Stefanie Reissner is a Professor of Work and Organization Studies at Essex Business School, UK. The overarching theme of her research is an interest in how social actors make sense of their experiences in organizations and how they talk about these experiences through language and storytelling. Stefanie's work has focused on processes of sensemaking under conditions of change and the effects on individual and organizational identities. Methodologically, her work has been qualitative and interpretive with a focus on narrative and storytelling. Stefanie has published in highly esteemed academic publications, including Public Administration, European Management Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Culture and Organization, and Journal of Organizational Change Management.
Experience
–present
Senior Lecturer in Management and Organization Studies, Newcastle University
Education
2005
University of Durham, UK, PhD
Publications
2017
"We are this hybrid": Members' search for organizational identity in an institutionalized public-private partnership, Public Administration
2017
Interactional challenges and researcher reflexivity: Mapping and analysing conversational space, European Management Review
2013
Generating employee engagement in a public–private partnership: management communication activities and employee experiences, International Journal of Human Resource Management
2013
Storytelling in Management Practice: Dynamics and Implications, Routledge
Grants and Contracts
2016
In the borderland: spatial and conceptual boundaries of work and non-work spaces
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Source:
British Academy / Leverhulme Trust
2007
Managerial storytelling in practice: Dynamics and implications