
Kerstin Alfes is a Professor of Organisation and Human Resource Management at ESCP Business School, Berlin campus.
Kerstin’s research interests include strategic human resource management, neurodiversity, employee engagement, and new ways of working. She has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and International Journal of Management Reviews. She has raised research funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and industry. Her current research projects focus on the work experiences of employees with ADHD, freelancing, and human resource management practices in emergency service organisations (police, firefighters, paramedics).
Kerstin teaches courses on leadership, diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and human resource management at graduate, post-graduate, and executive levels in various programs at ESCP Business School. She also consults practitioners on developing and implementing engagement and DEI strategies and serves as a keynote speaker at practitioner conferences and seminars.
Before joining ESCP Business School, Kerstin was a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University London and an Assistant Professor at Tilburg University (The Netherlands). Kerstin completed her Habilitation (2014) and her Dr. rer. oec. (PhD equivalent, 2008) at the University of Bern (Switzerland) and received her Master’s Degree (Diplom-Kauffrau) from the University of Mannheim (Germany) in 2004.
Academic Articles
2025
The buffering role of anti-violence human resource management practices in shaping how police officers cope with workplace violence
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Academic Articles
2024
Private Life Events as Antecedents for Public Employees’ Engagement and Burnout
PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, 53 (1), 85–112
Academic Articles
2024
Understanding technology-driven work arrangements from a complexity perspective: a systematic literature review and an agenda for future research
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 35(5), 964-1006
Academic Articles
2024
Extreme work in extraordinary times: The impact of COVID stress on the resilience and burnout of frontline paramedic workers – the importance of organisational support
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 35 (10), 1739-1762
Academic Articles
2024
Thriving for Nothing? The Hidden Costs of Thriving for Employees With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Their Employers
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Academic Articles
2024
Benefitting or suffering from a paradoxical leader? A self-regulation perspective
HUMAN RELATIONS, 77 (10), 1502–1533
ESCP Impact Papers
2024
Employee engagement across career stages
ESCP Impact Papers, 2024-43-EN
Academic Articles
2023
New ways of working and the implications for employees: A systematic framework and suggestions for future research
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 33 (22), 4361-4385
Academic Articles
2023
Perceived organizational support and volunteer outcomes: Evidence from a German environmental nonprofit organization
NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY, 52 (3), 763–786
Academic Articles
2023
Strong signals in HR management: How the configuration and strength of an HR system explain the variability in HR attributions
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 62 (2), 229-246