Sebastian
Reiche

Professor of Managing People in Organizations

• Ph.D. in Management, University of Melbourne, Australia
• B.A./Master in Economics and Business Administration, University of Hannover, Germany

B. Sebastian Reiche is Professor in the Managing People in Organizations Department. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Professor Reiche’s research focuses on how to navigate the global work environment on issues ranging from different forms and experiences of global mobility, work design, global leadership, the role of language in international business, cultural identity, and empowerment in global organizations. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters about how global professionals collaborate, lead and perform their work effectively, and his award-winning work appears in the leading scholarly outlets such as Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, and Personnel Psychology, among many others.

He has been repeatedly honored by the prestigious Academy of Management, including with the International HRM Scholarly Research Award in two consecutive years, is recipient of the Journal of International Business Studies Silver Medal for his contributions to international business research, and has received repeated Research Excellence Awards from IESE Business School. He has also been recognized as one of the leading 2% of researchers on the annual World Scientists list by Stanford University and Elsevier. Professor Reiche’s work has been widely covered by media outlets around the globe, including The Economist, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, BBC, Business Insider, Handelsblatt (Germany), Die Welt (Germany), WirtschaftsWoche (Germany), Expansión (Spain), La Vanguardia (Spain), and Você RH (Brazil).

Professor Reiche is associate editor of Human Resource Management, co-editor of Advances in Global Leadership and serves as member of several editorial boards, including Academy of Management Discoveries, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, and Personnel Psychology. He is lead editor of the bestselling textbooks International Human Resource Management (Sage, 6th edition) and Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management (Routledge, 7th edition).

Professor Reiche has consulted with companies such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Haier, SAP, and Wacker, and has designed, directed and delivered Custom Executive Education programs for a number of global companies, including Allied Irish Bank, Boehringer Ingelheim, Deloitte, Rijk Zwaan, Salesforce, and SAP. Prof. Reiche advises start-ups in the human capital space and regularly blogs on the topic of global work.

Areas of interest.

• Global work and global mobility
• Global Leadership
• Knowledge Transfer
• Work Design
• Language and Cross-Cultural Management
• Talent Development and Retention

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

SELMER, J., SHAFFER, M., JOOSS, S., REICHE, S. (2025). A typology of long-term expatriates. Conceptualization, consequences and future research. Human Resource Management Review, 35 (2), Article 101074. doi:10.1016/j.hrmr.2024.101074. HOLTSCHLAG, C., MORALES, C., MASUDA, A. D., REICHE, S. (2025). The diversity paradox. The unintended consequences of gender diversity on gender pay equity. Human Resource Management. doi:10.1002/hrm.22308. (Online first) MENDENHALL, M. E., REICHE, S. (2024). Restoring a parched tributary in global mobility research. The study of expatriates as leaders. Journal of Global Mobility. (Online first)

Proceedings

PELTOKORPI, V., FROESE, F. J., REICHE, S. (2021). How and when do reintegration facilitate repatriate knowledge transfer? Academy of Management Proceedings. REICHE, S., NEELEY, T., OVERMEYER, N. (2017). Affective, cognitive and behavioral trajectories of change recipients in global organizations. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Edited books

OSLAND, J. S., REICHE, S., MAZNEVSKI, M., MENDENHALL, M. E. (2025). Advances in global leadership. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. REICHE, S., STAHL, G. K., MENDENHALL, M. E., ODDOU, G. (2023). Readings and cases in international human resource management (7th ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. OSLAND, J. S., REICHE, S., MENDENHALL, M. E., MAZNEVSKI, M. (2023). Advances in Global Leadership. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.

Book Chapters

MENDENHALL, M. E., REICHE, S., MENDENHALL, A. (2025). Generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a co-pilot for teaching cases in business schools. In Osland, J.S., Reiche, B.S., Maznevski, M.L. and Mendenhall, M.E. (Eds.), Advances in Global Leadership (pp. 265-287). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. LAZAROVA, M., REICHE, S. (2024). Expatriate adjustment. In Mockaitis, Audra I. & Butler, Christina L. (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Management (pp. 196–199). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. REICHE, S. (2024). La downward reference. Fomentando la iniciativa emprendedora en multinacionales. En Fité, R.M.; Nueno, P.; Mehta, K. and Vilà, J. (Eds.), Primero las personas: pensamiento emprendedor para resolver problemas empresariales (pp. 215-220). Barcelona: Gestión 2000.

Non-refereed articles

REICHE, S. (2022). So überwinden Sie im Homeoffice das Problem der dreifachen Distanz. WELT. REICHE, S., NEELEY, T. (2021). El poder de ceder. IESE Business School Insight (158), pp. 68-75. REICHE, S., NEELEY, T. (2021). The upsides of downward deference. IESE Business School Insight (158), pp. 68-75.

Cases

LEE, Y.-T., REICHE, S. (2025). Amelia Alves (A). A life of cultural richness and identity tensions. IESE, DPO-882-E. LEE, Y.-T., REICHE, S. (2025). Amelia Alves (B). Overcoming cultural challenges in Finland. IESE, DPO-883-E. LEE, Y.-T., REICHE, S. (2025). Amelia Alves (C). Singapore - A Surprising Sense of Belonging. IESE, DPO-884-E.

Technical Notes

GHEMAWAT, P., REICHE, S. (2022). National Cultural Differences and Global Business. IESE, DPON-359-E. GARCÍA, C., REICHE, S., HARZING, A.-W. (2009). Management of International Staff. IESE, DPON-79-E.

Outputs in other media

REICHE, S. (2023). Is your workforce design ready for hybrid, flexible and gig work? Forbes. REICHE, S., LEE, Y.-T. (2021). Un pensador profundo, sereno y solidario. Carlos Sánchez-Runde (1962-2021). La Vanguardia, Barcelona. REICHE, S. (2020). How Compassion Can Benefit Your Business. Forbes.