gleibs, Dorota Godlewska-Werner, Ronit Kark, Ana Laguia Gonzalez, Hodar Lam, Jukka Lipponen, Anna Lupina-Wegener, Yannis Markovits, Mazlan Maskor, Fernando J. Molero Alonso, Lucas Monzani, Juan A. Moriano Leon, Pedro Neves, Gábor Orosz, Diwakar Pandey, Daniela Pauknerová, Sylwiusz Retowski, Christine Roland-Lévy, Adil Samekin, Sebastian C. Schuh, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Lynda Jiwen Song, Joana Story, Jeroen Stouten, Liliya Sultanova, Srinivasan Tatachari, Daniel Valdenegro, Lisanne van Bunderen, Dina Van Dijk, Viktor Vörös & Sut I. Wong (2026) - - Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 56 (3), 251-270 - doi: -
  • Kira Bibic, Svenja B. Frenzel, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Jeremy Wilson-Lemoine, Niklas Steffens, S. Alexander Haslam, Lucas Monzani, Serap Arslan Akfirat, Christine Joy A. Ballada, Tahir Bazarov, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Lorenzo Avanzi, Aldijana Bunjak, Matej ÄŒerne, Charlotte M. Edelmann, Olga Epitropaki, Katrien Fransen, Cristina García-Ael, Steffen Giessner, Ilka H. Gleibs, Dorota Godlewska-Werner, Ronit Kark, Ana Laguia Gonzalez, Hodar Lam, Anna Lupina-Wegener, Yannis Markovits, Mazlan Maskor, Fernando Jorge Molero Alonso, Juan A. Moriano Leon, Pedro Neves, Daniela Pauknerová, Sylwiusz Retowski, Christine Roland-Lévy, Adil Samekin, Sebastian Schuh, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Lynda Jiwen Song, Joana Story, Jeroen Stouten, Liliya Sultanova, Srinivasan Tatachari, Lisanne van Bunderen, Dina Van Dijk, Sut I. Wong, Xin‘an Zhang & Rolf van Dick (2026) - - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 29 (2), 302-322 - doi: -
  • Jing Wu, Daan van Knippenberg, Steffen R. Giessner & Sut I. Wong (2025) - - Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 33 (1), 114-133 - doi: -
  • Dijana Aleksic, Rebecca Hewett & Steffen Giessner (2025) - -
  • Lucas Monzani, Kira Bibic, S. Alexander Haslam, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Jérémy E. Wilson Lemoine, Niklas K. Steffens, Serap Arslan Akfirat, Christine Joy A. Ballada, Tahir Bazarov, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Lorenzo Avanzi, Aldijana Bunjak, Matej ÄŒerne, Charlotte M. Edelmann, Olga Epitropaki, Katrien Fransen, Cristina García-Ael, Steffen Giessner, Ilka Gleibs, Dorota Godlewska-Werner, Ronit Kark, Ana Laguia Gonzalez, Hodar Lam, Anna Lupina-Wegener, Yannis Markovits, Mazlan Maskor, Fernando Jorge Molero Alonso, Juan Antonio Moriano Leon, Pedro Neves, Daniela Pauknerová, Sylwiusz Retowski, Christine Roland-Lévy, Adil Samekin, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Joana Story, Jeroen Stouten, Lilia Sultanova, Srinivasan Tatachari, Lisanne van Bunderen, Dina Van Dijk, Sut I. Wong & Rolf van Dick (2024) - - Political Psychology, 45 (6), 979-1011 - doi: -
  • Benjamin A. Korman, Christian Tröster & Steffen R. Giessner (2024) - - Journal of Management Studies, 61 (6), 2662-2693 - doi: -
  • Hodar Lam, Steffen R. Giessner, Meir Shemla & Mirjam D. Werner (2024) - - Leadership Quarterly, 35 (3) - doi: -
  • Steffen Giessner, Jeremy F. Dawson, Kate E. Horton & Michael West (2023) - - Journal of Applied Psychology, 108 (4), 686-697 - doi: -
  • Steffen Giessner & Kate Horton (2023) - - doi: -
  • Folkert Mulder & Steffen Giessner (2022) - -
  • Ben Sahlmuller, Daan van Knippenberg, Niels van Quaquebeke & Steffen Giessner (2022) - -
  • Susan Reh, Niels Van Quaquebeke, Christian Tröster & Steffen R. Giessner (2022) - - Organizational Psychology Review, 12 (3), 241-267 - doi: -
  • Ben Sahlmueller, Niels Van Quaquebeke, Steffen R. Giessner & Daan van Knippenberg (2022) - - Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 29 (3), 270-288 - doi: -
  • Lea Rutishauser & Steffen Giessner (2022) - - Die Unternehmung - Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 76 (4), 492-510 - doi:
  • Eva M. Bracht, Lucas Monzani, Diana Boer, S. Alexander Haslam, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Jérémy E. Lemoine, Niklas K. Steffens, Serap Arslan Akfirat, Lorenzo Avanzi, Bita Barghi, Kitty Dumont, Charlotte M. Edelmann, Olga Epitropaki, Katrien Fransen, Steffen Giessner, Ilka H. Gleibs, Roberto González, Ana Laguía González, Jukka Lipponen, Yannis Markovits, Fernando Molero, Juan A. Moriano, Pedro Neves, Gábor Orosz, Christine Roland-Lévy, Sebastian C. Schuh, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Lynda Jiwen Song, Joana S.P. Story, Jeroen Stouten, Srinivasan Tatachari, Daniel Valdenegro, Lisanne van Bunderen, Viktor Vörös, Sut I. Wong, Farida Youssef, Xin an Zhang & Rolf van Dick (2022) - - Applied Psychology, 72 (1), 348-388 - doi: -
  • Sut I. Wong, Marthe Berntzen, Gillian Warner-Søderholm & Steffen Robert Giessner (2022) - - Human Resource Management Journal, 32 (4), 906-927 - doi: -
  • Hannes L. Leroy, Moran Anisman-Razin, Bruce J. Avolio, Henrik Bresman, J. Stuart Bunderson, Ethan R. Burris, Johannes Claeys, James R. Detert, Lisa Dragoni, Steffen R. Giessner, Kevin M. Kniffin, Thomas Kolditz, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Nathan C. Pettit, Sim B. Sitkin, Niels Van Quaquebeke & Pisitta Vongswasdi (2022) - - Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 29 (1), 5-32 - doi: -
  • Rolf van Dick, Berrit L. Cordes, Jérémy E. Lemoine, Niklas K. Steffens, S. Alexander Haslam, Serap Arslan Akfirat, Christine Joy A. Ballada, Tahir Bazarov, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Lorenzo Avanzi, Ali Ahmad Bodla, Aldijana Bunjak, Matej ÄŒerne, Kitty B. Dumont, Charlotte M. Edelmann, Olga Epitropaki, Katrien Fransen, Cristina García-Ael, Steffen Giessner, Ilka H. Gleibs, Dorota Godlewska-Werner, Roberto González, Ronit Kark, Ana Laguia Gonzalez, Hodar Lam, Jukka Lipponen, Anna Lupina-Wegener, Yannis Markovits, Mazlan Maskor, Fernando Molero, Lucas Monzani, Juan A.Moriano Leon, Pedro Neves, Gábor Orosz, Diwakar Pandey, Sylwiusz Retowski, Christine Roland-Lévy, Adil Samekin, Sebastian Schuh, Tomoki Sekiguchi, Lynda Jiwen Song, Joana Story, Jeroen Stouten, Lilia Sultanova, Srinivasan Tatachari, Daniel Valdenegro, Lisanne van Bunderen, Dina Van Dijk, Sut I. Wong, Farida Youssef, Xin An Zhang & Rudolf Kerschreiter (2021) - - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (22) - doi: -

  • Steffen Giessner & Hodar Lam (16 July 2020) - Understanding loneliness at work during COVID-19 and in the future
  • Steffen Giessner & Meir Shemla (22 May 2020) - Mental Health Awareness Week: How to combat the loneliness during lockdown
  • Steffen Giessner & Meir Shemla (12 May 2020) - Preventing Loneliness
  • Steffen Giessner & Meir Shemla (12 May 2020) - How to combat the loneliness caused by the COVID-19 crisis

  • Steffen Giessner (2016) - The Leadership Quarterly (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic
  • Steffen Giessner (2016) - Journal of Applied Psychology (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic
  • Steffen Giessner (2015) - Frontiers in Psychology (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic
  • Steffen Giessner (2013) - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic
  • Steffen Giessner (2010) - Organizational Psychology Review (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic
  • Steffen Giessner (2009) - Journal of Personnel Psychology (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic
  • Steffen Giessner (2008) - British Journal of Management (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
    Activity: Editorial work › Academic

RSM B.V.

Start date approval
February 2026
End date approval
February 2029
Place
ROTTERDAM
Description
MBA elective Leading with Presence

Year Level
master, master, master, master
Year
2025
Course Code
BMME044

Level
master
Year Level
master
Year
2025
Course Code
BMMTPOC

Level
master
Year Level
master
Year
2025
Course Code
BMMTPOC1

Year Level
master, IM/CEMS, Exchange, ERIM
Year
2025
Course Code
BM04POC

Year
2025
Course Code
MBA26-M1-OB

Year
2025
Course Code
MBA26-M5-LWP

Year
2025
Course Code
MBA27-M1-OB

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