Professorship for Business Administration, in Particular Organization Studies

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The Professorship for Organization Studies examines contemporary organizational, strategic and entrepreneural practices as well as their societal implications. Being anchored in the broader social sciences, the professorship advances an interdisciplinary research program, that is embedded in contemporary discourses in management and organization research. In teaching, the team contributes an extensive portfolio of courses and seminars to the Leuphana College, the Graduate School, and the Professional School, and supervises final theses in the areas of organization, strategy, and entrepreneurship.

Main research areas

The research projects at the Professorship for Organization Studies aim to better understand contemporary organizational, strategic and entrepreneural practices and their social impact. The social-scientific, mostly practical-theoretical orientation of the research projects is decisive for this, as it sharpens the view for the subtle, partly profane, but nevertheless effective activities in organizations through which work is coordinated and strategies are produced.
The research activities of the team are not dogmatically bound to specific research methods. Nevertheless, the team has acquired specialized knowledge in the field of qualitative research, which also includes less conventional methods, e.g. in the areas of video analysis and discourse analysis.

  1. 2025
  2. Projectification without projects? Theorizing temporal structures of agile-based organizing

    Geraldi, J., Stjerne, I. & Wenzel, M., 11.2025, In: International Journal of Project Management. 43, 8, 13 p., 102786.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Organized Carelessness: De-ethicizing the Organization of Death

    Wenzel, M., 01.10.2025, In: Business Ethics Quarterly. 35, 4, p. 675-705 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Forms of theorising in entrepreneurship – The case of effectuation as a theory

    Meyer, V. & Tegtmeier, S., 09.2025, In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. 41, 3, 6 p., 101427.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  5. Future Making: Towards a Practice Perspective

    Wenzel, M., Cabantous, L. & Koch, J., 09.2025, In: Journal of Management Studies. 62, 6, p. 2426-2451 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Toward Holistic Stakeholder Engagement: Integrating Participation, Inclusion, and Democracy

    Wenzel, M., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Edinger-Schons, L. M., Castelló, I. & de Bakker, F. G. A., 07.2025, In: Business and Society. 64, 6, p. 1055-1076 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. The Manifold Impacts of Management Research

    Wenzel, M., Gylfe, P., Mantere, S. & Cornelissen, J., 14.05.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Management Studies.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Sensing the room: The role of atmosphere in collective sensemaking

    Knight, E., Lok, J., Jarzabkowski, P. & Wenzel, M., 01.04.2025, In: Academy of Management Journal. 68, 2, p. 326-356 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Multimodality in Strategy-as-Practice Research

    Knight, E. & Wenzel, M., 11.03.2025, Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice. Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. & Vaara, E. (eds.). 3 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 729-739 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Shape-shifting: How boundary objects affect meaning-making across visual, verbal, and embodied modes

    Nathues, E., van Vuuren, M., Endedijk, M. D. & Wenzel, M., 03.2025, In: Human Relations. 78, 3, p. 279-311 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Reviewing is caring! Revaluing a critical, but invisibilized, underappreciated, and exploited academic practice

    Dobusch, L., Plotnikof, M. & Wenzel, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Organization. 17 p., 13505084251343672.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. 2024
  13. CSR Communication and the Polarization of Public Discourses: Introduction to the Special Issue

    Schoeneborn, D., Golob, U., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Wenzel, M. & O’Connor, A., 11.2024, In: Management Communication Quarterly. 38, 4, p. 751-774 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. "Do as we say and you’ll be successful": Mundane power in corporate entrepreneurship

    Skade, L., Wenzel, M. & Koch, J., 05.2024, In: Journal of Product Innovation Management. 41, 3, p. 623-643 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Strategic Practice Drift: How Open Strategy Infiltrates the Strategy Process

    Stjerne, I., Geraldi, J. & Wenzel, M., 05.2024, In: Journal of Management Studies. 61, 3, p. 820-856 37 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Opportunity or burden? Shifting femininities and women’s experiences in a pre-professional business leadership setting

    Lommel, L., 02.2024, In: European Journal of Women's Studies. 31, 1, p. 121-133 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Foresight

    Gattringer, R. & Wenzel, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Whittington, R., Kratochvil, R., Jarzabkowski, P., Spee, P. & Seidl, D. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  18. Future-Making

    Spreitzer, E.-M. & Wenzel, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  19. Multimodality

    Lehrer, E., Wenzel, M. & Knight, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  20. SAP at SMS

    Wenzel, M., Canales, J. I., Splitter, V. & Langenmayr, T., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  21. 2023
  22. Agile: Mehr als nur eine Methode? Implikationen der Einführung von Agile für die Strategieentwicklung

    Wenzel, M., Stjerne, I. S. & Geraldi, J., 29.11.2023, Austrian Management Review: Volume 13 | 2023. Güttel, W. H. (ed.). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 29-37 9 p. (Austrian Management Review; vol. 13).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  23. Imaginary practices as the nexus between continuity and disruptive change

    Stjerne, I. S., Buch, A. & Wenzel, M., 03.10.2023, A Research Agenda for Organisational Continuity and Change. Hernes, T. & Feuls, M. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 127-145 19 p. (Elgar research agendas).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  24. Das Streben nach Sicherheit in Organisationen: Zwischen Reflex und Reflexion

    Koch, J. & Wenzel, M., 10.2023, In: Zeitschrift für Führung und Organisation. 92, 5, p. 273-275 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: OS insights. 435 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  26. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2023, 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights. 455 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  27. Future work: Toward a practice perspective

    Wenzel, M., Krämer, H., Koch, J. & Reckwitz, A., 2023, Organization as time: Technology, Power and Politics. Vaujany, F. X. D., Holt, R. & Grandazzi, A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 136-155 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  28. Imagination and organization studies: An introduction

    Wenzel, M., 2023, Imagination and Organization Studies: Insights and Reflections. Wenzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  29. Imagination and Organization Studies: Insights and Reflections

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: OS insights. 46 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  30. Imagining ways forward

    Wenzel, M., 2023, Imagination and Organization Studies: Insights and Reflections. Wenzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 43-46 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  31. Restoring reflection in management education

    Wenzel, M., 2023, Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases. Wenzel, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 431-435 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  32. Why study International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship?

    Wenzel, M., 2023, Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases. Wenzel, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  33. Why study International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship?

    Wenzel, M., 2023, Foundations of Management Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases . Wenzel, M. (ed.). 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherEducation

  34. 2022
  35. Crowdfunding in Italy - an exploration of chances and challenges for women entrepreneurs

    Pakura, S., Raiti, F. M. & Meyer, V., 08.2022, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 46, 4, p. 483-504 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Emerging market multinational enterprises should be taken more seriously, a recent SMS Collection argues

    Wenzel, M., 03.05.2022

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

  37. Taking the future more seriously: From corporate foresight to „future-making“

    Wenzel, M., 01.05.2022, In: Academy of Management Perspectives. 36, 2, p. 845-850 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. Commitment to grand challenges in fluid forms of organizing: The role of narratives’ temporality.

    Stjerne, I. S., Wenzel, M. & Svejenova, S., 29.03.2022, In: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 79, p. 139-160 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Safer Spaces: Lernfähigkeit und Inklusion gestalten und fördern

    Kümper, J., Stanske, S. & Wenzel, M., 01.02.2022, In: Zeitschrift für Führung und Organisation. 91, 1, p. 30-34 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Accelerators and organization studies: An introduction

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Accelerators and Organization Studies: Problematizing the Status Quo. Wemzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  41. Challenging the status quo of accelerator research: Concluding remarks

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Accelerators and Organization Studies: Problematizing the Status Quo . Wenzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 47-50 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  42. Concluding remarks: Meet the future—with International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases. Wenzel, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 387-390 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  43. Concluding remarks: Moving forward in management education

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases. Wenzel, M. (ed.). 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 329-333 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  44. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2022, 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights. 333 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  45. Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2022, 1 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights. 390 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  46. Introduction: Toward a business administration for the 21st century

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases. Wenzel, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  47. Introduction: With International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship into the future of management education

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases. Wenzel, M. (ed.). 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  48. Organizing for Innovation: The Case of Accelerators

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2022, Lüneburg: OS insights. 126 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  49. Organizing for innovation through accelerators: An introduction

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Organizing for Innovation: The Case of Accelerators. Wenzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  50. Organizing for innovation through accelerators: Concluding remarks

    Wenzel, M., 2022, Organizing for Innovation: The Case of Accelerators. Wenzel, M. (ed.). Lüneburg: OS insights, p. 123-126 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  51. 2021
  52. Dynamic capabilities? Unleashing their dynamics through a practice perspective on organizational routines

    Wenzel, M., Danner-Schröder, A. & Spee, A. P., 10.2021, In: Journal of Management Inquiry. 30, 4, p. 395-406 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  53. Feedback on creative ideas: Toward a communicative and creative action perspective

    Hartmann, M., Koch, J. & Wenzel, M., 17.09.2021, Organizing Creativity in the Innovation Journey. Schuessler, E., Cohendet, P. & Svejenova, S. (eds.). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, p. 267-287 21 p. (Research in the Sociology of Organizations; vol. 75).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  54. “Do as we say and you’ll be successful”: Accelerators as Organizations of Entrepreneurial Dressage

    Skade, L., Wenzel, M. & Koch, J., 01.08.2021, In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021, 1, 1 p., 10089.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

  55. Stakeholder engagement: Toward an understanding of stakeholders’ participation, inclusion, and democracy in organizational activities

    Wenzel, M., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Edinger-Schons, L. M., Castello, I. & de Bakker, F., 21.04.2021, Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications Inc.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

  56. Heuristics-in-use: Toward a practice theory of organizational heuristics.

    Wenzel, M. & Stjerne, I. S., 01.03.2021, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 164, 9 p., 120517.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  57. Strategic responses to crisis

    Wenzel, M., Stanske, S. & Lieberman, M. B., 01.02.2021, In: Strategic Management Journal. 42, 2, p. O16-O27 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  58. Concluding remarks

    Wenzel, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Principles of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship: : Concepts and Cases . Kindle Direct Publishing, Vol. Vol. 1.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  59. Concluding remarks

    Wenzel, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Organizing for Innovation: The Case of Accelerators . Vol. Vol. 1.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  60. Dynamic Capabilities: Celebrating the Plurality of Understandings of the Concept

    Wenzel, M., Rauch, M., Adegbile, A., Bogodistov, Y., Cénophat, S., Hartmann, M., Wagner, D. & Wohlgemuth, V., 2021, Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships: Discourses, Concepts, and Reflections. Bayón, T., Eisend, M., Koch, J., Söllner, A., Vodosek, M. & Wagner, H.-T. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-28 28 p. (Contributions to Management Science).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  61. Introducing #PBAE

    Wenzel, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Principles of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases . Kindle Direct Publishing, Vol. Vol. 1.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  62. Principles of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship: Concepts and cases

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2021, (Accepted/In press) Kindle Direct Publishing.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  63. Schlussbemerkungen

    Wenzel, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Strategische Organisation: : Konzepte und Perspektiven . Kindle Direct Publishing, Vol. Vol. 1.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  64. Strategische Organisation: Konzepte und Perspektiven

    Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2021, (Accepted/In press) Kindle Direct Publishing.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  65. Strategische Organisation an der Leuphana

    Wenzel, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Strategische Organisation: : Konzepte und Perspektiven . Kindle Direct Publishing, Vol. Vol. 1.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  66. 2020
  67. Future and organization studies: On the rediscovery of a problematic temporal category in organizations

    Wenzel, M., Krämer, H., Koch, J. & Reckwitz, A., 01.10.2020, In: Organization Studies. 41, 10, p. 1441-1455 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review