Philipp Paulus
SUMMARY
I am an energetic, ambitious person that has an organised and responsible approach to any task that I
undertake, or any situation that I am presented with. As a doctorate in Business Administration with four
years of work experience in retail and six years of work experience in a university context, I am excellent in
working with others to achieve a certain objective on time and with excellence.
EDUCATION
03/2019
Ph.D., Business Administration (summa cum laude)
Trier University, Germany
Research focus: International Management, Human Resource Management
06/2014
M.Sc., Business Administration
Trier University, Germany and Pécs University, Hungary
Topic of master thesis: Strategies for guest segmentation in tourism
09/2012
B.Sc., Business Administration
Trier University, Germany
Topic of bachelor thesis: The influence of customized products on information overload
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
06/2014 – 03/2019
Research assistant and Ph.D. student
Department of Organization Studies and Human Resource Management (HRM)
Trier University, Germany
01/2013 – 06/2014
Graduate assistant
Department of Strategic Management
Trier University, Germany
04/2013 – 08/2013
Interim store manager (fashion retail)
Adenauer & Co. GmbH
Trier, Germany
03/2011 – 03/2013
Retail assistant (fashion retail)
Hilfiger Stores GmbH
Trier, Germany
09/2009 – 03/2011
Retail assistant (fashion retail)
Jack & Jones, Bestseller Retail Textilhandels GmbH
Trier University, Germany
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Lectures
- International Human Resource Management & Comparative Industrial Relations
- Human Resource Management
Research seminars
- Top management composition and organizational behaviour
- Human resources development
- Foreign language use in economic contexts
- Personnel appraisal systems
- Decision-making behaviour of teams
Thesis supervision
- Supervised 14 Master theses and 27 Bachelor theses
PUBLICATIONS
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Paulus, P., & Muehlfeld, K. 2017. Host country language skills and expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in
the presence of fear of terror. Journal of Global Mobility, 5(4): 418-442.
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Paulus, P., & Muehlfeld, K. 2016. The Influence of family systems on expatriate performance and
adjustment in dangerous locations. In Academy of Management Proceedings, 5-9 August 2016, Anaheim,
USA:-. Briarcliff Manor: Academy of Management.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS WITH OWN PRESENTATION
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Academy of International Business (AIB) 2018 (Minneapolis, USA)
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European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland)
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Academy of International Business (AIB) 2017 (Dubai, UAE)
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Academy of Management (AOM) 2017 (Atlanta, USA)
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Academy of International Business (AIB) 2016 (New Orleans, USA)
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Academy of Management (AOM) 2016 (Anaheim, USA)
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Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter (AIB-UK&I) 2016 (London, UK)
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Academy of International Business (AIB) 2015 (Bangalore, India)
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European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2015 (Warsaw, Poland)
GRANTS
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Recipient of a travel stipend award from the German Academic Exchange Service to attend the 2017
Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference
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Recipient of a travel stipend award from the Academy of International Business (AIB) Doctoral Stipend
Program in four consecutive years to attend the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 AIB Annual Conferences
SKILLS
Personal
- Organisation
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Ability to work under pressure
- Adaptability
Computer
- MS Office (i.e., Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, Excel, Access)
- Analytics (i.e., SPSS, SmartPLS, Amos, R, Stata)
- Online surveys (i.e., QuestBack, Google Forms)
- Content Management Systems for websites (i.e., TYPO3)
Languages
- German (native speaker)
- English (near native)
- Spanish (basic)
- French (basic)