Rate My Professor Pol Herrmann

Herrmann’s research focuses on the role of strategic leadership—encompassing demographic characteristics, personality traits, leadership styles, and cognitive capabilities—in managing innovation, as well as innovation and international business strategies. His prolific scholarship appears in premier outlets such as Strategic Management Journal, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Notable publications include “Managing strategic change: The duality of CEO personality” with Sucheta Nadkarni (Strategic Management Journal, 2014), “What is strategic leadership? Developing a framework for future research” (The Leadership Quarterly, 2022), “The strategic leadership of innovation: A framework for future research” (International Journal of Management Reviews, 2021), and “CEO transformational leadership and SME innovation: The mediating role of social capital and employee participation” (International Journal of Innovation Management, 2019). Herrmann has earned numerous accolades, including the Iowa State University Alumni Association Faculty-Staff Inspiration Award (2020), Dean’s Advisory Council Senior Faculty Research Awards (2010, 2012), multiple Best Reviewer Awards from the Academy of Management (2001, 2002, 2005, 2012), the Dean’s Professor in Entrepreneurship appointment (2025), and teaching honors such as the Dean’s Advisory Council Undergraduate Teaching Award (2001).