Bio

I am an Associate Professor for Strategic Management in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Vienna. I joined the University of Vienna in 2014 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University. I received my PhD in Management from INSEAD in 2012.

My work has been published in journals such as Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, and the Academy of Management Journal.

Research

My research profile is anchored in the behavioral analysis of strategic decision making. One stream examines collective judgments and group decision making, asking when interaction, diversity, and decision structure improve or undermine collective outcomes. A second stream contributes to the Behavioral Theory of the Firm by studying how organizations interpret feedback, respond to shortfalls, and adjust risk-taking.

Collective Judgments

Group confidence, crowd wisdom, diversity, deliberation, and the design of decision processes that help groups use their information well.

Behavioral Theory of the Firm

Performance feedback, organizational risk-taking, CEO overconfidence, and how firms respond to aspiration shortfalls and external shocks.

Gender and Diversity

Bias in evaluation, leadership, hiring, and cooperation, including the organizational consequences of identity-relevant societal events.

Contact

Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Steffen.Keck@univie.ac.at