Jenny Sarah Wesche

Prof. Dr. Jenny Sarah Wesche is a Research Professor for Business Psychology at the FernUniversität in Hagen since June 2023, affiliated with the interdisciplinary research center Work - Education - Digitalization. Her career spans academic roles at Humboldt University of Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.

• Doctorate in Psychology (Dr. phil.), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (2011)
• Diploma in Psychology, University of Bielefeld (2007)
• DAAD Summer School on Psychological Testing and Personnel Selection (2006)

Her research focuses on leadership and organizational behavior in the context of digitalization and automation, exploring how these factors reshape managerial interactions, decision-making, and employee performance. She examines human-automation dynamics, acculturation in migration, and authentic leadership models, with recent work addressing AI's role in recruitment and ethical dilemmas in employment-health trade-offs.

Key trends in her publications (2023–2014) include digital transformation in workplaces, AI ethics, refugee mental health, and destructive leadership. These span journals like Computers in Human Behavior, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Business Ethics.

Her work has been supported by institutions including the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the BMBF project “Stress & resource management for unskilled employees.” She has contributed to edited volumes such as Handbuch Mitarbeiterführung (Springer) and Digitale Arbeit gestalten (Springer).