Cynthia Friedrich - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at RPTU

Faculty of Business Studies and Economics

M. Sc. Cynthia Friedrich

Kurt-Schumacher Str. 74A
Building: 83
Room: 151
67663 Kaiserslautern

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Tel.: +49 631 205 5563

E-Mail: cynthia.friedrich@rptu.de

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Consultation hour

Currently only via ZOOM after prior registration via E-Mail.

Research focus

The role of legitimacy in the sustainability context on an organizational and individual level.
The institutionalization and professionalization of sustainability management
The role of sustainability managers in CSR sensemaking

Education and Academic Career

since 12/2018	Scientific Employee & PhD Student TU Kaiserslautern, Chair for Sustainability Management by Prof. Dr. Katharina Spraul
10/2016-11/2018	Study of Industrial Engineering and Management, Specialty Mechanical Engineering (Master) TU Kaiserslautern Specialization: Human Resource Management, Sustainability Management, Material- and Raw Material Science, Production Technology
10/2012-02/2017	Study of Industrial Engineering and Management, Specialty Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor) TU Kaiserslautern
08/2002-06/2010	Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Sulzbach

Professional Qualification

04/2018-11/2018	Scientific Employee TU Kaiserslautern, Chair for Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organization Occupation: General Chair Tasks
05/2017-11/2018	Scientific Employee TU Kaiserslautern, Chair for Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organization Occupation: Support in the Research Project „BeWaB“

Conferences, Meetings and Workshops

Friedrich, C. (2021, Januar). Legitimating the sustainability manager occupation: Legitimacy strategies on the indivudal level. Wirtschaft im Dialog zu: Nachhaltige Entwicklungen. Hochschule Darmstadt, virtuelle Veranstaltung.

Friedrich, C. (2019, Juni). Justifying the sustainability manager profession: Occupational rhetorics in the public and nonprofit sector. Doktoranden- und Habilitandenkolloquium "Management Science 2019", Saarbrücken.

Publications

Contributions to Collective Works:

Spraul, K. & Friedrich, C. (2019). Mit Digitalisierung zur Agenda 2030: Der Weg über digitale Innovationen. In K. Spraul (Hrsg.), Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung (S. 15–36). Nomos.

Spraul, K., Hufnagel, J., Friedrich, C. & Brill, N. (2019). Talents for key positions in organizations: the sustainability manager as a profession. In Y. Liu (Hrsg.), Research handbook of international talent management (S. 274–317). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786437105.00024.

Theses:

Friedrich, C. (2018). Konvergenz oder Divergenz? Das Kompetenzprofil eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagers und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagementstudiengänge in Deutschland [Unveröffentlichte Masterarbeit]. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern.

Friedrich, C. (2018). Modelle vs. Dokumente - Konzeptionelle Grundlagen und ihr Einsatz in der Produktentwicklung [Forschungsprojekt]. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-52887.

Friedrich, C. (2017). Konsequenzen von E-HRM in Organisationen [Bachelorarbeit]. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-48333.