Head the Department of Entrepreneurship and Management Systems
Przemysław Hensel conducts research on how scientific knowledge is created, verified, and used in organization studies and other disciplines. His interdisciplinary interests focus on the credibility, methodology, and social significance of science.
His main area of expertise concerns openness and the replicability of scientific research. In his work, he analyzes the challenges of implementing open science standards in academic journals, studies mechanisms of self-correction within the discipline, and identifies barriers that hinder effective strengthening of research credibility. These topics intersect with his interest in the epistemology and methodology of science, within which he examines beliefs about contextual typicality and generalizability of findings, as well as the impact of technological conservatism within the scientific community on the innovativeness of research processes.
He also studies trust and the legitimacy of the scientific community. His research explores how the credibility of science and scientists is perceived socially, emphasizing that building trust requires combining high methodological standards with greater openness to the challenges of organizational practice. His interests also include behavior in organizations—particularly mechanisms of justifying misconduct and phenomena related to the use of work time and organizational resources for personal purposes (cyberloafing).
Since 2024, he has headed the Department of Entrepreneurship and Management Systems. He is a co-founder and editor of European Management Studies. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Scientific Council for the Discipline of Management and Quality Sciences at the University of Warsaw and of the Council of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
Recent publications
- Cologna, V. et al. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behaviour, 9, 713–730. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
- Cologna, V. et al. (2025). Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world. Nature Climate Change, 15(7), 725-735. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
- Mede, N. G. et al. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
- Mede, N. G. et al. (2025). Public Communication about Science in 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Encounter and Engage with Information about Science. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251376615
- Hensel, P., & Tatarynowicz, A. (2024). Perceived context typicality and beliefs in the generalizability of management research findings. Research Policy, 53(6), 105020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105020
- Hensel, P. G., & Kacprzak, A. (2024). Streamlining the self-correction process: a review of the use of replication research by organizational scholars. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 37(3), 465-489. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-10-2023-0436
- Hensel, P. G. (2024). How often are replication attempts questioned? Accountability in Research, 31(8), 1044-1061. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2023.2198126
- Hensel, P. G. (2023). Dissecting the tension of open science standards implementation in management and organization journals. Accountability in Research, 30(3), 150-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2021.1981870
- Hensel, P. G., & Makowski, P. T. (2023). How Street-level Misconduct Happens: Deploying References to Complex Routines as a Coping Strategy with Detrimental Consequences. In C. Gabbioneta, M. Clemente, & R. Greenwood (Eds.), Research in the Sociology of Organizations (Vol. 84, pp. 193-210). https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20230000084010
- Hensel, P. G. (2022). Organization and Management Scholars’ Technological Conservatism: Could we free ourselves from the shackles of paper-bound logic? Strategic Organization, 22, 597 – 608. https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270211067162
- Latusek, D., & Hensel, P. G. (2022). Can they trust us? The relevance debate and the perceived trustworthiness of the management scholarly community. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 38(1), 101193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2021.101193
- Glinka, B., & Hensel, P. G. (2021). Imitation in immigrant entrepreneurship: an analytical framework. Management Decision, 59(5), 1043-1068. https://doi.org/10.1108/md-10-2019-1400
- Hensel, P. G. (2021). Reproducibility and replicability crisis: How management compares to psychology and economics – A systematic review of literature. European Management Journal, 39(5), 577-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2021.01.002
- Hensel, P. G., & Kacprzak, A. (2021). Curbing cyberloafing: studying general and specific deterrence effects with field evidence. European Journal of Information Systems, 30(2), 219-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1756701
