Prof. Dr. Nada Endrissat
Profile
Prof. Dr. Nada Endrissat Studiengangsleiterin
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Abteilung Lehre
Brückenstrasse 73
3005 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Head of study program Master of Science in Business Administration
Teaching responsibilities MScBA; MScDBA; Executive Program
Research
Focus areas
New Work
People and Organization
Ressort: Didactics (SGL committee)
Teaching
Degree programmes
Master of Science in Business Administration (MScBA)
Master of Science in Digital Business Administration (MScDBA)
Executive Program, CAS Business Research
Subjects
Interdisciplinary Future Week (IDFW)
International Study Trip (ISTR, DO4)
Research Methods (WWB)
Master thesis (MATH, RM4)
Research
Specialisations
New Ways of Working (NWW)
Creative industries
Focus areas
Affect theory
Feminist ethics of care
Art-based methods
CV
Biography
- Nada Endrissat studied Organizational Psychology at the Free University of Berlin and subsequently completed a PhD in Management (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is currently a Research Professor at the Institute for New Work at Bern University of Applied Sciences and heads the study program Master of Science in Business Administration program. Nada has been involved in several Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded research projects focusing on topics related to the creative industries and new forms of work. Her research is embedded in various international collaborations, and she has held visiting appointments at the Stern School of Business, NYU (2026); the Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC), Lund University (2025); the MAESTRO Research Cluster at EM Strasbourg (2024); Kyoto University (2023–2024); the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia (2019–2020); Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada (2017); and the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine (2016).
Professional experience
- 2022-current Head of study proram MSc Business Administration Bern University of Applied Sciences
- 2011-current Research professor Bern University of Applied Sciences
- 2008-2011 Lecturer and Research Associate Bern University of Applied Sciences
- 2004-2008 Research and Teaching Assistant Basel University
Education
- 2004-2008 PhD in Management (Dr.rer.pol) Basel University
- 1999-2002 Master's degree in Psychology Free University Berlin
Other
- Train-the-Trainer Art Thinking Method, ESCP Paris
CAS Mediation Basics, BFH Social Work
Didactics Certificate, Basel University
Systemic Coaching (Junior Professionals), Institut for Systemic Coaching, Wiesloch, Germany
Master Class in European Human Resource Management, Copenhagen Business School
Projects
Other projects
SNF Projekt (NFP 77) A future that works: cobotics, digital skills and the re-humanization of the work place (lead TI)
SNF Agora Projekt Smelling more, smelling differently
SNF Projekt New Scents in Action
SNF DORE Projekt Wissensduft
BFH Projekt Gendered IT (lead TI)
BFH Projekt Kreative Karrieren
BFH Projekt Sonifikation
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Endrissat, N. (2018) Hackathons: A field of dreams for collaborative innovation? A review of recent studies. Entreprendre & Innover, 2018/3, No. 38, 69-75.
Sorsa, V., Merkkiniemin, H., Endrissat, N. & Islam, G. (2018). Little less conversation, little more action. Musical intervention as aesthetic material communication, Journal of Business Research, 85, 365-374.
Endrissat, N. , Kärreman, D. & Noppeney (2017) Incorporating the Creative Subject: Branding outside-in via identity incentives. Human Relations, 70(4), 488-515.
Endrissat, N., Islam, G. & Noppeney, C. (2016) Visual organizing. Balancing coordination and creative freedom via mood boards. Journal of Business Research, 69, 2353-2362.
Islam, G., Endrissat, N. & Noppeney (2016) Beyond ‘the eye’ of the beholder. Scent innovation through analogical reconfiguration. Organization Studies, 37 (6), 769-795.
Crevani, L. & Endrissat, N. (2016). Mapping the leadership-as-practice terrain: comparative elements. In J. Raelin (Ed.), Leadership-as-Practice: A New Movement (pp. .21-49). Routledge.
Endrissat, N., Islam, G. & Noppeney, C. (2015) Enchanting work. Work experiences of store artists in a North-American supermarket chain. Organization Studies, 36 (11), 1555-1576.
Endrissat, N. & von Arx, W. (2013) Leadership practices and context: Two sides of the same coin. Leadership, 9 (2), 278-304.
Kaudela-Baum, S. & Endrissat, N. (2009). Practicing Human Resource Strategy: Understanding the relational dynamics in strategic HR work by means of a narrative approach. Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, 23 (2), 125-146.
Endrissat, N., Müller, W. R., & Kaudela-Baum, S. (2007). En route to an empirically-based understanding of authentic leadership. European Management Journal, 25(3), 207-220.
Fendt, J & Endrissat, N. (2007). Pretense, Pride and Prejudice in Qualitative Leadership Research: An Appraisal and Two Examples from Europe, International Business and Economics Research Journal, 6(5), 49-66.
Publications (Edited books, book chapters, case studies, commentaries)
Hümbelin, O., Hevenstone, D., Endrissat, N. & Pulver, C. (2020). Die Digitalisierung ist gestaltbar. BFH impuls 1/2020, S. 26-29.
Endrissat, N. & Hümbelin, O. (2019) Innovation und Inklusion durch Hackathons. BFH Präsenz No. 2, 2019, S. 26.
Bubb, K., Martig, P. & Endrissat, N. (2018). Angehörigenbetreuung. In K. Tokarski & P. Berchtold (Eds.). Unternehmensentwicklung. Springer Verlag.
Endrissat, N. & Habegger, A. (2016). „Work Smart“ bei der Mobiliar. Präsenz, Magazin des Fachbereichs Wirtschaft, September 2016, S. 20-22.
Endrissat, N. (2014) Erfolg oder Scheitern? Herausforderungen der Arbeitswelt 2020. Präsenz, Magazin des Fachbereichs Wirtschaft, Februar 2014, S. 10-11.
Noppeney, C. & Endrissat, N. (2014) Mehr als Duft und Gestank. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 25.01.2014, S. 57.
Endrissat,N & Höhl, S. (2013). Unternehmenskultur zielführend reflektieren. KMU Magazin 03/2013, S. 92-95.
Endrissat, N. & Tokarski, K. (2013). Wachsen oder nicht wachsen – alternative Wachstumsmodelle. KMU Magazin 10/2013, S. 24-28.
Noppeney, C. & Endrissat, N. (2013) Supermärkte als kreative Hotspots. GDI Impuls, 1/2013, S. 80-85.
Noppeney, C. & Endrissat, N. (2013). Mit der Nase in die Kunst. HKB Zeitung, Ausgabe 3/13, November/Dezember, S. 3.
Endrissat, N. (2012). Stabilität durch mehr Freiraum?! Präsenz, Magazin des Fachbereichs Wirtschaft, Februar 2012, S. 4-5.
Endrissat, N. & Noppeney, C. (2012) Sonifikation und Oragnisation. Von Arbeitsliedern und Corporate Songs/Sounds (S. 265- 283). In A. Schoon & A. Volmer (Eds.), Das geschulte Ohr. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Sonifikation. Transkript Verlag.
Endrissat N. & Noppeney, C. (2012) Kästchen und Pfeile. Die Balanced Scorecard als visualisiertes Managementmodell. Präsenz, Magazin des Fachbereichs Wirtschaft, August 2012, S.24-25.
Weiss P. P. & Endrissat, N. (2012). Klänge machen Unternehmen. IO Management, März/April 2012, S. 36-39.
Endrissat, N. (2011). Wege aus der Sandwich Position. IO Management, September/Oktober, 46-49.
Endrissat, N. (2011). Personalführung unter unsicheren Rahmenbedingungen – ein Thema für die öffentliche Verwaltung? SKR Die schweizerische Kommunal-Revue, 3/11, 2-3.
Endrissat, N. (2011). Die Widerspenstigen. In: Kaudela-Baum, S., Nagel, E., Bürkler, P. & Glanzmann, V. (Hrsg.), Führung lernen. Fallstudien zu Führung, Personalmanagement und Organisation. Berlin: Spinger Verlag.
Müller, W. R. & Endrissat, N. (2011). Der Absturz. In: Kaudela-Baum, S., Nagel, E., Bürkler, P. & Glanzmann, V. (Hrsg.), Führung lernen. Fallstudien zu Führung, Personalmanagement und Organisation. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Endrissat (2010). Führung in unsicheren Zeiten. Präsenz, Publikation des Fachbereichs Wirtschaft und Verwaltung der Berner Fachhochschule, Mai 2010, S. 20.
Endrissat, N. & Dievernich, F. E. P. (2010). Organisationale Identität und Pfadabhängigkeit. In Roth, S, Scheiber, L, & Wetzel, R. (Hrsg.), Organisation multimedial. Zum polyphonen Programm der nächsten Organisation (S. 25-57). Heidelberg: Carl Auer Verlag.
Endrissat, N. & Wetzel, R. (2010). Rezensionsnotiz zu 'Managing cuts and new growth'. An innovative approach to change management. In OrganisationsEntwicklung, Nr.1/2010, S. 107-108.
Endrissat, N., Wetzel, R. & Artho, S. (2010). 'Science goes Art' - Wissenstransfer über Methoden der Kunst. Präsenz, Publikation des Fachbereichs Wirtschaft und Verwaltung der Berner Fachhochschule, Mai 2010, S. 21.
Dievernich, F.E.P. & Endrissat, N. (2010). Work-Life-Balance im Demographie-Kontext. Neue Herausforderungen für die Rekrutierung und Bindung von High Potentials. In: Kaiser, S. & Ringlstetter, M. (Hrsg.), Work-Life Balance. Erfolgversprechende Konzepte und Instrumente für Extremjobber (S. 83-99) Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Endrissat, N. (2009). Managing professionals. Gedanken zu einem neuen Führungsverständnis. Präsenz Heft der Berner Fachhochschule, Heft 2/09.
Memberships
External memberships
Academy of Management (AoM)
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
Member of the Editorial Review Board Organization Studies
Member of the Editorial Review Board Journal of Change Management
Awards
Credit Suisse Best Teaching Award (2021)
Agility & New Work (MSc Digital Business Administration)
Shortlisted for the 2025 "That's intersting" Award, EGOS Colloquium
Fur, Feminization, and the Unmaking of Species Borders: Affective Infrastructures of Cat Cafes (with Nuonuo Deng & Yutaka Yamauchi)
Finalist for the 2023 Academy of Management Meeting OB Division Best Paper with International Implications Award
Bringing Place into Meaningful Work: The Case of Location-Independent Work (with Pascal Dey)
Academy of Management Meeting Best Paper Proceedings
The creative self on sale: work experiences of store artists (with Claus Noppeney);
What is the meaning of leadership? A guided tour through a Swiss-German leadership landscape (with W.R. Müller & J. Meissner)
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
- French - Limited working proficiency