Communicating trend-setting visions, generating enthusiasm and offering a strong identification figure - in the digital working world, managers are increasingly failing to meet these challenges. But even the understanding of leadership is outdated, as the latest research shows.

It is with great sadness that we learned last week of the passing of John Gardner, Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Comparison of psychological contracts

In this spring semester, the lecture HRM was held for the third time at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Lucerne. Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach, supported by Sandra Furrer, introduced more than 100 students to the basics of human resource management.

On the 24th and 25th of June 2019 the Cranet network of scholars in HRM met at the University of Lucerne to discuss network development and engage in research dialog.

An American research team has summarized the most important research results from disaster management, emergency medicine and polar and space expeditions. The results are particularly helpful for organizations that have to abandon "business as usual".

This year's Lucerne Law & IT Summit (LITS) on 28 May was dominated by the new EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (DSGVO). The first practical experience reports one year after the DSGVO became applicable were the focus of the presentations.

Organizations demand that employees support each other. Reactive behaviour, on the other hand, is less tolerated. A study by Michigan State University now shows that unsolicited help can also have negative effects.

The congress of the European Association for Work & Organizational Psychology took this year place in Turin, Italy. The CEHRM was represented by Dr. Manuela Morf.

This week the Center for Human Resource Management (CEHRM) hosted the second information evening on "MAS in Effective Leadership".