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Faculty
Dr. Maxim Egorov is an interim professor of responsible leadership at Munich Business School, and also a postdoc at the Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin (LEIZ) at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen and at the Department of Finance at the University of Zurich. Dr. Egorov also works as an independent consultant, executive coach and trainer, supporting individuals, companies and scientific organizations in their development and transformation processes. He completed his doctorate at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) School of Management, focusing on ethical leadership and leadership development. Dr. Egorov also holds a degree in psychology from the University of Koblenz-Landau.
During his extensive academic career, he has worked as a research assistant, senior lecturer, leadership trainer and executive coach at the TUM Executive Education Center, the University of St. Gallen and other business schools. In addition to his academic positions, Dr. Egorov has considerable experience in the consulting sector. He worked for many years at Manres AG as a partner and member of the management team, where he was responsible for customer business. He is also the editor of the journal “Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln” (Developing Human Resources in Higher Education and Research). His research has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, encyclopedias and edited volumes, where he has made significant contributions to the field of ethics-oriented leadership development.
At MBS: Professor for Responsible Leadership
Courses: Bachelor International Business, Master International Business, MBA General Management
Focus: Responsible Leadership, Business Ethics and Sustainable Business, Soft Skills and Personal Development
Academic Journal
Egorov, M., Kalshoven, K., Picher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2020). It’s a Match: Moralization and the Effects of Moral Foundations Congruence on Ethical and Unethical Leadership Perception. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(4), 707–723. doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04178-9
Egorov, M. (2020). Ethikorientierte Führung und Führungskräfteentwicklung: Eine Weichenstellung für den Führungsalltag in Hochschulen und Wissenschaft. Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln, 2020(4), 25-27.
Egorov, M., Picher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2019). Taming the Emotional Dog: Moral Intuition and Ethically-Oriented Leader Development. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 817–834. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-018-3876-4
Books / Academic Book Chapter
Egorov, M. (2019). Moral Intuition: A Novel Perspective on Ethically-Oriented Leadership and Ethically-Oriented Leader Development. Dissertation, Technical University of Munich.
Egorov, M., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2021). Leadership Moral Foundations. In D. C. Poff & A. C. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics (pp. 1226-1230). Springer Verlag. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_59-1
Egorov, M., & Picher Verdorfer, A. (2020). Moral intuition and moral leader development. In M. Sinclair (Ed.), Handbook of intuition research as practice (pp. 157–166). Edward Elgar Publishing. doi.org/10.4337/9781788979757.00020
Egorov, M., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2017). Leadership moral foundations. In D. C. Poff & A. C. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia of business and professional ethics (pp. 1-5). Springer International Publishing.
Academic Conference Proceedings
Cichor, J. E., Egorov, M., & Plecher, D. (2020). Character design and interaction: Effects on social presence in virtual reality. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), 14824. doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.14824abstract
Egorov, M., Kalshoven, K., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2017). Look Before You Leap: Moral Intuition, Moral Foundations Congruence and (Un)Ethical Leadership. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.17214abstract
Egorov, M., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2016). Moral Intuition and Ethical Leadership Development: A New Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1).
Academic Conference Presentations
Egorov, M., & Steinberg, U. (2019, August). Moral Foundation Sensitivity: A Perspective Specific Moral Foundation Approach. [Paper accepted for presentation]. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States.
Egorov, M., & Schmid, E. (2018, September). Let's play: A virtual reality based avenue to leadership development [Paper presentation]. 51st Congress of the DGPs (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie), Frankfurt, Germany.
Egorov, M., & Steinberg, U. (2018, September). On the interplay between power motivation, justice sensitivity, and gender [Paper presentation]. 51st Congress of the DGPs (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie), Frankfurt, Germany.
Egorov, M., Steinberg, U., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2018). What values count in digitization: Results of a survey among German business leaders [Paper presentation]. Digitization and Business Ethics Conference, Munich, Germany.
Steinberg, U., Egorov, M., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2017, September). What values matter to German business leaders in the digital transformation: Results from a national survey [Poster presentation]. Conference Disrupt Yourself – Work, Leadership and Organizations in the Digital Age, Munich, Germany.
Egorov, M., Kalshoven, K., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2017, August). Look before you leap: Moral intuition, moral foundations congruence and (un)ethical leadership [Paper presentation]. 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Egorov, M., Kalshoven, K., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2017, May 18). We need a match: The impact of leader-follower (in)congruence of moral foundations on ethical leadership perception and ethical leadership development [Paper presentation]. 18th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.
Egorov, M., Schmid, E., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2016, September). What's the value: Moral foundations and different leadership styles [Paper presentation]. 50th Congress of the DGPs (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie), Leipzig, Germany.
Egorov, M., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2016, August). Moral intuition and ethical leadership development: A new perspective [Paper presentation]. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, United States.
Egorov, M., Steinberg, U., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2016, January). Moral foundations and justice sensitivity: Role and perspective do matter [Paper presentation]. 3rd Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Steinberg, U., & Egorov, M. (2016, January). Linking power motivation to moral foundations [Paper presentation]. 3rd Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Steinberg, U., & Egorov, M. (2016). Assessing the link between power motivation and moral foundations [Poster presentation]. 17th Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, United States.
Egorov, M., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2015, November). Moral intuition and ethical leadership: A new perspective on leadership development [Paper presentation]. Workshop 'Moral behavior in social interaction' at the Conference 'Institutions for moral behavior', Utrecht, Netherlands.
Egorov, M., Pircher Verdorfer, A., & Peus, C. (2015, May). Game-changer: Video games as a new avenue in ethically-oriented leadership development [Paper presentation]. 17th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway.
Egorov, M., Baumert, A., & Rothmund, T. (2009, September). Schuld, Scham und Selbstreaktionen: Zusammenhang moralischer Emotionen mit Veränderungen im impliziten moralischen Selbstwert [Paper presentation]. 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie, Luxemburg.
Working Papers/Reports
Hattendorf, K., Heidbrink, L., Egorov, M., Peus, C., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2018). Führungskräftebefragung 2018: Eine Studie der Wertekomission und der TUM School of Management der Technischen Universität München.
Hattendorf, K., Heidbrink, L., Egorov, M., Peus, C., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2017). Führungskräftebefragung 2017: Eine Studie der Wertekomission und der TUM School of Management der Technischen Universität München.
Hattendorf, K., Heidbrink, L., Egorov, M., Peus, C., & Pircher Verdorfer, A. (2016). Führungskräftebefragung 2016. Eine Studie der Wertekomission und der TUM School of Management der Technischen Universität München.
Egorov, M. interview in Köpfe in der Personalentwicklung. (2024). Personal in Hochschule und Wissenschaft entwickeln, 2024(2), 114-119.