Thorsten Auer

Research Associate
33098 Paderborn
- Awards
BGM-Award of the Institute for sports sociology 2019
Award for an outstanding final thesis in the field of corporate health management on the topic:
"Significance of communication processes in corporate health management - data analysis on the effect of health promotion measures on employee productivity"
- Presentations
15.06.2023
"Inter- and intragenerational differences in corrupt behavior - The development of morals after German reunification" at the European Academy of Management Conference in Dublin, Ireland on the topic "Managing across Generations".
18.03.2022
"Future orientation and collaborative performance in creative tasks" at the 24th Colloquium on Personnel Economics in Herning, Denmark.
19.11.2021
"Different although equal: An experimental investigation of inter- and intragenerational differences in corrupt behavior facing Germany's East-West stigma" at the workshop on Field Experiments and Experiments with Non-Standard Subjects of the European Association of Young Economists.
18.11.2021
"Same different but not same same: Discrimination of migrants in application procedures in the German public sector" at the Research Workshop of the Faculty of Economics, Paderborn University.
16.06.2021
"Future orientation in working groups and group performance in a creative task" at the European Academy of Management Virtual Conference on the topic "Team Performance Management".
04.12.2020
"Is corruption imprinted? A study on preconditions of corruption in Central and Eastern European countries" at the European Academy of Management Virtual Conference on the topic "Philiosophy for Business Ethics".
09.08.2020
"Ethnic discrimination in application procedures in German public administrations" at the Rapid Research Plenary on Racial Inequality and Systemic Racism of the Academy of Management Virtual Conference.
11.09.2020
"Ist die Einstellung zu Korruption im Homo Sovieticus verankert?" at the Research Workshop of the Faculty of Economics, Paderborn University.
12.07.2019
"Is the attitude toward corruption imprinted in the homo sovieticus?" at the Paper Development Workshop of the Journal of Business Ethics at the University of Regensburg.
- Research
My research interests comprise ethics in behavioral economics and collaboration in organizations.
Using various quantitative research methods, I primarily investigate in the following areas:
- Corrupt behavior on the individual and organizational level
- Ethnic discrimination in the labor market
- Team processes and their effects on productivity and corporate health
- Teaching
At the chair, I am responsible for the central organisation of thesis supervision and the following courses:
Bachelor
- Fundamentals of Scientific Work for Research Projects (M.184.2159)
- Organizational Behavior (M.184.3152)
Master
- Fundamentals of Scientific Work for Research Projects (M.184.4159)
- Introduction to the Methods of Empirical Economic and Social Research (M.184.5161)

Miscellaneous |
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Since 01.11.2018 |
Research associate and PhD candidate at the Chair Organizational Behavior, Paderborn University |
04/2014 - 09/2018 |
Master of Science Management Information Systems, Paderborn University |
10/2014 - 08/2018 |
Bachelor of Arts Applied Sports Science, Paderborn University |
10/2015 - 02/2016 |
ASBE program at Oita University, Japan |
10/2010 - 10/2013 |
Bachelor of Arts International Information Management, Hildesheim University |
08/2012 - 12/2012 |
Semester abroad at NTNU Trondheim, Norway |
Since 01.11.2018 |
Research associate and PhD candidate at the Chair Organizational Behavior, Paderborn University |
04/2014 - 09/2018 |
Master of Science Management Information Systems, Paderborn University |
10/2014 - 08/2018 |
Bachelor of Arts Applied Sports Science, Paderborn University |
10/2015 - 02/2016 |
ASBE program at Oita University, Japan |
10/2010 - 10/2013 |
Bachelor of Arts International Information Management, Hildesheim University |
08/2012 - 12/2012 |
Semester abroad at NTNU Trondheim, Norway |