Forschungs- und Interessenschwerpunkte

Inhaltlich

• Strategisches Management


• CEOs und Top Management Teams


• CEO Succession


• Corporate Governance


• Strategic Change


• CEO Capital Market Communication


• CEO Strategic Topic Setting


• M&As and Divestitures


• Cognitive Frameworks

Methodisch

• Quantitativ-empirisch


• Archivdaten


• Textanalyse


• Feldexperimente

Betreute Lehrveranstaltungen

• Strategische Unternehmensführung


• Seminar: Management und Unternehmenssteuerung

Publikationen

• Lang, M., Hennig, J. C., Harrison, J. S., & Wolff, M. (2026). Think Before You Speak: Sensemaking and Sensegiving in New CEOs’ Strategic Communications with the Capital Market. Journal of Management.


• Hennig, J. C., Lang, M., Brill, L. M., Loth, N., & Wolff, M. (2026). The Hidden Costs of Divestitures – Implications for the Commitment of the Remaining Employees. Journal of Management Studies.

Ausgewählte Veröffentlichungen in Tagungsbänden

• Malik, S., Lang, M., & Wolff, M. (2026). Talking Under Pressure: How Capital Market Feedback Shapes CEOs’ E&S Communication. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2026.


• Hennig, J. C., Lang, M., Wolff, M., & Harrison, J. (2022). How New CEOs Use Strategic Topic Setting to Manage Capital Market Reactions to their Appointments. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022.

Konferenzbeiträge

2026

• Lang, M., Klass, J., Firk, S., & Wolff, M. Out of Tune? CEO–CFO Emotional Misalignment and Investor Perceptions. Jahrestagung der Strategic Management Society (SMS), Berlin, Deutschland.


• Brill, L. M., Lang, M., & Wolff, M. Perceived Organizational Purpose and Pay Satisfaction: A Global Employee Panel Study. Jahrestagung der Academy of Management (AOM), Philadelphia, USA.


• Lang, M., Klass, J., Firk, S., & Wolff, M. Out of Tune? CEO–CFO Emotional Misalignment and Investor Perceptions. 15. EIASM-Workshop „Top Management Teams and Business Strategy Research“, Valencia, Spanien.


• Firk, S., Gehrke, Y., Hanisch, M., Lang, M., & Woebbeking, F. Textual Analysis in the Age of AI. Jahrestagung des Verbands der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), Göttingen, Deutschland.

2025

• Lang, M., Hennig, J. C., & Meier, P. F. Shake It Off? How Personality Shapes CEO’s Interpretation of Strong Negative Capital Market Feedback. Jahrestagung der Academy of Management (AOM), Kopenhagen, Dänemark.


• Lang, M., Hennig, J. C., & Meier, P. F. Shake It Off? How Personality Shapes CEO’s Interpretation of Strong Negative Capital Market Feedback. 14. EIASM-Workshop „Top Management Teams and Business Strategy Research“, Groningen, Niederlande.

2024

• Lang, M., & Hennig, J. C. Shake It Off? How Personality Shapes CEOs’ Interpretation of Strong Negative Capital Market Feedback Concerning Their Strategic Agenda. Jahrestagung der Strategic Management Society (SMS), Istanbul, Türkei.


• Gehrke, Y., Lang, M., Margerie, J., & Wolff, M. C-Suite Dynamics: CEO Characteristics and COO Returns. 13. EIASM-Workshop „Top Management Teams and Business Strategy Research“, Passau, Deutschland.

2023

• Lang, M., Hennig, J. C., Wolff, M., & Kemmerich, K. You Are the One: Nomination Committees and the Market Reaction to CEO Succession. Jahrestagung der Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, USA.

2022

• Hennig, J. C., Lang, M., Wolff, M., & Harrison, J. How New CEOs Use Strategic Topic Setting to Manage Capital Market Reactions to their Appointments. Jahrestagung der Academy of Management (AOM), Seattle, USA.

2021

• Lang, M., & Kemmerich, K. Finding a Welcomed Leader: Nomination Committees and the Market Reaction to CEO Succession. Jahrestagung der International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS), Groningen, Niederlande.


• Hennig, J., Lang, M., & Wolff, M. New CEOs’ Strategic Topic Setting – The Use of Impression Management in Capital Market Communication. Jahrestagung der Strategic Management Society (SMS).