vgmsc
Department of Management, Society and Communication
- CBS Sustainability Centre
- Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS)
Verena
Girschik
Associate professor
Room:
DH.Ø.2.28
E-mail:
vg.msc@cbs.dk
517186

Presentation
I am an Assistant Professor in CSR, Communication and Organization. My research explores the intra- and inter-organizational dynamics of CSR. Building on institutional and communication perspectives, I currently focus on two main areas.
- The responsibilities of companies in the contexts of complex societal problems and humanitarian crises. Focusing on dynamics between companies, governments, NGOs, and other societal actors, my research explores how companies negotiate their roles and responsibilites, how they perform them, and to what consequences.
- The role of internal activists in transforming companies from the inside out. I explore the intra-organizational politics of corporate responsibility by asking how internal activists work and under what organizational conditions they may thrive.
Primary research areas
- Corporate responsibility
- Complex societal problems and humanitarian crises
- Institutional change and innovation
- Communication
Social media
Links
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/vgmsc
Courses
Germany as a Global Actor (MSc BLC)
The Corporation in Society (BSc BLC)
International Business, Responsibility and Communication (CM kom)
PhD course: Case-study approaches to theory building
Supervision
I supervise master theses within the scope of my research interests
Publications sorted by:
2023
Jasper J. Hotho; Verena Girschik; Jakob Lutz / How Europe's Largest Companies Supported Humanitarian Relief for Ukraine in 2022
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2023, 16 p.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2023, 16 p.
Report
2022
Anna Stöber; Verena Girschik / Caught between Two Worlds : Constructing the Purposeful Self in a Community of Corporate Change Activists.
Paper presented at 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, 2022
Paper presented at 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, 2022
Paper > peer review
Verena Girschik; Jette Steen Knudsen; Jeremy Moon / Corporations as Governance Actors
Paper presented at SASE 34th Annual Conference 2022, 2022
Paper presented at SASE 34th Annual Conference 2022, 2022
Paper > peer review
Verena Girschik; Liudmyla Svystunova; Evgenia I. Lysova / Transforming Corporate Social Responsibilities : Toward an Intellectual Activist Research Agenda for Micro-CSR Research.
In: Human Relations, Vol. 75, No. 1, 1.2022, p. 3-32
In: Human Relations, Vol. 75, No. 1, 1.2022, p. 3-32
Journal article > peer review
2021
Dennis Schoeneborn; Verena Girschik / Managing CSR Communication
In: Handbook of Management Communication. ed. /François Cooren; Peter Stücheli-Herlach. Berlin : De Gruyter 2021, p. 443-458 (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 16)
In: Handbook of Management Communication. ed. /François Cooren; Peter Stücheli-Herlach. Berlin : De Gruyter 2021, p. 443-458 (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 16)
Book chapter > peer review
Verena Girschik; Jasper J. Hotho / Managing the Unavoidable : New Avenues for Research on MNEs and Societal Crises.
In: A Research Agenda for International Business and Management . ed. /Ödül Bozkurt. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021, p. 175-194
In: A Research Agenda for International Business and Management . ed. /Ödül Bozkurt. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021, p. 175-194
Book chapter > peer review
2020
Verena Girschik / Managing Legitimacy in Business‐driven Social Change : The Role of Relational Work.
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 57, No. 4, 6.2020, p. 775-804
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 57, No. 4, 6.2020, p. 775-804
Journal article > peer review
Verena Girschik / Shared Responsibility for Societal Problems : The Role of Internal Activists in Reframing Corporate Responsibility.
In: Business & Society, Vol. 59, No. 1, 1.2020, p. 34-66
In: Business & Society, Vol. 59, No. 1, 1.2020, p. 34-66
Journal article > peer review
2019
Jasper J. Hotho; Verena Girschik / Corporate Engagement in Humanitarian Action : Concepts, Challenges, and Areas for International Business Research.
In: Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 15, No. 2/3, 2019, p. 201-218
In: Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 15, No. 2/3, 2019, p. 201-218
Journal article > peer review
2016
Verena Girschik / Realizing Corporate Responsibility : Positioning and Framing in Nascent Institutional Change.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [Phd] 2016, 149 p. (PhD series, No. 03.2016)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [Phd] 2016, 149 p. (PhD series, No. 03.2016)
PhD thesis
2016
Verena Girschik; Eva Boxenbaum / Silent Struggles : Framing a New Understanding of Business in Society.
Paper presented at The 32nd EGOS Colloquium 2016, 2016
Paper presented at The 32nd EGOS Colloquium 2016, 2016
Paper > peer review
2015
Verena Girschik / From Aspirational Talk to Actionable Walk : Framing a Vision of Socialized Business.
Abstract from The 2nd Sustainability in a Scandinavian Context Conference 2015, 2015
Abstract from The 2nd Sustainability in a Scandinavian Context Conference 2015, 2015
Conference abstract for conference > peer review
More results... (total 12 results)
2021
Verena Girschik; Jasper J. Hotho; Andreas Rasche / Partnering for Change (P4C) : Novo Nordisk's Partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Danish Red Cross.
Cranfield : Case Centre 2021, 15 p.
Cranfield : Case Centre 2021, 15 p.
Teaching case
2020
Luda Svystunova; Verena Girschik / The Problem with CSR : Why Companies Need to Listen to Their Activist Employees.
Frederiksberg : The Business of Society 13.5.2020
Frederiksberg : The Business of Society 13.5.2020
Net publication - Internet publication
2019
Verena Girschik; Jasper J. Hotho / When Business Is Not as Usual : Why Companies Should Engage with Humanitarian Crises.
Frederiksberg : The Business of Society 11.12.2019
Frederiksberg : The Business of Society 11.12.2019
Net publication - Internet publication
2019
558 forskere og undervisere: Universitetets formålsparagraffer skal skrives med grønt
22/09/2019 // Politiken, Politiken.dk // 558 forskere og undervisere
Research Projects
Outside activities
Currently no outside activities