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Sanna Malinen

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Sanna Malinen
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury, University of Otago
Thesis
Doctoral advisorLucy Johnston
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Canterbury

Sanna Malinen is a Finnish–New Zealand psychology academic, and is a full professor at the University of Canterbury, specialising in social and organisational psychology.

Academic career

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Malinen is Finnish, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1996.[1] Malinen completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Otago, followed by a Master of Science in psychology and a PhD at the University of Canterbury. Her doctoral thesis was titled Implicit and explicit attitudes towards older workers: Their predictive utility and the role of attitude malleability and was completed in 2009.[2] Malinen then joined the faculty of the School of Business at University of Canterbury, rising to full professor in 2024.[3] She works as part of the Workplace Analytics group with Professor Katharina Näswall.[1] In 2013 Malinen was awarded the University of Canterbury School of Business and Economics Early Career Research award.[4]

Malinen is an organisational and applied psychologist, and her research covers topics such as leadership development, and how to build resilience in workplaces and communities.[1] She has researched what factors in team meetings enable better decision-making, and the concept of 'paradoxical leadership' in public organisations, defined as 'the ability to balance competing structural and relational demands over time'.[5][6][7] Malinen is also interested in environmental psychology, including the use of values in environmental management and the connection between nature and wellbeing, and disaster management within organisations and communities.[1][7] Malinen has collaborated on research on cultural and ecological resilience with Professor Jacinta Ruru of the University of Otago and Dr Phil Lyver of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research as part of the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge.[8]

Malinen is married to an ecologist, and has two children.[1]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Team 1". Workplace Analytics. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ Malinen, Sanna (2009). Implicit and explicit attitudes towards older workers: Their predictive utility and the role of attitude malleability (PhD thesis). UC Research Repository.
  3. ^ "UC appoints 14 new professors | University of Canterbury". www.canterbury.ac.nz. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Professor Sanna Malinen: Professional". profiles.canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ Exon, Frank (24 March 2020). "Is paradoxical leadership the competency we need now, more than ever?". Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA). Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ Naswall, Katharina; Malinen, Sanna (7 February 2024). "Frustrated by tedious and unproductive meetings? These 2 proven strategies can help teams work smarter". The Conversation. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Academic profile" Professor Sanna Malinen". profiles.canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ^ Māori, Te Poutama (7 February 2023). "Te Poutama Māori Research". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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