Chairholder
Prof. Dr. Nina Katrin Hansen
Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Professur BWL - Personalmanagement und Führungslehre
Thüringer Weg 7
09126 Chemnitz
Germany
Since June 2020 (please see the TUC press release on the appointment), Nina Katrin Hansen is a Full Professor and the Chair of Human Resource Management & Leadership Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany and since March 2022 Visiting Professor at the School of Management (SoM), University of Bath. Furthermore, she is acting Commissioner for Young Scholars (Nachwuchsbeauftragte) of the Scientific Commission “Personnel Management” (WKPERS) within the “German Academic Association for Business Research” (VHB).
Professor Hansen's main areas of research lie at the intersection of Human Resource Management, Organization Studies and Strategic Management. Based on a multi–level approach, her research focuses on the question of how human resource management systems influence intellectual capital architectures, organizational capabilities and firm performance especially in the field of Professional Service Firms (PSFs) such as law and management consulting firms as well creative agencies.
In recent qualitative empiricial research projects - together with her PhDs - she is concerned with topics such as "Sustainable HRM" and "Meaningful Work" especially in the context of Family Firms as well as "Meaningful & Digital Leadership" in knowledge-intensive organizations.
Professor Hansen's research results have been published in leading international journals such as ‘Human Resource Management’ (Financial Times' Top 50; AJG/ABS-Ranking: 4), the ‘Human Resource Management Journal’ (ABS-Ranking: 4*) or the ‘International Journal of Human Resource Management’ (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A) as well as in relevant academic text books such as the ‘Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms’.
Biography
Nina Katrin Hansen studied Business Administration and Sociology at the University of Hamburg (Summer graduation 2005: Top 3 out of 153 graduates). Her Bachelor studies were thereby supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (The Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). From 2005 to 2010 she worked as a research associate and PhD candidate and from 2010 to 2015 as a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Human Resources Management, Hamburg Business School (BWL), University of Hamburg. In 2010, she received her doctorate and her dissertation (summa cum laude) was awarded with the dissertation prize by Hamburg Business School at the University of Hamburg. From February to March 2014 she was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Professional Service Firms, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Her first appointment was in 2015 at the University of Bath (United Kingdom). From September 2015 to May 2020 she was Associate Professor in HRM and Organization Studies at the School of Management. Here she was also the Director of Studies for the Master's program "HRM and Consulting" and a member of the "Future of Work"-Research Centre. Professor Hansen is furthermore a member of the Academy of Management (AOM), the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV), the European Academy of Management (EURAM) and the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS).
Recent Conference Presentations & Selected Publications
- Sauer, H., Hansen, N. K., & Swart, J. (2024): Addressing Sustainability Through HRM Practices: A Qualitative Study of HRM Configurations in Small and Medium-Sized Family Firms. Paper presented at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2024, Bath, United Kingdom, June 25-28, 2024.
- Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2023). Antecedents and Adoption of a Common Good HRM Approach in Small- and Medium-Sized Family Frms. Paper presented at the 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy, July 6-8, 2023.
- Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2023). Meaningful Work During Telework: A Qualitative Study on the Influence of Leaders’ Behaviors on Meaningful Work During Working From Home. Paper presented at the 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy, July 6-8, 2023.
- Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2023). Antecedents and Adoption of a Common Good HRM Approach in Small- and Medium-Sized Family Firms. Paper presented at Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Berlin, Germany, September, 21-22, 2023.
- Sauer, H., Hansen, N. K., Kulachek, J., Maurer, C., & Reichel, L. (2022). Human Resource Management System Hybrids in Family Firms: A Qualitative Study of Small and Medium-Sized Companies in Germany. Paper presented at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2022, Winterthur, Switzerland, June, 15-17, 2022.
- Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022). A Qualitative Empirical Analysis of the Influence of Virtual Leaders on Their Employees' Perception of Meaningful Work. Paper presented at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference 2022, Winterthur, Switzerland, June, 15-17, 2022.
- Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022). Meaningful Work During Remote Work: A Qualitative Study on How E-Leaders Can Influence the Work Meaningfulness of Their Employees. Paper presented at the 38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria, July, 7-9, 2022.
- Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022). Hybrid Forms of Human Resource Management Systems: A Qualitative Study of Family Firms in Germany. Paper presented at Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Berlin, Germany, September, 29-30, 2022.
- Fronczek, S., Sauer, H., & Hansen, N. K. (2022). The Influence of Leaders on Meaningful Work During Working From Home: A Qualitative Study. Paper presented at Herbstworkshop der WK ersonal, Berlin, Germany, September, 29-30, 2022.
- Hansen, N. K., Hoffmann, J., & Smets, M. (2021). New Career Models and Related HRM Practices in the Digital and Post-Corona Age: The Case of Communication Agencies in Germany. Project Outline presented at Herbstworkshop der WK Personal, Düsseldorf, Germany, September, 16-17, 2021.
- Gauci Borda, D., Hansen, N. K., & Gore, J. (2021). Control and Commitment HRM Systems in SME Family Firms: A Qualitative Study of Hybrid Forms. In: Gnan, L.; Flamini, G. (Eds.): Designing and Implementing HR Management Systems in Family Businesses. - Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA : IGI Global, 2021, S. 17-41.
- Hansen, N. K, Güttel, W.H., & Swart, J. (2019). HRM in Dynamic Environments: Exploitative, Exploratory and Ambidextrous HR Architectures. International Journal of Human Resource Management. 30, (4): 648-680. (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)
- Hauff, S., Alewell, D., & Hansen, N. K. (2018). Further Exploring the Links between High Performance Work Practices and Firm Performance: A Multiple-Mediation Model in the German Context, The German Journal of Human Resource Management, 30 (1): 5-26. (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)
- Hansen, N. K. & Schnittka, O. (2018). Applicants’ Likelihood to Apply for Jobs at Professional Service Firms: The Role of Different Career Models. Human Resource Management. 57 (5): 1009-1022. (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A; Financial Times' Top 50; AJG/ABS-Journal-Ranking: 4)
- Hauff, S., Alewell, D. & Hansen, N. K. (2017). HRM Systems Strength and HRM Target Achievement − Towards a Broader Understanding of HRM Processes. Human Resource Management. 56 (5): 715 -729. (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A; Financial Times' Top 50; AJG/ABS-Journal-Ranking: 4)
- Swart, J., Hansen, N. K. & Kinnie, N. (2015): Strategic Human Resource Management and Performance Management in Professional Service Firms. In: Empson, L., Muzio, D., Broschak, J. & Hinings, B. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms, Oxford University Press, pp. 476-502.
- Hauff, S., Alewell, D. & Hansen, N. K. (2014).HRM Systems between Control and Commitment: Occurrence, Characteristics, and Effects on HR Outcomes and Firm Performance. Human Resource Management Journal, 24 (4), 424-441. (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A; AJG/ABS-Journal-Ranking: 4*)
- Hansen, N. K. & Alewell, D. (2013). Employment Systems as Governance Mechanisms of Human Capital and Capability Development. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24 (11), 2131-2153. (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)
- Alewell, D. & Hansen, N. K. (2012). Human Resource Management Systems - A Structured Review of Research Contributions and Open Questions. The German Journal of Industrial Relations, 19 (2), 1-34.
Awards & Prizes
- 2nd place in the ‘Hamburg Teaching Prize 2012/2013’ (‘Hamburger Lehrpreis 2012/2013’) for outstanding and innovative teaching at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg, for the lecture ‘HRM in Professional Service Firms’
- Best PhD Thesis Award 2010, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg (sponsored by Kampmann, Berg & Partner)
Teaching Portfolio at the TUC
- Theoretical Foundations of HRM and Leadership ("Grundlagen des Personalmanagements und der Personalführung") (Lecture / Bachelor / German)
- Human Resource Management ("Grundlagen und Handlungsfelder des HRM") (Lecture / Master / German)
- Leadership ("Aktuelle Führungstheorien und –konzepte") (Lecture / Master / German)
- Organizational Behavior – Individual Level (Sessions: Introduction to OB, Leadership, Motivation, Learning) (Lecture / Master / German)
- Strategic Management (Ringvorlesung) – Session: Strategic HRM (Lecture / Master / German)
- HRM Research (Block-Seminar / Master / Englisch)
- New Concepts of Leadership (Block-Seminar / Master / Englisch)
- Inter|Ventio (Simulation Game / Master / German & Englisch)