Martina Pizzinato
Senior Lecturer • Professor
Senior Lecturer
Martina is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from the UCL School of Management and a MA in International Commerce from Korea University.
Her research explores how people navigate novelty in the workplace, with a particular focus on how creative and marginalized workers experience and respond to the ambiguity and uncertainty that accompany novelty at work. She develops theory using a range of qualitative methods, including interviews, participant observation, and shadowing. Across her research, Martina has studied women in live comedy, stand-up comedians, migrant women of color, illustrators, museum curators, and AI developers.
Her research explores how people navigate novelty in the workplace, with a particular focus on how creative and marginalized workers experience and respond to the ambiguity and uncertainty that accompany novelty at work. She develops theory using a range of qualitative methods, including interviews, participant observation, and shadowing. Across her research, Martina has studied women in live comedy, stand-up comedians, migrant women of color, illustrators, museum curators, and AI developers.
- Management department
- Professor
- Faculty
Curriculum Vitae
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PUBLICATIONS
Pizzinato, M., 2026, A Clown Car of One's Own: How Marginalized Creatives Cultivate Space for Creative Work through Generative Reclamation, in: Academy of Management Proceedings.
Pizzinato, M., Cortland, C., Fisher, C., Harvey, S., 2025, "Oh My God, I Am Black?!" Identity Dawns Following Migration to Unfamiliar Work Contexts, in: Academy of Management Proceedings, Briarcliff Manor: Academy of Management.
Pizzinato, M., Cortland, C., Fisher, C., Harvey, S., 2025, "Oh My God, I Am Black?!" Identity Dawns Following Migration to Unfamiliar Work Contexts, in: Academy of Management Proceedings, Briarcliff Manor: Academy of Management.
Pizzinato, M., Mannucci, P., 2026. Feedback Whirlwind: Experiencing and Responding to Divergent Feedback in Creative Work. (submitted)
Pizzinato, M., Harvey, S., 2026. The Second Creative: A Theory of Gendered Creative Work.
Pizzinato, M., Harvey, S., 2026. The Second Creative: A Theory of Gendered Creative Work.
OFFICE HOURS
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OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
By appointment available upon request via email.