Research Interest

Topics

International Human Resource Management
International Management

Biography

Marion Festing is Professor in the Strategy, Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource department at ESCP Europe. She was Associate Dean for Research from January 2009 to August 2011. She holds the Chair of Human Resource Management and Intercultural Leadership on the Berlin Campus. She teaches courses on human resource management and leadership in all programmes. Since April 2004 Professor Festing has served as the Academic Director of the European Executive MBA programme on the Berlin campus.
Professor Festing studied business administration at University of Paderborn, Germany and at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Toulouse, France. She holds a Doctorate degree and a post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) from the University of Paderborn. She gained research and teaching experience in many countries, including Australia, the USA and Tunisia. Professor Festing joined ESCP Europe in 2002.
She is author of numerous articles on international human resource management and related fields. Recently, she was nominated for best paper awards at the 9th Conference on International Human Resource Management in Tallin and at the Academy of Management in Philadelphia for her work in the field of “Transnational Human Resource Management Processes” and “International Careers”. Her most recent book is the textbook “International Human Resource Management. Managing People in a Multinational Context” (London: Thomson, 2008) which she wrote as part of a tri-continental team together with Peter J. Dowling (New Zealand) and Allen D. Engle (USA).
Professor Festing serves on the editorial boards of Career Development International, Journal of Management & Organization, International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, ZfP-German Journal of Human Resource Research, and Zeitschrift für Management.

Current research

The main research focus of the Chair of Human Resource Management and Intercultural Leadership is International Human Resource Management. Currently, several research projects are in progress with the team of the Chair of Human Resource Management and Intercultural Leadership. Research questions are usually placed in a broader theoretical context. All projects are supplemented by qualitative or quantitative empirical investigations. Current research centers around the following subjects:

• Global Careers and Psychological Contract Research
• Global Compensation
• Transnational HRM strategies and processs
• Intercultural competence
• Internatioal Networks of HR Consultancies
• Female Leaders
• Strategic and Organizational Issues of Globalization

Publications