Staff profile

Susanne is Professor in Leadership at Durham University Business School and Director of the International Centre for Leadership and Followership. She received her PhD (2011) and Habilitation (2017) in Psychology from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany. She held posts at TUM School of Management and LMU Center for Leadership and People Management as well as visiting scholarships at New York University and University of California in Berkeley before joining Durham University Business School in 2015.

Susanne’s research focuses primarily on leadership. She is interested in the bright sides and dark sides of leadership and how they affect productivity and wellbeing at the work-life interface. One of her current research foci is leader identity and its development. Her work also studies leader narcissism and leadership. She has published articles in outlets such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, The Leadership Quarterly, British Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. She received the Emerald Citation of Excellence and The Leadership Quarterly's Highly Cited Research Award in 2016. She co-edited the book Leadership Lessons from Compelling Contexts with Birgit Schyns and Claudia Peus in the Monographs in Leadership and Management series (Emerald, 2016). She is Associate Editor (Organizational Psychology) of Frontiers in Psychology and Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.

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Susanne is a Professor in Leadership at Durham University Business School and Director of the Centre for Leadership and Followership. 

• Leader and follower identity dynamics
• Narcissism in leadership
• Authentic leadership

• Leadership and Followership
• Management & Marketing Department

Chapter in book

• Robinson, Mark & Braun, Susanne (2023). Managing in the collective: The practice of Big Science collaborations. In Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and Organization. Das, T.K. Information Age Publishing.
• Braun, S. & Hornuf, L. (2018). Authentic leadership and followers’ cheating behaviour: A laboratory experiment from a self-concept maintenance perspective. In Authentic Leadership and Followership: International Perspectives. Cotter-Lockard, D. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 215-244.
• Hentschel, P.T., Braun, S. & Peus, C. (2017). Warum wird sie nicht Führungskraft? Geschlecht und Karriereentwicklung. In Handbuch Karriere und Laufbahnmanagement. Kauffeld, S. & Spurk, D. Heidelberg: Springer. 1-31.
• Netzel, J., Braun, S. & Frey, D. (2017). Macht: Grundlagen, Folgen und Prozesse eines komplexen Phänomens. In Kommunikation, Interaktion und soziale Gruppenprozesse. Bierhoff, H.-W. & Frey, D. Göttingen: Hogrefe. 3: 493-542.
• Braun, S., Frey, D., Nübold, A. & Maier, G. (2017). Führung. In Kommunikation, Interaktion und soziale Gruppenprozesse. Bierhoff, H.-W. & Frey, D. Göttingen: Hogrefe. 3: 543-598.
• Braun, S., Haas, K. & Frey, D. (2017). Führung und Kooperation in der modernen Arbeitswelt. In Moralpsychologie: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Sautermeister, J. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. 11: 214-232.
• Braun, S. (2016). Narcissistic leadership. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Farazmand, A. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 1-9.
• Braun, S., Schyns, B. & Peus, C. (2016). Conclusion: Leadership lessons from compelling contexts. In Leadership lessons from compelling contexts. Peus, C., Braun, S. & Schyns, B. Bingley, UK: Emerald. 8: 465-479.
• Braun, S., Peus, C., Frey, D. & Knipfer, K. (2016). Leadership in academia: Individual and collective approaches to the quest for creativity and innovation. In Leadership lessons from compelling contexts. Peus, C., Braun, S. & Chyns, B. Bingley, UK: Emerald. 8: 349-365.
• Braun, S., Hentschel, T., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2016). Geschlechtsunterschiede und Geschlechtsstereotype (Gender differences and gender stereotypes). In Soziale Motive und soziale Einstellungen. Bierhoff, H.-W. & Frey, D. Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe. 759-793.
• Braun, S. & Frey, D. (2015). Führungstheorien (Leadership theories). In Kompendium psychologischer Theorien (Compendium of psychological theories). Galliker, M. & Wolfradt, U. Berlin: Suhrkamp. 2154: 133-136.
• Frey, D., Braun, S. & Peus, C. (2015). Herausforderungen der Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft: Berufungsverfahren an deutschen Universitäten (Challenges of personnel selection in German universities). In Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft Evidenzbasierte Methoden und Impulse für die Praxis (Personnel selection in academia: Evidence based methods and ideas for practice). Peus, C., Braun, S., Hentschel, T. & Frey, D. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 1-14.
• Heilman, M. E., Manzi, F. & Braun, S. (2015). Presumed incompetent: Perceived lack of fit and gender bias in recruitment and selection. In Handbook of gendered careers in management. Getting in, getting on, getting out. Broadbridge, A. M. & Fielden, S. L. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 90-104.
• Braun, S., Frey, D., Brodbeck, F.C. & Hentschel, T. (2015). Group processes in organizations. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Wright, J.D. Oxford, England: Elsevier. 10: 408-415.
• Peus, C., Wesche, J. S. & Braun, S. (2015). Authentische Führung (Authentic leadership). In Trends der psychologischen Führungsforschung. Felfe, J. Göttingen: Hogrefe. 15-26.
• Braun, S., Hentschel, T., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2015). Chancengleichheit durch professionelle Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft (Equality through professional personnel selection in academia). In Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft Evidenzbasierte Methoden und Impulse für die Praxis (Personnel selection in academia: Evidence based methods and ideas for practice). Peus, C., Braun, S., Hentschel, T. & Frey, D. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 30-48.
• Pawlowska, B., Braun, S., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2010). Academic leadership: The effect of leader-follower incongruence and cognitive processes on perceptions of leader adversity. In When leadership goes wrong: Destructive leadership, mistakes, and ethical failures. Hansbrough, T. & Schyns, B. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. 479-512.

Edited book

• Peus, C., Braun, S. & Schyns, B. (2016). Leadership lessons from compelling contexts Monographs in Leadership and Management. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
• Peus, C., Braun, S., Hentschel, T. & Frey, D. (2015). Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft: Evidenzbasierte Methoden und Impulse für die Praxis (Personnel selection in academia: Evidence based methods and ideas for practice). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Journal Article

• Schyns, Birgit, Braun, Susanne & Xia, Ying Emma (2023). What motivates narcissistic individuals to lead? The role of identity across cultures. Personality and Individual Differences
• Zheng, Xiaotong (Janey), Nieberle, Karolina W., Braun, Susanne & Schyns, Birgit (2023). Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being. Journal of Organizational Behavior
• Schyns, Birgit, Lagowska, Urszula & Braun, Susanne (2022). Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead. Zeitschrift für Psychologie 230(4): 330-334.
• Kipfelsberger, Petra, Braun, Susanne, Fladerer, Martin P. & Dragoni, Lisa (2022). Developing authenticity: A quasi-experimental investigation. Personality and Individual Differences 198: 111825.
• Hentschel, T., Braun, S., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2021). Sounds Like a Fit! Wording in Recruitment Advertisements and Recruiter Gender Affect Women’s Pursuit of Career Development Programs via Anticipated Belongingness. Human Resource Management 60(4): 581-602.
• Gloor, J. L. & Braun, S. (2020). Help When Dads Need Somebody? Follower Reactions to Leader Work-Family Conflict. Academy of Management Proceedings 2020(1).
• Fladerer, M. P. & Braun, S. (2020). Managers’ resources for authentic leadership – A multi-study exploration of positive psychological capacities and ethical organizational climates. British Journal of Management 31(2): 325-343.
• Braun, S., Schyns, B. Zheng, Y. & Lord, R. G. (2019). Vulnerable narcissists in leadership? A bifactor model of narcissism and abusive supervision intent. Academy of Management Proceedings 2019(1): 11224.
• Schyns, B. Braun, S. & Wisse, B. (2019). Dark personalities in the workplace. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Braun, S., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2018). Connectionism in action: Exploring the links between leader prototypes, leader gender, and perceptions of authentic leadership. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 149: 129-144.
• Braun, S., Kark, R. & Wisse, B. (2018). Editorial: Fifty Shades of Grey: Exploring the Dark Sides of Leadership and Followership. Frontiers in Psychology 9: 1877.
• Hentschel, T., Braun, S., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2018). The communality-bonus effect for male transformational leaders – leadership style, gender, and promotability. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 27(1): 112-125.
• Braun, S., Aydin, N., Frey, D. & Peus, C. (2018). Leader Narcissism Predicts Malicious Envy and Supervisor-Targeted Counterproductive Work Behavior - Evidence From Field and Experimental Research. Journal of Business Ethics 151(3): 725-741.
• Braun, S. & Peus, C. (2018). Crossover of work-life balance perceptions: Does authentic leadership matter? Journal of Business Ethics 149(4): 875-893.
• Braun, S. & Nieberle, K. W. (2017). Authentic leadership extends beyond work: A multilevel model of work-family conflict and enrichment. The Leadership Quarterly 28(6): 780-797.
• Braun, S. (2017). Leader Narcissism and Outcomes in Organizations: A Review at Multiple Levels of Analysis and Implications for Future Research. Frontiers in Psychology 8: 773.
• Shaughnessy, B., Braun, S., Hentschel, T. & Peus, C. V. (2016). Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes. European Journal of Social Psychology 46(7): 880-890.
• Peus, C., Braun, S. & Knipfer, K. (2015). On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers. The Leadership Quarterly 26(1): 55-67.
• Peus, C., Braun, S. & Frey, D. (2013). Situation-based measurement of the Full Range of Leadership Model - development and validation of a situational judgment test. The Leadership Quarterly 24(5): 777-795.
• Braun, S., Peus, C., Weisweiler, S. & Frey, D. (2013). Transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and team performance: A multilevel mediation model of trust. The Leadership Quarterly 24(1): 270-283.
• Peus, C., Wesche, J. S., Streicher, B., Braun, S. & Frey, D. (2012). Authentic leadership: An empirical test of its antecedents, consequences, and mediating mechanisms. Journal of Business Ethics 107(3): 331-348.
• Braun, S., Peus, C. & Frey, D. (2012). Is beauty beastly? Gender-specific effects of leader attractiveness and leadership style on followers’ trust and loyalty. Journal of Psychology/Zeitschrift für Psychologie 220(2): 98-108.
• Peus, C., Braun, S. & Frey, D. (2012). Despite good intentions: The role of follower attributions in adverse leadership. A multilevel model of social contagion processes. Journal of Psychology/Zeitschrift für Psychologie 220(4): 241-250.
• Braun, S., Wesche, J. S., Frey, D., Weisweiler, S. & Peus, C. (2012). Effectiveness of mission statements in organizations. A review. Journal of Management & Organization 18(4): 430-444.

Report

• Peus, C., Braun, S. & Aydin, N. (2015). Führung anders denken. Neid in Unternehmen: Fluch oder Fortschrittsmotor? (Thinking differently about leadership. Envy: curse or driver of progress?). RHI-Wissenswert Nr. 8. Munich, Germany: Roman Herzog Institut.