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Research profile
Marita Svane holds the position of associate professor in organizations, leadership and HRM at Aalborg University Business School. She holds a Ph.D. in intercultural organizational relations and is a member of the research group SOM (Strategising, Organising, and Management).
Marita Svane’s research profile lies at the intersection of organization, leadership, and communication with a focus on organizational storytelling and material discourses, meaningful work, ethics and responsibility, as well as sustainability and sustainability communication.
In various research projects, she has studied organizational changes with a special interest in the dynamics of organizational storytelling, identity constructions, and multi-voiced sensemaking and how these dynamics influence on our working lives and meaningful work. Moreover, she is interested in critically studying how power, dialogue, and ethics play out in the encounter between employee living stories and dominating organizational and strategic narratives. One of her core ambitions is to encourage an open space for critical reflexive thinking and explorative and experimental actions at a local, micro level within the organization to release it from organizational closure.
In her research activities, she works closely with organizations and practitioners in relational and reflexive ways. Over the years, she has participated in multiple seminars, workshops, and conferences, where academics and practitioners from municipalities, regions, and companies have participated to share insights and perspectives as part of management learning.
For several years, Marita Svane was employed in the financial sector as an HR business partner and gained considerable real-life experience in working with and facilitating strategic HRM practices, leadership development, organizational development, and strategy processes.
She has a long experience in problem-based teaching and learning in the graduate and executive programs at Aalborg University Business School. For several years, she held the position of coordinator of the master's program in Organization & Strategy and coordinates various modules at the master's level as well as in executive programs.
Currently, Marita Svane works on two research projects related to the financial sector. In one of the projects, she focuses on how to manage and make sense of organizational crises fuelled by moral scandals, including issues such as trust, organizational identity, and ethics. In the other project, she studies how the organization makes sense of digitalization at various hierarchical levels and how sensemaking processes brake down the strategy of digitalizing. In an upcoming project in the textile industry, Marita Svane will focus on sustainability, ethics, and sustainability communication.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Management and Organization
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Collaborations from the last five years
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CREATE: Circular Economy in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry
Rana, M. B., Rana, M. B., Rana, M. B., Whitfield, L., Allen, M., Sørensen, O. J., Khan, M., Louise Syrett, H., Larsen, M. V., Eduardsen, J. S. & Svane, M.
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2027
Project: Research
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Den Personlige Bank i En Digital Verden
Match Making, AAU og nordjysk erhvervsliv
01/05/2019 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research
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Trust, Identitity, and Ethics in The Financial Sector
Svane, M., Frandsen, S., Arvidsson, S., Morsing, M. & Humle, D.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research
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NIV: Netværk for Iværksætteri og Jobskabelse i Kattegat-Skagerak regionen
01/08/2017 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research
Research output
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Formal ethics, content ethics and relational ethics: Three approaches to constructing ethical sales cultures and identities in retail banking
Svane, M. & Frandsen, S., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 189, 2, p. 269-286 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
A “Terrestrial Ethics” of Storymaking for Sustainable Enterprise
Jørgensen, K. M., Svane, M. & Boje, D. M., 2023, A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling: Set 2: Methodologies and Big Data Analysis of Business Storytelling. Jørgensen, K. M. (ed.). London: World Scientific, Vol. 2. p. 215–240Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Research › peer-review
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Enabling a Turn Forward Relational Process Ontologies via Grounded Theory: Creating Theories that Perform Better Organizations
Boje, D., Sailors, R., Svane, M., Cai Hillon, Y. & Saylors, J., 2023, A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling: Set 2: Methodologies and Big Data Analysis of Business Storytelling. Shufutinsky, A., Svane, M. & Boje, D. (eds.). London: World Scientific, Vol. 5. p. 13-47Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Research › peer-review
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Fem tilgange til forandringsledelse - eksemplificeret gennem tre afdelingslederes tilgange og erfaringer
Pedersen, L. M. & Svane, M., 24 Aug 2023, Organisation: Fra teori til praksis. Voxted, S. (ed.). Djøf Forlag, p. 269-293 24 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Introduction to Grounding Methodology Volume of Business Storytelling
Shufutinsky, A., Svane, M. & Boje, D. M., 2023, Business Storytelling and Grounding Methodology. Shufutinsky, A., Svane, M. & Boje, D. (eds.). London: World Scientific, Vol. 5. p. 1-11 12 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Udvikling af ansvarlighed og mere etiske salgskulturer i organisationer
Marita Svane (Lecturer)
7 Mar 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Identity Construction and Meaningful - Meaningless Work
Marita Svane (Lecturer)
6 Jul 2023 → 8 Jul 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Marita Svane (Peer reviewer)
3 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Northeastern University Qualitative Research Conference on Organizational Sciences
Marita Svane (Participant)
1 Mar 2023Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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SOS-netværket (social organisatorisk bæredygtighed/Social Organizational Sustainability) (Event)
Mia Thyregod Rasmussen (Member), Lone Hersted (Chairperson), Peter Kastberg (Member), Lise-Lotte Holmgreen (Member), Søren Frimann (Member), Ann Starbæk Bager (Member), John G. McClellan (Member), Jochen Hoffmann (Member), Louise Møller Pedersen (Member), Thorkild Kristian Olsen (Member), Marita Svane (Member) & Magnus Rahbæk Finderup Andersen (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Memberships › Membership of research networks or expert groups