Faculty Profiles

Schuh, Sebastian Christian
Professor of Organisational Behaviour;
Department Chair (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management), CEIBS
Dr. Sebastian Schuh is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour and the Chair of the Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). His teaching and research primarily focus on leadership—specifically, how leaders can create high-performance work environments that foster employee motivation, strategic alignment, and health.
Before joining CEIBS, Professor Schuh served as the Managing Director of the Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations at Goethe University Frankfurt. He has also been a visiting scholar at London Business School and Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Antai College of Economics and Management. He has published more than 50 articles and book chapters in leading academic outlets, including the Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, and Personality and Social Psychology Review.
Professor Schuh has been ranked among the world’s top 40 business professors under 40 by Poets & Quants, a leading resource on business school education. Additionally, he has received the CEIBS Research Excellence Award, the CEIBS Teaching Excellence Award, and a fellowship from the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Before transitioning to academia, he worked as a strategy consultant, advising corporations and investors, including The Walt Disney Company, The Carlyle Group, and Liberty Global, in the internet, media, and telecommunications industries.
- 2011, Ph.D, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2007, M.Sc. with honours in Psychology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
- 2003, B.Sc. in Psychology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
- Leadership
- Organisational Identity
- Trust in Organisations
- Leadership
- Team Dynamics
- Decision Making
- Business Communication
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