- Current Activity
- Lehre im Master-Studiengang Entrepreneurship und Management
- Lehre im Master of Business Administration
- Forschung über Leadership und Organisationskultur, Gründung und Wachstum junger Unternehmen
- Education
- 1970 — 1976
Studies in Fribourg, Cologne and St. Gallen
- Career
- since 2019
Professor HEG FR - School of Management Fribourg, Schweiz
- since 2016
Leadership Dynamics
- since 2016
Professor Emeritus, University of Liechtenstein
- 2005 — 2015
Professor for Entrepreneurship, Van Riemsdijk Chair of Entrepreneurship, University of Liechtenstein
- 2003 — 2008
Founder and Head of the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Foundation of SME Centre, University of Liechtenstein
- 1997 — 2002
Professor for Entrepreneurship, HTW Chur
- 1992 — 1997
Founder and Head of the Institute for Management and Executive Education, HTW Chur
- 1988 — 1997
Senior Lecturer for Management and Organizational Psychology, HTW Chur
- 1980 — 1988
Founder and Head of a consulting company with a focus on organizational development, St. Gallen/Zurich
- 1976 — 1980
Research Assistant, SME Institute, University of St. Gallen
- Memberships
- since 2015
Verwaltungsrat im Forschungs- und Innovationszentrum RhySearch
- since 2006
Präsident des Vereins Unternehmertag Liechtenstein
- since 2005
Mitglied in Verwaltungsräten von Startups and KMU
- Vision, Goal Setting and Leadership Behavior
- PhD-Thesis, February 2020 until September 2022 (finished)
A changing environment leads to new challenges for organizations in various industries. In particular, the demands on managers are shifting massively, so that new qualities and new approaches are ... more ...
- Self-Leadership und Entrepreneurship
- FFF-Förderprojekt, June 2018 until December 2020 (finished)
The aim of the research project was to gain new insights into the relationship between self-leadership and entrepreneurship. The results of the GUESSS study 2018 show how entrepreneurial the ... more ...
- Leadership in unternehmerischen Organisationseinheiten - Ein kontextorientierter Führungsansatz in einem Multi-Ebenen-Modell
- PhD-Thesis, September 2014 until April 2017 (finished)
Leadership is defined as a process of interpersonal influence, taking place in organizations or groups. Influenced are perceptions, attitudes, behavior and performance of individuals or groups in the ... more ...
- Distance Leadership - Exploring Distance in the Leader-Follower Relationship
- PhD-Thesis, March 2012 until December 2015 (finished)
Due to a rapidly spreading global access to the internet and newly evolving collaboration technologies, companies can now benefit from saving time and costs by having web-based conferences and ... more ...
- Leadership in young firms
- PhD-Thesis, March 2010 until June 2014 (finished)
Growth in young companies also requires them to hire new employees. Along with that change, interpersonal leadership in entrepreneurs' roles is becoming increasingly important for company success. ... more ...
- Family Buyouts - Influence of Corporate Governance on Strategic Renewal
- PhD-Thesis, March 2010 until July 2013 (finished)
It is the goal of many entrepreneurs to keep the business within the hands of their family. From the standpoint of firm survival, passing leadership and ownership from generation to generation ... more ...
- The experience, learning and development of owner-managers during their growth phases of their firms with particular reference to human capital management
- PhD-Thesis (kooperativ), January 2010 until November 2015 (finished)
The objectives of the doctoral thesis are to explore the owner-manager experiences and learning processes that contribute to the management of growth in small firms in the region of the Rhine Valley, ... more ...
- Opportunity Recognition and Entrepreneurship Education
- PhD-Thesis, September 2009 until September 2012 (finished)
It is crucial for entrepreneurs to identify and evaluate marketable business opportunities. The identification and exploration of opportunities leads to the discovery of new businesses. Hence, ... more ...
- Unternehmerisches Handeln von Jugendlichen
- FFF-Förderprojekt, January 2009 until January 2012 (finished)
Entrepreneurship und die Entwicklung einer unternehmerischen Kultur finden in der liechtensteinischen Diskussion über neue Strategien für mehr Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Wachstum, Beschäftigung und ... more ...
- Human Resources im Unternehmenswachstum
- FFF-Förderprojekt, October 2006 until May 2012 (finished)
Die Fachliteratur über Human Resources und Personalführung beschäftigt sich vor allem mit grossen Unternehmungen. Die Gewinnung neuer Mitarbeiter, die Beurteilung und Entlöhnung des Personals und die ... more ...
Baldegger, U., Klösel, K., & Poser, N. (in press). Learning to fly - the mediating role of self-leadership in empowering leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies. (ABS_2021: 1)
moreBaldegger, U., & Klösel, K. (2023). Fashion Entrepreneurship: Narcissism and Entrepreneurial Intention. Journal of Enterprising Culture, 31(03), 233-251. (VHB_3: )
moreMaran, T. K., Baldegger, U., & Klösel, K. (2022). Turning Visions into Results: Unraveling the distinctive paths of leading with vision and autonomy to goal achievement. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 43(1), 133-154. (ABDC_2022: B; ABS_2021: 1)
moreBaldegger, U., & Klösel, K. (2022). Visionäre Führung und Empowering in KMU. Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 69(3), 151-168. (VHB_3: C)
moreBaldegger, U., Faltin, S., & Klösel, K. (2022). Narzissmus und Unternehmerische Intention in Modehochschulen. Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 70(2), 71-90. (VHB_3: C)
moreHinteregger, C., Baldegger, U., & Durst, S. (2022). Exploring the Link Between Strategic Human Resource Management, Organizational Culture, and Corporate Entrepreneurship. Management Revue, 33(2), 135-160. (ABS_2021: 2)
moreSchröder, S. H., Baldegger, U., & Klösel, K. (2021). Empowering Leadership als Erfolgsfaktor in der Innovation. Leadership, Education, Personality: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 3(1), 9-20.
moreSchroeder, S. H., & Baldegger, U. (2020). Empowering leadership in R&D -- Moderating effects of the strategic and cultural context. International Journal of Innovation Management, 24(04), 1363-9196. (ABS_2021: 2; VHB_3: B)
moreBaldegger, U., Schroeder, S., & Furtner, M. R. (2017). The self-loving entrepreneur: Dual narcissism and entrepreneurial intention. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 9(4), 373-391. (ABS_2021: 1; VHB_3: B)
moreZaech, S., & Baldegger, U. (2017). Leadership in start-ups. International Small Business Journal, 35(2), 157-177. (ABDC_2022: A; ABS_2021: 3; VHB_3: C)
moreBaldegger, U., & Gast, J. (2016). On the emergence of leadership in new ventures. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 22(6), 933-957. (ABDC_2022: B; ABS_2021: 3; VHB_3: C)
moreBaldegger, U., & Gast, J. (2015). On the emergence of leadership and human resource management in new ventures. IECER 2015.
moreZäch, S., & Baldegger, U. (2014). Führungsverhalten in jungen Unternehmen. Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 62(4), 295-322. (VHB_3: C)
moreFurtner, M., Baldegger, U., & Rauthmann, J. (2013). Leading yourself and leading others: Linking self-leadership to transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership. European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, 22(4), 436-449. (ABDC_2022: A; ABS_2021: 3; VHB_3: B)
moreBaldegger, U., Fueglistaller, U., & Kraus, S. (2010). Neue Schriftleitung der ZfKE. Zeitschrift für KMU & Entrepreneurship, 58(2), 89-91. (VHB_3: C)
moreDe Loo, I., Donnenberg, O., Baldegger U, Briault, S., Krijnen, A., & Moran, R. (2007). Lean and learning: reshaping working and learning in organizations. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 4(1), 3-8. (ABDC_2022: C; ABS_2021: 1)
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U. Baldegger, R. Jochum-Gasser & D. Müller (Eds.). (2012). Wie Ideen laufen lernen: Unternehmerisches Denken und Handeln in der Berufsausbildung. Schaan: Discover.
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Baldegger, U. (2020). Personalführung. In W. Hugentober, K. Schaufelbühl & M. Blattner (Eds.), Integrale Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Ein Lehrbuch für die Bachelor-Stufe (7 ed., pp. 985-1020). Zürich: Orell Füssli.
moreFurtner, M., & Baldegger, U. (2016). Fallstudie OPTRON. In M. Furtner & U. Baldegger (Eds.), Self-Leadership und Führung (2 ed., pp. 273). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
moreVallaster, C., Kraus, S., & Baldegger, U. (2015). The Liechtenstein Brewing Co. In J. Hayton, C. Salvato & M. J. Manimala (Eds.), Global Entrepreneurship: Case studies of entrepreneurial firms operating around the world. London/New York: Routledge.
moreBaldegger, U. (2013). Personalführung. In W. Hugentober, K. Schaufelbühl & M. Blattner (Eds.), Integrale Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Ein Lehrbuch für die Bachelor-Stufe (5 ed., ). Zürich: Orell Füssli.
moreVallaster, C., Kraus, S., & Baldegger, U. (2013). Change Communication - Erfolgreich Wandel initiieren durch Wahrnehmung und Reflexion. In J. Hayton (Ed.), Academy of Management (AoM) Entrepreneurship Division Ambassadors Program Casebook. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
moreBaldegger, U. (2013). Handeln und Lernen in der Entrepreneurship Ausbildung. In W. G. Faix, J. Erpenbeck & M. Auer (Eds.), Bildung. Kompetenzen. Werte. (pp. 217-228). Stuttgart: Steinbeis-Edition.
moreBaldegger, U. (2012). Unternehmerisches Denken und Handeln lernen. In U. Baldegger, R. Jochum-Gasser & D. Müller (Eds.), Wie Ideen laufen lernen: Unternehmerisches Denken und Handeln in der Berufsausbildung (pp. 11-33). Schaan: Discover.
moreFurtner, M., Riedmüller, K., Baldegger, U., & Zäch, S. (2012). Superleadership: Stufen zur erfolgreichen Selbst- und Mitarbeiterführung in der Organisation des 21. Jahrhunderts. In Smettan,J., F. Schreiber, L. Olos, Riegel C. & Grieshop W. (Eds.), Erfolg durch Kompetenz: Best Practice in der Wirtschaftspsychologie (pp. 77-87). Berlin: Deutscher Psychologen Verlag.
moreBaldegger, U. (2007). Personalführung. In K. Schaufelbühl, W. Hugentobler & M. Blattner (Eds.), Betriebswirtschaftslehre für Bachelor. Stuttgart: UTB Verlag.
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Cesinger, B., Gast, J., Baldegger, U., & Goetzen, T. (2015). Kicking out the family: Family buyout as a way towards strategic renewal and growth. Paper presented at the 19. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand - G-Forum 2015, Kassel, Germany.
moreZäch, S., & Baldegger, U. (2014). Leadership in Start-ups. Paper presented at the Rencontres de St-Gall 2014, St. Gallen, Schweiz.
moreVallaster, C., Gast, J., & Baldegger, U. (2013). SME crisis as a pressure point to socially innovate: A case analysis viewed from a dynamic capabilities' perspective. Paper presented at the conference on Ethics, Innovation and Technology, ETH Zürich.
moreBaldegger, U. (2013). Andere Länder, andere Gründungskulturen - (Wie) Kann man Unternehmergeist lernen?. Paper presented at the Europäische KMU-Woche, Berlin.
moreBaldegger, U. (2013). Handeln und Lernen in der Entrepreneurship Ausbildung. Paper presented at the Global Entrepreneurship Week Austria, Wien.
moreBaldegger, U. (2012). Handeln und Lernen in der Entrepreneurship-Ausbildung. Paper presented at the 5. Stuttgarter Kompetenz-Tag: Kompetenz.Studium.Employability, Stuttgart.
moreFurtner, M., & Baldegger U. (2011). Transformational (Self-)Leadership Model: Self-leadership and transformational leadership. Paper presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology (ECP 2011), Istanbul.
moreFurtner, M., Baldegger U, Rauthmann, J., & Sachse P. (2011). Leading yourself before leading others: Linking self-leadership to the full range model of leadership. Paper presented at the 12th European Congress of Psychology (ECP 2011), Istanbul.
moreDurst, S., Baldegger, U., & Halter, F. (2010). The Successors or the Neglected Perspective in Company Succession in Family Firms. Paper presented at the 2010 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.
moreBaldegger, U. (2009). Entrepreneurship und Erfahrungslernen. Paper presented at the FGF-Arbeitskreis Entrepreneurship Education, Universität Linz.
moreBaldegger, U. (2009). Experimental Learning: Anforderungen, Bedingungen, Formate und Praxistransfer. Paper presented at the Weiterbildungsworkshop für Dozenten im Bereich Entrepreneurship: Unternehmerisch denken - Gründer ausbilden, Bocken, Horgen Zürich.
moreBaldegger, U. (2008). Entrepreneurship and Action Learning. Paper presented at the Conference of Entrepreneurship & Action Learning, Baarn, Netherlands.
moreBaldegger, U. (2008). Entrepreneurship und Erfahrungslernen. Paper presented at the Weiterbildungsworkshop für Dozenten im Bereich Entrepreneurship: Gründerausbildung in der Schweiz, Pfäffikon, Schweiz.
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Schröder, S. H., Baldegger, U., Zäch, S., & Furtner, M. (2014). The self-loving Entrepreneur: Dual Narcissism and Entrepreneurial Intention. Presented at the 18th Annual Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Conference (G-Forum 2014), Oldenburg, Germany.
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Baldegger, U., & Schröder, S. H. (2016). Unternehmerische Absichten und Aktivitäten von Studierenden an der Universität Liechtenstein. Ergebnisse für die Universität Liechtenstein aus dem Global University Entrepreneurial Students‘ Spirit Survey (GUESSS 2016). Institut für Entrepreneurship an der Universität Liechtenstein.
moreZäch, S., Baldegger, U., & Schröder, S. H. (2014). Unternehmerische Absichten und Aktivitäten von Studierenden an der Universität Liechtenstein. Ergebnisse für die Universität Liechtenstein aus dem Global Univeristy Entrepreneurship Students' Spirit Survey (GUESSS 2013). Universität Liechtenstein.
moreBaldegger, U., Zäch, S., & Müller, D. (2012). Unternehmerische Absichten und Aktivitäten von Studierenden an der Universität Liechtenstein. Ergebnisse für die Universität Liechtenstein aus dem Global Univeristy Entrepreneurship Students' Spirit Survey (GUESSS 2011). Universität Liechtenstein.
moreBaldegger, U., Durst, S., & Emes, J. (2009). Franchising als unternehmerische Wachstumsstrategie (Working Papers Institut for Entrepreneurship). Hochschule Liechtenstein.
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