Sascha Klein

Northern Business School · Economics

All companies rely on committed and loyal employees to reach their goals. However, we know little about how exactly the mechanisms of leadership influence the job involvement of employees. This study focused on the established leadership model of lateral leadership by investigating the underlying forces of lateral leadership and developed a practic...

All companies rely on committed and loyal employees to reach their goals. Thus far, we know little about the specific effects of the mechanisms of leadership influence on the job involvement of employees. This paper focuses on the specific effect of the use of the "understanding" mechanism of leadership influence on job involvement in environments...

In 2017, around 99.5% of all companies in Germany belonged to the small and medium-sized enterprise category. They generated a turnover of 2.33 trillion euros, corresponding to 35.0% of the total turnover in Germany. SMEs are dependent on gaining a competitive advantage through a wide range of unique selling points and specializations in order to s...

Abstract— In this article, we examine the concept of Lateral Leadership, we examine the research question ‘Is the concept of Lateral Leadership a fundamental Leadership approach or only a limited leadership method?” by an extensive literature review of the topic of leadership and its multiple theories. We define a research state for the topic Leade...

In scientific literature with a focus on economics, the topic of sustainability has proven to be a relevant area of research in the last decade. Particularly in connection with the food industry, the issues of corporate social responsibility and the Shared Value approach of Porter and Kramer are important. With regard to the realization of sustaina...

When looking at the multitude of challenges faced by companies, it is easy to see that any given company relies on meeting its specific challenges with employees that are as committed and loyal as possible. The organisational commitment of employees can thus be identified as a significant success factor of any enterprise. This paper addresses the i...