Nieland, Thea, Dr.
Dr. rer. nat. Thea Nieland

School of Educational and Cultural Studies
Institute of Education
Department of Vocational Education Studies
Katharinenstraße 24
49078 Osnabrück
Room: 26/105
Phone: 0541/969 7687
E-Mail: thea.nieland@uni-osnabrueck.de
Publications
Journal Articles
Kohnke, O., Nieland, T., Straatmann, T., & Mueller, K. (2024). How do management factors influence digital adoption in the case of a large-scale digital transformation project – A process perspective. Journal of Management & Organization, 30(5), 1564–1584. doi:10.1017/jmo.2023.59
Burfeind, M., Nieland, T., Hamborg, K.-C. (2020). Nutzerzentrierte Entwicklung einer spielerischen E-Learning Anwendung für Studierende und Lehrende. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 15(1), 127-146.
Nieland, T., Engel, A. M., Weil, T. (2019). Die Vermittlung von Kultursensibilität im Interkulturellen Mentoringprogramm der Universität Osnabrück (imos) – Best Practice. Zeitschrift für Beratung und Studium, 3, 86-90.
Book Chapters
Lotze, M., Nieland, T. (2022). Herausforderungen des digitalen Lernens in Zeiten von Corona–Einblicke in das Peer-Mentoring Programm OSKA an der Universität Osnabrück. In Kögler, K., Weyland, U., Kremer, H.-H. (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch der berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogischen Forschung 2022. Barbara Budrich. S. 103-113.
Nieland, T., Fehrenbach, A., Marowsky, M., Burfeind, M. (2021). The teacher perspective on digital game-based learning - Quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods. In Ifenthaler, D, Aprea, P. (Hrsg.): Game-based Learning across the Disciplines. Springer, Cham. S. 341-362.
Conference Presentations
Nieland, T., Heyde-Schulte, L., Straatmann, T., & Mueller, K. (2023). Employees’ change crafting in digital change processes – An initial mixed-method study. 21st EAWOP Congress, Katowice.
Nieland, T., Burfeind, M., Urra, C., Hamborg, K.-C. (2021, September). The crucial role of participation in the development of game-based learning. In Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning (pp. 906-913). DOI: 10.34190/GBL.21.098
Schumacher, S., Wichmann, C., Nieland, T., Cathro, V., & Kempen, R. (2020). Seeing through your Webcam - Improving Virtual Social Skills through Perspective-taking. IACCM.
Nieland, T., Kohnke, O., Straatmann, T., & Mueller, K. (2019). User adoption in a cross-cultural setting: Cultural influences on digital transformation and user adoption - A multi-level study. 34th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Fort Washington, USA.
Nieland, T., Straatmann, T., Fehlenberg, L., Hofschröer, P., & Müller, K. (2019). Explaining and assessing employees’ readiness for digital transformations: A mixed-methods approach. 19th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy.
Nieland, T., Straatmann, T., Kohnke, O., & Müller, K. (2019). A cross-national investigation on measurement invariance of digital adoption. 19th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy.
Hamborg, K.-C., Nieland, T., & Straatmann, T. (2015). Untersuchung zur kommunikativen Funktion unterschiedlicher Prototyp-Arten in der Arbeitssystemgestaltung. 9. Fachgruppentagung der Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie, Mainz, Germany.
Nieland, T., Hollands, L. , Heere, C., & Engel, A.M. (2015). lnterkulturelles Mentoring an der Universität Osnabrück („imos"). 2. Lise Netzwerk Tagung, Berlin, Deutschland.
Project Report
Burfeind, M., Nieland, T., Brake, T., Urra, C., Lotze, M. (2021): Community Mentoring Manual. URL: https://ibelong.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/IBelong-CMM-final-1.pdf [Stand 22.04.2021]
About
I am a psychologist, working at the department of vocational training and education at Osnabrueck University. I am currently part of a project on the topic of professional orientation of students in vocational schools.
Research interests
- Managing digital transformation in organizations
- User-centred design (e.g., of learning applications)
- Cross-cultural competencies
- Mentoring
Membership of professional bodies
- The German Psychological Society (DGPs)
- European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
Qualifications
- Doctor of Natural Sciences, Thesis title: Evidence-based management of digital transformation: Extending organizational change theory to understand employees’ digitalization-supportive intentions and behavior
- Cross-cultural training
- Systemic counselling and coaching
Experience in industry
I am a freelance consultant for people and organization development as well as a freelance trainer for different topics (e.g., cross-cultural competencies, design thinking) and work with clients from public and private sector.
International experience
- Visiting scholar at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (11/2023)
- Lecturer at European partner universities in Thesaloniki, Greece (05/2023), in Lyon and Paris, France (09/2022), and in Granada, Spain (05/2019)
- Study semester abroad at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland (092015-02/2016)
- Stay as an Au Pair, Brittany, France (08/2010-07/2011)