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Jaakko Kahilaniemi
Niina Nurmi
Assistant Professor, Organizational Design and Leadership
Person profile
My research in the fields of organizational psychology and organizational behavior focuses on leadership, work design, and self-organizing in contemporary knowledge-intensive organizations. I study digital transformation of knowledge work and how information technology affects virtual work, leadership, work design, work processes, team dynamics, employee well-being, and innovative performance.
I use a combination of quantitative, qualitative, and psychophysiological methods in my field research.
Read about my work in Finnish media:
- Helsingin Sanomat, 14.1.2022: ”Tiimi on tärkeä”
- Yle Uutiset, 29.11.2021: ”Ylistetyn etätyön varjopuolet alkavat nyt paljastua: Urakehitys tökkii, teams-kilot kertyvät ja erakoituminen uhkaa
- Opettaja, 9.9.2021 ”Luottamus ei synny itsestään, se kasvaa halusta kuulla ja ymmärtää”
- Uusi Suomi, 27.7.2021 ”Haaveiletko kokonaan etätöihin jäämisestä? – Siihen liittyy riski, joka voi maksaa työpaikkasi”
- Talouselämä, 12.12.2020 ”Yildirim Tebatissa: Määräaikainen työntekijä elää koko ajan ohuella trapetsilla – Asiaetäännyttää naisia urakehityksestä”
- Puttonen & Vilkkumaa podcast, 19.11.2020 ”Miten johtaja voi taklata virtuaalisen työelämän haasteet”
- Study in Finland.fi, 17.11.2020 Episode VI: Future is Made in Finland – Design it yourself!
- Talouselämä 15.7.2020 “Työelämäprofessori: Etätyö hidastaa uralla etenemistä – Kokosimme vinkit urasta huolehtimiseenpoikkeusoloissa”
- Hintsa Newsroom, 2020 Juha Äkräs & Niina Nurmi Why the Future of Work Looks Clear and Positive
- Työn Tuuli 2/2020 Niina Nurmi ja Juha Äkräs – Positiivinen visio tulevaisuuden työlle, Henry Ry
- Kauppalehti, 21.4.2019 “Yli 45-vuotias on parhaimmillaan sekä työntekijänä että menestyvimpienyritysten perustajana – ”Työvoimaa, josta firmojen viimeisenä kannattaisi vähentää”
- World Economic Forum, Davos 2018. James Hewitt & Niina Nurmi,“Shifting Gears: Business Success in a Fractured World” white paper
- Kauppalehti 23.3.2015 “Tutkimus: yli 45-vuotiaat ovat unelmatyöntekijöitä” [36.000 shares in social media]
- Kauppalehti 29.9.2015 “Globaali tietotyö saa tekijät kukoistamaan”
- Kauppalehti 21.10.2015 ”Tutkija: Tunnin aikaero voi pilata yhteistyön”
- Akavalainen 6.11.2015 ”Globaalissa työssä on annettava aikaa palautumiselle”
Person profile
I lead International Design Business Management (IDBM) Master’s program, Aalto University’s flagship that is a joint multi-disciplinary endavour between all six Aalto schools (ARTS, BIZ, CHEM, ELEC, ENG, and SCI). Yearly, 60 new students are selected in this program from business, design, and engineering backgrounds to learn how to create breakthrough innovations and do better business with design.
My research focuses on the effects of digitally disrupted work designs on employee and performance outcomes (including well-being, thriving, creativity, and innovativeness) in global organizations. Tradigional work design theories have not kept pace with changes in modern day work. My research addresses this gap by focusing on work design and management of global virtual collaborations – situations in which knowledge workers are at a distance from other team members and must rely on communication technology to facilitate their interaction across distance, language, and cultures.
Read about my work in Finnish media:
Kauppalehti 23.3.2015 “Tutkimus: yli 45-vuotiaat ovat unelmatyöntekijöitä” [36.000 shares in social media]
Kauppalehti 29.9.2015 “Globaali tietotyö saa tekijät kukoistamaan”
Kauppalehti 21.10.2015 ”Tutkija: Tunnin aikaero voi pilata yhteistyön”
Akavalainen 6.11.2015 ”Globaalissa työssä on annettava aikaa palautumiselle”
Taloussanomat 22.4.2016 ”Mitä ihmettä? 45-vuotias on ihannetyöntekijä, 3 vuotta myöhemmin jo ikärasismia”
Background
My academic background is in Organizational Psychology and Adult Education.
I am trained as an ethnographer at Stanford University, Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at the Department of Management Science and Engineering, where I worked for four years as a visiting scholar (2008 - 2010) and post dorctoral research (2013 - 2015).
I have also studied statistics in Helsinki University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and use qualitative and quantitative methods in my multi-method research studies.
I led the multidisciplinary Master's program International Design Business Management (IDBM) at Aalto School of Business for five years (2017 - 2021).
I have also led seven successful TEKES projects and secured over 3 million eur research funding for the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University.
Before entering to academia, I worked as a Human Resource Manager in a born-global start-up, CRF Health.
Background
My academic background is in Adult Eduction and Organizational Psychology.
I am trained as an ethnographer at Stanford University, Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at the Department of Management Science and Engineering, where I worked for four years as a visiting scholar (2008 - 2010) and post dorctoral research (2013 - 2015).
I have also studied statistics in Helsinki University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and use qualitative and quantitative methods in my multi-method research studies.
I have led seven successful TEKES projects and secured over 3 million eur research funding for the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University.
Before entering to academia, I worked as a Human Resource Manager in a born-global start-up, CRF Health.