| Marjolein Silvia Lips-Wiersma | |
| Fields: | Business ethics |
| Workplaces: | Canterbury University, Auckland University of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Auckland |
| Thesis1 Title: | The influence of 'spiritual meaning-making' on career choice, transition and experience |
| Thesis1 Url: | https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/18 |
| Thesis1 Year: | 1999 |
Marjolein Silvia Lips-Wiersma is a New Zealand academic. She specializes in ethics, meaningful work and sustainability. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.[1]
Marjo Lips-Wiersma is Professor of Ethics and Sustainability Leadership at AUT. In 1999 she submitted a doctoral thesis titled The influence of 'spiritual meaning-making' on career choice, transition and experience at the University of Auckland.[2] Her research takes place at the nexus of meaningful work, sustainability, hope and well-being.
Lips-Wiersma's research on meaningful work is used in a variety of organisations around the world and she is co-director of the Map of Meaning (https://www.themapofmeaning.org) which, through training and certifying practitioners, helps individuals and organisations to talk about, create and maintain meaningful work.
Lips-Wiersma has published in journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, Group & Organization Management and the Journal of Management Inquiry and has been a member of several editorial boards. She has teaches ethics, sustainability, responsible leadership and qualitative research methods at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA levels.