• Academic Education

2020: Promotion (Dr. Phil) with focus on Organizational Psychology and Communication at the University of Koblenz-Landau Landau, Deutschland

2006: Master of Business Administration in General & International Management at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida USA

2004: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (with Marketing minor) at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida USA

• Professional Experience

Seit 2025: Research Associate, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität, Landau, Germany

2022 – 2024: Sabbatical

2015 – 2021: Research Associate, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

2006 – 2017: Consultant for Business English and Communication, Germany

2006 – 2007: International Marketing Intern, Sprachcafé Düsseldorf, Germany

2002 – 2006: Executive Assistant, Champion General Contractors, Inc., Pensacola, Florida USA

2005: Graduate Assistant, University of West Florida, MBA Office, Pensacola, Florida USA

Werling, K., & Maier, M. (2022). How to reach and influence both users and non-users of internal social media technologies. European Journal of Business and Management Research, 7(1), 245-252.

Welzenbach-Vogel, I., Werling, K., Barkela, B., & Milde, J. (2022). Plastics in mass media: A content analysis of German media coverage of plastic-associated risks and sustainable alternatives to plastics. Environmental Communication, 16(2), 179–194.

Werling, K., & Barkela, B. (2021). COVID-19 contextual conditions’ influence on employees’ internal social media usage intention. Journal of Social Media for Organizations, 5(1).

Barkela, B., Werling, K., Filler, S., & Heidbreder, L. (2021). Fasting plastic – The role of media reports in a ‘window of opportunity’ to reduce plastic consumption. Sustainability, 13(21), 11807. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111807

Werling, K. (2020). Influencing factors for employees’ usage intention of internal social media communication technologies. European Journal of Business and Management Research, 5(2), 1-8.

Werling, K. (2020). Motivating and Hindering Factors for Internal Organizational Communication Media Usage Intention: Insights on Differential Influences for Hard-to-Reach Employees Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau.

Werling, K., Barkela, B., & Fiedler, A. (2020). Leading by example and expectation. In K. Werling, Motivating and Hindering Factors for Internal Organizational Communication Media Usage Intention (pp. 46–68). Doctoral dissertation, University of Koblenz-Landau

Hornyak, M., Platt, R., & Kelly, K. (2008). A Case of Project Management (PM) Failure: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Trilogy Project. Southeast CASE Research Journal, 5(1), 45-55.

Werling, K. Guest Speaker: Digitization of Internal Communication and the Importance of Internal Social Media Tools in Organizations, Swiss Board School, Universität St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz (2021, November) 

Werling, K. & Maier, M. (2020, November). How to reach and influence both users and non-users of Internal Social Media technologies Paper presented at the 3rd Workshop on Governance and Management of Digitalization, Brussels, Belgium. (Recognized with Conference Best Paper Award)

Werling, K., (2019, October). Internal social media in organizational communication: a qualitative approach in determining driving and hindering factors for employees’ usage intention. Paper presented at the 2nd Workshop on Governance and Management of Digitalization, Brussels, Belgium.

Werling, K., Barkela, B., & Fiedler, A. (2019, April). Leading by example and expectation: How managers can positively influence employees' usage of internal communication media?. Paper presented at the International Academy of Business Disciplines 31st Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.