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Prof. Dr. Jane Lê

Lehrstuhl für Strategisches Management

E-Mail: jane.le[at]whu.edu

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Überblick

Jane Lê ist Professorin für strategisches Management. In ihrer Forschung untersucht sie, welche Strategien Organisationen in komplexen Situationen verfolgen, insbesondere wie sie dabei unterschiedlichste, auch widersprüchliche Zielsetzungen in Einklang bringen. Jane Lê ist Mitglied des Herausgeberbeirats der Zeitschriften Organization Studies, Strategic Organization und Organizational Research Methods (Mitherausgeberin 2020-2024).

Forschungsinteressen

Internationales Ansehen genießt Professor Jane Lê für ihre Arbeit zu strategischer Komplexität und zum Umgang von Organisationen mit vielfältigen, konkurrierenden Zielen. Zurzeit beschäftigt sie sich schwerpunktmäßig mit den folgenden drei Forschungsrichtungen:     

  • Strategie in der Praxis
    Jane Lê untersucht, wie Menschen in und um Organisationen Strategien tatsächlich umsetzen. Ihre Arbeit wird durch Mittel des ESRC und der British Academy gefördert und wurde bereits in führenden Zeitschriften wie Academy of Management Journal und Organization Science veröffentlicht.
  • Paradox in Organisationen
    Ziel dieser Forschungsrichtung ist ein besseres Verständnis, wie es Menschen gelingt, sowohl innerhalb ihrer Organisation als auch organisationsübergreifend unterschiedlichste und konkurrierende Ziele zu verfolgen. Diese Arbeit wird durch den ARC Discovery Grant (2016-2019) gefördert, wurde in wichtigen Leitfäden und Zeitschriften wie Organization Studies und Strategic Organization publiziert, erhielt 2018 den SO! WHAT Best Paper Award und wurde 2017 von der Redaktion der Zeitschrift Organization Studies empfohlen.
  • Methodik der Organisationsforschung
    Jane Lê begeistert sich besonders für qualitative Forschung und die entsprechenden Forschungsmethoden. Sie hat Schriften zu verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten des Forschungsprozesses verfasst, unter anderem zu Datenbeschaffung und -analyse, zu den Besonderheiten der Prozessforschung, zur Untersuchung von Paradox sowie zu CAQDAS. Ihre jüngste Forschungsarbeit stellt die Anwendung von Forschungsmethoden in den Fokus, so zum Beispiel welche Forschungsdesigns verwendet und wie Methoden erneuert werden. Jane Lê ist Mitglied des Editorial Boards der Zeitschrift Organizational Research Methods und wird 2020 deren Mitherausgeberin.

Aktuelle Publikationen von Prof. Dr. Jane Lê

Academy of Management Collections

Two decades of revolutionizing strategy research

Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J., Seidl, D., Vaara, E. (2025), Two decades of revolutionizing strategy research: how strategy-as-practice illuminates the complex, dynamic and consequential ways of doing strategy., Academy of Management Collections, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 55-76.

Academy of Management Learning & Education

Uncomfortable but developmental

Vongswasdi, P., Leroy, H. L., Menges, J., Lê, J. (2025), Uncomfortable but developmental: how mindfulness moderates the impact of negative emotions on learning, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 197–223.

Organizational Research Methods

Feature topic for ORM

Köhler, T., Smith, A., Greckhamer, T., Lê, J. (2025), Feature topic for ORM: advanced analytic approaches to theorize from qualitative research, Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 28 (2), pp. 330 - 334.

Academy of Management Journal

Triggers,traps and disconnect

Couture, F., Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J. (2023), Triggers,traps and disconnect: how governance obstacles hinder progress on grand challenges, Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 66 (6), pp. 1651 - 1680.

Human Resource Development Review

Using interpretive methods to unleash the potential of human resource development

Lê, J., Bednarek, R. (2023), Using interpretive methods to unleash the potential of human resource development, Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 22 (2), pp. 163-172.

Organizational Research Methods

The practice of innovating research methods

Lê, J., Schmid, T. (2022), The practice of innovating research methods, Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 25 (2), pp. 308-336.

Journal of Management Inquiry

A curated debate

Gioia, D., Corley, K., Eisenhardt, K., Feldman, M., Langley, A., Lê, J., Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Mees-Buss, J., Piekkari, R., Ravasi, D., Rerup, C., Schmid, T., Silverman, D., Welch, C. (2022), A curated debate: on using “templates” in qualitative research, Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 31 (3), pp. 231–252.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

The generative potential of Luhmann's theorizing for paradox research

Seidl, D., Lê, J., Jarzabkowski, P. (2021), The generative potential of Luhmann's theorizing for paradox research: decision paradox and deparadoxization, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 73b, pp. 49-64.

Journal of Management Inquiry

The lived experience of paradox

Pradies, C., Aust-Gronarz, I., Bednarek, R., Brandl, J., Carmine, S., Cheal, J., Pina E Cunha, M., Gaim, M., Keegan, A., Lê, J., Miron-Spektor, E., Nielsen, R. K., Pouthier, V., Sharma, G., Sparr, J. L., Vince, R., Keller, J. (2021), The lived experience of paradox: how individuals navigate tensions during the pandemic crisis, Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 154-167.

Academy of Management Journal

The social practice of coevolving strategy and structure to realize mandated radical change

Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J., Balogun, J. (2019), The social practice of coevolving strategy and structure to realize mandated radical change, Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 62 (3), pp. 850-882.

Organization Studies

We have to do this and that? You must be joking

Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J. (2017), We have to do this and that? You must be joking: constructing and responding to paradox through humor, Organization Studies, Vol. 38 (2018-04-03), pp. 433-462.

Organization Studies

Selling the object of strategy

Balogun, J., Best, K., Lê, J. (2015), Selling the object of strategy: how frontline workers realize strategy through their daily work, Organization Studies, Vol. 36, pp. 1285-1313.

British Journal of Management

The role of task and process conflict in strategizing

Lê, J., Jarzabkowski, P. (2015), The role of task and process conflict in strategizing, British Journal of Management, Vol. 26, pp. 439-462.

British Journal of Management

Materializing strategy and strategizing material

Dameron, S., Lê, J., Lebaron, C. (2015), Materializing strategy and strategizing material: why matter matters, British Journal of Management, Vol. 26 (Supplement), pp. 1-12.

Strategic Organization

Producing persuasive findings

Jarzabkowski, P., Bednarek, R., Lê, J. (2014), Producing persuasive findings: demystifying ethnographic textwork in strategy and organization research, Strategic Organization, Vol. 12, pp. 274-287.

Academy of Management Collections

Two decades of revolutionizing strategy research

Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J., Seidl, D., Vaara, E. (2025), Two decades of revolutionizing strategy research: how strategy-as-practice illuminates the complex, dynamic and consequential ways of doing strategy., Academy of Management Collections, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 55-76.

Academy of Management Learning & Education

Uncomfortable but developmental

Vongswasdi, P., Leroy, H. L., Menges, J., Lê, J. (2025), Uncomfortable but developmental: how mindfulness moderates the impact of negative emotions on learning, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 197–223.

Organizational Research Methods

Feature topic for ORM

Köhler, T., Smith, A., Greckhamer, T., Lê, J. (2025), Feature topic for ORM: advanced analytic approaches to theorize from qualitative research, Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 28 (2), pp. 330 - 334.

Academy of Management Journal

Triggers,traps and disconnect

Couture, F., Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J. (2023), Triggers,traps and disconnect: how governance obstacles hinder progress on grand challenges, Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 66 (6), pp. 1651 - 1680.

Human Resource Development Review

Using interpretive methods to unleash the potential of human resource development

Lê, J., Bednarek, R. (2023), Using interpretive methods to unleash the potential of human resource development, Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 22 (2), pp. 163-172.

Organizational Research Methods

The practice of innovating research methods

Lê, J., Schmid, T. (2022), The practice of innovating research methods, Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 25 (2), pp. 308-336.

Journal of Management Inquiry

A curated debate

Gioia, D., Corley, K., Eisenhardt, K., Feldman, M., Langley, A., Lê, J., Golden-Biddle, K., Locke, K., Mees-Buss, J., Piekkari, R., Ravasi, D., Rerup, C., Schmid, T., Silverman, D., Welch, C. (2022), A curated debate: on using “templates” in qualitative research, Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 31 (3), pp. 231–252.

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

The generative potential of Luhmann's theorizing for paradox research

Seidl, D., Lê, J., Jarzabkowski, P. (2021), The generative potential of Luhmann's theorizing for paradox research: decision paradox and deparadoxization, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 73b, pp. 49-64.

Journal of Management Inquiry

The lived experience of paradox

Pradies, C., Aust-Gronarz, I., Bednarek, R., Brandl, J., Carmine, S., Cheal, J., Pina E Cunha, M., Gaim, M., Keegan, A., Lê, J., Miron-Spektor, E., Nielsen, R. K., Pouthier, V., Sharma, G., Sparr, J. L., Vince, R., Keller, J. (2021), The lived experience of paradox: how individuals navigate tensions during the pandemic crisis, Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 154-167.

Academy of Management Journal

The social practice of coevolving strategy and structure to realize mandated radical change

Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J., Balogun, J. (2019), The social practice of coevolving strategy and structure to realize mandated radical change, Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 62 (3), pp. 850-882.

Organization Studies

We have to do this and that? You must be joking

Jarzabkowski, P., Lê, J. (2017), We have to do this and that? You must be joking: constructing and responding to paradox through humor, Organization Studies, Vol. 38 (2018-04-03), pp. 433-462.

Organization Studies

Selling the object of strategy

Balogun, J., Best, K., Lê, J. (2015), Selling the object of strategy: how frontline workers realize strategy through their daily work, Organization Studies, Vol. 36, pp. 1285-1313.

British Journal of Management

The role of task and process conflict in strategizing

Lê, J., Jarzabkowski, P. (2015), The role of task and process conflict in strategizing, British Journal of Management, Vol. 26, pp. 439-462.

British Journal of Management

Materializing strategy and strategizing material

Dameron, S., Lê, J., Lebaron, C. (2015), Materializing strategy and strategizing material: why matter matters, British Journal of Management, Vol. 26 (Supplement), pp. 1-12.

Strategic Organization

Producing persuasive findings

Jarzabkowski, P., Bednarek, R., Lê, J. (2014), Producing persuasive findings: demystifying ethnographic textwork in strategy and organization research, Strategic Organization, Vol. 12, pp. 274-287.

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