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New Publication in the Journal of Vocational Behavior by Lisa Handke, Giverny De Boeck, and Sharon K. Parker Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are essential tools for making work more flexible and efficient. But how can employees proactively use ICTs to craft their jobs, that is, to...

New Publication in the „European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology“ by Lisa Handke, Thomas A. O’Neill, Matthew J. W. McLarnon, and Simone Kauffeld Hybrid work – the combination of telework and office-based work – offers new opportunities in terms of improving employees’ control over t...

Informal communication is a key factor in knowledge sharing and social interaction in the workplace, and is becoming increasingly important in the design of modern work environments. But how can spontaneous exchange succeed when chance encounters in the office are becoming increasingly rare? Vanessa Begemann, Lisa Handke, Vanessa Begemann, and Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock discuss this in the focus issue “From New Work to Better Work” in the zfo (Zeitschrift Fühurung und Organisation).

This semester, the junior professorship is offering a seminar in the Master's degree programm Socioeconomics. Registration for the seminars is possible from 1 October via Stud.On.

Hybrid Teamwork has emerged as an omnibus term for teams with members who switch between remote and on-site work and has become a critical aspect of modern work environments. But what exactly characterizes hybrid teamwork and how is it different to what we already know? Find out more by checking out the publication (open access) here

Lisa Handke participated in this year’s Academy of Management (AoM) Conference, held in Chicago from August 9 to 13, 2024. During the conference, she presented her talk “A Typology and Analysis of Collaborative Hybrid Work for Post-Pandemic Teams,”. Notably, the collaborative paper "Development and Validation of the Team Perceived Virtuality Scale," co-authored with Patricia Costa and Jennifer Feitosa, was designated as a best paper. An abridged version has been published in the Academy of Management Proceedings.

New publication in the „Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication“ by Vanessa Begemann, Lisa Handke and Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock Informal interactions are vital in daily workplace communication, shaping performance, well-being, and collaboration in organizations. In light of the ongoing trend of remote and hybrid work, supporting remote informal communication (RIC) is crucial. Adopting a socio-technical systems perspective, the authors employed semi-structured interviews to identify enabling and constraining factors related to RIC and discuss their results in terms of their practical implications for effectively facilitating RIC in organizations.

New publication in 'Information and Learning Science' by Frederike Henning, Jenny S. Wesche, Lisa Handke and Rudolf Kerschreiter. The COVID-19 pandemic created a strong impetus for the deployment of virtual mentoring programs (VMPs). In a qualitative study with 200 participants, the authors explored potential mentors’ and mentees’ motivation to participate in a virtual mentoring program, even in post-pandemic times. The article concludes with practical recommendations for the effective design of virtual mentoring programs.

On 05 July 2024 at 1 pm, Lisa Handke will give a virtual talk of 30 minutes on the topic of 'Understanding and improving problems in virtual meetings' as part of the NUEDIGITAL Festival. In her presentation, she will take a closer look at virtual meetings. She will provide scientific explanations of typical challenges and possible solutions.

Prof. Dr Lisa Handke is delighted to receive the Schoeller Fellowship and thanks the Schoeller Research Centre for Business and Society for funding her research project on behaviour-based feedback in virtual meetings. At the award ceremony on 13 June, Lisa Handke received the award for her research project, which focuses on improving virtual meetings. The aim of the project is to develop a feedback intervention, based on the recording of meeting behaviour and its direct feedback to participants.

In her publication (together with Prof. Patricia Costa, ISCTE-IUL Lisbon and Prof. Jennifer Feitosa, Claremont McKenna College), Lisa Handke demonstrates the validity and reliability of the Team Perceived Virtuality Scale in 5 studies with a total of more than 2,000 teams. The aim of the scale is to measure virtual collaboration beyond structural factors (such as geographical distance and the use of specific communication technologies).

This semester, the junior professorship is offering seminars in the Master's degree programmes Socioeconomics and Labour Market and Human Resources. Registration for the seminars is possible from 1 April via Stud.On

Prof Dr Lisa Handke, junior professor of business psychology at FAU WiSo, introduces herself. She specialises in team solidarity despite physical distance. In the interview, she talks about her research, her favorite place at the FAU and what she does when she's not on the road as a professor.