Research Interest

• Entrepreneurial behavior across different ecosystems and cultures
• New venture growth and internationalization
• Entrepreneurial leadership and HRM
• Robots and algorithms supporting human entrepreneurial behavior
• Diversity and stereotypes

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Deng W., Hubner-Benz, S., Frese, M., Song, Z. (2023). Different ways lead to ambidexterity: Configurations for team innovation across China, India, and Singapore. Journal of International Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2023.101027

Cichor, J.E., Hubner-Benz, S., Benz, T., Emmerling, F., Peus, C. (2023). Robot leadership–Investigating human perceptions and reactions towards social robots showing leadership behaviors. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281786

Dutz, R., Hubner-Benz, S., Emmerling, F., & Peus, C. (2023). Sure you are ready? Gendered arguments in recruitment for high-status positions in male-dominated fields. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.958647

Hubner-Benz, S. & Baum, M. (2023). What predicts effectuation preferences? Disentangling individual and environmental factors and illuminating decision criteria. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2023.129283

Rehbock, S., Hubner, S., Knipfer, K., & Peus, C. (2023). What kind of leader am I? An exploration of professionals’ leader identity construal. Applied Psychology (IAAP). https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apps.12389

Hubner, S., Frese, M., Song Z., Tripathi, N., Kaschner, T., & Kong, X. L. (2022). An Asia-centric approach to team innovation: Cultural differences in exploration and exploitation behavior. Journal of Business Research (JBR). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.009

Dutz, R., Hubner, S., & Peus, C. (2022). When agency ‘fits’ regardless of gender: Perceptions of applicant fit when job and organization signal male stereotypes. Personnel Psychology (PPsych). https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470

Hubner, S., Most, F., Wirtz, J., & Auer, C. (2022). Narratives in entrepreneurial ecosystems: Drivers of effectuation versus causation. Small Business Economics (SBE). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00531-3

Hubner*, S., Rudic*, B., & Baum, M. (2021). How entrepreneurs’ leadership behavior and demographics shape applicant attraction to new ventures: The role of stereotypes. International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM). [*equal contribution] https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1893785

Rudic*, B., Hubner*, S., & Baum, M. (2021). Hustlers, hipsters and hackers: Potential employees’ stereotypes of entrepreneurial leaders. Journal of Business Venturing Insights (JBVI). [*equal contribution] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00220
Project picked up in the SWZ, South Tyrol’s economics newspaper (February 2021)

Hubner, S., Baum, M., & Frese, M. (2020). Contagion of entrepreneurial passion: Effects on employee outcomes. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP). https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719883995
Project picked up at forbes (November 2019)

Gales, A. & Hubner, S. (2020). Perceptions of the self versus one’s own social group: (Mis)conceptions of older women’s interest in and competence with technology. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00848

Hubner, S. (2020). When entrepreneurs become leaders: How entrepreneurs deal with people management. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2020.105571

Hubner, S. & Baum, M. (2018). Entrepreneurs’ human resources development. Human Resource Development Quarterly (HRDQ). https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21328

Hubner, S. & Baum, M. (2018). Effectuation, entrepreneurs’ leadership behavior, and employee outcomes: A conceptual model. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2018.093917

Dutz, R., Hubner, S., & Peus, C. (2018). Der Einfluss der Darstellung unterschiedlicher Organisationskulturen in Stellenausschreibungen für MINT-Professuren. Hochschulmanagement. ISSN 1860-3025 [Effects of organizational culture statements in job ads for STEM-professorships.]

Books, Book Chapters and Invited and Practice-Oriented Publications

Hubner-Benz & Frese (2023). Creativity in entrepreneurship: Dancing between nothing and structure. Handbook of Organizational Creativity (2nd Edition), edited by Roni Reiter-Palmon and Sam Hunter.

Hubner-Benz (2022). Warum Führung in Start-ups anders funktioniert – Erfolgreich gegründet und plötzlich Führungskraft. Springer essentials. [Why leadership works differently in startups – being a successful founder, and suddenly a leader.]

Rudic, B., Hubner-Benz, S., & Baum, M. (2022). Rekrutierung in Start-ups: Die Rolle von Führungsstil und Stereotypen. PERSONALquarterly, 04/2022. [Recruitment in Start-ups: The role of leadership style and stereotypes]

Hubner, S. (2021) Von kreativem Chaos zu Professionalität: Entstehung von Unternehmenskultur in Start-ups. kibun blog. [From creative chaos to professionality: The development of organizational culture in startups.]

Hubner, S., Benz, T., & Peus, C. (2019). Würden Sie für einen Roboter arbeiten? Chancen und Herausforderungen beim Einsatz von Robotern in Führungsrollen. PERSONALquarterly, 03/2019. [Would you work for a robot? Opportunities and challenges of robots in leadership roles.]

Peus, C., Hubner, S., Dutz, R., & Rehbock S. (Hrsg.) (2018). Erfolgsfaktoren für wissenschaftliche Karrieren (Editorial zum Themenschwerpunktheft). Hochschulmanagement, 03/2018. [Success factors of scientific careers.]

Rehbock, S. & Hubner, S. (2018). Stereotype als Karrierekiller? news - Gender | Politik | Universitaet, 01/2018. [Stereotypes as carreer killers?]

Hubner, S. & Peus, C. (2017). Das Führungspotenzial von MINT-Wissenschaftler/innen erkennen und fördern. Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln, 11/2017. [Identifying the potential in junior scientists.]

Selected Conference Presentations

Esmaili-Konari, N., Hubner-Benz, S., & Baum, M. (2023). How entrepreneurs respond to uncertainty: Psychological mechanisms driving entrepreneurial action. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Starmann, F.-A., Hubner-Benz, S. & Tomin, S. (2023). Unraveling the identity work of intrapreneurs in internal corporate venturing. 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zur Gründungsforschung (G-Forum) in Darmstadt, Germany. KSG Best Entrepreneurship Research Award 2023.

Hubner, S., Darouei, M., Rudic, B., & Baum, M., (2022). Minority entrepreneurs: Effects of entrepreneurs’ ethnicity, gender, and job role in recruitment. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Cichor, J. E., Hubner, S., Peus, C., & Emmerling, F. (2020). I, robot – or leader? Investigating transformational and transactional behavior in robot leaders. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) in Vancouver, Canada. Project featured on wissensdialoge.de

Hubner, S., Baum, M., & Frese, M. (2016). Contagion of entrepreneurial passion and its effects on employees’ affective commitment and work performance. 20. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zur Gründungsforschung (G-Forum) in Leipzig, Germany. FGF Best Entrepreneurship Research Newcomer Award 2016.