IMMANUEL LUTZEYER

M.Sc. Economic, Organizational and Social Psychology

Scientific assistant

Building (O-Werk): 29.1

Phone: (02 34) 32 – 27 902

Fax: (02 34) 32 – 14 198

E-Mail: Immanuel.Lutzeyer@rub.de

Office hours: by arrangement

Teaching

Courses

  • Fundamentals of Personnel and Leadership Research (Bachelor; since winter term 2021/22)
  • Seminar to deepen the basics of personnel and leadership research (Bachelor; since summer term 2021)
  • Group dynamics and team development with integrated (virtual) learning-laboratories (Master; since summer term 2024)
  • Experience of uncertainty and coping strategies in an entrepreneurial context (Master; summer term 2023 & winter term 2023/24)
  • Introductory event for first-semester students of business and economics (Bachelor; summer term 2025)
  • Empiricism in companies (Master; summer term 2021)
  • Supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses (since summer term 2021)
  • Information events on final theses and organization of Bachelor’s/Master’s colloquia (since summer term 2021)

Proof of teaching competence

  • Since 06/2025 Certified according to the university didactic qualification program “Professional Teaching Competence for the University” (basic, extension and in-depth module; 200 work units)
  • Nomination for the NRW 2025 State Teaching Prize in the special prize category “Teaching young academics” (review in progress)
  • Lectures on innovative teaching formats, including the use of escape rooms in teaching

Research & Publications

Research interests: (Strategic) Leadership, Dynamic Capabilities, Organizational Adoption, AI-augmented HRM, Workplace Transformation, Socio-                                                   Technical Systems

Monographs / Refereed journal articles / Contributions to edited volumes / Refereed conference papers

In Press

  • Wilkens, U., & Lutzeyer, I. (in press). Rhythm and blues in hybrid work – Distinct working from home configurations and related HR policy demands. German Journal of Human Resource Management.

2026

  • Lutzeyer, I. (2026, October 17–20). Redistributing strategic work: AI and the contingent reconfiguration of middle management roles [Paper presentation]. SMS 46th Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany.
  • Lutzeyer, I. (2026). Reconceptualizing strategic leadership beyond top management: A cross-level capability perspective [Abstract]. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2026(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.20117abstract
  • Wilkens, U., & Lutzeyer, I. (2026, June 16–19). Balancing personal and team needs when working from home: A sociomaterial perspective [Paper presentation]. EURAM 2026 Annual Conference, Kristiansand, Norway.

2025

  • Wilkens, U., Lutzeyer, I., Zheng, C., Beser, A., & Prilla, M. (2025). Augmenting diversity in hiring decisions with artificial intelligence tools. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 36(14), 2585–2622. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2025.2492867
  • Herzog, M., Wilkens, U., Arnold, D., Lupp, D., Lutzeyer, I., Alp, E., & Kuhlenkötter, B. (2025). Zuverlässigkeit von smarten Produkt-Service Systemen (SPSS) – Eine sozio-technische Systembetrachtung im B2B-Bereich [Reliability of smart product-service systems (SPSS): A sociotechnical systems perspective in the B2B sector]. In M. Bruhn & K. Hadwich (Eds.), Digital Analytics im Dienstleistungsmanagement: Customer Insights, Prozesse der Künstlichen Intelligenz, Digitale Geschäftsmodelle (pp. 673–707). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-48325-8_23
  • Lutzeyer, I., & Lupp, D. (2025). Forschend lernen in der Personal- und Führungsforschung: Ein kompetenzorientiertes Lehr-Lernprojekt zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten mit empirischer Datenauswertung [Projektskizze & Lehrmuster]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15638989

2023

  • Lutzeyer, I., & Wilkens, U. (2023). Influence of leadership on followers’ shared cognition and collective action for enhancing dynamic capabilities [Short paper & presentation]. SMS 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, 30.09.–03.10.2023.
  • Lutzeyer, I., & Wilkens, U. (2023). Antecedents of working from home preferences – Work centrality, collaboration preferences and colleague behavior [Short paper & presentation]. Herbstworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Personal, Berlin, Germany, 21.–22.09.2023.
  • Lutzeyer, I., Wilkens, U., & Hohagen, S. (2023). Leadership behavior fostering collective minds of dynamic capabilities – Insights from a case study analysis [Long paper & presentation]. EURAM 2023 Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 14.–16.06.2023.
  • Lutzeyer, I. (2023). Cross-level strategic leadership and its influence on dynamic capabilities [Long paper & presentation]. 69. GfA-Frühjahrskongress 2023, Doctoral Colloquium, Hannover, Germany, 01.–03.03.2023.

2022

  • Lutzeyer, I. (2022). Strategic leadership as a microfoundation of dynamic capabilities: Empirical investigation using a longitudinal case study analysis [Short abstract & presentation]. 68. GfA-Frühjahrskongress 2022, Doctoral Colloquium, Magdeburg, Germany, 02.–04.03.2022.

Further lectures / publications

2026

  • Lutzeyer, I., & Wilkens, U. (2026, August 2). Recruiter profiles in AI-based talent acquisition: Who accepts and who deviates from AI recommendations? [Symposium presentation]. In A. Kaur, G. Li, & S. Maheshwari (Organizers), AI in talent acquisition: Fairness, human reactions, and organizational implications [Symposium]. 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

2025

2024

  • Lutzeyer, I. (2024). Strategic Leadership as a Microfoundation of Dynamic Capabilities – Theoretical Conceptualization, Empirical Evidence and Outlook [presentation]. Bochum-Parderborn doctoral colloquium, Germany, Paderborn, 06.06.2024.
  • Lutzeyer, I. (2024). Escape Games in teaching as an approach to team development [presentation at Gesprächsforum Digitale Lehre]. Germany, Bochum, 30.10.2024.

2022

  • Lutzeyer, I. (2022). Cross-level strategic leadership, dynamic capabilities and organizational adoption [presentation]. Bochum-Paderborn research colloquium, Germany, Bochum, 30.11.2022.
  • Lutzeyer, I. (2022). Specifying the relationship between managerial cognition and dynamic capabilities: Empirical investigation and outlook for augmentation through AI [presentation]. Bochum-Parderborn doctoral colloquium, Germany, Bochum, 15.02.2022.