Tobias Brügger

Tobias Brügger, Dr. des.

Doctoral researcher

Lecturer

Anschrift: Kantonsschulstr 1, 8001 Zürich

Raumbezeichnung: Dachstock

tobias.bruegger(at)ethik.uzh.ch

About

Tobias Brügger studied Theology and Management Studies in Pretoria and Zurich. He received his MTh in Theological Ethics from the University of South Africa in 2010, specializing in Christian Leadership in Context. In his MTh dissertation, he explored the relationship of faith and international management in a multinational enterprise, combining conceptual research and fieldwork among business managers. He is currently conducting fieldwork among Christian business managers in Switzerland. In his PhD project, he explores the role of the body as a practical and conceptual bridge between faith and work.

Research interests

  • Business ethics
  • Christian living
  • Management, spirituality and religion
  • Leadership in organizations

UZH Forschungsdatenbank

Publications & Presentations

  • Brügger, Tobias & Huppenbauer, Markus 2019. The study of Christians at work. Paper presented at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Academy of Management Proceedings 2019:1. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.10879abstract
  • Brügger, Tobias & Huppenbauer, Markus 2018. Contemporary research on faith, spirituality and religion at work and the study of Christians at work. Paper presented at the Faith@Work Summit, Chicago, IL.
  • Brügger, Tobias 2018. Aktuelle Forschungsbestrebungen zu Spiritualität/Religion und Management und die Frage nach dem Christsein am Arbeitsplatz. Paper presented at the 1. Wiener Symposium zu Glaube und Management (Glaube & Management: komplementär, konträr, kontrovers?), 25.-26. Juni 2018, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Österreich.
  • Brügger, Tobias & Kretzschmar, Louise 2015. Integrating Christian living and international management. In KOERS — Bulletin for Christian Scholarship 80(1), 14-22. Print version (PDF, 724 KB)
  • Brügger, Tobias 2010. Freedom and Orientation. A Christian contribution to International Management. MTh Dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.

Teaching

Spring Semester 2019:

  • Seminar: Manager, Leader oder Entrepreneur? Konzepte verantwortungsvoller Führung von Organisationen (with Markus Huppenbauer)
    VVZ UZH
  • Lecture: Grundkurs Ethik (with Markus Huppenbauer).
    VVZ UZH
     

Membership

  • Member of the Academy of Management (AoM) Interest Group Management, Spirituality and Religion
  • Member of the Academy of Management (AoM) Division Organization and Management Theory