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Mar­en Gi­er­lich-Joas

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Subjects
Leadership Automatisation Digitalisation Technology Hybrid work

Primary research areas

Di­git­al trans­formation of work and di­git­al work­place tech­no­lo­gies
Ex­plor­ing how di­git­al work­place tech­no­logy like people ana­lyt­ics or pro­cess min­ing change the work­place and work prac­tices for em­ploy­ees and man­agers.
New work ar­range­ments and the role of data
Re­search­ing new work ar­range­ments like hy­brid work and how these are sup­por­ted by datafic­a­tion of work.
Man­age­ment of di­git­al trans­formation
In­vest­ig­at­ing the pro­cess of di­git­al trans­formation and find­ing syn­er­gies between di­git­al and sus­tain­able trans­formation ini­ti­at­ives.

I am fas­cin­ated by di­git­al trans­formation and how it changes work

In my research, I explore topics related to digital transformation, with a particular focus on the transformation of work. I study digital workplace technologies and examine how they influence transparency, privacy, and employee empowerment. My work primarily draws on design science research and qualitative research methods.  

I engage in the Information Systems Community, e.g. by serving as track chair, associate editor, and reviewer in leading conferences and journals. My work has been published in journals such as Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Journal of Business Research, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, and Management Revue, and leading Information System conferences. 

I greatly value collaboration with industry partners and enjoy engaging with companies to explore real-world challenges and co-create innovative solutions. I am also passionate about teaching and truly enjoy engaging with students in the classroom, helping them connect theory with practice. 

Publications

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3 December 2025

Digital Responsibility

Building Bridges Between Organization Theory and Information Systems

Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich

Markus Philipp Zimmer

Stefanie Habersang

Leonhard Dobusch

Ma­ren Gi­er­lich-Joas, Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Elke Schüßler

Benjamin Mueller

Cristina Mihale-Wilson

Julia Zeller-Lanzl

Stephan Bohn

Marc-Fabian Körner

Georg von Richthofen

Ali Aslan Gümüsay
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17 November 2025

How Companies Navigate the (Un)Charted Waters of Digital Transformation

Christian Sciuk

Simon Engert

Ma­ren Gi­er­lich-Joas, Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Thomas Hess
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2 November 2025

When Technology Becomes an Ideological Battleground

How Data Ideology Affects Affordance Actualization in People Analytics

Joschka Andreas Hüllmann

Ma­ren Gi­er­lich-Joas, Tenure Track Assistant Professor

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