Prof. Dr. Dennis Schöneborn

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1
Fon +49.4131.677-1987, dennis.schoeneborn@leuphana.de
Gastprofessor*in, Institute of Management and Organization

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Vita

Dennis Schoeneborn is Visiting Professor of Organization and Management at Leuphana University Lüneburg as well as Professor of Organization, Communication, and CSR at Copenhagen Business School (Denmark).

Dennis Schoeneborn earned his doctorate from Bauhaus University of Weimar and his habilitation degree from the University of Zurich (Switzerland). He was honored with the Credit Suisse Best Teaching Award 2013 at the University of Zurich. His research interests include organization theory, organizational communication, corporate social responsibility (CSR), digital media, and new forms of organizing. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Management Communication Quarterly, and Organization Studies, amongst other outlets. He furthermore serves as head coordinator of the Standing Working Group "Organization as Communication" (since 2015) at the European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) – jointly with Nicolas Bencherki (TÉLUQ Montréal), François Cooren (Université de Montréal), Tim Kuhn (University of Colorado Boulder), and Consuelo Vásquez (UQAM Montréal).

 

Research Interests

(1) Organization theory
(2) Organizational communication
(3) Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
(4) Digital media and communication
(5) New forms of organizing

Projects

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Handbook of Philosophy of Management
    Markus Reihlen (Editor) , Dennis Schöneborn (Editor) , Cristina Neesham (Editor) , 2022 Cham , 1089 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  2. Strategische Kommunikation im Spannungsfeld zwischen Intention und Emergenz
    Dennis Schöneborn (Editor) , Stefan Wehmeier (Editor) , 2018 Wiesbaden , 278 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  3. Organization as Communication: Perspectives in Dialogue
    Dennis Schöneborn (Editor) , Steffen Blaschke (Editor) , 2017 New York, London , 234 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  4. Organization as communication: Perspectives in dialogue
    Dennis Schöneborn (Editor) , Steffen Blaschke (Editor) , 2016 New York , 235 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

  5. Alternatives considered but not disclosed: The ambiguous role of powerpoint in cross-project learning
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , 2008 Wiesbaden , 198 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

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Journal contributions

  1. The Past, Present and Future of the Corporate Actor: Ontological, Epistemological and Theoretical Considerations
    Elke Sybille Schüßler (Author) , Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Michaela Haase (Author) , Ute Schmiel (Author) , Günther Ortmann (Author) , Andreas Suchanek (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 77, 4 , p. 643-680 , 38 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. The Escalating Dis/Organization of Post-Truth Communication
    Peter Winkler (Author) , Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , 01.10.2025 , in: Organization Theory, 6, 4 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. CSR Communication and the Polarization of Public Discourses: Introduction to the Special Issue
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Matthias Wenzel (Author) , Urša Golob (Author) , Amy O’Connor (Author) , 01.11.2024 , in: Management Communication Quarterly, 38, 4 , p. 751-774 , 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Enacting a Grand Challenge for Business and Society: Theorizing Issue Maturation in the Media-Based Public Discourse on COVID-19 in Three National Contexts
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Bennet Schwoon (Author) , Andreas Georg Scherer (Author) , 01.04.2024 , in: Business and Society, 63, 4 , p. 869-919 , 51 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Guest Editors' Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Andreas Georg Scherer (Author) , Cristina Neesham (Author) , Markus Scholz (Author) , 25.07.2023 , in: Business Ethics Quarterly, 33, 3 , p. 409-439 , 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Communication constitutes organization
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Peter Winkler (Author) , Timothy Kuhn (Author) , 14.03.2024 , p. 37-42 , 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Articles for encyclopedia › Research

  2. Fictional Inquiry
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Joep P. Cornelissen (Author) , 01.12.2022 Cham , p. 139-158 , 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  3. Communicative Constitution Model of Organizations
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Consuelo Vásquez (Author) , 01.12.2022 , p. 1-7 , 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  4. Constitutive views on csr communication: The communicative constitution of responsible organization, organizing, and organizationality
    Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Author) , Sarah Glozer (Author) , 22.11.2022 , p. 73-84 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  5. Introduction to Philosophy of Management
    Markus Reihlen (Author) , Dennis Schöneborn (Author) , Cristina Neesham (Author) , 23.07.2022 Schweiz , p. 1-14 , 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Exploring Corporate Sustainability (CS) Communication in Polarized Stakeholder Environments: A Qualitative Meta Synthesis
    Elke Sybille Schüßler (Speaker) , Hanna Pauline Börries (Coauthor) , Dennis Schöneborn (Coauthor)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. 85. Wissenschaftliche Tagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
    Elke Sybille Schüßler (Speaker) , Hanna Pauline Börries (Coauthor) , Dennis Schöneborn (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. The parasitic organizationality of post-truth communication
    Peter Winkler (Speaker) , Dennis Schöneborn (Coauthor)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Exploring the hidden curriculum in responsible management education
    Dennis Schöneborn (Coauthor) , Catharina Høgdal (Speaker) , Andreas Rasche (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Reconsidering performativity in alternativity: Forward an otative management science
    Dennis Schöneborn (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Zwischen Kontrolle und Vertrauen
    1 Media contribution

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  2. Unternehmen mögen Ökologie: Lieber grün kleiden als Greenpeace auf dem Dach
    1 Media contribution

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Prizes

Courses