Aktuelle Forschungsinteressen

• Sustainable HRM
• Meaningful Work
• HRM in Family Firms
• Strategic HRM; HRM Systems
   

Publikationen & Konferenzbeiträge

• Sauer, H., Hansen, N. K., & Swart, J. (2024, June 25–28). Addressing sustainability through HRM practices: A qualitative study of HRM configurations in small and medium-sized family firms [Conference presentation]. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2024, Bath, UK.
   
• Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2023, September 21–22). Antecedents and adoption of a common good HRM approach in small- and medium-sized family firms [Conference presentation]. Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Berlin, Germany.
   
• Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2023, July 6–8). Antecedents and adoption of a common good HRM approach in small- and medium-sized family firms [Conference presentation]. 39^th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.
   
• Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2023, July 6–8). Meaningful work during telework: A qualitative study on the influence of leaders’ behaviors on meaningful work during working from home [Conference presentation]. 39^th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.
   
• Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2023, June 20–22). Sufficiency within neoliberal academia: Squaring the circle? [Conference presentation]. 13th International Critical Management Studies (ICMS) Conference, Nottingham, UK.
   
• Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022, September 29–30). Hybrid forms of human resource management systems: A qualitative study of family firms in Germany [Conference presentation]. Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Berlin, Germany.
   
• Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022, September 29–30). The influence of leaders on meaningful work during working from home: A qualitative study [Conference presentation]. Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Berlin, Germany.
   
• Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022, July 7–9). Meaningful work during remote work: A qualitative study on how e-leaders can influence the work meaningfulness of their employees [Conference presentation]. 38^th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria.
   
• Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022, June 15–17). A qualitative empirical analysis of the influence of virtual leaders on their employees' perception of meaningful work [Conference presentation]. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2022, Winterthur, Switzerland.
   
• Sauer, H., Hansen, N. K., Kulachek, J., Maurer, C., & Reichel, L. (2022, June 15–17). Human resource management system hybrids in family firms: A qualitative study of small and medium-sized companies in Germany [Conference presentation]. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2022, Winterthur, Switzerland.
   
• Hansen, N. K., Sauer, H., & Swart, J. (2021, September 16–17). Challenges and relevance of a sustainable HRM approach for law enforcement agencies in the post-Covid era: The empirical case of a German state ministry [Conference presentation]. Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Düsseldorf, Germany.
   
• Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2021). The lack of sufficiency among management researchers through the institutionalization of air travel. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.15861abstract
   
• Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2021, July 29–August 4). The lack of sufficiency among management researchers through the institutionalization of air travel [Conference presentation]. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic).
   
• Sauer, H., & Cmok, K. (2020). Knowledge advantage through social software "Slack"? Opportunities and challenges for knowledge management in Enterprise 2.0. In G. Schiuma (Ed.), IFKAD 2020. Knowledge in Digital Age. Proceedings (pp. 794–804). https://www.ifkad.org/proceedings-eBooks/eBook-ifkad-2020/
   
• Sauer, H., & Cmok, K. (2020, September 09–11). Knowledge advantage through social software "Slack"? Opportunities and challenges for knowledge management in Enterprise 2.0 [Conference presentation]. 15th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD), Matera, Italy (virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic).
   
• Huber, C. M., & Sauer, H. (2020, May 20–23). Take a look in the mirror: Questioning scientific sufficiency [Conference presentation]. 15th Organization Studies Workshop, Chania, Greece (virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic).
   

Ausbildung

• 2018: Master of Science (M.Sc.), Management and Organization Studies, TU Chemnitz
• 2016: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Wirtschaftswissenschaften, TU Chemnitz
• 2012: Abitur, Friedrich-Spee-Gymnasium
   

Beruflicher Werdegang

• seit 08/2024: Elternzeit
• seit 02/2019: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Professur BWL - Personalmanagement und Führungslehre, TU Chemnitz
• seit 07/2019: Freiberufliche Dozentin, TUCed – An-Institut für Transfer und Weiterbildung GmbH
• 08/2016 – 01/2019: Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, Professur BWL - Personalmanagement und Führungslehre, TU Chemnitz
   

Akademische Selbstverwaltung

• 06/2019 - 05/2024: Fachstudienberatung, Masterstudiengang „Management and Organization Studies"
• 06/2019 - 05/2024: Mitglied, Studienkommission Masterstudiengang „Management and Organization Studies"
• 06/2019 - 05/2024: Beratendes Mitglied, Prüfungsausschuss Masterstudiengang „Management and Organization Studies"
   

Lehrportfolio

Master

• Aktuelle Führungstheorien und -konzepte (Übung) (Deutsch)
• HRM Research (Seminar) (Englisch)
• Inter|Ventio (Planspiel) (Deutsch / Englisch)
• Anwendungsprojekte (Deutsch / Englisch)
  • Sustainable HRM (SoSe 24 – WiSe 24/25)
  • Herausforderungen bei der Implementierung von Common Good HRM-Systemen (SoSe 23 – WiSe 23/24)
  • Meaningful Leadership in der öffentlichen Verwaltung (SoSe 23 – WiSe 23/24)
  • HRM-Systeme in Familienunternehmen (SoSe 22 – WiSe 22/23)
  • Employer Branding in der Generation Z (SoSe 21 – WiSe 21/22)
  • Meaningful Work – Wahrnehmung und Umsetzung sinnhafter Arbeit (SoSe 21 – WiSe 21/22)
  • Controll- und Commitment-HRM-Systeme (SoSe 20 – WiSe 20/21)
  • Remote Work & Covid-19 – Implikationen für die Gestaltung eines nachhaltigen Personalmanagements (SoSe 20 – WiSe 20/21)
• Betreuung Masterarbeiten (Deutsch / Englisch)

Bachelor

• Seminare & Projekte (Deutsch)
  • Sustainable Human Resource Management
  • Meaningful Work
  • Wissensmanagement im Gesundheitswesen
  • Leadership lessons from extreme contexts
• Betreuung Bachelorarbeiten (Deutsch / Englisch)
   

Mitgliedschaften

• seit 2022: European Academy of Management (OB & HRM | FABR)
• 2022 – 2024: European Group of Organization Studies
• 2021 – 2023: Academy of Management (HRM | CMS)