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Professor Stefan Volk
Professor of Management
Head of Discipline International Business
Co-Director Body, Heart, and Mind in Business Research Group
Head of Discipline International Business
Co-Director Body, Heart, and Mind in Business Research Group
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Stefan Volk is a Professor of Management at the University of Sydney Business School. He is also Co-director of the Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group.He studied Management and Economimcs at Humboldt University Berlin and received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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In his research, Stefan pursues a highly innovative and interdisciplinary research program at the intersection of the management, biological, and medical sciences. In his work he integrates research from all three fields to investigate how the human body and mind interact in work settings. Currently, Stefan examines how neural processes and somatic states such as sleep, pain and sickness affect the performance, health and safety of employees in the workplace. For example, he studied how the brain processes involved in communicating in a foreign language can affect the mental performance of employees in multinational enterprises. He also studied how individual differences in circadian rhythms and chronotypes of employees can affect team performance.
- IBUS6000 Advanced International Business Strategy
- SMBA6124 The Physiology of Leadership
2022 Excellence in Research Award for Established Researchers awarded be the University of Sydney Business School
Publications
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Book Chapters
- Thöni, C., Volk, S. (2025). Gender differences in preferences. In S-H. Chuah, R. Hoffmann, A. Neelim (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, (pp. 227-230). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
- Volk, S. (2015). An Overview of Organizational Neuroscience. In D. A. Waldman and P. A. Balthazard (Eds.), Organizational Neuroscience (Monographs in Leadership and Management), (pp. 17-50). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Journals
- Volk, S., Waldman, D., Barnes, C. (2023). A Circadian Theory of Paradoxical Leadership. Academy of Management Review, 48(4), 611-638. [More Information]
- Volk, S., Lowe, K., Barnes, C. (2023). Circadian leadership: A review and integration of chronobiology and leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(2), 180-201. [More Information]
- Yang, G., Wen, L., Volk, S., Lu, J. (2022). Temporal boundaries and expatriate staffing: Effects of parent-subsidiary work-time overlap. Journal of World Business, 57(6), 101367. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Wen, L., Yang, G., Volk, S. (2019). Does Time Matter? Working Hour Difference, Chronotype Difference and MNEs' Entry Mode Selection. Academy of International Business (AIB) 2019 Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark: Academy of International Business.
- Volk, S., Nguyen, H., Johnson, A., Ashkanasy, N., Wang, M., Bednall, T., Parker, S., King, J. (2017). Bringing physiology back into IO Psychology (Awarded Best Paper). 12th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference 2017, Sydney, Australia: Australian Psychological Society.
- Volk, S., Kohler, T., Pudelko, M. (2013). Brain Drain: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Foreign Language Processing in Multilingual Organizations. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2013, Orlando, United States: Academy of Management.
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Report
- Volk, S., Hall, S. (2018). Why are we so tired? Australia's human energy crisis. Sydney: Energx Australia.
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2025
- Thöni, C., Volk, S. (2025). Gender differences in preferences. In S-H. Chuah, R. Hoffmann, A. Neelim (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, (pp. 227-230). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
2023
- Volk, S., Waldman, D., Barnes, C. (2023). A Circadian Theory of Paradoxical Leadership. Academy of Management Review, 48(4), 611-638. [More Information]
- Volk, S., Lowe, K., Barnes, C. (2023). Circadian leadership: A review and integration of chronobiology and leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(2), 180-201. [More Information]
2022
- Yang, G., Wen, L., Volk, S., Lu, J. (2022). Temporal boundaries and expatriate staffing: Effects of parent-subsidiary work-time overlap. Journal of World Business, 57(6), 101367. [More Information]
2021
- Thoni, C., Volk, S. (2021). Converging evidence for greater male variability in time, risk, and social preferences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(23), e2026112118. [More Information]
- Thoni, C., Volk, S., Cortina, J. (2021). Greater Male Variability in Cooperation: Meta-Analytic Evidence for an Evolutionary Perspective. Psychological Science, 32(1), 50-63. [More Information]
2019
- Wen, L., Yang, G., Volk, S. (2019). Does Time Matter? Working Hour Difference, Chronotype Difference and MNEs' Entry Mode Selection. Academy of International Business (AIB) 2019 Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark: Academy of International Business.
- Volk, S., Nguyen, H., Thoni, C. (2019). Punishment under threat: The role of personality in costly punishment. Journal of Research in Personality, 81, 47-55. [More Information]
2018
- Thoeni, C., Volk, S. (2018). Conditional cooperation: Review and refinement. Economics Letters, 171, 37-40. [More Information]
- Volk, S., Hall, S. (2018). Why are we so tired? Australia's human energy crisis. Sydney: Energx Australia.
2017
- Volk, S., Nguyen, H., Johnson, A., Ashkanasy, N., Wang, M., Bednall, T., Parker, S., King, J. (2017). Bringing physiology back into IO Psychology (Awarded Best Paper). 12th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference 2017, Sydney, Australia: Australian Psychological Society.
- Volk, S., Pearsall, M., Christian, M., Becker, W. (2017). Chronotype diversity in teams: Toward a theory of team energetic asynchrony. Academy of Management Review, 42(4), 683-702. [More Information]
2015
- Volk, S. (2015). An Overview of Organizational Neuroscience. In D. A. Waldman and P. A. Balthazard (Eds.), Organizational Neuroscience (Monographs in Leadership and Management), (pp. 17-50). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Becker, W., Volk, S., Ward, M. (2015). Leveraging neuroscience for smarter approaches to workplace intelligence. Human Resource Management Review, 25(1), 56-67. [More Information]
2014
- Volk, S., Kohler, T., Pudelko, M. (2014). Brain drain: The cognitive neuroscience of foreign language processing in multinational corporations. Journal of International Business Studies, 45(7), 862-885. [More Information]
- Volk, S., Becker, W. (2014). How Insights From Neuroeconomics Can Inform Organizational Research: The Case of Prosocial Organizational Behavior. Schmalenbach Business Review, 5(14), 65-86.
2013
- Volk, S., Kohler, T., Pudelko, M. (2013). Brain Drain: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Foreign Language Processing in Multilingual Organizations. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2013, Orlando, United States: Academy of Management.
- Volk, S. (2013). Diversity courses in management education: A game experimental approach to the assessment of course needs. International Journal of Management Education, 11(3), 163-173. [More Information]
2012
- Volk, S., Kohler, T. (2012). Brains and Games: Applying Neuroeconomics to Organizational Research. Organizational Research Methods, 15(4), 522-552. [More Information]
- Volk, S., Thoni, C., Ruigrok, W. (2012). Temporal stability and psychological foundations of cooperation preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81(2), 664-676. [More Information]
2011
- Volk, S., Thoni, C., Ruigrok, W. (2011). Personality, personal values and cooperation preferences in public goods games: A longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(6), 810-815. [More Information]
2010
- Volk, S. (2010). An experimental test of the stability of cooperation preferences over time. Thrugau Experimental Economics Meeting (THEEM) 2010, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
- Volk, S., Pudelko, M. (2010). Challenges and opportunities for Islamic retail banking in the European context: Lessons to be learnt from a British-German comparison. Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 15(3), 191-202. [More Information]
- Volk, S., Pudelko, M. (2010). The Cultural Accommodation Hypothesis Revisited. The 8th European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Workshop on The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) Workshop on Accounting and Regulation 2010, Tübingen University, Germany: The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management.
2009
- Volk, S., Ruigrok, W. (2009). Social identities, social capital,and the emergence of cooperative norms in multinational groups. 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, United States: Academy of Management.
2008
- Volk, S., Ruigrok, W. (2008). Cognitive and Affective Antecedents of Trust and Cooperation in Diverse Groups. 21st Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management 2008, Chicago, Illinois, USA: International Association for Conflict Management.
- Volk, S., Ruigrok, W. (2008). Cognitive and affective antecedents of trust and cooperation in diverse groups: A logitudinal study. 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, United States: Academy of Management.
- Volk, S., Ruigrok, W. (2008). Diagnosing Diversity Issues and Determining Optimal Training: The Advantages of Experiential Games. 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, United States: Academy of Management.
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Selected Grants
2011
- The influence of personalities and values on cooperation preferences: A cross-cultural investigation in Germany and Indonesia, Volk S, DFG, German Research Foundation/Research Grant
2005
- Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellowship, Volk S, European Commission (Belgium)/Research Grant FPRx2095 SCHx3412
