Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Wolfgang Mayrhofer (born 24 May 1958) is an Austrian competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist as well as Full Professor of management at WU Vienna (Vienna University of Business and Economics) in Vienna, Austria.
He won a silver medal in the
He is co-founder of Championships (see http://www.championSHIPs.at) that uses sail boats as a unique field of experience and regularly offers trainings for middle and top managers, focusing on team building, team development, leadership and communication.
Professional life
At the professional level, Wolfgang Mayrhofer is Professor of Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management and Organisational Behaviour (ivm, WU Wien), Department of Management, WU (
He conducts research in the area of comparative international
organisations, with an emphasis on leadership, team and self-development by outdoor training/sailing (see www.championSHIPs.at).Wolfgang Mayrhofer is a member of the editorial/advisory editorial board of the Journal for Managerial Psychology, the Journal for Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, the Journal of the International Society for Research in Healthcare Financial Management, the Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion, Management Revue, Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, The Jordanian Journal of Administrative Sciences, the ESADE-DEUSTO Series ‘Managing people in 21st century organisations’ and a corresponding member of Journal for East European Management Studies. He also is an associate at the Centre for Research into the Management of Expatriation,
He is married and has four children, three daughters and one son.
Writing
He has authored and co-authored more than 175 book chapters and about 100 peer reviewed articles which have been published, among others, in Career Development International, Employee Relations, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Human Resource Management Review, International Journal for Human Resource Management, International Studies of Management & Organization, International Executive, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Management Revue, Organisation Studies, Organizational Dynamics, Die Betriebswirtschaft, Zeitschrift für Personalforschung and Personal.
Wolfgang Mayrhofer has authored, co-authored and co-edited 36 books, among them most recently: Mayrhofer, W., Furtmüller, G., & Kasper, H. (Eds.). 2023. Personalmanagement - Führung – Organisation (Personnel Management – Leadership – Organisation). (6 ed.). Wien: Linde; Mayrhofer, W., & Steyrer, J. (Eds.). 2023. Karriereachterbahn: Was unsere Berufswege wirklich beeinflusst (Career Roller Coaster: What really influences our professional trajectories). Wien: Linde; 3. Briscoe, J., Dickman, M., Hall, D. T., Mayrhofer, W., & Parry, E. (Eds). 2023. Understanding Careers Around the Globe. Stories and Sourcebook. Cheltenham, Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing; Altman, Yochanan, Judi Neal, and Wolfgang Mayrhofer (Eds.). 2022. Workplace Spirituality. Making a Difference. Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter; Gunz, H. P., Lazarova, M. B., & Mayrhofer, W. (Eds.). 2020. The Routledge Companion to Career Studies. Milton Park: Routledge; Brewster, C., Mayrhofer, W., & Farndale, E. (Eds.). 2018. Handbook Of Research On Comparative Human Resource Management. (2 ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; Gunz, H. & Mayrhofer, W. 2018. Rethinking Career Studies. Facilitating Conversation Across Boundaries with the Social Chronology Framework. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Mabey, C. & Mayrhofer, W. (Eds.). 2015. Developing Leadership. Questions Business Schools Don't Ask. Los Angeles et al.: Sage; Mayrhofer, W., Furtmüller, G., & Kasper, H. (Eds.). 2015. Personalmanagement - Führung - Organisation (5 ed.). Wien: Linde
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wolfgang Mayrhofer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2011.