C.C. (Claudia) Kitz, Dr
Assistant Professor
Expertise
My primary research interest revolves around bad news in organizational life and an individual's career context, such as (mass) layoffs, denied promotions, or negative performance evaluations. I am investigating bad news across different levels of analysis, combining individual, organizational, and industry-level processes. To study this, I employ various methodological approaches, including (natural) experiments, and extensive data collection and analysis techniques such as web scraping, machine learning, or large language models. I have a particular focus on exploring how positive outcomes can be encouraged, how employees adapt their careers following negative career shocks, and how organizations face reputational issues. In other lines of research, I explore how 1) self-regulation impacts leadership effectiveness, 2) how a combination of individual- and context-related variables promotes resilience in leaders, or 3) how organizations benefit from adapting their diversity practices to support their aging workforce.
Other positions
Lecturer, Faculty of Management and Law, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
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