Prof. Dr. Christian Maier

Professorship for Privacy in the Digital Economy

Office address:

Ludwigstr. 28/VG

Room 210A

80539 München

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+49 89 2180-9807

Postal address:

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1

Short CV

  • Since 2023 holder of the professorship for informational privacy in the digital economy at the LMU Munich School of Management
  • Habilitation at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg in 2021. Title of habilitation: "Digital Work and Digital Life: Theoretical Evidence and Empirical Studies on the Discovery, Development, Diffusion, and Impact of Digital Technologies"
  • Doctorate at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg in 2014. Dissertation title: “Technostress: Theoretical Foundation and Empirical Evidence”
  • International research stay at Clemson University (USA) and Lancaster University (UK)
  • Publications in the most important journals of the scientific community (e.g. 4 x in FT50; 17 x in AIS8; 36 x in VHBJourqual3: A/A+)
  • Multiple project funding by the DFG and international/national companies (e.g. Samsung, SAP)

Research focus

  • Digital Transformation & Technology Usage
  • Health & Well-being
  • Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
  • HR Management
  • Privacy & Ethics

Selected publications

  • Pfluegner, K., Maier, C., Thatcher, J. B., Mattke, J., & Weitzel, T. (forthcoming). Deconstructing technostress: A configurational approach to explaining job burnout and job performance
  • Maier, C., Laumer, S., Thatcher, J. B., Wirth, J., & Weitzel, T. (2022). Trial-period technostress: A conceptual definition and mixed-methods investigation. Information Systems Research, 33(2), 489-514.
  • Maier, C., Laumer, S., Joseph, D., Mattke, J., & Weitzel, T. (2021). Turnback intention: an analysis of the drivers of IT professionals' intentions to return to a former employer. MIS Quarterly, 45(4), 1777-1806.
  • Weinert, C., Maier, C., Laumer, S., & Weitzel, T. (2022). Repeated IT Interruption: Habituation and Sensitization of User Responses. Journal of Management Information Systems, 39(1), 187-217.
  • Mattke, J., Maier, C., Reis, L., & Weitzel, T. (2021). Bitcoin investment: a mixed methods study of investment motivations. European Journal of Information Systems, 30(3), 261-285.

Involvement in scientific associations and associations

  • Past-Chair der AIS Special Interest Group on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology (SIGADIT)
  • Association for Informations Systems (AIS)
  • Association of University Teachers for Business Administration (VHB)

Prizes and awards

  • Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Preis (DFG) (2022)
  • Schöller Fellowship (2021)
  • Habilitationspreis der Universität Bamberg (2021)
  • ACM SIGMIS Early Career Award (2020)
  • AIS Early Career Award (2019)
  • Award for good teaching at the state universities in Bavaria (2019)
  • Award for Good Teaching of the Faculty of Information Systems and Applied Computer Science (2018)
  • Hans-Löwel Science Award (2016)
  • Schmalenbach Award (2015)
  • Runner-up Dissertation Award of the CSCW Division of the German Informatics Society (GI-CSCW) and the International Institute for Socio-Informatics (IISI) (2015)
  • Runner-up MINT Excellence Doctorate Award (2015)
  • Doctorate Award at the Bayerischen Eliteförderung (EFG-Stipendium) (2010 - 2013)
  • Diverse Best Paper Awards (AIS Transactions on HCI, ICIS, Wirtschaftsinformatik), Best Reviewer Awards (Robert W. Zmund Best Reviewer Award), Best AE Awards (ECIS)

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