Research Interest

Topics

Change management
Human Resource Management
Innovation Management
Organization Theory

Biography

François Pichault, Doctor in Sociology, is an Affiliated Professor in Human Resource Management at ESCP Europe. He is also Full Professor at HEC-Management School (University of Liège, Belgium). At the University of Liège he chairs, an action-research centre (LENTIC) focussed on human and organizational aspects of change and innovation processes.
Professor Pichault is currently Research Director at HEC- Management School (University of Liège) and is involved in multiple international cooperation activities in Africa and East Europe.

Current research

• Evolution and roles of the HR function, strategic positioning of the function,
• Articulation between HRM policies and corporate strategies,
• New organizational forms, networks and evolution of social relations,
• Emerging forms of social dialogue,
• Emerging practices of flexicurity at the organizational level,
• Skills management practices and their impact on the professional trajectory of individuals,
• The cultural question in management practices,
• Change management.

Publications