Petra Kipfelsberger

at Executive School of Management, Technology and Law

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  • Executive School of Management, Technology and Law

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Executive School of Management, Technology and Law

Petra Kipfelsberger is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. She received her Ph.D. in strategy and management from the University in St. Gallen in Switzerland. Her research focuses on leadership and organizational behavior with a special emphasis on the linkages between employees and customers and the experience of meaningfulness at work. Her articles have appeared in international outlets such as Journal of Managerial Psychology and Research on Emotions in Organizations. Her teaching portfolio includes topics such as inspirational leadership, coaching, and human resource management. In 2015, she received a multi-year research grant from the University of St. Gallen for her work on leadership and work meaningfulness.

Projects

  • "Leading with Meaning: Investigating the Role of Leader Work Meaningfulness" (abgeschlossenes GFF-Projekt)
  • "People’s Search for Purpose in the Changing Nature of Work" (laufendes SNF-Projekt)

Affiliations

  • Academy of Management (AOM)
  • Bayerische EliteAkademie Alumni e.V. (BEA)
  • HSG Alumni e.V.
  • Purpose Circle (Gründerin)
  • Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)

Awards

  • Winner of the Researchathon "Leading People in the Digital Age", TU Munich Campus Heilbronn, 2018
  • AOM HR Divison Ambassador Switzerland
  • Best Paper Proceedings at the Academy of Management Proceedings (ENT Division)
  • Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence in der Kategorie „Outstanding Author Contribution“
  • Basic Research Fund (GFF; International Postdoctoral Fellowship) for Research Project "Leading with Meaning: Investigating the Role of Leader Work Meaningfulness"
  • Best Paper Proceedings at the Academy of Management Proceedings (OB Division)
  • Best Paper Award at the International Network of Business and Management Journals (INBAM), Track "Journal of Managerial Psychology"
  • Travel Grant Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (SAGW) for Conference International Network of Business and Management Journals (INBAM)
  • Summer school grant from Swiss National Science Foundation
  • Young researcher grant from Swiss Federal Equal Opportunity
  • Scholarship of Bavarian EliteAcademy

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