Dr. Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler

Short biography

Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler works at the intersection of technology, organization, and people. She is currently a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Management Science. Recently, she completed her habilitation in Business Administration at TU Wien with her thesis “Move one stone and all the others start rolling – How to organize new ways of working for individuals, teams, and organizations.”, opens an external URL in a new window

Her educational background combines solid business expertise with in-depth psychological insight. She began her academic journey with a Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business and Administration from New College Durham. This was followed by a diploma in Psychology, specializing in Work, Organizational, and Economic Psychology, and a doctoral degree in Social Sciences from the University of Vienna. In addition, she enhanced her professional qualifications with advanced training in Coaching (Institute for Systemic Coaching and Training) and Supervision (issa’s College of Management).

Her current research interests and work focus on the topic of “New Ways of Working”. These buzzwords define flexible working in terms of time and location, which has become possible thanks to information and communication technologies. When employees can choose their own working hours and place of work, this not only has an impact on the employees themselves, but also changes coordination and communication processes within the team, which also requires adjustments at the organizational level. It brings issues such as trust and power as well as healthy leadership to the fore. She is currently leading several research projects on these topics, looking at them from different angles (Teamorama, Smartworking, Four is more?!, Leadership & Teamwork, Teamwork Advanced). In order to make the scientific results accessible to the public, she regularly gives interviews for magazines and newspapers.