Prof. Dr. Caroline Straub

Research and teaching

Human Resource Management

Leadership

BA Betriebsökonomie

BA International Business Administration

Executive Education

Leadership

Human Resource Management

New Work

Caroline Straub is a professor of Human Resource Management at the Institute for New Work. Her research focuses on platform-based work and the feasibility of reducing working hours in the context of technological change, and she advises companies on the implementation of the four-day working week.

Platform (gigwork) work

Work-life integration

Flexible work arrangements

4 day workweek (working time reduction)

Piloting a 4 day work week in Swiss corporations

Affolter, L. F., Straub, C., & Spurk, D. (2024). Living One’s Calling Independently: The Role of Online Labor Platforms for Different Dynamics of Calling Enactment in the Gig Economy. In Career Development International (Vol. 29, Issue 6). Emerald. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/36793

Allen, T., Beham, B., Ollier-Malaterre, A., Baierl, A., Alexandrova, M., Artiawati, nN, Beauregard, A., Carvalho, V. S., Chambel, M. J., Cho, E., da Silva, B. C., Dawkins, S., Escribano, P., Gudeta, K. H., Huang, T., Jaga, A., Kost, D., Kurowska, A., Leon, E., … Waismel-Manor, R. (2024). Boundary management preferences from a gender and cross-cultural perspective. In Journal of Vocational Behavior (Vol. 148). Elsevier Science Direct. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.21270

Beham, B., Ollier-Malaterre, A., Allen, T. D., Baierl, A., Alexandrova, M., Artiawati, Beauregard, T. A., Carvalho, V. S., Chambel, M. J., Cho, E., Coden da Silva, B., Dawkins, S., Escribano, P. I., Gudeta, K. H., Huang, T., Jaga, A., Kost, D., Kurowska, A., Leon, E., … Waismel-Manor, R. (2023). Humane orientation, work–family conflict, and positive spillover across cultures. In Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 108, Issue 10). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.19554

Zwettler, C. H., Straub, C., & Spurk, D. (2023). Kicking off a Gig Work Career: Unfolding a Career Learning Cycle of Gig Workers. In Journal of Career Assessment (Vol. 32, Issue 4). Sage. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.20517

Straub, C., Beham, B., Fayad, M., & Ramadan, N. (2022). Managing work and nonwork responsibilities when labour protection is weak: The role of family supportive supervisor behaviours. In Applied Psychology (Vol. 72, Issue 4). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.18680

Balkin, D. B., Trevino, L. J., & Straub, C. (2021). The effect of gender Inequities in the classroom and beyond in U.S. business schools. In Journal of Management Education (Vol. 46, Issue 3). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.15482

Dragon Jiang, Y., Straub, C., Klyver, K., & Mauer, R. (2021). Unfolding refugee entrepreneurs’ opportunity-production process — Patterns and embeddedness. In Journal of Business Venturing (Vol. 36, Issue 5). Elsevier. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/42905

Beham, B., & Straub, C. (2021). Work-Life Balance im globalen Kontext: Kulturunterschiede, Kompetenzen und Interventionen. Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.15273

Spurk, D., & Straub, C. (2020). Flexible employment relationships and careers in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Journal of Vocational Behavior (Vol. 119). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.12354

Vinkenburg, C., van Kleef, M., & Straub, C. (2019). Career customization: Putting an organizational practice to facilitate sustainable careers to the test. In Journal of Vocational Behavior (Vol. 117). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.8502

Vinkenburg, C., & Straub, C. (2019). Mass career customization: A sustainable solution? In PERSONALquarterly (Issue 2). Haufe. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.8504

Straub, C., Vinkenburg, C., van Kleef, M., & Hofmans, J. (2018). Effective HR implementation. The impact of supervisor support for policy use on employee perceptions and attitudes. In The International Journal of Human Resource Management (Vol. 29, Issue 22). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.6716

Straub, C., Beham, B., & Islam, G. (2017). Crossing boundaries: integrative effects of supervision, gender and boundary control on work engagement and work-to-family positive spillover. In International Journal of Human Resource Management (Vol. 30, Issue 20). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.7185

Straub, C. (2012). Antecedents and organizational consequences of family supportive supervisor behavior: A multilevel conceptual framework for research. In Human Resource Management Review (Vol. 22, Issue 1). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.12348

Straub, C. (2007). A comparative analysis of the use of work-life balance practices in Europe: Do practices enhance females’ career advancement? In Women in Management Review (Vol. 22, Issue 4). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.12346

Hagen, L. (2024). Caroline Straub: «Ich teile die Ansprüche der Gen Z». In Anzeiger Region Bern. Scribentes Media. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.22110

Knuchel, L. (2024). Kann die Schweiz die 4-Tage-Woche? Dieses Pilotprojekt will es herausfinden. In watson.ch. CH Regionalmedien. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.22109

Straub, C., Zwettler, C. H., & Spurk, D. (2024). Wie Gigwork selbstbestimmte Laufbahnen im Digitalzeitalter ermöglicht. In SocietyByte – Wissenschaftsmagazin der Berner Fachhochschule. Berner Fachhochschule, Wirtschaft. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.22118

Stoltze-Siebmann, A.-C., Kurpicz-Briki, M., & Straub, C. (2023). Traumatische Klickarbeit: Die Menschen hinter ChatGPT. In SocietyByte – Wissenschaftsmagazin der Berner Fachhochschule. Berner Fachhochschule, Wirtschaft. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.20090

Cardinali, A., & Straub, C. (2023). Eine 4-Tage-Woche für die Schweiz? In Der HR Developer Newsletter (Issue 2). WEKA Business Media AG, Zürich. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.18888

Schär, M., & Straub, C. (2023). Nachhaltiger Aufbau von HR Data Analytics. In Der HR-Developer (Issue 1). Weka Business Media. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.20494

J Dragon, Y., Straub, C., Klyver, K., & Maurer, R. (2022). Refugees as entrepreneurs: what’s behind their success or failure? In LSE Business Review. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.22115

Academy of Management Association

Verein Arbeitszeitgesellschaft

Laboris - Arbeitsforschung Schweiz

Editorial Board Member Journal of Vocational Behavior