Chair of Management and Control









Dr. Ben Dalka








Short Biography




  • 2022

    Doctoral candidate at the Chair of Management and Control and scholarship holder of the German National Merit Foundation



  • Since 2021

    Project Lead Corporate Strategy at Otto Group



  • 2019 - 2021

    Consultant at Boston Consulting Group



  • 2016 - 2019

    M.Sc. in Management, University of Göttingen



  • 2012 - 2016

    B.Sc. in Psychology, University of Cologne & The University of Mississippi















Research and Interest Areas




  • Corporate Environmental Performance

  • Psychological characteristics of the Top Management Team

  • Algorithms for Text Analysis





Selected Publications and Refereed Conference Proceedings




  • 2024 - Academy of Management (AOM) Chicago (USA) - "Uncovering Trait Activation Within the Big Five: Neurotic CEOs and Firms’ Climate Change Response" (Dalka, B.; Firk, S.; Gehrke, Y.; Wolff M.)













Portrait photo of Ben Dalka, M.Sc.