Faculty of Business Studies and Economics

Dr. Cynthia Loos

Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße 47
Building: 42
Room: 332
67663 Kaiserslautern

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Tel.: +49 631 205 5563

E-Mail: cynthia.loos@rptu.de

Consultation hours only by prior appointment by e-mail.

Main research areas:

  • The role of legitimacy in the context of sustainability on an organizational and individual level
  • The institutionalization and professionalization of sustainability management
  • The role of sustainability managers in the context of CSR sensemaking
since 12/2024Postdoc
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Chair of Business administration, esp. Sustainability Management of Prof. Dr. Katharina Spraul
12/2018 - 12/2024Research assistant & doctoral candidate
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Chair of Business administration, esp. Sustainability Management of Prof. Dr. Katharina Spraul

10/2016 - 11/2018

Studies in industrial engineering and management, specializing in mechanical engineering (Master)
TU Kaiserslautern
Major: Human Resource Management, Sustainability Management, Materials Science, Production Engineering

10/2012 - 02/2017

Studies in industrial engineering and management, specializing in mechanical engineering (Bachelor)
TU Kaiserslautern
08/2002 - 06/2010German high-school diploma
Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium
04/2018-11/2018Student assistant
TU Kaiserslautern, Chair of Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organization
Fields of duty: General chair tasks
05/2017-11/2018Student assistant
TU Kaiserslautern, Chair of Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organization
Fields of duty: Support in the research project „BeWaB“

Loos, C., & Spraul, K. (2024, August). Measuring first-order legitimacy judgments: Development of the corporate profession legitimacy scale. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago.

Loos, C., & Spraul, K. (2024, July). Measuring first-order legitimacy judgments: Development of the corporate profession legitimacy scale. 40th EGOS Colloquium, Milan.

Loos, C., & Spraul K. (2024, April). Measuring first-order legitimacy judgments: Development of the corporate profession legitimacy scale. 2nd Annual Organizational Legitimacy Workshop, Amsterdam.

Friedrich, C., & Spraul K. (2023, May). Sustainability manager’s struggle for internal legitimacy: The influence of validity and consensus on propriety. 1st Annual Organizational Legitimacy Workshop, Lausanne.

Friedrich, C., & Spraul, K. (2022, August). “Either you need me, or I’m leaving!” How sustainability managers influence the legitimacy process. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Seattle.

Friedrich, C., & Spraul K. (2022, Juni). “Either you need me, or I’m leaving!” How sustainability managers influence the legitimacy process. GRONEN Conference 2022, Amsterdam.

Friedrich, C. (2021, Oktober). Legitimizing a new occupation: The legitimacy strategies of sustainability managers. Herbsttagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement des Verbands der Hochschullehrer der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg.

Spraul, K., & Friedrich, C. (2021, Juli). Stakeholder pressure through the lens of corporate social responsibility and as part of the occupational rhetorics of sustainability managers. De La Salle University's DBA Program, virtuelle Veranstaltung.

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

Friedrich, C. (2020, August). ONE Doctorial Consortium. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), 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.

Journals:

Loos, C., & Spraul, K. (2024). The why, how, and when of CSR managers’ internal legitimation strategies. Journal of Management Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13145

Conference proceedings:

Loos, C., & Spraul, K. (2024). Measuring first-order legitimacy judgments: Development of the corporate profession legitimacy scale. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1), 16407. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.16407abstract.

Friedrich, C., & Spraul, K. S. (2022). “Either you need me, or I’m leaving!” How sustainability managers influence the legitimacy process. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1), 12328. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.12328abstract.

Contributions to edited volumes:

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.

Practice brochures and blogs:

Loos, C. & Spraul , K. (2024, October 24). Navigating the Legitimacy Jungle: Insights from CSR Managers. Journal of Management Studies Blog. https://managementstudiesinsights.com/navigating-the-legitimacy-jungle-insights-from-csr-managers/

Langhauser, C. & Loos, C. (2024). Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau.

Friedrich, C. (2021). The legitimacy strategies of sustainability managers. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern.

Friedrich, C. (2020). Kernkompetenzen im Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern.

06/2022Best PhD Student Paper Award, GRONEN Conference 2022