Lena Lenz, M.Sc.

Lena Lenz has been a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Professorship for Organization and Management since December 2020. In her research, she investigates new forms of (collaborative) work in public administration. She places particular emphasis on interdepartmental collaboration and the digital transformation of work.

Lena Lenz is also committed to agile teaching, which focuses on students' self-organization, ability to reflect and creativity. As part of this, she has completed eduScrum® basic training.

From 2017-2020 she worked as a consultant in a management consultancy in the field of supply chain management. Before that, she studied economics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (2010-2017).

• New ways of working
• Collaborative governance
• Interdepartmental collaboration
• Digital work

Courses at the faculty:

• „New Work: Changes in the World of Work“ (Bachelor's seminar)
• „Brave New Work: Organizations in a Post-Pandemic World“ (Interdisciplinary basic course, Bachelor)
• Practical course for the lecture „Organization“ 

Supervision of final theses

Supervision of bachelor’s theses that either focus on evaluating existing scholarly studies (literature-based) or analyzing original data (empirical).The bachelor’s theses can be written in either German or English.

A selection of supervised theses:

• Web-based learning in in-company training: an analysis based on Self-Determination Theory
• Digital leadership and change leadership: a comparison of the role of the manager
• Brainstorming in the digital context: Participants' view on enabling and coercive factors
• Leading at a distance - a comparison of transactional and transformational leadership
• The influence of corporate social responsibility on employee commitment - an analysis based on social identity theory
• The impact of flexibilization of work on employee motivation - an analysis based on Self-Determination Theory

Publications

Lenz, L., Hattke, F., Kalucza, J., and Redlbacher, F. (2023). Virtual Work as a Job Demand? Work Behaviors of Public Servants during COVID-19. Public Performance & Management Review 46(6), 1382-1412. 

Conference papers

Lenz, L., (2024): Creativity in the Modern Workplace: The Role of Digital Technologies (Extended Abstract). 84th VHB ORG Workshop, 6-8 March.

Lenz, L., Kalucza, J., Hattke, F., and Redlbacher, F. (2021): Virtual Work as a Demand? Employees’ Work Behavior in the Public Sector during COVID-19. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 4-10 August, Hybrid Conference.

Lenz, L., Hattke, F., Kalucza, J., and Redlbacher, F. (2021): When is Virtual Work for Public Servants Productive? A Test of the Job Demands-Resources Model (Extended Abstract). 45th WK ORG Workshop, 22-24 September, Virtual Conference.