Thesis Topics
Research field Management and Financial Accounting
(Responsible: Victoria Fohrer / Markus Frank / Selina Hauch / Lubna Al-Duri / Alina Buss)
Research field Sustainable Energy and Mobility
(Responsible: Maximilian Blaschke / Johannes Bösch / Timm Höfer / Clemens Neumann / Jeana Ren / Hanna Scholta / Sophia Spitzer / Sophie Westphal / Eric Wimmer)
Research field ESG
(Responsible: Marc Mehrer / Maximilian Nadicksbernd / Selina Hauch / Victoria Fohrer / Felix Bachner / Lubna Al-Duri)
Research field Small and Medium Enterprises (KMU & Handwerk)
(Responsible: Maximilian Schatz / Alina Gries)
Description:
Are you interested in gaining hands-on research and project experience while writing your thesis? We are offering a unique opportunity to actively contribute to a live research project during your Master’s or Bachelor’s thesis, allowing you to combine your academic work with practical data analysis experience – a real plus for your CV! This project investigates compensation structures and their determinants with a specific focus on the skilled crafts sector in North Rhine-Westphalia. So you can work on a topic that is highly relevant for HR management and SME controlling! The Ludwig-Fröhler-Institut (LFI; Dr. Andrea Greilinger) serves as our practical partner for this research project. You can find examples of past research projects with a similar focus here:
LFI Vergütungsstudie Baden-Württemberg
Research questions for the thesis are:
- What is the "state of the art" of compensation levels in the skilled crafts sector in North Rhine-Westphalia?
- What additional compensation components are used in the skilled crafts sector in North Rhine-Westphalia and what role do non-monetary incentives play in employee recruitment and retention?
- What determines the use of different compensation systems and incentives (company size, turnover, profit, trade, age of owner, innovation capability,...)?
Your tasks:
- Conduct a focused literature review on compensation structures and influencing factors
- Actively support an already developed and standardized data collection process
- Prepare, analyze, and interpret real-world survey data to derive valuable insights
- Contribute your controlling expertise and analytical skills to a relevant, practice-oriented research
Prerequisites:
German language skills, interest in SMEs as well as HR management and SME controlling, comprehensive knowledge of statistics and the use of Excel
Methodology:
Literature review, quantitative research
Start:
October/November
Contact:
Dr. Andrea Greilinger (Ludwig-Fröhler-Institut; greilinger(at)lfi-muenchen.de) (and Alina Gries (alina.gries@tum.de) in cc)