Joerg Dietz


Joerg Dietz is a German academic specializing in Organizational Behavior and a professor at HEC Lausanne. He is recognized for his research in diversity management, organizational behavior, and workforce discrimination. His work has focused on how community and organizational climates affect employee outcomes, including service climates and diversity. Dietz has authored or co-authored many influential papers and won several academic awards for his research and teaching.

Early life and education

Dietz received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Tulane University in 2000, where his dissertation focused on the effects of organizational climate on employee well-being and organizational effectiveness.

Academic career

Dietz began his academic career as an assistant professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 1999. He later became associate professor and held the Donald F. Hunter Professorship in International Business. In 2009, he joined HEC Lausanne as a full professor and was appointed head of the Department of Organizational Behavior. He became Vice Dean of Faculty and Research in 2012. He has been a visiting scholar at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Research

Dietz's research is centered on diversity, prejudice, and discrimination in the workplace, especially in the context of immigrant employees. His research also covers the effects of organizational climate on employee performance, as well as employee-customer linkages in service organizations.
His research contributions have been published in top-tier journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Awards and honors