Lehrstuhl für Public und Nonprofit Management - Personal & Change

Marlene Walk is chairing the 2025 Academy of Management - Public and Nonprofit Division's Book Award Committee. Please take a look at the call for nominations below and nominate your book (published in 2022, 2023, or 2024) by the end of February 2025.

The second in-person meeting of the seminar “Review Research - evidence-based literature analyses in management research” happened earlier this week. The students presented the current status of their reviews and instructors Marlene Walk, Iris Saliterer, Julia Kolbinger and Max Wursthorn provided feedback. Watch out for more content on the reviews on “AI and Identity” and “Discrimination in Nonprofits”.

Our colleagues Hana Fehrenbach and Marlene Walk co-edited the new virtual issue on organizational change in Nonprofit Organizations of Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations together with Itay Greenspan ⬇️

The Chairs of Public and Nonprofit Management - Personnel & Change and Public and Nonprofit Management - Public Administration are co-organizing a new seminar “Review Research - evidence-based literature analyses in management research” this semester. The lecturers of the seminar are Marlene Walk, Iris Saliterer, Julia Kolbinger and Max Wursthorn. The seminar is designed as a hybrid course and funded by the E-Teaching-Fellowship: https://lnkd.in/gHfVxQw2. During the first in person meeting, students learned how a review is structured, how to develop a research question and inclusion/exclusion criteria, and how to use data bases. The students work in groups on their own reviews, to be submitted at the end of the seminar. We are looking forward to the rest of the semester!

#NewPublication The article "Investigating Turnover Intentions During Organizational Change: The Role of Negative Appraisals, Psychological Contract Violation, and Resistance to Change" by Marlene Walk, Mandi Janis Stewart and Kerry Kuenzi centers on the nonprofit workers’ experience of change during the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially, it investigates how negative appraisals in the midst of the pandemic are related to intentions to leave the organization about a year after the start of the pandemic. ➡ The article is now published in the current issue of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly: https://lnkd.in/e4_kWeBT

#NewPublication Marlene Walk, together with Lindsay Cart-Turner, Emily Peterson, MPA, and Abigail Klippel, all alumni of the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, published a new article titled "Organizational Change in the Nonprofit Context: A Scoping Review of the Literature". Based on 111 articles published in high-quality nonprofit journals, this work examines the state of the research on organizational change in nonprofit research. Funding was provided through Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy https://lnkd.in/ee6f39pZ

📢 Call for Applications: ERNOP PhD Circle 2025 📢 Are you a European PhD student in philanthropy looking to connect with peers, gain valuable feedback, and refine your research? After a successful inaugural year, we’re thrilled to announce the ERNOP PhD Circle 2025! Why Join the ERNOP PhD Circle? As the next generation of philanthropy scholars, this is your chance to deepen your research through feedback from both your peers and an experienced ERNOP mentor. This bi-monthly, virtual program offers a unique setting for presenting your work, engaging in rich discussions, and refining your research. You'll also have the opportunity to share your insights via ERNOP’s blog series, “Philanthropy PhD Perspectives: From Theory to Impact”, which highlights participants on LinkedIn and our website. 🌐 Program Details: Who: European PhD students in philanthropy or related topic When: Every second Wednesday, bimonthly Where: Online 💡 Each session includes a 15-minute presentation by a student, followed by 45 minutes of constructive feedback from peers and a senior scholar. Presenting students will submit a paper in advance, allowing for deep, informed discussions. Ready to Apply? Submit your application by November 15, 2024, and join a circle of passionate, supportive researchers ready to elevate their work. Apply now! https://lnkd.in/e7J2RjUw Let’s shape the future of philanthropy research together! Arthur Gautier Dr Beth Breeze OBE Lucas Meijs Tine De Bock Ann-Sophie Bouckaert Tobias Jung Rene Bekkers Georg von Schnurbein Georg Mildenberger Silke Boenigk Peter Vogel Prof. Dr. Marc Gottschald Mara De Monte nicolas duvoux Lisa Hehenberger Vladimír Hyánek Liv Egholm Helleke van den Braber Reinhard Millner Michael Meyer Marlene Walk Jörg Lindenmeier

Marlene Walk is serving on the academic committee for the 2025 ERNOP conference taking place in Heidelberg on September 25-26, 2025. A good place to discuss issues on #Philanthropy in the European context. https://lnkd.in/dkVFBn-g

Our colleague Julia Kolbinger attended the conference „Diversity und Diskriminierungsschutz weiterdenken“ by Institut für Diversitätsforschung at The University of Göttingen earlier this week. Thanks a lot to the organizers and participants for the inspiring discussions on a broad range of #diversity topics from various social science perspectives. Especially the PhD workshop was a great opportunity to network, to learn from, and support each other.

A warm invitation to the Inaugural Lecture Series of the Institute for Economics at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg on October 11, 2024 - including the lecture of our chair holder Marlene Walk on current trends in the US nonprofit sector. We are also looking forward to the lectures of our colleagues Germain Gaudin and Arnim Wiek on market power in digital markets and scaling of sustainable food innovations.