Research Interests

• small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

• family firms

• social psychological aspects of strategy processes: Emotions, motivation, relationships, psychological concepts and more

• Business strategy: succession, failure of strategic processes

Conference Presentations

• Fiedler, S. (2022): Pressure and Pain - Analyzing Difficult Family Business Successions Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory, 25. Interdisciplinary Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum) 22.-23. September, TU Dresden, Germany

• Fiedler, S. (2022): An Integrated Theory on Indebtedness, 10th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association’s (ESA) Sociology of Emotions Research Network (RN11), 31. August - 2. September, University of Hamburg, Germany

• Fiedler, S.; Bernhard, F.; Hülsbeck, M. (2022): A multiple case-study on next-generations' indebtedness, IFERA Annual Conference of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy, 22.-24. June, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

• Fiedler, S. (2021): Fühlen sich next-gens in Familienunternehmen verpflichtet zur Nachfolge? 11. Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU), 25.-26. February, Online-Event

• Fiedler, S.; Bernhard, F. (2019) Inter-Generational Indebtedness in Family Businesses: Do Next-Gens Feel Obliged? IFERA Annual Conference of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy, 18. - 21. June, University of Bergamo, Italy

Vita

01/2023 – present: Research Associate, Professorship of Organization and International Management, Chemnitz, Germany

04/2018 – heute: external PhD-student, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany

10/2016 – 12/2022: Procurator, Head of Division Parking Technology, MEWA Metallwaren und Elektromaschinenbau GmbH, Oelsnitz/Erzgeb., Germany

11/2006 – 10/2016: Assistant to the Institute Director, project assistant VEMAS (Verbundinitiative Maschinenbau Sachsen), Fraunhofer Institut or Machine Tools and Forming Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

10/2013 – 6/2015: Master-Studies "Economics" FernUniversität in Hagen, M.Sc.

10/2010 – 09/2013: Bachelor-Studies "Economics" FernUniversität in Hagen, B.Sc.

Teaching Portfolio

Master

• Managing Global Networks and Cooperations (Tutorial) (English) (Summer 23)
• Advances in Organization and International Management II (Seminar) (English) (Winter 23/24)
• Students Project
  • Restructuring in SMEs (German) (Summer 24 - Winter 24/25)
  • Organizational Strategies in Craft Businesses (German) (Summer 23 - Winter 23/24)
  • Self-organization in NGOs (German) (Summer 23 - Winter 23/24)
• Supervision of Master Theses (German/English)

Bachelor

• Basics of Management and Entrepreneurship (Lecture & Tutorial) (German) (Summer 24)
• Berufsfeldprojekt (German)
  • Participation in Organizations (Winter 23/24)
• Supervision of Bachelor Theses (German/English)