{"id":1597,"date":"2023-11-15T15:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/unkategorisiert\/prof-dr-bernadette-loacker.html"},"modified":"2024-03-18T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:10:29","slug":"prof-dr-bernadette-loacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/our-university\/team-en\/professors\/prof-dr-bernadette-loacker.html","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Bernadette Loacker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the university since<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focus on teaching<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Managing People<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employment Relations &amp; Organization of Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizational Change &amp; Learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leadership theories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizational Behavior &amp; Organization Theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methodology &amp; empirical social research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study Skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research interests and fields<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Critical management and organizational theories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changes in the organization of work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Processes of professional identity and subjectivity formation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social and organizational power relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethical practices in organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creativity and organization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualitative social research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic training and further education<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Associate Professor at the Department of Organization, Work and Technology, University of Lancaster, Great Britain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postdoctoral Researcher\/Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration, Management &amp; Organization Studies Group, Lund University, Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, Division of Behavioral Science Management, WU Vienna, Austria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research Assistant at the Institute for Organization and Learning, University of Innsbruck, Austria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD in Management &amp; Organization at the Institute for Organization and Learning, University of Innsbruck, Austria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Degree in Social and Economic Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical experience<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Training as a systemic psychotherapist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work experience in several psychosocial institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freelance teaching at various European universities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member of the international editorial collective and open-access journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ephemerajournal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n  <em>ephemera: theory and politics in organization<\/em>\n<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership in several &#8216;professional bodies&#8217;, including: European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS), Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regular reviewer for journals in the field of management and organizational research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regular participation in conferences and public events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications (selection)<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Journal articles (peer-reviewed)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Loacker, B. (forthcoming). Challenging thought at <em>ephemera<\/em>: An attempt to think and organize differently. <em>ephemera: theory &amp; politics in organization<\/em>, 21(4).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2021). Entrepreneurship and the struggle over order and coherence: A thematic reading of Robert Musil&#8217;s <em>The Man without Qualities<\/em>. <em>Culture and Organization<\/em>, DOI: 10.1080\/14759551.2020.1861451.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeanes, E., Loacker, B. and Sliwa, M. (2019). Complexities, challenges and implications of collaborative work within a regime of performance measurement: The case of management and organization studies. <em>Studies in Higher Education<\/em>, 44(9): 1539-1553.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. and Sliwa, M. (2018). Beyond bureaucracy and entrepreneurialism: Examining the multiple discursive codes informing the work, careers and subjectivities of management graduates. <em>Culture and Organization<\/em>, 24(5): 426-450.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeanes, E., Loacker, B. and Sliwa, M. (2018). Revisiting struggles over gender inequalities: An account of three academics. <em>M@n@gement<\/em>, 21(3): 1100-1104.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. and Sliwa, M. (2016). &#8216;Moving to stay in the same place? Academics and theatrical artists as exemplars of the &#8216;mobile middle&#8217;. <em>Organization<\/em>, 23(5): 657-679.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. and Sullivan, R. (2016). The liminality of branding: Interweaving discourses &#8216;making up&#8217; a cultural intermediary occupation. <em>Marketing Theory<\/em>, 16(3): 361-382.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. and Peters, L. (2015). &#8216;Come on, get happy!&#8217;: Exploring absurdity and sites of alternate ordering in Twin Peaks. <em>ephemera: theory &amp; politics in organization<\/em>, 15(3): 621-649.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kattenbach, R., Schneidhofer, T., Latzke, M., Loacker, B., L\u00fccke, J., Schramm, F. and Mayrhofer, W. (2014). A quarter of a century of job transitions in Germany. <em>Journal of Vocational Behavior<\/em>, 84: 49-58.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2013). Modulated power structures in the arts and their subjectivity-constituting effects: An exploration of the ethical self-relations of performative artists. <em>Business and Professional Ethics Journal<\/em>, 32(2): 21-48.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2013). Becoming culturpreneur: How the neoliberal &#8216;regime of truth&#8217; affects and redefines artistic subject positions. <em>Culture and Organization<\/em>, 19(2): 124-145.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. and Muhr, S.L. (2009). &#8216;How can I become a responsible subject? Towards a practice-based ethics of responsiveness. <em>Journal of Business Ethics<\/em>, 90(2): 265-277.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laske, S., Lederbauer, D., Loacker, B. and Meister-Scheytt, C. (2007). Key points for the successful work of university councils. Conclusions from a real-life experiment. <em>The Higher Education System<\/em>, 55(3): 66-74.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B., Weiskopf, R. and Auer, M. (2006). Areas of tension in personnel policy at universities &#8211; the example of the Austrian university reform. <em>Journal of Higher Education Management<\/em>, 3(1): 57-63.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weiskopf, R. and Loacker, B. (2006). &#8216;A snake&#8217;s coils are even more intricate than a mole&#8217;s burrow&#8217;: Individualization and subjectivation in postdisciplinary regimes of work. <em>Management Review<\/em>, 17(4): 395-419.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Loacker, B., Heinrichs, R. and Weiskopf, R. (eds.) (2019). Speaking truth to power? The ethico-politics of whistleblowing in mass-mediated societies. <strong>\n  <em>ephemera: theory &amp; politics in organization<\/em>\n<\/strong>, 19(4): 671-696.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chertkovskaya, E. and Loacker, B. (eds.) (2016). Consumption of work and the work of consumption. <strong>\n  <em>ephemera: theory &amp; politics in organization<\/em>\n<\/strong>, 16(3): 1-18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeanes, E., Loacker, B., Sliwa, M. and Weiskopf, R. (eds.) (2015). Mobilities in contemporary worlds of work and organizing. <strong>\n  <em>ephemera: theory &amp; politics in organization<\/em>\n<\/strong>, 15(4): 705-723.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hoedemaekers, C., Loacker, B. and Pedersen, M. (eds.) (2012). The commons and their im\/possibilities. <strong>\n  <em>ephemera: theory &amp; politics in organization<\/em>\n<\/strong>, 12(4): 378-385.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book contributions and monograph<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Loacker, B. and Pecis, L. (forthcoming). Complexities of managing people and change: The case of a &#8216;recycling and recovery&#8217; organization: In Burrell, G. Deville, J., Introna, L., Latham, Y. (eds.): <em>A handbook for the critical analysis of organizations, work and technology.<\/em> Bristol: Bristol University Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alvesson, M. and Loacker, B. (2016). Critical management studies. In Dahlgaard-Park, S.M. (ed.): <em>The SAGE encyclopedia of quality and the service economy<\/em>. London: Sage: 102-106.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandberg, J., Loacker, B. and Alvesson, M. (2015). Conceptions of process in organization and management: The case of organizational identity. In Garud, R., Simpson, B., Langley, A. and Tsoukas, H. (eds.): <em>The emergence of novelty in organizations<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 318-343.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeanes, E., Loacker, B. and Sliwa, M. (2014). Researcher collaboration: Learning from experience. In Huzzard T. and Jeanes, E. (eds.): <em>Critical management research: Reflections from the field<\/em>. London: Sage: 59-89.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B., Weller, M., Staberhofer, P., Edlinger, G. and Thoma, M. (2013). Questioning the tried and tested and established. In Hendrich, F. (ed.):  <em>Ethics and\/or management. On the 60th birthday of Ursula Hendrich-Schneider<\/em>. Graz: Nausner&amp;Nausner: 185-195.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2011). &#8216;Be Creative!&#8217; &#8211; Cultural organizations and artists as pioneers of deregulated working and living environments? In Fonds Darstellende K\u00fcnste (ed.):  <em>Report Performing Arts. Economic, social and labor law situation of theater and dance professionals in Germany<\/em>. Essen: Klartext Verlag: 341-394.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2010).  <em>&#8216;Creatively precarious&#8217;: Artistic work and subjectivity in post-Fordism.<\/em>  Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (pp. 304).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2009). Artists, role models of a deconstructed working world? Working and organizational practices of a theater ensemble. In Walch, S. and Eberharter, A. (eds.): <em>Experiencing leadership in stressful situations<\/em>. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press: 25-50.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loacker, B. (2008). Performance and creativity: Practices of organizing work within an independent theatre. In Gstraunthaler, T. and Messner, M. (eds.): <em>Performance in context: Perspectives from management research<\/em>. 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