Dr. Christina Kannegießer

Photo: Fred Willenbrock

Research Associate

Address

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Socioeconomics

Rentzelstraße 7

20146 Hamburg

Office

Room: 104

Contact

Email: christina.kannegiesser"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Christina Kannegießer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Professorship for Sustainable Business at the University of Hamburg. In research and teaching, she focuses on various aspects of organizing for sustainability. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, she examines, for example, the development of sustainable business models in start-ups, the creation of experimental spaces for sustainability in established companies, and the societal evaluation (especially legitimacy and authenticity) of the sustainability transformation of organizations. Her research has been published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and presented at international conferences, including the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), the European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium (EGOS) and the International Association for Business & Society Annual Conference (IABS). Christina holds a Master in Management (M.Sc.) from the University of Mannheim and a Bachelor in Business, Language and Culture (B.Sc.) from Copenhagen Business School. She earned her doctoral degree in sustainable business at the University of Mannheim in 2024.

Research focus

Sustainability innovation and entrepreneurship
Sustainable business models
Organizational purpose
Social evaluations
Ownership

Publications

Esau, E., Kannegießer, C. L., Reppmann, M., Piening, E. P., & Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2024). Stairway to impact or highway to failure? A cognitive perspective on business model design processes in nascent sustainable ventures. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1531

Kannegiesser, C. L. (2024). Investigating the Paradox of Embedded Agency in Social Intrapreneurship. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 19122). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.11bp

Kannegiesser, C. L., Krenz, L., & Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2023). What Does it Take to Be Authentic?. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 16927). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.16927abstract

Kannegiesser, C. L., Reppmann, M., Wentzel, J., & Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2023). Gesellschaftlicher Impact durch ko-kreative Kooperation von Universitäten und Unternehmen? Das Lufthansa SustainABILITY Programm. In Forschung (Vol. 16, No. 1 + 2, pp. 9-13).

Kannegiesser, C. L., & Edinger-Schons, L. M. (2022). Profit and Purpose–An Unlikely Friendship?. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 16632). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.16632abstract

Conference Presentations

Kannegiesser, C.L. (2024). Investigating the Paradox of Embedded Agency in Social Intrapreneurship. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). Profit & Purpose – An Unlikely Friendship? Examining Sociopolitical Legitimacy in the Context of Purpose-Driven Enterprises. 40th EGOS Colloquium, Milan, Italy.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). Social Innovation in the Sandbox – Investigating the Paradox of Embedded Agency in Organizing for Divergent Change. GRONEN Conference, Paris, France.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). Profit & Purpose – An Unlikely Friendship? A Differentiated Perspective on the Tainted Altruism Hypothesis. GRONEN Conference, Paris, France.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). Social Innovation in the Sandbox – Investigating the Paradox of Embedded Agency in Organizing for Divergent Change. 20th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2024). Profit & Purpose – An Unlikely Friendship? A Differentiated Perspective on the Tainted Altruism Hypothesis. 20th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kannegiesser, C.L., Krenz, L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2023). What Does it Take to Be Authentic? A Theory of the Corporate Sustainability Character. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA.

Kannegiesser, C.L., Edinger-Schons, L.M. & Schaffrannek, T. (2023). Employees as Future Makers? - The Role of Corporate Social Intrapreneurship in Shaping Desirable Futures. 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.

Kannegiesser, C.L., Krenz, L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2023). What Does It Take to Be Authentic? Organizational Authenticity in the Sustainability Context. International Association of Business & Society, Bath, UK.

Kannegiesser, C.L., Krenz, L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2023). What Does It Take to Be Authentic? Organizational Authenticity in the Sustainability Context. Business and Society Research Seminar, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Kannegiesser, C.L., Krenz, L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2023). Exploring Authenticity as a Social Evaluation in the Sustainability Context. The Next Decade of Legitimacy Research, PDW, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kannegiesser, C.L., Krenz, L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2023). The Authentic Sustainability Character: A Theory of Corporate Authenticity in the Sustainability Context. Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2022). Profit & Purpose – An Unlikely Friendship? An Experimental Approach to Legitimacy Perceptions of Social Enterprises. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2022). Profit & Purpose – An Unlikely Friendship? An Experimental Approach to Legitimacy Perceptions of Social Enterprise. Business and Society Research Seminar, Nantes, France.

Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2021). Moral Role Models or Tainted Altruists? – A Consumer Perspective on For-Profit Social Enterprises. Business and Society Research Seminar, virtual.

Scholarships and Honors

11/2024: Add-on Fellowship of the Joachim Herz Stiftung for Interdisciplinary Economics

08/2024: Best Paper in the 84th Academy of Management Proceedings: Kannegiesser, C.L.: Investigating the Paradox of Embedded Agency in Social Intrapreneurship. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2024.

05/2024: Best PhD Student Paper Award at the GRONEN Conference 2024: Kannegiesser, C.L. & Edinger-Schons, L.M.: Social Innovation in the Sandbox – Investigating the Paradox of Embedded Agency in Organizing for Divergent Change.