Dr. Christina Kannegießer

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Ehemalige Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

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Christina Kannegießer war Postdoktorandin und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Professur für BWL, insb. nachhaltiges Wirtschaften an der Universität Hamburg. In Forschung und Lehre beschäftigt sie sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten des Organisierens für Nachhaltigkeit. Dabei greift sie auf qualitative und quantitative Methoden zurück und untersucht beispielsweise die Entwicklung nachhaltiger Geschäftsmodelle in Start-ups, das Schaffen von Experimentierräumen für Nachhaltigkeit in etablierten Unternehmen, sowie die gesellschaftliche Wahrnehmung (insb. Legitimität und Authentizität) von der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation von Organisationen. Ihre Forschung wurde im Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal publiziert und auf internationalen Konferenzen präsentiert, darunter beim Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), beim European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium (EGOS) und bei der International Association for Business & Society Annual Conference (IABS). Christina hat einen Master in Management (M.Sc.) der Universität Mannheim und einen Bachelor in Wirtschaft, Sprache und Kultur (B.Sc.) der Copenhagen Business School. Ihre Doktorwürde der Wirtschaftswissenschaften wurde ihr 2024 von der Universität Mannheim verliehen.

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

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.; Jasinenko, A.; Herzum, J.; Krenz, L. (2025). Legitimacy at stake: The role of authenticity in purpose-driven organizations. 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kannegiesser, C.L.; Jasinenko, A.; Herzum, J.; Krenz, L. (2025). Legitimacy at stake: The role of authenticity in purpose-driven organizations. 41st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece.

Kannegiesser, C.L.; Edinger-Schons, L.M.; Schaffrannek T. (2025). Employees as Future Makers? - The Role of Corporate Social Intrapreneurship in Shaping Desirable Futures. 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy

Kannegiesser, C.L.; Edinger-Schons, L.M. (2025). Profit & Purpose – An Unlikely Friendship? Exploring Employees’ Legitimacy Evaluations of Purpose-Driven Enterprises. Oxford Reputation Symposium 2025, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kannegiesser, C.L.; Dubey, A.S.; Guidotti, T.; McDonald, C. (2025). Professional Development Workshop. Alternatives to Capitalist Ownership: A Critical Rethinking of Power, Voice & Inclusion. 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark

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.