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Sébastien FOSSE

Full Time Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Business Ethics

After a wealth of international experience in management consultancy and digital transformation, mainly in Germany, Austria and France, Sébastien Fosse turned to teaching and research in management sciences. His work focuses on the links between group identity, organisational performance and social progress.

A member of the École Centrale Paris Full Time Professor teaching staff, he works mainly in the fields of organisational behaviour and business ethics. He teaches undergraduates (Bachelor’s and Master’s) as well as continuing education students, in particular for the DBA programme. His academic career has also taken him to teach in China, Colombia, Spain and Peru.

He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Information Management at Loughborough University (UK).

Biography

In brief

Teaching areas

- Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
- Business Ethics
- People Analytics

Research topics

- Researcher at CleRMa, Clermont Research Management | AMPHI Axis, Alter Management Human Potential, Innovation
- Team leadership and prosocial behaviour
- Reasoning in Management Sciences and its ethical implications
- Resilience of family businesses

Responsibilities

- Full Time Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Business Ethics
- Head of the Human Resources specialisation in the Bachelor's programme

Education

- -PhD, IE University, IE Business School (Spain)

Professional experience

Since 2022: Clermont School of Business -Professor in Organisational Behaviour and Business Ethics
For several years, Consultant, Senior Consultant, and Project Manager in a multinational Management Consulting and Digital Transformation company, mainly for international clients in the automotive sector.

Publications – Contributions

Professional and newspaper articles

Fosse, S. (2024, octobre 30). L’organologie, la science des organisations, pourrait aider les députés à mieux collaborer. The Conversation France.
Fosse, S. (2023, juillet 11). Que doit faire SCOR de ses livres savants ? RiskAssur.
Fosse, S. (2023, janvier 27). Zelensky, « Personne de l’année 2022 » : Le retour du leader résistant et résilient. Le Monde des Grandes Écoles.
Fosse, S., & Nivet, B. (2022, octobre 4). Les dirigeants de France Télécom se sont mépris sur ce que changer une organisation veut dire. Le Monde (rubrique Emplois Débats).
Fosse, S. (2022, septembre 30). Verdict France Télécom : une nouvelle « logique de l’honneur » en entreprise ? The Conversation France.
Fosse, S. (2020, janvier 2). France Télécom comptera davantage que les « gilets jaunes ». Les Échos.
Fosse, S. (2019, décembre 19). « L’esprit et la lettre du capitalisme » : lecture croisée des livres de Gomez et Piketty. Le Figaro.
Fosse, S. (2019, octobre 9). Accidents d’usine : Le double rempart familial. Les Échos.
Fosse, S. (2019, septembre 25). De l’art d’effacer des tweets franco-brésiliens à New York. Les Échos.
Fosse, S., & Theis, L. (2019, avril). Los peligros de la rivalidad obsesiva. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 47-49.
Fosse, S. (2017, mars 9). Tarjetas ‘black’ : dos enfoques. Cinco Días.
Theis, L., & Fosse, S. (2016, décembre 28). Narcisismo y prudencia. Sur.
Theis, L., & Fosse, S. (2016, janvier 14). Reivindicar la humanidad en la era digital. Cinco Días.

Academic research articles (peer-reviewed)

Fosse, S., Kock, C.J., Gomez-Mejia, L., Makri, M. (à paraître). Family firms and sensegiving in a global crisis: Nudging toward a sunspot. Journal of Small Business Management
Ketokivi, M., Fosse, S. M., & Kawalek, P. (2025). The ethical embeddedness of the economic inequality debate. Journal of Business Ethics, 196(3), 565–580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05680-5
Fosse S., Ogliastri E., Rendon M. 2017. When dignity and honor cultures negotiate: Finding common ground. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 10(4), 265–285 doi: 10.1111/ncmr.12103.
Ogliastri E., Rendón I., Fosse S. 2017. Negociación a la Francesa. Cuadernos de Administración, 30(54), 265–285 doi: 10.11144/Javeriana.cao30-54.nfec.

Papers in academic conferences

Ketokivi, M., Fosse, S., & Kawalek, P. (2024, juin 25-28). The ethical embeddedness of the economic inequality debate.EURAM Conference, Bath, Royaume-Uni.
Fosse, S., Kock, C., Gomez-Mejia, L., & Makri, M. (2024, avril 4-6). Resilience in a global crisis: How family firms enact sunspots. Theories of Family Enterprise Conference, Glassboro, États-Unis.
Fosse, S., & Vilette, M. A. (2023, octobre 17). The role of education institutions in promoting high-impact entrepreneurship.NIBES Research Workshop, en ligne.
Fosse, S., Kock, C., Makri, M., & Gomez-Mejia, L. (2023, octobre 25-27 ). Rhétorique et résilience : L’effet des mots des dirigeants sur les spirales socio-émotionnelles en temps de crise. Congrès de l’AGRH, Ajaccio, France.
Ketokivi, M., Fosse, S., & Kawalek P. (2023, Juin 19-20). “Ethical embeddedness”: When does observed inequality warrant the conclusion of injustice . 22nd International Symposium on Ethics, Business, and Society, IESE, Barcelona, Spain.
Kock, C., Fosse, S., & Makri, M. (2018, septembre 22-25). Organizational resilience as discourse: Disruptions and grief in family firms’ narratives. 38e Congrès de la Strategic Management Society, Paris, France.
Fosse, S., Kock, C., & Makri, M. (2017, août 4-9). Loss that builds? Large-scale traumatic events and emotional portfolio in family firms’ narratives. 77e Congrès de l’Academy of Management, Atlanta, États-Unis.
Fosse, S., & Theis, L. (2017, août 4-6). Narcissus’ bright side: Emergence and consequences of narcissism in organizations.Congrès annuel de la Society of Business Ethics, Atlanta, États-Unis.
Fosse, S., & Theis, L. (2016, juillet 7-9). Preserving commons at the top: Understanding the effect of board prudence on CEO narcissism and overconfidence. 32e Colloque EGOS, Naples, Italie

Research projects

Fosse, S., Kock, C., Gomez-Mejia, L., & Makri, M. (2024, décembre 5). Nudging towards a spot in the sun: Family firms and sensegiving in a global crisis. Communication présentée dans le cycle de séminaires de recherche de l’EDHEC Business School, Lille, France.
Fosse, S., Kock, C., Gomez-Mejia, L., & Makri, M. (2024, juin 25). Nudging towards a spot in the sun: Family firms and resilience in a global crisis. Communication présentée dans le cycle de séminaires de recherche de Loughborough Business School, Loughborough, Royaume-Uni.

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