Markus Baer
Vice Dean of Degree and Non-Degree Executive Education and Professor of Organizational Behavior
Area of Expertise:
Leadership Development, Motivation, Innovation and Growth, Diversity, Organizational Change and Development, Team Development
Research Interests:
The determinants of the various activities (i.e., problem formulation, idea generation, idea evaluation, solution implementation) comprising creativity and innovation in organizations.
Selected Publications:
- "A recipe for success? Sustaining creativity among first-time creative producers", Journal of Applied Psychology, with D. Deichmann, 2023
- "Getting to the root of things: The role of epistemic motivation and construal levels in strategic problem formulation", Strategy Science, Issue 4, 284-299, with C. Park, 2022
- "CEOs’ regulatory focus and risk-taking when firms perform below and above the bar", Journal of Management, Issue 7, 1980-2008, with M. Mount, 2022
- "Quantum leaps or baby steps? Expertise distance, construal level, and the propensity to invest in novel technological ideas", Strategic Management Journal, 1490-1515, with M. Mount, M. Lupoli, 2021
- "Zoning out or breaking through? Linking daydreaming to creativity in the workplace", Academy of Management Journal, 1553-1577, with E. Dane, H. Madrid, 2021
- "Falling in love again with what we do: Academic craftsmanship in the management sciences", Academy of Management Journal, Issue 4, 1213-1217, with J. Shaw, 2017
- "Protecting the turf: The effect of territorial marking on others' creativity", Journal of Applied Psychology, Issue 6, 1785-1797, with G. Brown, 2015
- "Intergroup competition as a double-edged sword: How sex composition regulates the effects of competition on group creativity", Organization Science, Issue 3, 892-908, with A. Vadera, R. Leenders, G. Oldham, 2014
- "Microfoundations of strategic problem formulation", Strategic Management Journal, 197-214, with K. Dirks, J. Nickerson, 2013
- "Blind in one eye: How psychological ownership of ideas determines the types of suggestions people adopt", Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 60-71, with G. Brown, 2012
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Editorial Review Board Member, Academy of Management Journal
- Editor, Editor of Special Issue, Journal of Product Innovation Management
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Product Innovation Management
- Editor, Associate Editor, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Awards/Honors:
- Research Fellow, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, 2020
- Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, 2015
- Undergraduate Reid Teaching Award, 2014
- Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, 2013
- Undergraduate Reid Teaching Award, 2013
- Undergraduate Reid Teaching Award, 2012
- World's 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40, Poets & Quants, 2011
- Marcile and James Reid Award for Scholarly Excellence ($5,000 awarded), 2009
- Olin Award with co-authors Kurt Dirks and Jackson Nickerson ($10,000 awarded), Richard Mahoney, 2009
Personal Interests:
Professor Baer enjoys hiking in impassable places, doing bootcamp in the St. Louis fall, and following European Soccer (except for teams that José Mourinho coaches).
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Prior to earning his doctorate, Professor Baer worked in the German automotive industry and was a member of the founding team of a university-affiliated start-up venture. His expertise lies in the areas of creativity and innovation.
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Email: baer@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-6318
PhD 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA 2000, University of Giessen, Germany
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