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Stefanie Reissner

Professor, University of Essex

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
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Economic and Social Research Council (ESCR)