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.
- 2025
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2024
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
"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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 PublishingResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
Future-Making
Spreitzer, E.-M. & Wenzel, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Edward Elgar PublishingResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
Multimodality
Lehrer, E., Wenzel, M. & Knight, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Edward Elgar PublishingResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
SAP at SMS
Wenzel, M., Canales, J. I., Splitter, V. & Langenmayr, T., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice. Edward Elgar PublishingResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
- 2023
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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases
Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: OS insights. 435 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Courses and Cases
Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2023, 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights. 455 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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/works › Chapter
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/works › Other › Research
Imagination and Organization Studies: Insights and Reflections
Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: OS insights. 46 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Education
- 2022
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Emerging market multinational enterprises should be taken more seriously, a recent SMS Collection argues
Wenzel, M., 03.05.2022Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases
Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2022, 2 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights. 333 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Cases
Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2022, 1 ed. Lüneburg: OS insights. 390 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
Organizing for Innovation: The Case of Accelerators
Wenzel, M. (Editor), 2022, Lüneburg: OS insights. 126 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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/works › Other › Research
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/works › Other › Research
- 2021
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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
Transcending adaptation: Toward an examination of market-shaping capabilities as a sub-capability of organizational agility
Wenzel, M., 10.09.2021, In: Journal of Competences, Strategy and Management. 11, 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
“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 contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research
