Chair of Management and Control









Dr. Michelle Lang








Short Biography




  • Since 2024

    Senior Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Chair of Management and Control



  • 2024

    Research stay at the University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands



  • 2023

    Research stay at Texas Christian University, USA



  • 2020 - 2023

    Research Associate at the Chair of Management and Control



  • 2020

    Student Assistant at the Chair of Management and Control



  • 2019

    Internship at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Hannover in Corporate Strategy / Digital Transformation



  • 2018

    Study Abroad Semester at University of Dalarna, Sweden



  • 2017 - 2019

    Marketing Tutor at the Chair of Marketing and Retail Management, University of Göttingen



  • 2017 - 2020

    Master's Program in Corporate Management, University of Göttingen



  • 2017

    Internship at Druckerei Jungfer und Verlag GmbH, Herzberg in Controlling



  • 2014 - 2017

    Bachelor's Program in Business Administration, University of Göttingen, Focus on Corporate Management















Research and Interest Areas




  • Strategic Topic Setting

  • CEO Succession Planning during a Performance Crisis





Courses Taught







Selected Publications and Refereed Conference Proceedings




  • 2024 - 13th EIASM WORKSHOP ON TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY RESEARCH Passau Germany - "C-Suite Dynamics: CEO Characteristics and COO Returns" (Margerie J.; Lang M.; Gehrke Y.; Wolff M.)

  • 2023 - Academy of Management (AOM) Boston (USA) - "You Are the One: Nomination Committees and the Market Reaction to CEO Succession" (Hennig J.; Lang M.; Wolff M.)

  • 2022 - "How New CEOs Use Strategic Topic Setting to Manage Capital Market Reactions to their Appointments." In Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 16033 (Hennig, J. C., Lang, M., Wolff, M., & Harrison, J.)

  • 2022 - Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Seattle "How New CEOs Use Strategic Topic Setting to Manage Capital Market Reactions to their Appointments" (Hennig, J. C., Lang, M., Wolff, M., & Harrison, J.)

  • 2021 - Jahrestagung der International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Groningen (Niederlande) - "Finding a Welcomed Leader: Nomination Committees and the Market Reaction to CEO Succession" (Kemmerich K.; Lang M.)

  • 2021 - Jahrestagung der Strategic Management Society (SMS) "New CEOs Strategic Topic Setting – The Use of Impression Management in Capital Market Communication" (Hennig J.; Lang M.; Wolff M.)













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Contact



Dr. Michelle Lang

Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3

Oeconomicum, Room 2.115

37073 Göttingen


Phone: +49 551 39-27902
michelle.lang@uni-goettingen.de

Office hours: by appointment

Please send me your question/concern via email in advance.