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Jan Hermes
DSc.
Assistant Professor
Biography
I'm intrigued by societies in change. My main research focus is on the praxis of seemingly mundane human work and how this work affects/is affected by a society's institutional framework. What comes to the consequences of societal change, I center my research and teaching efforts on the economic, social and environmental responsibility of corporate actors. The education of future business experts with a responsibility mindset is to me a matter of personal importance.
Research interests
- Practices in institutional change
- Responsible management education
- Business responsibility
Databases
Selected publications
- Haapanen, Lauri; Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, Pia; Hermes, Jan (2018) Firm functions and the nature of competitive advantage in internationalizing SMEs. - International journal of innovation management 22 (3), 1850022 . [Original]
- Hermes, Jan W. S.; Mainela, Tuija (2014) Mobilizing crisis management networks - entrepreneurial behavior inturbulent contexts. - Industrial Marketing Management 43 (6; SI), 967-976
- Hermes, Jan (2016) Rendezvous in turbulent times : about the becoming of institution-changing networks in Myanmar/Burma. - Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. Series G, Oeconomica 81. Oulu. Artikkeliväitöskirja. 118. [Original]
- Hermes, Jan; Rimanoczy, Isabel (2018) Deep learning for a sustainability mindset. - International journal of management education 16 (3), 460-467 . [Original]
Thesis supervisions
Keep Others in mind: A way to proceed with ethical decisions under uncertainty
Doctoral dissertation by Akram Hatami, defended on 28 February 2020.
Research visits
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Institutional work for peace in Myanmar/Burma
– 3.7.2017 to 31.10.20174-month research visit at Copenhagen Business School, Department of Organization, Denmark.
Topic: heterogeneity of intentionality in institutional work -
Practice-based institutional work
– 16.7.2018 to 30.9.20182.5-month research visit at Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Topic: institutional work as multimodal, unintended practice of meaning translation -
Sustainability agency
– 1.3.2020 to 31.5.20203-month research visit at Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Turku, Finland.
Topic: institutional change agency in sustainability transitions
