Sender Anna HSLU W

Prof. Dr. Anna Sender Anna Sender

Professor

Sender Anna HSLU W

Lucerne School of Business

Zentralstrasse 9
6002 Luzern


Institute of Business and Regional Economics IBR

CC Business Development, Leadership and HR

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Biography

Anna Sender holds a PhD in economics from University of Zurich. Her areas of expertise include strategic Human Resource Management imperatives such as talent management, compensation, international HRM as well as organizational and individual opportunities and challenges related to non-standard work. Having worked nine years for international organizations in the financial sector, her focus in research lies on applied projects in close collaboration with organizations and with direct impact in the community of practice. In her research she uses both qualitative and quantitative methods and incorporates perspectives from different disciplines such as sociology and cultural studies. She teaches courses on HRM, Strategic HRM and People Analytics on Bachelor and Master level. She represents Switzerland in the international network CRANET and is a board member of ZGP, Zurich HR professional association.

Projects

Research projects

  • The talent recipe: Multi-actor perspective on managing paradoxes of talent identification in organizations
  • Building bridges, building futures
  • Teams an Hochschulen als Lernorte zur Entwicklung des doppelten Kompetenzprofils
  • Raydesk: Embrace the “New Work”opportunities – collaborativ, meaningful and healthy hybrid work.
  • Career Tracker
  • Global Talent Management Grid

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Sender, Anna & Mormann, Hannah (25.03.2024). It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane: How and When HR Executives Use Jesting Techniques to Trickle Up Paradoxical Tensions. Journal of Management Inquiry, 2024,
  • Arnold, Alexandra; Sender, Anna; Fulmer, Ingrid & Allen, David (2023). Variable Pay Transparency in Organizations: When are Organizations More Likely to Open Up About Pay? Compensation and Benefits Review, (56/1), 16-36.
  • Schärrer, Laura & Sender, Anna (2023). Boomerang independent contractors: an experimental study using a psychological contract approach. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, (34/5), 966-986.
  • Mormann, Hannah & Sender, Anna (2022). Breaking up order through temporal role taking: HRM professionals as jesters in navigating paradoxes. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1.
  • Sender, Anna; Morf, Manuela & Feierabend, Anja (2021). Aiming to Leave and Aiming to Harm: the Role of Turnover Intentions and Job Opportunities for Minor and Serious Deviance. Journal of Business and Psychology, (36), 449-460.
  • Schmid, Andreas & Sender, Anna (2021). How social capital influences performance in family firms: the moderating role of nepotism. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, (32/18), 3973-3993.
  • Sender, Anna & Korzynski, Pawel (2020). How peers’ updates on social media influence job search. Journal of Managerial Psychology, (35/1), 1-12.
  • Rutishauser, Lea & Sender, Anna (2019). Effect of Team-Member Exchange on Turnover Intention: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on a Selected Aspect of Employee Engagement. International Studies of Management & Organization, (49/1), 43-62.
  • Sender, Anna; Rutishauser, Lea & Staffelbach, Bruno (2018). Embeddedness across contexts: A two‐country study on the additive and buffering effects of job embeddedness on employee turnover. Human Resource Management Journal, (28/2), 340-356.
  • Sender, Anna; Arnold, Alexandra & Staffelbach, Bruno (2017). Job security as a threatened resource: reactions to job insecurity in culturally distinct regions. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, (28/17), 2403-2429.

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Fischer, Tina & Sender, Anna (05.03.2024). Wenn die Angestellten dem Chef die Lohnerhöhung verweigern (Inklusive Bericht aus Interview mit Anna Sender). Handelszeitung,
  • Sender, Anna & Rutishauser, Lea (01.03.2024). HR als Kulturarchitektin? IHZ Mitgliedermagazin Zentralinfo, 19.
  • Kost, Sarah & Sender, Anna (01.03.2024). Transparenz und Intransparenz im Talent Management: Nachvollziehbarkeit der Entscheidungen gewährleisten. personalSCHWEIZ - Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, (3), 26-27.
  • Sender, Anna & Kost, Sarah (01.12.2023). Macht Talent Management Talente immer glücklich? HR Today, (6), 39.
  • Sender, Anna & Feierabend, Anja (01.09.2023). Schritt zur Lohntransparenz wagen. personalSCHWEIZ - Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, (7), 22-23.
  • Remez, Gregory & Sender, Anna (28.06.2023). Steiler Aufstieg zum neuen Job(Inklusive Bericht aus Interview mit Anna Sender). Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 10.
  • Minetti, Maurizio & Sender, Anna (07.06.2023). Lohnangabe im Jobinserat? (Inklusive Bericht aus Interview mit Anna Sender). Luzerner Zeitung, 9.
  • Gillies, Constantin & Sender, Anna (19.05.2023). Schluss mit der Geheimhaltung: Der Ruf nach Lohntransparenz wird lauter (Inklusive Bericht aus Interview mit Anna Sender). Handelszeitung, 21.
  • Zürcher, Christian & Sender, Anna (24.04.2023). Für mich 140’000 Franken, bitte! Neue Formen der Lohntransparenz (Inklusive Bericht aus Interview mit Anna Sender). Tagesanzeiger, 3.
  • Haldemann, Rea & Sender, Anna (01.03.2023). Mythen und Fakten zur hybriden Arbeit. Möglichkeiten von Remote Work sinnvoll nutzen. personalSCHWEIZ - Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, 2023(2), 34-35.
  • Keusch, Nelly & Sender, Anna (07.11.2022). Wie viel ist meine Arbeitskraft wert? Bei «self-set salaries» übernehmen die Mitarbeiter die Gehaltsverhandlungen (Inklusive Bericht aus Interview mit Anna Sender). NZZ, 25.
  • Weinmann, Benjamin & Sender, Anna (19.10.2022). Wenn der Lohn von Anfang an bekannt ist (Interview mit Anna Sender). Luzerner Zeitung, 10.
  • Sender, Anna & Morf, Manuela (2022). Wenn flexible Talente ins Unternehmen zurückkommen. HR Today, (8), 53.
  • Sender, Anna (2021). Der interne Arbeitsmarkt und seine Tücken. HR Today, (7/8), 61.
  • Sender, Anna & Mormann, Hannah (2021). Plädoyer für den konstruktiven Umgang mit Paradoxien. HR Today, (10), 61.
  • Sender, Anna & Mormann, Hannah (2021). Was moderne Personalarbeit und Hofnarren gemeinsam haben (sollten). personalSCHWEIZ - Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, (9), 1.
  • Neyer, Livia & Sender, Anna (2021). Was erwarten junge Talente? personalSCHWEIZ - Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, (10), 42-43.
  • Sender, Anna (2020). Ansteckungsgefahr in den sozialen Medien: Wer ist immun und wer lässt sich anstecken? HR Today, 61.
  • Sender, Anna (2019). Frauen an der Spitze. HR Today, (4), 53.
  • Sender, Anna (2018). Deshalb kommen toxische Mitarbeitende weiter. HR Today, (4), 53.
  • Sender, Anna (2017). Schattenseiten der Lohntransparenz. HR Today, (10), 53.
  • Sender, Anna (2016). Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit und deren Bedeutung für die Schweiz. HR Today, (10), 53.
  • Sender, Anna (2015). Das Geschlecht beeinflusst die Lohnpräferenz. HR Today, (6), 52.
  • Sender, Anna (2014). Vom Fairplay im Talentmanagement. HR Today, (7/8), 52.

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Ligthart, Paul; Poutsma, Eric; Sender, Anna & Miedtank, Tina (2023). Compensation & Benefits. In CRANET Research Network (Hrsg.), Cranet Executive Report on International Human Resource Management: Summary and Analysis of 2021-2022 Survey Data (S. 28-33). USA: CRANET.
  • Mayrhofer, Wolfgang; Sender, Anna & Staffelbach, Bruno (2021). One size fits all? Contextual factors and the profile of the HR director. In Parry, Emma; Brewster, Chris; Morley, Michael (Hrsg.), Handbook on Contextual Approaches to Human Resource Management (S. 605-630). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Sender, Anna (2013). Meine Chefin. In Bruno Staffelbach (Hrsg.), HR Spotlights. Geistesblitze zur Personalführung (S. ---). Zurich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  • Sender, Anna (2013). Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit. Spielt Kultur eine Rolle? In Bruno Staffelbach (Hrsg.), HR Spotlights. Geistesblitze zur Personalführung (S. ---). Zurich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

Publications and presentations - Report/working paper

  • Sender, Anna & Haldemann, Rea (2023). Kurzbericht zur Onlinebefragung «Remote Work» in Rahmen des Projekts: Möglichkeiten von «New Work» ergreifen - kollaborative, sinnvolle und gesunde Hybridarbeit (63202.1 INNO-SBM) (Bericht). HSLU, Luzern.

Publications and presentations - Other publication formats

  • Morf, Manuela & Sender, Anna (22.01.2024). Dataset Career Tracker 2021 - Flexible Arbeitskräfte in der Schweiz. FORS Datenservice.
  • Sender, Anna (14.12.2023). Lohntransparenz: Ein Paradigmenwechsel im Recruiting? (Inklusive Interview mit Anna Sender). https://www2.weblaw.ch/produkte/lawjobs/karrieretipps/lohntransparenz-ein-paradigmenwechsel-im-recruiting-mit-dr-anna-sender-und-anusz-greg-tomasik-swissdevjobs.html
  • Sender, Anna & Arnold, Alexandra (28.10.2023). Weshalb wir nicht über unseren Lohn sprechen...(Youtube channel: Future of Work, Patrick Mollet) [Podcast]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXy2G9wB5E

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Sender, Anna & Eberly, Marion (09.08.2024). How Who I am Affects if I Want to Stay: Talent Status, Identification, and the Role of Embeddedness. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, US.
  • Sender, Anna & Mormann, Hannah (26.06.2024). Die Werkzeuge des Hofnarren. Wie moderne Hofnarren das "Sowohl-als-auch"-Denke fördern können. Internal HR Workshop, Schweizerische Nationalfonds (SNF), Bern.
  • Sender, Anna & Mormann, Hannah (05.06.2024). Die Werkzeuge des Hofnarren. Wie moderne Hofnarren das "Sowohl-als-auch"-Denken fördern können. VBS Internal Workshop, Bern.
  • Sender, Anna & Feierabend, Anja (22.11.2023). Lohntransparenz: Entwicklungen, Aspekte und Auswirkungen. ERFA-Kreis zum Thema Compensation Management, Zürich.
  • Sender, Anna & Eberly, Marion (02.10.2023). There is T in Talent Management. 12th EIASM Workshop on Talent Management, Lyon, France.
  • Haldemann, Rea; Sender, Anna & Stucki-Sabeti, Shiva (04.09.2023). Transfer im Team: Teams als gemeinsame Lernorte. Klausur HSLU W, Hochdorf.
  • Sender, Anna (21.11.2022). New Work in der Schweiz - Forschungsergebnisse. ZGP Connect: New Work. Wo stehen Unternehmen heute?, online.
  • Sender, Anna (25.10.2022). Die Werkzeuge des Hofnarren: Wie die HR-Verantwortliche das "sowohl-als-auch-Denken" von Entscheidungsträgern fördern. International HRM Network Meeting, Schaffhausen.
  • Haldemann, Rea; Sender, Anna & Stucki-Sabeti, Shiva (18.10.2022). Teams an Hochschulen als Lernorte zur Entwicklung des doppelten Kompetenzprofils. Forschungskolloquium Hochschule Luzern Wirtschaft, Institut für Betriebs- und Regionalökonomie, Luzern.
  • Sender, Anna (25.08.2022). Ergebnisse der aktuellen HR-Umfrage: CRANET-Studienbericht 2022 (Schweiz) und Implikationen für HR auf dem Schweizer Markt. Spotlight.HR, Basel, Schweiz.
  • Pletscher, Marina & Sender, Anna (25.08.2022). Ergebnisse der aktuellen HR-Umfrage: CRANET-Studienbericht 2022 (Schweiz) und Implikationen für HR auf dem Schweizer Markt. Spotlight.HR, Basel.
  • Mormann, Hannah & Sender, Anna (04.08.2022). Breaking up order through temporal role taking: HRM professionals as jesters in navigating paradoxes. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA.
  • Mormann, Hannah & Sender, Anna (08.07.2021). Navigating Paradoxes with Supporting Actors: How HRM professionals can learn from the Court Jester. 37th EGOS Colloquium 2021, Amsterdam (online).
  • Sender, Anna & Mormann, Hannah (11.05.2021). Navigating paradoxes with supporting actors—How Human Resource Management professionals can learn from the court jester. Research Seminar in Human Resource Management, Lucerne.
  • Sender, Anna (05.10.2020). Who is who in Talent Management - Bringing clarity to talent identification in organizations. EIASM Workshop on Talent Management, online.
  • Arnold, Alexandra; Fulmer, Ingrid & Sender, Anna (07.08.2020). How does pay transparency affect pay knowledge and pay satisfaction? A field intervention study. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, online.
  • Arnold, Alexandra; Fulmer, Ingrid & Sender, Anna (13.12.2019). Understanding the interplay among pay system characteristics, pay transparency practices and outcomes: An organization-level perspective. EIASM Reward Management Conference, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Sender, Anna & Feierabend, Anja (04.08.2017). All that glitters is not gold: Job insecurity and the role of HR devolution. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Sender, Anna; Eberly, Marion & Staffelbach, Bruno (05.08.2016). A multilevel study on the role of team turnover for stayers’ turnover intention. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA.
  • Sender, Anna; Eberly, Marion & Staffelbach, Bruno (18.05.2016). When colleagues leave: The role of team turnover rate and loss of ties for job embeddedness and turnover intention. Workshop on Research Advances in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, Paris.
  • Rutishauser, Lea; Sender, Anna & Staffelbach, Bruno (07.08.2015). Too embedded to be pulled: Job embeddedness and turnover driven by unsolicited job offers. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Sender, Anna & Staffelbach, Bruno (07.08.2015). A two-wave study on how HRM practices relate to job embeddedness in China. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Sender, Anna & Staffelbach, Bruno (17.06.2015). When colleagues leave: A multi-level study on individual job embeddedness and innovative work behavior. European Academy of Management Conference, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Sender, Anna (01.08.2014). Employee turnover in China and in Switzerland – lessons learned from comparative research project. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA.
  • Sender, Anna; Arnold, Alexandra & Staffelbach, Bruno (12.11.2013). Impact of uncertainty avoidance and performance orientation on the relationship between job insecurity and job satisfaction. International Conference Sustainable Employability: Challenges for HRM Innovation, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Achievements

    • Sender, Anna. Mitglied SHRA Soundingboard. (2022). Swiss HR Analytics (https://swisshranalytics.ch).

    • Sender, Anna. Examiner. (2021-2021). Doctoral Dissertation Committee, ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania.

    • Sender, Anna. Vorstandsmitglied. (01.03.2020). Zürcher Gesellschaft für Personalmanagement (www.zgp.ch/).

    • Sender, Anna. Associate Editor. (2020). Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS).

    • Sender, Anna. Mid-level representative. (2018-2020). Equal Opportunity Committee, University of Lucerne.

    • Sender, Anna. Associate Editor. (2017). Central European Management Journal.

    • Mormann, Hannah & Sender, Anna (05.08.2022). Best Paper Nominee HR Division at 82nd Academy of Management Conference für Paper "Breaking Up Order Through Temporal Role Taking".

    • Sender, Anna. Editor of the Special Issue “The Role of HRM and HR professionals in Making Change Happen”. Herausgeberin. Die Unternehmung. Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice.

    • Sender, Anna. SNSF Grant for project "The talent recipe: Multi-actor perspective on managing paradoxes of talent identification in organization". Principal Investigator. Swiss National Science Foundation.

    • Sender, Anna & Kaudela-Baum, Stephanie. Innosuisse Grant for pilot project: Raydesk: Embrace the New Work opportunities – collaborative, meaningful and healthy hybrid work. (63202.1 INNO-SBM). Principal Investigator. Innosuisse.

    • Sender, Anna. SNSF Spark Grant "It takes a fool to remain sane: Integrating the court jester figure within the HR Professional Role". Principal Investigator. Swiss National Science Foundation.

Achievements - Commissions, memberships and external activities

  • Sender, Anna. Mitglied SHRA Soundingboard. (2022). Swiss HR Analytics (https://swisshranalytics.ch).
  • Sender, Anna. Examiner. (2021-2021). Doctoral Dissertation Committee, ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania.
  • Sender, Anna. Vorstandsmitglied. (01.03.2020). Zürcher Gesellschaft für Personalmanagement (www.zgp.ch/).
  • Sender, Anna. Associate Editor. (2020). Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS).
  • Sender, Anna. Mid-level representative. (2018-2020). Equal Opportunity Committee, University of Lucerne.
  • Sender, Anna. Associate Editor. (2017). Central European Management Journal.

Achievements - Awards and honours

  • Mormann, Hannah & Sender, Anna (05.08.2022). Best Paper Nominee HR Division at 82nd Academy of Management Conference für Paper "Breaking Up Order Through Temporal Role Taking".

Achievements - Other achievements

  • Sender, Anna. Editor of the Special Issue “The Role of HRM and HR professionals in Making Change Happen”. Herausgeberin. Die Unternehmung. Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice.
  • Sender, Anna. SNSF Grant for project "The talent recipe: Multi-actor perspective on managing paradoxes of talent identification in organization". Principal Investigator. Swiss National Science Foundation.
  • Sender, Anna & Kaudela-Baum, Stephanie. Innosuisse Grant for pilot project: Raydesk: Embrace the New Work opportunities – collaborative, meaningful and healthy hybrid work. (63202.1 INNO-SBM). Principal Investigator. Innosuisse.
  • Sender, Anna. SNSF Spark Grant "It takes a fool to remain sane: Integrating the court jester figure within the HR Professional Role". Principal Investigator. Swiss National Science Foundation.