Michael SEGALLA

Emeritus Professor

Management & Human Resources

segalla@hec.fr
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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.

Scientific articles

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Scientific articles

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,

Ressources humaines : la mauvaise capitalisation des banques européennes

La Lettre de l'EFMA, July 1992, n° 118, pp 1-4,

Speed, cost, and fariness of complex commercial arbitrations: the search for a holy grail

The Arbitration Journal, 3 February 1991, vol. 46, n° 4, pp 12-22,

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Working papers

Education

  • 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