Dr. Theresa Langenmayr

Email: theresa.langenmayr@business.uzh.ch
Office: PLM J-419, Plattenstrasse 14
Orcid: 0000-0002-9258-7536

• Open Strategy
• Inter-organizational Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Discourse Theory
• Sensemaking Theory

Since 2024    Senior Research Associate/Postdoc, Chair of Organization & Management, University of Zurich
2018-2023    Research Associate/Phd Student, Chair of Organization & Management, University of Zurich
2020                Academic Visitor, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, Prof. Paula Jarzabkowski
2016-2018    Junior Professional Officer,  World Health Organization
2012-2016    Strategy Specialist, BMW Group
2010-2015    Master of Arts in Business Administration, University of Zurich
2007-2010    Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Management and Economics, Zeppelin University

Academic Outlets

Langenmayr, T., Splitter, V., Tienari, J., Vesa, M. (Forthcoming). Moving from the business case towards an equity-based approach: theorizing diversity and inclusion in Open Strategy, Organization Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/26317877241275119

Langenmayr, T., Seidl, D., Splitter, V. (2024). Interdiscursive Struggles: Managing the Co-existence of the Conventional and Open Strategy Discourse, Strategic Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3599

Proceedings

Plotnikova, A., Langenmayr, T., Knights, D., Laine, P., Ng, E., Hautz, J., and Johansson, J. (2024). Navigating the path to diversity, equity, and inclusion in strategy making. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (Symposium). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.13520symposium

Langenmayr, T., Seidl, D., Jarzabkowski, P. (2023). Participatory Strategizing as Dual Sensemaking Process, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (Best Paper). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.116bp

Langenmayr, T., Seidl, D., Splitter, V. (2021). Introducing Open Strategy: Dealing with clashes between the traditional and open-strategy discourse, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (Abstract).https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.11796abstract

Gebauer, T., Seidl, D. (2019).Participation in Strategy Formulation: A Review and Framework from a Sensemaking Perspective, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (Abstract).
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.14491abstract

Practitioner Outlets

Langenmayr, T. (2024). Kollaborationsstrategien für die Nachhaltigkeit gestalten. öbu- Der Verband für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften Newsblog

Langenmayr, T. (2023). Mehr Kollaboration für die Nachhaltigkeit. öbu- Der Verband für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften Newsblog

Langenmayr, T. & Splitter, V. (2019). Open Strategy at AXA UK & Ireland - a new approach to strategy making. AXA Guestblog.

2024: Community Service Award of the Interest Group «Strategy as Practice» at the Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, Chicago

2023: Nominated for the Best Paper Award of the Interest Group «Strategy as Practice» at the Academy of Management (AOM) Conference, Boston («Participatory Strategizing as Dual Sensemaking Process» with David Seidl and Paula Jarzabkowski)

2021: Nominated for the Best Conference Paper Prize Award of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference, Virtual («Participatory Strategizing as Dual Sensemaking Process» with David Seidl and Paula Jarzabkowski)

2020: Best PhD Conference Paper Prize Award of the Interest Group «Strategy Practice» at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference, Virtual («Participation in Strategy Making between Stage and Reality» with Violetta Splitter and David Seidl)

"Open Strategy – Implications for organizational power structures", funded by the Doc. Mobility Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

"Sensemaking in Open Strategy", funded by the Candoc Grant of the University of Zurich