Dr.
Sabrina Weber
Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Human Resources Research at Pforzheim University since 2014.
Teaching at Pforzheim University Business School since 2015 includes qualitative research methods (BSc, MSc), quantitative research methods (MSc), and employment and industrial relations (MSc).
Baden-Württemberg certificate for university didactics since 2017.
Research experience in the areas of European integration and governance, industrial relations, changing world of work, and equal opportunities in business and science.
Profound expertise in research on European Sectoral Social Dialogue investigating the problems and prospects of different outcomes for implementation. Partner in the research projects SPEEED (2016–2018) and HEROS (2021–2023) funded by the European Commission.
Other current research activities in the field of sustainable HRM, agile organizations, and innovation in SMEs.
Changing world of work, sustainable HRM, agile organizations, industrial and employment relations, equal opportunities, European integration and governance
Qualitative research methods, industrial and employment relations
Journal article
GALETTO, M., WEBER, S., LARSSON, B., BECHTER, B., PROSSER, T. (2023). “You see similarities more than differences after a while”. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations Journal, 54 (2), 167–185.
WEBER, S., BECHTER, B., GALETTO, M., GUOBAITE, R., BLAZIENE, I., HILTUNEN, L., LARSSON, B., PANKOW, M., CZARZASTY, J., ... OWCZAREK, D. (2023). Social partners and OSH. A multilevel and cross-country exploration in the hospital and social services sectors. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 69 (4), 253-277.
PROSSER, T., BECHTER, B., GALETTO, M., WEBER, S., LARSSON, B. (2022). Institutions or resources and capabilities?. Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue. ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY, 43 (3), 1420–1439.
REISCHL, A., WEBER, S., FISCHER, S., LANG-KOETZ, C. (2022). Contextual Ambidexterity: Tackling the Exploitation and Exploration Dilemma of Innovation Management in SMEs. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 19 (2), 2250006. doi:10.1142/S0219877022500067.
BECHTER, B., WEBER, S., GALETTO, M., LARSSON, B., PROSSER, T. (2021). Opening the black box: Actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 27 (3), 269–288. doi:10.1177/09596801211000012.
LARSSON, B., GALETTO, M., WEBER, S., BECHTER, B., PROSSER, T. (2020). What’s the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue?. Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal, 51 (5), 410–426.
WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A., FISCHER, S. (2018). Agilität in Organisationen – welche Herausforderungen sehen Führungskräfte? Personal quarterly : Wissenschaftsjournal für die Personalpraxis, 70 (3), 24–29.
SCHMITZ, A., WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A., FISCHER, S. (2018). Agiles Talentmanagement. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 20 (3), 25–33.
FISCHER, S., WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A. (2017). Agilität heißt …. Personalmagazin : Management, Recht und Organisation (4), 40–43.
FISCHER, S., WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A. (2017). Was steckt hinter Agilität? Wirtschaft + Weiterbildung (5), pp. 26–29.
FISCHER, S., WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A. (2017). Wie Organisationen agil werden. Personalmagazin : Management, Recht und Organisation (6), 46–49.
FISCHER, S., WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A. (2017). So trägt HR zur Agilität bei. Personalmagazin : Management, Recht und Organisation (8), 42–45.
KELLER, B., WEBER, S. (2011). Sectoral social dialogue at EU level: Problems and prospects of implementation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 17 (3), 227–244.
WEBER, S. (2010). Sectoral social dialogue at EU level – recent results and implementation challenges. Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 16 (4), 479–507.
WEBER, S. (2008). Autonome Sozialdialoge auf EU-Ebene. Zur Problematik der Implementation von „Texten der neuen Generation“. Industrielle Beziehungen, 15 (1), 53–75.
Book/Monograph/Ebook
LANG-KOETZ, C., REISCHL, A., FISCHER, S., WEBER, S., KUSCH, A. (2023). Ambidextres Innovationsmanagement in KMU. Praxisnahe Konzepte und Methoden. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
FISCHER, S., EIREINER, C., WEBER, S. (2019). Nachhaltiges HR-Management: Konzepte - Rollen - Handlungsempfehlungen. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.
WEBER, S. (2013). Sektorale Sozialdialoge auf EU-Ebene. Supranationale und nationale Perspektiven. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Chapter in Book
WEBER, S., REISCHL, A., FISCHER, S., LANG-KOETZ, C. (2023). Kompetenzen für das Innovationsmanagement. Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen aus KMU. In Kauffeld, Simone; Rothenbusch, Sandra (Eds.), Kompetenzen von Mitarbeitenden in der digitalisierten Arbeitswelt. Chancen und Risiken für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (pp. 119–138). Springer.
BOSCH, N., BRANDENBURG, N., ENZLER, S., FISCHER, S., KHO, N., LANG-KOETZ, C., LUGER, M., MAIER, P., REICHMANN, S., REISCHL, A., WEBER, S., WITZKE, M., ... ZWIRNER, T. (2022). Neue Wege für das Innovationsmanagement in KMU durch Blended Learning und firmenübergreifenden Austausch. In Nitsch, V.; Brandl, C.; Häußling, R.; Lemm, J.; Gries, T.; Schmenk, B. (Eds.), Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt im Mittelstand 1 (pp. 133–171). Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
ZIMMERMANN, A., WEBER, S., FISCHER, S. (2017). Der Weg zum agilen Unternehmen. In Schwuchow, K., Gutmann, J. (Eds.), HR-Trends 2018: Strategie, Kultur, Innovation, Konzepte (pp. 219–232). Haufe-Lexware.
FISCHER, S., WEBER, S., ZIMMERMANN, A. (2015). Talentmanagement 2020: Die Generation Y im Unternehmen. In Gutmann, J., Schwuchow, K. (Eds.), Personalentwicklung 2016: Themen, Trends, Best Practices (pp. 257–366). Haufe Verlag.
WEBER, S., WIEGEL, C., BUSOLT, U. (2014). The German business enterprise sector: Career paths in research and development (R&D). In Thege, B.; Popescu-Willigmann, S.; Pioch, R.; Badri-Höher, S. (Eds.), Paths to Career and Success for Women in Science. Findings from International Research (pp. 241–260). Springer VS.
WIEGEL, C., WEBER, S., BUSOLT, U. (2014). ForscherInnen und ErfinderInnen in der deutschen Privatwirtschaft. In Langfeldt, B.; Mischau, A. (Eds.), Strukturen, Kulturen und Spielregeln. Faktoren erfolgreicher Berufsverläufe von Frauen und Männern in MINT. (pp. 112–132). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
WEBER, S., WIEGEL, C. (2013). Karriereverläufe in Forschung und Entwicklung. Rahmenbedingungen und Chancengleichheit in Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Forschung. In Busolt, U.; Weber, S.; Wiegel, C.; Kronsbein, W. (Eds.), Karriereverläufe in Forschung und Entwicklung – Bedingungen und Perspektiven im Spannungsfeld von Organisation und Individuum. (pp. 1–12). Logos.
KRONSBEIN, W., WEBER, S., BUSOLT, U. (2013). «… und dann hat man ein schönes ,Baby‘!» Innovationskultur in Erfinderinnen-Teams. In Sagebiel, F. (Eds.), Organisationskultur und Macht. Veränderungspotenziale und Gender (pp. 95–111). LIT Verlag.
WEBER, S. (2010). Sektorale Sozialdialoge als europäisches Mehrebenensystem: Regulierung durch private Akteure. In Busch, K. (Eds.), Wirtschaftliche und soziale Integration in der Europäischen Union. Handlungsräume für korporative Akteure (pp. 153–176). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Scientific Paper/Report
BECHTER, B., BOZDEMIR, G., GALETTO, M., LARSSON, B., PROSSER, T., WEBER, S. (2018). Social Partner Engagement and Effectiveness in European Dialogue – SPEEED. Final report. (Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations, VP/2016/0092).
Editor (Book, Proceeding)
BUSOLT, U., WEBER, S., WIEGEL, C., KRONSBEIN, W. (2013). Karriereverläufe in Forschung und Entwicklung – Bedingungen und Perspektiven im Spannungsfeld von Organisation und Individuum. Logos.
Participation in a project funded from companies and/or private institutions
2023 - 2024
Employee Listening
Germany
2018
SAP Organisational Design and Effectiveness (SAP ODE)
Germany
2016
Germany
Other administrative responsibility in academic service
2022 - 2025
Deputy Member of the Committee for Safeguarding Good Research Practice
Germany
since 2021
Member of the Ethics Committee at Pforzheim University
Germany
Presentation at a Conference
2022
Sozialer Dialog auf EU-Ebene in den Bereichen Krankenhäuser und soziale Dienstleistungen: Akteure, Prozesse und Ergebnisse. Paper presented at the GIRA (German Industrial Relations Association) Annual Conference "Transnational Industrial Relations", Bochum/Germany, October 2022
Germany
2021
Between institutions and Communities of Practice: A reading of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Paper presented at the 19th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress “Making and Breaking Boundaries in Work and Employment Relations”, June 2021, Lund/Sweden, online (with M. Galetto, B. Larsson, B. Bechter, T. Prosser).
Sweden
2020
Contextual ambidexterity: Tackling the exploitation and exploration dilemma in SMEs through two different innovation management approaches. Paper presented at The ISPIM Innovation Conference - Innovating in Times of Crisis, June 2020, online (with A. Reischl, C. Lang-Koetz, S. Fischer)
Germany
2019
European sectoral social dialogue after EU enlargement: New actors’ old problems? Paper presented at the Industrial Relations in Europe (IREC) Conference “Transnational Labour Markets and Industrial Relations”, Bielefeld/Germany, September 2019 (with B. Bechter, T. Prosser, M. Galetto, B. Larsson)
Germany
2019
Opening the black box: practices and processes in European sectoral social dialogue. Paper presented at the 12th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Regional Congress “Perspectives of Employment Relations in Europe”, Dusseldorf/Germany, September 2019 (with B. Bechter, M. Galetto, B. Larsson, T. Prosser)
Germany
2019
Agile organizations in an era of digitalization – impacts on leadership and HRM practices. Paper presented at the 12th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Regional Congress “Perspectives of Employment Relations in Europe”, Dusseldorf/Germany, September 2019
Germany
2019
Multi-national enterprises and European social dialogue after enlargement – opportunism in asymmetric relationships. Paper presented at the 14th ESA (European Sociological Association) “Europe and beyond: boundaries, barriers and belonging”, Manchester/UK, August 2019 (with B. Bechter, T. Prosser, B. Larsson, M. Galetto).
United Kingdom
2018
European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Insight into the experiences of Germany, Italy and Sweden: So far away, so close? Paper presented at the Industrial Relations in Europe (IREC) Conference “Employment relations in the 21st century: Challenges for interdisciplinary research in a changing world of work”, Leuven/Belgium, September 2018 (with M. Galetto, B. Larsson, B. Bechter, T. Prosser)
Belgium
2018
European sectoral social dialogue for better employment conditions – coordinating interests in the private and public sector. Paper presented at the 18th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress “Employment for a Sustainable Society: What Is To Be Done?“, Seoul/South Korea, July 2018 (with B. Bechter)
South Korea
2017
Effective dialogue? Notions of 'effectiveness' in the multilevel system of European (sectoral) social dialogue. Paper presented at the Industrial Relations in Europe (IREC) Conference “Industrial relations in Europe: between core and peripheries”, Warsaw/Poland, September 2017
Poland
2016
A new role for HRM through sustainability? Findings from an explorative study. Paper presented at the 11th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Regional Congress “The future of representation“, Milan/Italy, September 2016 (with S. Fischer)
Italy
2016
European sectoral social dialogue through the lens of agency theory. Paper presented at the 11th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Regional Congress “The future of representation“, Milan/Italy, September 2016
Italy
2015
Nachhaltigkeit und Human Resource Management. Erste Ergebnisse der qualitativen Untersuchung im Projekt „Beyond Business Partner: Die neue Rolle des HRM durch Nachhaltigkeit in Unternehmen – nHRM“. Kurzbericht aus laufendem Forschungsprojekt bei der 13. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Empirische Personal- und Organisationsforschung (AKempor) „Die Erklärung der Personalpolitik“, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, November 2015 (with S. Fischer)
Germany
2015
One voice? The interplay between social partners at the EU and the national level in European sectoral social dialogue. Paper presented at the Industrial Relations in Europe (IREC) Conference “Converging or diverging industrial relations in Europe?”, Gothenburg/Sweden, September 2015
Sweden
Presentation/Speech
2022
Affective Commitment in Early Childhood Education and Care. Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Stuttgart, July 2022
Germany
2019
InnoDiZ – ein Werkstattbericht. Dies Academicus der Hochschule Pforzheim, November 2019 (with A. Reischl)
Germany
2018
European social dialogue in the hospital sector. HOSPEEM / EPSU Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector. Brussels/Belgium, June 2018 (with B. Bechter and M. Galetto)
Belgium
2017
Workshop Capturing evidence of impact. European Commission, DG EMPL. Brussels/Belgium, October 2017 (with B. Bechter and B. Larsson)
Belgium
2017
Agilität in Unternehmen: Wie Führung in agilen Unternehmen aussehen kann. Poster präsentiert im Rahmen des Wirtschaftsforums „Digitale Zukunft – chancenreich und chancengleich“, Stuttgart, Oktober 2017 (mit S. Fischer und A. Zimmermann)
Germany
Leader of a project funded from public institutions
2021 - 2023
Health Risk Outlooks by Social Partners (HEROS), funded by the European Commission („Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations“), VS/2021/0234
Germany
2016 - 2018
Social Partner Engagement and Effectiveness in European Dialogue (SPEEED),
Germany
2006 - 2011
Dissertationsprojekt, durchgeführt als Mitglied eines interdisziplinären hochschulübergreifenden Promotionskollegs ("Arbeitnehmerinteressen und Mitbestimmung in einem Europäischen Sozialmodell")
Germany
Participation in a project funded from public institutions
2021 - 2023
Emotionale Mitarbeiter*innenbindung in Kindertageseinrichtungen im Evangelischen Kirchenkreis Stuttgart, gefördert durch das KM Baden-Württemberg, FKZ 01WI21035
Germany
2019 - 2021
Germany
2014 - 2016
Beyond Business Partner - Die neue Rolle des HRM durch Nachhaltigkeit im Unternehmen (nHRM), gefördert durch das BMBF, FKZ 03FH092PX2
Germany
2012 - 2013
Aufstieg und Aufenthaltsdauer von qualifizierten Forscher/innen in Forschung und Entwicklung (STAFF), gefördert durch BMBF/ESF, FKZ 01FP1121/01FP1122
Germany