Dr. Lea Rutishauser
Senior Research Associate, Lecturer
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Lea Rutishauser studied business administration and holds a doctorate in human resource management from the University of Zurich. She is an experienced lecturer and was part of and leading various research projects on talent management, leader-member exchange, cross-cultural management, organizational change and employee retention. Lea Rutishauser is co-founder and managing director of the start-up HR ConScience and has been working in HR Development at Denner AG since 2023.
Research
Lea Rutishauser was project member of the CTI financed research project “Innovative HR Concept for Export Development in China”. Currently, she is project manager of an ongoing project about talent management. Her research focus lies in employee relationships at the workplace such as leader-member exchange, team-member exchange, and co-worker support. Within this area of interest, she does research on cross-cultural management, organizational change, talent management, and employee retention.
Projects
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The talent recipe: Multi-actor perspective on managing paradoxes of talent identification in organization
Identifying and managing talented individuals has been a major concern for line managers and a top priority for CEOs. This project focuses on the bedrock of Talent Management: Talent identification. In this project we explore how organizations identify their talents and what contextual factors shape these decisions. 2022–2026 -
Similarity Biases in Talent Identification: A Quantitative Investigation of Contextual Influence
2020–2024
Publications
- Rutishauser, L., & Giessner, S. R. (2022). Dynamic perspective of leader-member exchange and empowerment-enhancing practices in organizational change. Die Unternehmung, (76), 492–510.
- Rutishauser, L., & Sender, A. (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, A., Rutishauser, L., & Staffelbach, B. (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. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3515859
- Rutishauser, L. (2013). Selbstdisziplin - Oder wie man das eigene Bild bei anderen beeinflusst. In Bruno Staffelbach (Ed.), HR Spotlights: Geistesblitze zur Personalführung. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
- Rutishauser, L. (2013). Weltmeister: Weder Jobhopper noch Quartalsperformer. In Bruno Staffelbach (Ed.), HR Spotlights: Geistesblitze zur Personalführung. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
- Rutishauser, L., & Müller, O. (2023). Spielend lernen, erfolgreich agieren: Wie Unternehmensplanspiele die Führungskräfte von morgen prägen. PersonalSchweiz, (November 2023), 26–28.
- Rutishauser, L. (2022). Rückzugsorte im Büro als Konzentrationskiller? HR Today, (02).
- Rutishauser, L., & Feierabend, A. (2022). New Pay - Wie sehen zukunftsfähige Vergütungsmodelle aus? Personal Schweiz, 28–30.
- Feierabend, A., & Rutishauser, L. (2021). Das Büro: hat es in Zukunft noch seine Berechtigung? Hybridlösungen beim Arbeitsplatz. Personal Schweiz.
- Rutishauser, L. (2021). Improvisation: die Fähigkeit der Zukunft. HR Today. Retrieved from https://www.hrtoday.ch/de/article/improvisation-die-faehigkeit-der-zukunft
- Rutishauser, L. (2020). Gigwork - Motive und Risiken. personalSCHWEIZ, (November).
- Rutishauser, L. (19 January 2020). Star-Trek-Ethik. HR Today, (5). Retrieved from https://www.hrtoday.ch/de/article/star-trek-ethik
- Rutishauser, L. (29 January 2020). Das Leistungsparadox der Callcenter-Agenten. HR Today. Retrieved from https://www.hrtoday.ch/de/article/das-leistungsparadox-der-callcenter-agenten
- Rutishauser, L. (2018). Humor bei Führungskräften birgt Chancen und Gefahren. HR Today, (5). Retrieved from https://www.hrtoday.ch/de/article/humor-bei-fuehrungskraeften-chancen-und-gefahren
- Rutishauser, L. (2017). Der Grund fürs Gründen. HR Today, (9). Retrieved from https://www.hrtoday.ch/de/article/der-grund-fuers-gruenden
- Rutishauser, L. (2016). Immigration: Gefahr oder Chance für die lokalen Arbeitnehmer? HR Today, (9), 53 ff. Retrieved from https://www.hrtoday.ch/de/article/immigration-gefahr-oder-chance-fuer-die-lokalen-arbeitnehmer
- Rutishauser, L. (2015). Mit dem Handy ins Bett. HR Today, (3).
- Rutishauser, L. (2014). Linienmanager als HR-Verantwortliche. HR Today, (4).
- Rutishauser, L. (2013). Social Media fordern die Führungskräfte. HR Today, (4).
Achievements
- How to deal with psychological contract breach? Exploring the (de)sensitizing effect of employees’ relationship with the supervisor. Lecture, EIASM Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management, EIASM, Wien, 2019
- Dynamic Perspectives of HR Practices and Leader-Member Exchange in Organizational Change. Lecture, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), EAWOP, Dublin, 2017
- Organizational and Relational Job Aspects as Resources during Organizational Change. Lecture, Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management, Anaheim, 2016
- Team Member Exchange Relationships and Turnover Intention: Examinig the Impact of Culture. Lecture, Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management (EIASM), EIASM, Segavia, 2016
- Too Embedded to be Pulled: Job Embeddedness and Turnover Driven by Unsolicited Job Offers. Lecture, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, Vancouver, 2015
- Social exchange in different cultural environments – Impact on employee behavior. Lecture, Doctoral Colloquium of the Annual European Academy of Management Conference, EURAM, Warsaw, 2015
- Social exchange relationships and turnover intention: Examining the impact of culture. Lecture, Workshop on Research Advances in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, Université Paris Dauphine, Paris, 2015
- Do social relations at work matter? A cross-cultural study on turnover intentions and actual turnover. Lecture, Workshop on Managing People and Education, University of Zurich, Kappel am Albis, 2014
- Employee’s social relations: Influence on employee turnover intention in Switzerland and in China. Lecture, International Human Resource Management Conference, the International Human Resource Management Conference, Cracow, 2014
- Leader-member exchange and co-worker support in Switzerland and in China: Impact on employee turnover intention. Lecture, Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management (EIASM), EIASM, Ajaccio, 2014
- HR ConScience - Oder die Brücke zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis. Lecture, Netzwerktreffen Zentrum für Human Resource Management, Zentrum für Human Resource Management, Universität Luzern, Luzern, 2017
- Same same but different: Examining the role of culture in the relationship between team-member exchange and turnover intention. Lecture, Research Seminar University of Lucerne, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Luzern, Luzern, 2016
- Frühjahrstagung International HRM Group, Event chair, St. Gallen, 2024
- Herbsttagung International HRM Group, Member of organisation committee, Luzern, 2023
- Frühjahrstagung International HRM Group, Member of organisation committee, Altdorf, 2023
- Workshop Strategic Human Resource Management, (Co-)Organiser, Prag, 2023
- Herbsttagung International HRM Group, Member of organisation committee, Schaffhausen, 2022
- 38th Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management, (Co-)Organiser, Braga, 2022
- Frühlingstagung International HRM Group, Member of organisation committee, Bern, 2022
- Herbsttagung International HRM Group, Event chair, Kölliken, 2021
- Workshop Strategic Human Resource Management, (Co-)Organiser, virtuell, 2021
- Frühjahrstagung International HRM Group, Event chair, Luzern, 2021
- Herbsttagung International HRM Group, Event chair, Basel, 2020
- Workshop Strategic Human Resource Management, (Co-)Organiser, Brüssel, 2020
- International HRM Network Meeting, (Co-)Organiser, Zürich, 2019
- Workshop on Strategic Human Resource Management, (Co-)Organiser, Wien, 2019