Overview of Thesis Announcements
Digital Marketing & Service Marketing
- Can I help you? How much information do customers reveal to get a good service?
- Privacy at the customer interface
Human Resource Management & Future of Work
- Consequences of working from home
- Intergenerational differences in terms of employee work-life-balance
- Leadership in a digital and diverse working world: Do we need a new leadership style?
- New Perspectives of Human Resource Management: Facing the Challenges of the Covid-19 Crisis
- Privacy in Human Resource Management
- Working from home & work-life-balance
- Work Roles Today, Work Roles Tomorrow – Changes and Developments of Assistance and PMO Roles in Corporations
Digitalization & New Technologies
- Defining Artificial Intelligence
- Ethical aspects of supporting human work teams with technologies: An HR perspective
- Permanent digital availability in the crisis
- The use of new technologies and social learning – curse or blessing?
- What makes a team successful? Drivers of team performance in the digital age
Service Robotics
- Could you Please Bring me a Cappuccino and the Status Report from last Week, Mr. Robot? – Evolution and Future Potentials of Various Team Roles in a Business Context
- Dear Diary, … – Evaluating and comparing measures for experimental designs
- Designing a field experiment with robots in a business context
- Face recognition in real-time
- Facial expression recognition in real-time and static images
- How does the disclosure of information by a service robot affect the perception of human-robot interaction?
- Keeping the “social touch” in human-robot teams
- Leadership of tomorrow. Can robots and AI serve as leaders in organizations?
- Text summarization for meeting minutes
Open theses
Keeping the “social touch” in human-robot teams
2021/03/03
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Due to robots and other new technologies entering our working world, social aspects of teams might change as a consequence and impact collaboration and communication. This might give room to a fearfully anticipated loss of “social touch” in working teams. As water always finds its way, it is highly likely that humans engage in social-psychological regulation tactics to fulfil their social needs. We want to take a closer look at fruitful theoretical approaches (mainly rooted in psychology) that might play a role in this context. Additionally, an explorative study will be conducted to examine potential social-psychological regulation tactics.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Lea Heitlinger
The use of new technologies and social learning – curse or blessing?
2021/03/03
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
The use of new technologies can be curse or blessing for employees. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that new technologies can both lead to greater work ability and flexibility but also to greater excessive demands on the other. This thesis should examine this field of tension, also from the perspective of Social Learning Theory. Social Learning Theory emphasizes the importance of observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviors of others, and can also be applied to interactions with technology. These applications should be systematically reviewed as part of the thesis, and based on this it should be shown to what extent also in today's special time the use of new technologies can be curse or blessing.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Martin Hannig
Privacy in Human Resource Management
2021/03/03
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
The relevance of data protection in companies has been made clear by policymaker (e.g., GDPR), and increased in the past years due to technology advancements. At the workplace, the transfer of information is even more sensitive than it already is in the private context. This thesis should therefore elaborate how HRM can drive and steer this issue in companies. In this context, it should also be examined how HRM can prepare employees for the increasing use of technology within the company (e.g., service robots) and which ethical aspects play a role.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Martin Hannig
Privacy at the Customer Interface
2021/03/03
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
The relevance of data protection in companies has been made clear by policymaker (e.g., GDPR), and increased in the past years due to technology advancements. Certain customer groups have privacy concerns or react sensitively with respect to data disclosure towards companies. This thesis should therefore examine privacy at the customer interface, and also look at the impact of the increased use of technology in the service encounter.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Martin Hannig
How does the disclosure of information by a service robot affect the perception of human-robot interaction?
2021/03/03
Master thesis, Studienarbeit
The disclosure of personal information, thoughts and feelings is an important factor for sympathy and central to the development of close relationships between people. In the context of a master thesis, the role of information disclosure in human-robot interaction should be investigated. Here, the focus is primarily on the extent of disclosure by the service robot. The thesis can include a video shoot with the robots and/or the design and evaluation of an online study.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Martin Hannig
Can I help you? How much information do customers reveal to get a good service?
2021/03/03
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
How much do you tell service employees? Individualized service may be more interesting but requires more information disclosure. The dyad between customer and service employee can be diverse and exciting. This thesis should provide a typology of situations in which the disclosed information during service interactions is more task-related or more personal, both in B2B and B2C areas. In addition, a connection to Self-disclosure Theory should be given, which can serve as theoretical framework. This thesis should show the application of Self-disclosure Theory in service interactions, also with technology.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Martin Hannig
What makes a team successful? Drivers of team performance in the digital age
2021/03/03
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
We want to take a closer look at team performance in the digital age by scanning novel literature that is concerned with this topic. As a result of the literature review, we plan to give an outlook for future technologies and their potential impact on team performance.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Lea Heitlinger
Leadership of tomorrow. Can robots and AI serve as leaders in organizations?
2021/03/02
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Leadership comes with a number of challenges and constantly has to adapt to changes. AI on the other hand is already today able to, e.g., support decision making and support organizational processes. With your thesis you are going to take a deeper look into the potentials for robots and AI in leadership positions in organizations.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Franziska Wolf
Leadership in a digital and diverse working world: Do we need a new leadership style?
2021/03/02
Bachelor thesis
Digitization has led to a major shift on the ways we work and will work in the future. With this thesis you will provide insights into new perspec-tives on leadership and its potentials for the future of work.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Franziska Wolf
Ethical aspects of supporting human work teams with technologies: An HR perspective
2021/03/02
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
With advancing digitization also comes a greater responsibility that not only involves technical performance and safety but also social aspects and more concrete ethics. In order to shed more light on this important topic, this thesis should aim at providing insights that can help to answer a number of research questions, including
- What do we already know about ethical aspects of placing tech-nology, such as robots, in teams?
- How do ethics for all-human teams and ethics for human-robot teams fit together?
- What are important ethical considerations for future research on and deployment of human-robot teams?
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Franziska Wolf
Consequences of working from home
2021/02/24
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Covid-19 has made working from home part of the everyday life for many employees. How does this affect employees? What effects on satisfaction, stress experience, commitment and productivity can be identified? What influence do the framework conditions at home have, such as equipment, additional obligations, etc.?
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Psych. Melanie Koch
New Perspectives of Human Resource Management: Facing the Challenges of the Covid-19 Crisis
2021/02/24
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
A generation of young employees is currently growing up with constant availability and increasing work from home. The primary research question deals with how young and older people differ in terms of their work-life balance? Which different preferences can be identified? How do they deal with the same demands? What different resources do different generations have?
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Psych. Melanie Koch
Permanent digital availability in the crisis
2021/02/24
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
The increasing work from home is blurring the boundaries between work and private life. What does constant availability do to employees? What influence do digital readiness, digital resilience and competencies in the use of information and communication technologies have?
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Psych. Melanie Koch
Intergenerational differences in terms of employee work-life-balance
2021/02/24
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
A generation of young employees is currently growing up with constant availability and increasing work from home. The primary research question deals with how young and older people differ in terms of their work-life balance? Which different preferences can be identified? How do they deal with the same demands? What different resources do different generations have?
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Psych. Melanie Koch
Working from home & work-life-balance
2021/02/24
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Covid-19 has made working from home part of the everyday life for many employees. The line between work and private life is therefore becoming increasingly blurred. The research questions deal with how home office affects employees and how it influences their mental health as well as organizational outcomes.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Psych. Melanie Koch
Text summarization for meeting minutes
2021/02/17
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Given advances in NLP and text summarization technologies, the main aim of this thesis is to develop a bot that can create minutes of a meeting. Additionally, the incorporation of speech-to-text or incorporating existing meeting transcription software to achieve this would be required.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Vignesh Prasad
Face recognition in real-time
2021/02/16
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
A face contains the identity of a person. Face recognition (FR) is a prominent biometric technique for identity authentication being widely used in a variety of fields. In this study, we will focus on performing face recognition for daily life.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, Niyati Rawal
Designing a field experiment with robots in a business context
2021/02/11
Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Before field experiments can deliver valid data, it is crucial to specify the research design and important aspects that need to be considered for maximum success – especially in a business context where several stake-holders are involved. Our aim is to gain specific recommendations for conducting experiments involving humanoid and android robots in business teams.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Lea Heitlinger
Dear Diary, … - Evaluating and comparing measures for experimental designs
2021/02/11
Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Selecting suitable instruments and methods to measure causal effects is a challenge for many researchers across scientific fields. It is an important prerequisite for any further decisions regarding any study design. We want to take a closer look at various methods that are currently used to assess causality in (field) experiments in business contexts, compare them and derive specific recommendations.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Lea Heitlinger
Work Roles Today, Work Roles Tomorrow – Changes and Developments of Assistance and PMO Roles in Corporations
2021/02/10
Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Many jobs are experiencing a major shift in the skills and core capabilities required for the future. This change does not stop at “classic” office jobs such as team assistance and PMO. We want to take a closer look at how the jobs of a team assistant and a PMO in large corporations are changing, what today’s core competencies are, and which competencies will be needed in the future.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Franziska Wolf
Could you Please Bring me a Cappucchino and the Status Report from last Week, Mr. Robot? – Evolution and Future Potentials of Various Team Roles in a Business Context
2021/02/10
Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Many jobs are experiencing a major shift in the skills and core capabilities required for the future. This change does not stop at “classic” office jobs such as team assistance and PMO. We want to take a closer look at how the jobs of a team assistant and a PMO in large corporations are changing, what today’s core competencies are, and which competencies will be needed in the future.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Franziska Wolf
Defining Artificial Intelligence
2020/11/27
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a promising research branch in recent years and will most likely play an important role in the near future not only in our private, but also in our work-related life. While Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa are well known to most people, there are also business-related use cases such as targeted advertising (see for in-stance Paschen, Pitt & Kietzmann, 2020; Oke, 2008). To create a broad and extensive overview, the aim for this thesis is to define AI and create categories for subtypes. Moreover, scenarios will be created for different use cases that explain to the user what AI is and how it could be applied.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, M.Sc. Lea Heitlinger
Facial expression recognition in real-time and static images
2020/08/02
Bachelor thesis, Master thesis, Studienarbeit
In any interaction, 7% of the affective information is conveyed through words, 38% is conveyed through tone, and 55% is conveyed through facial expressions (Mehrabian, 1968). This makes facial expressions the most informative mode of emotion recognition. In this study, you will train a network model using static images and perform facial expression recognition in real-time.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg, Niyati Rawal
Formal guidelines
You can find the formal guidelines for the design of written work in this department and general information on the topic of bachelor and master thesis, as well as on the student research projects we supervise in the Downloads-section on the right side or on the bottom of this page, respectively.
Dates of Presentation Seminar
After our students have handed in their written thesis, they present their thesis as part of our monthly presentation seminar.
The presentation dates are usually on the last Wednesday of the month at 3.20pm.
- 30th September 2020, 03.20pm, Zoom
- 28th October 2020, 03.20pm, Zoom
- 25th November 2020, 03.20pm, Zoom
- December omitted
- 27th January 2021, 03.20pm, Zoom
- 24th February 2021, 03.20pm, Zoom
- 31st March 2021, 03.20pm, Zoom
