Research internship at the Chair for Strategy and Organization

Linkedin data as research opportunity
Professional social network platforms (e.g., Linkedin ) offer huge  potential to investigate the interrelation between psychological  characteristics and organizational performance. In this research project, we aim to combine the fields of psychology and business and  utilize our exclusive access to the Linkedin dataset to explore how individual characteristics relate with company decisions and performance.

Over the past years, professional networks such as Linkedin have grown considerably in size and importance For Linkedin this accumulates to over 600 million member profiles containing information on affiliation, experience, education, skills and more Studying the influence of a  company’s staff characteristics may help to predict what drives  company success and survival across branches, countries and degree of digitalization

Goals
This research project consists of the following milestones:

• Identifying successful start ups and established companies across branches and countries.
• Systematic analysis of their staff psychological and educational characteristics and other potential success factors
• Synthesis and preparation of current state of the art research overview on relevant skills and abilities across branches and countries.

Profile
Enthusiasm for the topic of data analysis, foundations in statistical  software and psychological theories, and a conscientious and  independent way of working.

Interested?
We are looking forward to receiving your application documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, high school and university diplomas,  internship/work certificates).

Please send us your application with your starting date to
Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe (welpe@tum.de)