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Dr. Petra Eggenhofer-Rehart

Mag.a rer. nat. Dr.in rer. soc. oec. is a psychologist and has completed her doctoral studies at WU Vienna. She has been working at WU since 2013, at first as a Research and Teaching Associate pre doc and as a University Assistant post doc at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management and Organisational Behaviour (ivm) with a research focus on careers and human resources management, and since 2025 as a Senior Lecturer post doc at the Department of Management.

She has comprehensive teaching experience, particularly in industrial, work and organizational psychology/organizational behavior, human resources management and development as well as organizational development/change management. She gained her teaching experience at various additional institutions of tertiary education such as the University of Vienna, University of Graz, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Vienna University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication, Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems.

Since 2025 Petra is involved in the administration, development and execution of the „Master Management“ study program application process and teaches in the following courses, among others:

  • Master Management

    • Working in Teams („Arbeiten in Teams“)

    • Ethics and Diversity („Ethik und Diversität“)

    • Organizational Behavior

    • Human Resources Management

    • Qualitative Research Methods („Qualitative Forschungsmethoden“)

    • Master‘s Thesis Coaching, Master‘s Thesis Defensio  

  • Bachelor Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (BaWiSo)

    • Personnel Management, Leadership and Organizational Behavior (“Personal, Führung, Organisation“)

    • Cross-Functional Business Administration - Processes and Decisions („Funktionsübergreifende Betriebswirtschaftslehre“)

    • Standards of Academic Writing and Citation („Standards wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und Zitierens“)

    • Problem Solving and Cooperation in Teams (Specialization in Business Administration Course I – Management and Organizational Behavior; “Problemlösen und Zusammenarbeit in Gruppen”)

    • Business in Global Markets II – International Human Resource Management (taught in English)

Selection of additional teaching competences gained in institutions other than WU Vienna:

  • Change Management (taught in German and English)

  • Project Management

  • Research Methods and Design (including quantitative research methods)

Thesis supervision since 2014

  • Bachelor’s Theses (58 since 2014) in Organizational Behavior, HRM, Careers (WU Vienna) 

  • Master’s Theses (25 since 2020) in Organizational Behavior, HRM, Careers (WU Vienna) 

  • Master‘s Thesis in the WU Executive MBA Health Care Management program

Teaching Philosophy

„I seek to support students as tomorrow’s leaders and decision makers in gaining not only a solid knowledge foundation, but also and above all to further develop their methodological, personal and social competences so that they feel competent to manage uncertainty, ambiguity, complexity and continuous change and develop the courage to contribute to the economic, ecological and social sustainability of organizations and the society as a whole.

I see myself as a learning coach and emphasize appreciation, mutual respect and commitment while at the same time I set high performance standards. I am happy that this stimulates my students’ critical thinking and helps them produce outstanding performance results.”

Research

In addition to her teaching Petra engages in research projects focusing on careers and HRM (research output: see PURE) and as a reviewer for scholarly journals such as Applied Psychology: An International Review, Career Development International, European Management Review, German Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Personnel Review and The International Journal of Human Resource Management.

She has co-authored two chapters in the textbook „Personal, Führung, Organisation“ (edited by Mayrhofer, Furtmüller, Kasper) underlying the course “Personnel Management, Leadership and Organizational Behavior”.