Theresa Weitz is a doctoral researcher at the School of Management of the Technical University Munich (TUM). She joined the Chair of Research and Science Management in June 2022 as a research assistant and became a doctoral candidate in August 2023 holding a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. After completing her bachelor’s degree in “Economics” at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Theresa Weitz received her master’s degree in “Consumer Science” focusing on Marketing, Strategy & Leadership at TUM. During her studies, she received the “Deutschlandstipendium”. She previously gained practical experience as an intern at BMW and PwC and as a working student at Infineon Technologies and Gibson Dunn.

In her research, Theresa Weitz focuses on the influence of information, emotions, and values on decisions and how companies and leaders can engage in strategic employee development and how this affects employees' loyalty to the company. Her dissertation project explores when and why employees opt for non-hierarchical career steps combining qualitative and quantitative methods. She thereby aims at contributing to the societal awareness for alternative career steps and their advantages for organizations and individuals.

Short Bio

Since 08/2023	PhD candidate, TUM School of Management, Munich
06/2022 – 08/2023	Research Assistant at the Chair of Research and Science Management, TUM School of Management
10/2018 – 02/2022	M.Sc. Consumer Science, Technical University, Munich
03/2021 – 01/2022	Working Student at Infineon Technologies, Munich
07/2020 – 12/2020	Intern at BMW, Munich
09/2014 – 06/2020	Working Student at Gibson Dunn, Munich
04/2014 – 03/2018	B.Sc. Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
010/2016 – 03/2017	Intern at PwC, Munich

 

Publications

Conference presentations

Weitz, Theresa F., Fladerer, Martin P. & Peus, C. (2024, September). Abschied vom Aufstieg? Entwicklung einer Typologie von Karriereschritten für die Arbeitswelt des 21. Jahrhunderts. Presented at the 53rd Congress of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs) in Vienna, Austria.