Research Affiliates

Research Focus

• Socio-technical perspectives on the future of work (e.g. human-AI interaction, gig economy, hybrid work)
• Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) (e.g. use of machine learning and XAI for theory development)

Resume

From January 2025

Research Affiliate at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

2020-2024

Research Assistant at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

2018-2020

Master's degree in Business Administration (M.Sc.) at the University of Passau with a focus on International Management

2014-2018

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (B.A.) at HAW Landshut with a focus on Human Resource Management and Controlling

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Stoffels, D., Faltermaier, S., Strunk, K. S., & Fiedler, M. (2024). Guiding Computationally Intensive Theory Development with Explainable Artificial Intelligence: The Case of SHAP. Journal of Information Technology, 0(0). 
• Zaglmann, D., Faltermaier, S., Grabl, S., & Fiedler, M. (2024). Collaborating with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Creative Problem-Solving in Groups. Academy of Management Proceedings. 
• Zaglmann, D., Faltermaier, S., Grabl, S., & Fiedler, M. (2024). Creative Problem-Solving Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Group Projects. ECIS Proceedings.
• Fischer, T., Faltermaier, S., Stoffels, D., & Fiedler, M. Gaining Physiological Insight into Satisfaction with XAI Explanations: A Call for Research. Proceedings of the NeuroIS Retreat, Vienna, 2023.
• Faltermaier, S.; Strunk, K.; Obermeier, M.; Fiedler, M. (2023) Managing Organizational Cyber Security – The Distinct Role of Internalized Responsibility, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Maui, Hawaii, 2023.
• Stoffels, D.; Faltermaier, S.; Strunk, K.; Fiedler, M. (2022) Opening the Black-Box of AI: Challenging Pattern Robustness and Improving Theorizing through Explainable AI Methods, Proceedings of the 42th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, 2022. 
• Strunk, K. S., Faltermaier, S., Ihl, A., & Fiedler, M. (2022). Antecedents of frustration in crowd work and the moderating role of autonomy. Computers in Human Behavior, 128.

Research Focus

• Hybrid Work / Future of work
• Sustainability
• Change Management
• Crowd Work

Resume

From January 2025

Research Affiliate at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

2020 - 2025

Research Assistant at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

2017-2020

Working student / contract manager at Cornelsen Verlag GmbH

2016-2019

Master's degree in Business Administration (M.Sc.) at the University of Potsdam with a focus on Leadership, Organization & Human Resource Management and Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship

Master's Thesis: Impact of Public Events on longevity of company-specific sustainability measures. A qualitative analysis of DAX 30 companies.

2013-2016

Bachelor's degree in Economics (B.A.) at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen Nuremberg with a focus on Business Administration

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Mayer, A.-S., Ihl, A., Grabl, S., Strunk, K., & Fiedler, M. (2024). A silver lining for the excluded: Exploring experiences that micro-task crowdsourcing affords workers with impaired work access. Information Systems Journal, 34(6), 1838-1870.
• Zaglmann, D., Faltermaier, S., Grabl, S., & Fiedler, M. (2024). Collaborating with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Creative Problem-Solving in Groups. Academy of Management Proceedings.
• Zaglmann, D., Faltermaier, S., Grabl, S., & Fiedler, M. (2024). Creative Problem-Solving Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Group Projects. ECIS Proceedings.
• Stoffels, D., Grabl, S., Fischer, T., & Fiedler, M. (2023). How Explainable AI Methods Support Data-Driven Decision Making. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings, Paderborn.
• Kiener, S., Strunk, K., Schmidt, K., & Fiedler, M. (2022). Sustainability and Digitalization: Behavioral Visibility explaining Organizational Change. Academy of Management Proceedings.
• Strunk, K., Kiener, S., Will, A., Ziegltrum, L., & Fiedler, M. (2021). Achieving an organizational sustainability transformation through aggregating micro-level change. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Further Publications

• Zaglmann, D., Faltermaier, S., Grabl, S., Fiedler, M. (2024). Collaborating with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Creative Problem-Solving in Groups. Academy of Management Proceedings, Forthcoming.
• Kiener, S., Strunk, K., Schmidt, K., Fiedler, M. (2022). Sustainability and Digitalization: Behavioral Visibility explaining Organizational Change. Accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) 2022, Seattle, WA.
• Strunk, K., Kiener, S., Will, A., Ziegltrum, L., & Fiedler, M. (2021). Achieving an organizational sustainability transformation through aggregating micro-level changes [Conference paper]. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), virtual conference.

Research Focus

• Sharing Economy
• Bewusste Managementmethoden

Resume

From October 2015

Research assistant at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

August - December 2014

Study abroad at the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University

2013 - 2015

Master's degree in Business Administration with a focus on Management, Marketing and Innovation at the University of Passau
Master's thesis: The influence of competitive positioning on the consequences of tariff choice anomalies

2009 - 2012

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a focus on Management and Marketing at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Ihl, A.; Strunk, K.; Fiedler, M. (2020). The mediated effects of social support in professional online communities on crowdworker engagement in micro-task crowdworking. Computers in Human Behavior, (forthcoming).
• Mayer, Anne-Sophie; Strunk, Kim; Ihl, Andreas; Fiedler, Marina (2020). Evading Career Barriers in Traditional Work Setttings through Micro-Task Crowdsourcing Arrangements. In: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS), Marrakesh (Morocco).
• Ihl, Andreas; Strunk, Kim; Fiedler, Marina. (2018). The Influence of Utilitarian and Hedonic Motivation on Success in Crowd Work, Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), San Francisco (CA).

Further Publications

• Mayer, Anne-Sophie; Strunk, Kim; Ihl, Andreas; Fiedler, Marina (2020). Career Barriers in the Gig Economy. In: Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2020. Vancouver (Canada).
• Strunk, K., Ihl, A., & Fiedler, M. (2019). Situational Constraints and Job Frustration in Platform-Mediated Work. In: Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2019. Boston, MA.

Lebenslauf

Resume

From April 2025

Professor for Digital Work, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)

2021 - 2025

Assistant Professor at the KIN Center for Digtial Innovation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

2019 - 2021

Research Assistant at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

2017 - 2019

Master's degree in “International Cultural and Business Studies” (M.A.) at the University of Passau with a focus on Human Resources Management

2014 - 2015

Bachelor's degree in “Applied Management” (B.A.) at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, New Zealand (double degree)

2012 - 2016

Bachelor's degree in International Business Studies (B.A.) at the Harz University of Applied Sciences with a focus on Human Resources Management

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Mayer, A.-S., Kostis, A., Strich, F., & Holmström, J. (2025). Shifting Dynamics: How Generative AI as a Boundary Resource Reshapes Digital Platform Governance. Journal of Management Information Systems, 42(2).
• Mayer, A.-S., Ihl, A., Grabl, S., Strunk, K., & Fiedler, M. (2024). A Silver Lining for the Excluded: Exploring Experiences that Micro-Task Crowdsourcing Affords Workers with Impaired Work Access. Information Systems Journal, 34(6), 1838-1870.
• Monod, E., Mayer, A.-S., Straub, D., Joyce, E., & Qi, J. (2024). From Worker Empowerment to Managerial Control: The Devolution of AI Tools’ Intended Positive Implementation to their Negative Consequences. Information and Organization, 34(1), 100498. 
• Knott, M., Strich, F., Strunk, K., & Mayer, A.-S. (2022). Uncovering Potential Barriers of Using Initial Coin Offerings to Finance Artistic Projects. Journal of Cultural Economics.
• Strich, F., Mayer, A.-S., & Fiedler, M. (2021). What Do I Do in a World of Artificial Intelligence? Investigating the Impact of Substitutive Decision-Making AI Systems on Employees’ Professional Role Identity, Journal of the Association of Information Systems: Volume 22, Issue 2.
• Mayer, A.-S., Strich, F., & Fiedler, M. (2020). Unintended Consequences of Introducing AI Systems for Decision Making, MIS Quarterly Executive: Volume 19, Issue 4.

Furhter Publications (Selection)

• Strich, F., Ihl, A., & Mayer, A.-S. (2024). Thriving for Gig Workers’ Career Commitment: The Role of Platform Design Attributes. In: Proceedings of the 45th  International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Bangkok, Thailand
• Mayer, A.-S., van den Broek, E., Karacic, T., & Huysman, M. (2023). Navigating Explainability: A Comparative Field Study of how Professionals Explain AI-made Decisions to Clients. In: Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Hyderabad, India.
• Stelmaszak, M., Devdeep, A., & Mayer, A.-S. (2023). “They Work with Data and Do Some Science”: How Identity Conflict Turns Data Professionals away from Data Science. In: Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Hyderabad, India.
• Mayer, A.-S., Sergeeva, A., & Hable, F. (2023). The Future of the Professions Revisited: a Boundary Work Perspective on Digitalization in Dentistry. In: Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference 2023. Boston, USA.
• Mayer, A.-S., van den Broek, E., Kim, B., Karacic, T., Sosa Hidalgo, M., & Huysman, M. (2023). Managing Collaborative Development of Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from the Field. In: Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). Maui, Hawaii.
• Mayer, A.-S., Strich, F., & Fiedler, M. (2022). Algorithmic Technologies as Threat to Who We Are: The Effect an IT Identity Threat has on Employees' Work Engagement. In: Proceedings of the 43th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Haimerl, A., Mayer, A.-S., & Fiedler, M. (2022). Managing Organizational Identity Challenges Caused By AI Implementation: The Role Of AI Principles. In: Proceedings of the 43th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Copenhagen, Denmark.

Book Contributions

• Mayer, A.-S. & Strich, F. (2024). Who am I in the Age of AI? Exploring Dimensions that Shape Occupational Identity in the Context of AI for Decision Making. In: Constantiou, I., Joshi, M. P., & Stelmaszak, M. (Eds.), Research Handbook on AI and Decision Making in Organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Mayer, A.-S. & Strich, F. (2024). Barriers to a Successful Digital Transformation and How to Mitigate Them: Insights from the Banking Industry. In: Monod, E. & Jiang, Y. (Eds.), Digital Transformation: Organizational Challenges and Management Transformation Methods. Information Age Publishing. 

Resume

From January 2020

PostDoc at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information

05/2015 - 12/2019

Research assistant and doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Chair of Management, Human Resources and Information on the topic "Working Behavior in the Gig Economy: Social Relationships, Motivations, and Situational Constraints"

2012 - 2015

Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Business Management (BWL) with a focus on Human Resources and Labor Relations at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

2009 - 2012

Bachelor's degree (B.Sc.) in Business Administration at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Stoffels, D., Faltermaier, S., Strunk, K. S., & Fiedler, M. (2024). Guiding Computationally Intensive Theory Development with Explainable Artificial Intelligence: The Case of SHAP. Journal of Information Technology, 0(0).
• Mayer, A.-S., Ihl, A., Grabl, S., Strunk, K., & Fiedler, M. (2024). A silver lining for the excluded: Exploring experiences that micro-task crowdsourcing affords workers with impaired work access. Information Systems Journal, 34(6), 1838-1870.
• Strunk, K. S., & Strich, F. (2023). Building professional holding environments for crowd work job crafting through online communities. Information Systems Journal, 33(5), 1239–1274.
• Strunk, K. S., Faltermaier, S., Ihl, A., & Fiedler, M. (2022). Antecedents of frustration in crowd work and the moderating role of autonomy. Computers in Human Behavior, 128.
• Knott, M., Strich, F., Strunk, K., Mayer, M. (2022). Uncovering potential barriers of using Initial Coin Offerings to finance artistic projects, Journal of Cultural Economics, (forthcoming).
• Ihl, A., Mayer, A., Strunk, K. (2022). The role of online platforms in facilitating freelancers’ self-leadership in the platform economy. Academy of Management Proceedings (comprised of the 10% best papers submitted; forthcoming), Seattle WA.
• Kranz, J.; Fiedler, M.; Seidler, A.; Strunk, K.; & Ixmeier, A. (2021) "Unexpected Benefits from a Shadow Environmental Management Information System," MIS Quarterly Executive: Vol. 20 : Iss. 3 , Article 6.
• Ihl, A.; Strunk, K.; Fiedler, M. (2020). Interpretations of mindfulness practices in organizations. Organization.
• Seidler, A.; Henkel, C.; Fiedler, M.; Kranz, J.; Ixmeier, A.; Strunk, K. (2020). Promoting Eco-Sustainable Behavior with Gamification: An Experimental Study on the Alignment of Competing Goals, in: Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), virtual conference India.
• Ihl, A.; Strunk, K.; Fiedler, M. (2020). The mediated effects of social support in professional online communities on crowdworker engagement in micro-task crowdworking. Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 11, December 2020, 106482.
• Mayer, Anne-Sophie; Strunk, Kim; Ihl, Andreas; Fiedler, Marina (2020). Evading Career Barriers in Traditional Work Setttings through Micro-Task Crowdsourcing Arrangements. In: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS), Marrakesh (Morocco).
• Wendt, S., Strunk, K. S., Heinze, J., Roider, A.,& Czaczkes, T. (2019). Positive and negative incentive contrasts lead to relative value perception in ants. elife.
• Ihl, Andreas; Strunk, Kim; Fiedler, Marina. (2018). The Influence of Utilitarian and Hedonic Motivation on Success in Crowd Work, Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), San Francisco (CA).

Furhter Publications

• Strunk, K., Ihl, A., Hasenauer, L., Fiedler, M. (2022). Organizational sustainability transformation through KPIs: A model for sustainability change. Accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) 2022, Seattle, WA.
• Kiener, S., Strunk, K., Schmidt, K., Fiedler, M. (2022). Sustainability and Digitalization: Behavioral Visibility explaining Organizational Change. Accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) 2022, Seattle, WA.
• Strunk, K., Kiener, S., Will, A., Ziegltrum, L., & Fiedler, M. (2021). Achieving an organizational sustainability transformation through aggregating micro-level changes. Accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) 2021, virtual conference.
• Strunk, Kim (2020): Professional Holding Environments: The Role of Online Communities in Crafting Crowd Work. In: European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM) 2020. Dublin (Ireland).
• Mayer, Anne-Sophie; Strunk, Kim; Ihl, Andreas; Fiedler, Marina (2020). Career Barriers in the Gig Economy. In: Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2020. Vancouver (Canada).
• Strunk, K., Ihl, A., & Fiedler, M. (2019). Situational Constraints and Job Frustration in Platform-Mediated Work. In: Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2019. Boston, MA.