Rita Järventie Thesleff
Professor of Practice, CEMS Academic Director, at Aalto University School of Business

Schools
- Aalto University School of Business
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Biography
Aalto University School of Business
I completed my doctorate in marketing at the Aalto University School of Economics in 2011. Currently I work as the Academic Director for CEMS MiM. My research interests include organizational and individual identities, roles, strategic change, employee and corporate branding, and practice based perspective on strategy. Recently, I have also studied the strategic challenges that the digital technology and the emerging participatory media culture bring about for organizations within media industry.
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Journal article-refereed, Original researchFinding an emergent way through transformational change a narrative approach to strategy
Horst, Sven Ove; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2016 in JOURNAL OF MEDIA BUSINESS STUDIES (Jonkoping Internationa Business School, Jonkoping University)ISSN: 1652-2354Roles and identity work in “at-home” ethnography
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Logemann, Minna; Piekkari, Rebecca; Tienari, Janne2016 in Journal of Organizational Ethnography (EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING)ISSN: 2046-6749Roles as Mediators in Identity Work
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Tienari, Janne2016 in ORGANIZATION STUDIES (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD)ISSN: 0170-8406The strategic challenge of continuous change in multi-platform media organizations - A strategy-as-practice perspective
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Moisander, Johanna; Villi, Mikko2014 in JMM INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON MEDIA MANAGEMENT (Routledge)ISSN: 1424-1277Organizational dynamics and complexities of corporate brand building - a practice perspective
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Moisander, Johanna; Laine, Pikka-Maaria2011 in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)ISSN: 0956-5221
Finding an emergent way through transformational change a narrative approach to strategy
Roles and identity work in “at-home” ethnography
Roles as Mediators in Identity Work
The strategic challenge of continuous change in multi-platform media organizations - A strategy-as-practice perspective
Organizational dynamics and complexities of corporate brand building - a practice perspective
Book section, Chapters in research booksStrategic communication during change
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Moisander, Johanna; Villi, Mikko2015 ISBN: 978-0-415-53001-9Strateginen johtaminen ja strategiatyö mediayhtiöissä
Moisander, Johanna; Laine, Pikka-Maaria; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2015 ISBN: 978-952-495-370-2
Strategic communication during change
Strateginen johtaminen ja strategiatyö mediayhtiöissä
Conference proceedingsConstructing a corporate brand with consultants - a practice perspective
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2015 ISBN: 978-1-905952-64-9Branding training episodes as therapy sessions - and as sites for interdiscursive strategizing
Horst, Sven-Ove; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2014 Constructing identity at work: A performative approach to corporate identity
Horst, Sven-Ove; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Lillqvist, Ella2014 The strategic practice of corporate branding generated in dynamic client-consultant interaction
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2014 A challenging compatibility between organizational identity and corporate brand
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2014 The role of a journalist in a multi-platform environment - a challenge to the identity work
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2014 Communicating organizational downsizing: Exploring a conflict in the use of strategic discourses
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Horst, Sven-Ove2013 Virtual music-making communities as sites of collective, social creativity
Thesleff, Axel; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2013 Rethinking "role" in client-consultant interaction
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Tienari, Janne2012 The trustworthy big sister and rebellious little sisters: the complexities, dynamics and ambiguities of brand management in participatory media culture
Könkkölä, Saara; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita; Villi, Mikko2011 Co-creating an implementation narrative on corporate branding in a streamof sense-making activities a practice perspective
Järventie-Thesleff, R.; Moisander, J.2010
Constructing a corporate brand with consultants - a practice perspective
Branding training episodes as therapy sessions - and as sites for interdiscursive strategizing
Constructing identity at work: A performative approach to corporate identity
The strategic practice of corporate branding generated in dynamic client-consultant interaction
A challenging compatibility between organizational identity and corporate brand
The role of a journalist in a multi-platform environment - a challenge to the identity work
Communicating organizational downsizing: Exploring a conflict in the use of strategic discourses
Virtual music-making communities as sites of collective, social creativity
Rethinking "role" in client-consultant interaction
The trustworthy big sister and rebellious little sisters: the complexities, dynamics and ambiguities of brand management in participatory media culture
Co-creating an implementation narrative on corporate branding in a streamof sense-making activities a practice perspective
Publications intended for professional communities
Article in professional conference proceedingsJoint development of journalistic competences and organizational capabilities - a practice based performative perspective
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2016 Strategic wayfinding during emergent change in media organizations - a narrative approach
Horst, Sven-Ove; Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2015 Emergent framing practices in brand related strategy making
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2015
Joint development of journalistic competences and organizational capabilities - a practice based performative perspective
Strategic wayfinding during emergent change in media organizations - a narrative approach
Emergent framing practices in brand related strategy making
Effectiveness of successive strategic episodes in bringing about change
Järventie-Thesleff, Rita2016
Effectiveness of successive strategic episodes in bringing about change
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