Prof. Dr. Olivier Fuchs
Dr.
Faculty of Information Science and Communication Studies
Institute of Translation and Multilingual Communication
Office hours
Office hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10:00 to 16:00
Campus Südstadt, Ubierring 48, Room 435
by appointment or drop in
Positions
- First aid officer
Publications
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A Probing German Case Study on Trust Building Factors Around Online Leadership in Virtual Work Environments
Fuchs, Olivier; Weissleder, Sarah; Najmaei, Mehran, 2022-08-30, Publisher: International Journal of Business and Management, Jg. 6, Heft 4 (open access, peer reviewed)
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Effects of Workplace Digitalisation on the Motivation of German Office Employees
Dziubek, Senta; Fuchs, Olivier; Schwarz, Stefan, 2022-12-30, Publisher: International Journal of Business and Management, Jg. 6, Heft 6 (open access, peer reviewed)
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Improved Practices for Client Contact Management in a Crisis During Restrictions on Personal Contact as caused by Covid-19
Fuchs, Olivier, 2022-06-17, Publisher: Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Business School (Thesis)
Journal Article
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The Importance of Flexibility at Work for Generation Z in Germanyhttps://doi.org/10.9734/jemt/2025/v31i91352
Bielefeld, L., Fuchs, O., Lorenz, E., Pfeiffer, H., Poslawski, K., 09/2025, Publisher: Journal of Economics, Management and Trade
In order to be able to detect potential employees’ preferences on time and place-related flexibility in the workplace and to distil recommendations for employers when designing the workplace for future generations, this article examines how flexible work arrangements—particularly in terms of time and location—are perceived by Generation Z in Germany.
Publications
- Fuchs, Olivier (2024): The Seal of the Phanariot Prince Constantine Ypsilantis as Voivod of Moldavia. In: Plural : Journal of the History and Geography Department. Vol. 12, S. 5 - 22. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.37710/plural.v12i1_1
- Thienen, Lisa; Fuchs, Olivier; Schwarz, Stefan (2024): Professionelles Trennungsmanagement in Insolvenzverfahren. In: Zeitschrift für Restrukturierung und Insolvenz. Vol. 5, S. 689 - 693.https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013394
- Fuchs, Olivier; Lorenz, Emma; Fuchs, Leonard (2024): Generational Differences in Attitudes Towards Work and Career: A Systematic Literature Review on the Preferences Of Generations X, Y and Z. In: International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS). Vol. 11, S. 54 - 71. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013395
- Fuchs, Olivier (2024): Erfolgsfaktoren für die altersübergreifende Mitarbeiterbindung und Motivation von "Digital Natives" in der modernen Arbeitswelt. In: 2. Digitaltag Kölner Unternehmen (DTKU); Güstrow, Germany; 07.06.2024. (Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013397
- Fuchs, Olivier; Robinson, Craig (2024): Operationalising Critical Realism for Case Study Research. In: Qualitative Research Journal. Vol. 24, S. 245 - 266. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-07-2023-0118
- Breitkreuz, Franka; Najmaei, Mehran; Fuchs, Olivier; Mansori, Shaheen (2023): Navigating Turbulence : Analyzing Energy Prices and Enterprise Value Dynamics in European SMEs. In: Journal of Insurance and Financial Management. Vol. 7, S. 69 - 95. (Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013399
- Fuchs, Olivier; Najmaei, Mehran (2023): Insecurities and Anxiety around New Technology : Substantiation from a European Financial Services SME. In: Journal of Insurance and Financial Management. Vol. 7, S. 24 - 49. (Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013401
- Fuchs, Olivier (2023): Saving Time Without Sacrificing Rigour - Maintaining Data Immersion in Thematic Analysis. In: International Journal of Science Academic Research. Vol. 4, S. 6330 - 6345. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013400
- Fuchs, Olivier (2023): Research Note on Ethics and Quality as related to Paradigm and Methods : An Example of Thematic Analysis under Critical Realism. In: International Journal of Science Academic Research. Vol. 4, S. 5129 - 5135. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00013402
- Fuchs, Olivier; Weissleder, Sarah; Najmaei, Mehran (2022): A Probing German Case Study on Trust Building Factors Around Online Leadership in Virtual Work Environments. In: International Journal of Business and Management. Vol. 6, S. 30 - 39. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.26666/rmp.ijbm.2022.4.3
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2024 |
Technische Hochschule Köln Professor for International Business, Faculty for Information and Communication Sciences TH Cologne |
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| 2022-2024 |
CBS International Business School Professor for General and Strategic Management CBS International Business School |
| 2018-2022 |
Heriot Watt University / Edinburgh Business School Doctoral Student Heriot Watt University |
| 2018-2022 |
Cologne Business School Lecturer Strategic Management and Consulting Cologne Business School |
| 2017-to-date |
maconda Corporate Development Associate Partner, Consulting maconda |
| 2004-2016 |
Swiss Post Solutions Several senior management functions in Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Slovakia and Vietnam (turn around, post merger integration and new site creation) Swiss Post |
| 2001-2003 |
ServeLine Supply & Logistics GmbH / Vendigital Ltd UK Start-up owner-manager Vendigital |
| 1997-2000 |
Accenture EMEA Senior project manager Accenture |
| 1995-1996 |
Maxdata GmbH Director Austria and Eastern Europe Maxdata (defunct) |
| 1990-1994 |
General Electric CompuNet (later Computacenter) Account manager, sales manager (Cologne), later "Geschäftsführer" at CN Rhein/Neckar GE CompuNet/Computacenter |