Creativity and Arts in Organizations and Society (CAOS)
Aalto early-career research community exploring art and creativity in organizations and society
Identity Work as Strategy: Rethinking Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Media Work - Research seminar with Sven-Ove Horst
In this research seminar, Assistant Professor Sven-Ove Horst (Erasmus University Rotterdam) brings identity work to the center of organization studies by showing how strategy, leadership, and entrepreneurship are grounded in ongoing processes of professional becoming. Drawing on research with media managers, entrepreneurs, and students, it examines how actors construct coherence and legitimacy in platformized environments. The talk connects media management to relational and practice-based perspectives, offering a more processual understanding of work, agency, and organizing.
About the speaker
Dr. Sven-Ove Horst is an Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC), Department of Media and Communication, within Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). His research examines how digitalization reshapes strategy, entrepreneurship, and professional work in media industries. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and has previously held academic positions at Aalto University School of Business and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
His work sits at the intersection of media entrepreneurship, strategic media management, and organization studies, with a particular focus on how digital media environments enable new forms of venture development and transform how strategy emerges in practice. Empirically, he has studied domains such as news media, eSports, and broadcasting, offering insights into how organizations navigate ongoing transformation.
His research has been published in journals including the International Journal on Media Management and the Journal of Media Business Studies. He also serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Media Management and Entrepreneurship.
Aalto Organizational Communication Group
Research and teaching in the unit of Organizational Communication focuses on the social and communicative practices through which organizations, communities, and societies are managed and organized.