Biography
Madleen Meier-Barthold is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at the Department of People and Organisations, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on the strategic role of HRM in organizations, investigating how HR policies, practices, and leadership shape employee perceptions, decision-making, and organizational outcomes. She explores the alignment of HRM with organizational strategy at various levels, from individual sensemaking to the influence of HR leaders on business decisions, within dynamic work environments. Her work employs a wide range of advanced quantitative methods from various disciplines.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Assistant professor | Department of People and Organisations
- meierbarthold@rsm.nl
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Work
- Rebecca Hewett & Madleen Meier-Barthold (2026) - Embracing Complexity in HRM Research: A Call for System and Process Perspectives - Human Resource Management - doi: 10.1002/hrm.70060 - [link]
- Torsten Biemann, Irmela Koch-Bayram, Madleen Meier-Barthold & Herman Aguinis (2025) - Using Markov Chains to Detect Careless Responding in Survey Research - Organizational Research Methods, 28 (4), 543-568 - doi: 10.1177/10944281251334778
- Madleen Meier-Barthold, Torsten Biemann & Kerstin Alfes (2022) - 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 - doi: 10.1002/hrm.22146 - [link]
- Madleen Meier-Barthold & Heiko Weckmüller (2019) - Fakt ist, HR braucht mehr Fakten! Eine Einführung in das faktenbasierte HR-Management
- Madleen Meier-Barthold, Torsten Biemann & Irmela Koch-Bayram (2022) - Sage Publications/RMD Best Paper Award
- Madleen Meier-Barthold & Torsten Biemann (2022) - Best Paper Award of the Dutch HRM Network Conference
