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

Culture and Career Advancement in Europe: Promoting Team Players vs. Fast Trackers

European Management Journal, February 2001, vol. 19, n° 1, pp 44-57, (in coll. with D. ROUZIES, M. Flory)

Symbolic vs. Functional Recruitment: Cultural Influences on Employee Recruitment Policy?

European Management Journal, February 2001, vol. 19, n° 1, pp 32-43, (in coll. with A. Sauquet, C. Turati)

Cultural Influences on Employee Termination Decisions: Firing the Good, Average, or the Old

European Management Journal, February 2001, vol. 19, n° 1, pp 58-72, (in coll. with G. Jacobs-Belschak, C. Müller)

Making Cross-cultural Research Relevant to European Corporate Integration: Old Problem - New Approach

European Management Journal, February 2000, vol. 18, n° 1, pp 38-51, (in coll. with L. Fischer, K. Sandner)

Kritische IIRM-Entscheidungen in östereichischen Banken - Ergebnisse einer internationalen Studie

Journal für Betriebswirtschaft, 2000, vol. 50, n° 6, (in coll. with C. Müller, K. Sandner)

Factors for the Success or Failure of International Teams: The Special Case of International Research Projects

Journal of Managerial Psychology, 1998, vol. 13, n° 3/4, pp 133-136,

La gestion des ressources humaines en Europe : une divergence des pratiques ?

Revue Française de Gestion, January-February 1998, n° 117, pp 18-29, (in coll. with C.-H. BESSEYRE DES HORTS)

Personalpolitik europäischer Banken

Die Bank - Zeitschrift für Bankpolitik und Bankpraxis, January 1996, n° 1, pp 10-14, (in coll. with T. Hussain)

Industrial Conflict in Developed and Developing Countries: Extending a Western Strike Model

Relations Industrielles - Industrial Relations, Spring 1995, vol. 50, n° 2, pp 393-419,

Cultural Organisational, and Economic Factors Influencing Managers in the European Finance Industry

La Lettre de l'EFMA, 2 December 1994, n° 149, pp 4-5,

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Authority, Influence and Power in European Organizations: the Importance of Considering National Culture in the Composition of International Project Teams of Euronational Firms, 10th Anniversary Workshop: The State of the Art of SHRM and its Future

CEMS Academic Conference , 1995 , Vienne

Comparaison des prises de décisions en GRH : une étude exploratoire dans trois pays européens

Actes du 6e Congrès de l'AGRH : "Transversalité de la GRH" , 1995 , Poitiers (C.-H. BESSEYRE DES HORTS)

Control Strategies for the Internationalisation Process at a Regional Level: Cultural Integration Through Rules or Through Relationships

CEMS Academic Conference , 1995 , Vienne (F. CHEVALIER)

Managerial Decision-Making in Europe: the Influence of Economic, Social, and Cultural Criteria on Euronational Firms

1995 IAREP Conference: Frontiers of Economic Psychology , 1995 , Bergen, Norvège

Working papers

Scientific articles

Find the Real Power in Your Organization

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

Wer die wahre Macht hat

Harvard Business Manager, 2010, n° 201008014,

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

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

Wie in Europa Führungskräfte entlassen werden

Harvard Business Manager, November 2009, n° 200911006, pp 6-9, (in coll. with G. Jacobs)

Books

Chapters in edited books

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

Managing Innovative Technologies

The Management Of New Technologies For Global Competitiveness, C. Madu (Ed.), Quorum Books, Westport, 261-27

Proceedings

CEMS Academic Conference , 1995 , Vienne

Comparaison des prises de décisions en GRH : une étude exploratoire dans trois pays européens

Actes du 6e Congrès de l'AGRH : "Transversalité de la GRH" , 1995 , Poitiers (C.-H. BESSEYRE DES HORTS)

Control Strategies for the Internationalisation Process at a Regional Level: Cultural Integration Through Rules or Through Relationships

CEMS Academic Conference , 1995 , Vienne (F. CHEVALIER)

Managerial Decision-Making in Europe: the Influence of Economic, Social, and Cultural Criteria on Euronational Firms

1995 IAREP Conference: Frontiers of Economic Psychology , 1995 , Bergen, Norvège

Working papers

Education

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

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

2021- Emeritus Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

2017-2020 Chair Professor in Automation Hangzhou Dianzi University

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

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