Professional Development 

• Studied business administration with a focus on human resources management and controlling at the University of Siegen, Bachelor of Science.
• Studied business administration with a focus on management of small and medium-sized enterprises at the University of Siegen, Master of Science.
• Research assistant MOHSL - Mobility of High Skilled Laboratory BMBF funded project at the University of Siegen
• Research assistant at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Family Business  
• PhD in business administration at the University of Siegen 
• Interim Professorship of Business Administration, in particular Business Succession at the University of Siegen

Conferences 

• STEP Global Family Business Summit 2024, Amalfi Coast, Italy
• International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2023, Boston, USA
• International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2023, Kraków, Poland
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2023, Dublin, Ireland
• International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2022, Santander, Spain
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2022, Seattle, USA
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2021, Online 
• International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2021, Online 
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2021, Online 
• 6th International Research Forum on Mittelstand 2020, Mannheim, Germany, Online 
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2020, Vancouver & Online 
• Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU) 2020, Witten, Germany
• Academy of Management (AOM) 2019, Boston, USA
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
• Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU) 2019, Bielefeld, Germany
• European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2017, Glasgow, Scotland
• Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU) 2017, Berlin, Germany 

Paper 

• Wolff, S., Koehn, P., Ruf, P. J., Moog, P. M., & Strina, G. (2024). Measuring family influence from the non-family employee perspective: The perceived family influence scale (PFIS). Journal of Family Business Strategy, 15(3), 100635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2024.100635
• Graffius, M., Gubela, R. M., Felden, B., & Wolff, S. (2023) First offer pricing in small and medium-sized firm sales: Developing a scale for practitioners, Journal of the International Council for Small Business, https://doi.org/10.1080/26437015.2023.2238289
• Grözinger, A., Wolff, S., Ruf, P. J., Audretsch D.B., & Moog, P. M. (2023) Does the Mindset Matter? - The Impact of Owner-Manager’s Psychological Capital on Strategic Responses and Performance During Crisis. BRQ Business Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444231184481
• Gubela, R. M., Graffius, M., Felden, B., & Wolff, S. (2023) Disentangling owners’ emotional determinants of the first-offer price for valuating small and medium-sized enterprises. Journal of Small Business Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2023.2188548
• Wolff, S., Guenther, C., Moog, P., & Audretsch D.B. (2022) The geography of the continuum of entrepreneurship activities—a first glance based on German data. J Technol Transf. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09961-x 
• Ruf, P.J, Wolff, S., Graffius M., Schell S., & Moog, P. (2021). The Pillars of Family Firm Performance? How Owner Manager's Values impact SEW and Performance. Proceedings, 2021, https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.51 
• Grözinger, AC., Wolff, S., Ruf, P.J., & Moog, P. (2021). The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises. Small Bus Econ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00506-4 
• Schell, S., Wolff, S., & Moog, P. (2020). Contracts and communication among family members: Business succession from a contractual view. Journal of Small Business Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2020.1816429  
• Ruf, P. J., Graffius, M., Wolff, S., Moog, P., & Felden, B. (2020). Back to the Roots: Applying the Concept of Individual Human Values to Understand Family Firm Behavior. Family Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486520944282
• Wolff, S., Schell, S., & Moog, P. (2020). Information Asymmetries in Intrafamily Succession. BRQ Business Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/2340944420942525
• Houweling, S., & Wolff, S. (2019). The influence of scientific prestige and peer effects on the intention to create university spin-offs. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-019-09747-8 

Research Focus

Business Succession, Family Business, Familiness, Performance, Information asymmetries, Entrepreneurship