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Biography 

Prof. Dr. Eric Kearney is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at GISMA Business School / Leibniz Universität Hannover. In his research, he examines how leadership and teamwork contribute to organizational effectiveness. For example, he investigates what leaders must do to ensure that teams create synergies (process gains) such that performance is better than could be expected on the basis of the respective individuals' competencies alone. In other words, he studies when and how in teams the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (rather than less, which is also often the case). Professor Kearney frequently studies the conditions under which diversity (e.g., with respect to demographic variables such as age, gender, and culture or with respect to job-related variables such as functional and educational background) becomes an asset, rather than a liability for a team. Professor Kearney's research has been published in leading OB/HR outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, and Organizational Research Methods.

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