Claude-Hélène Mayer

Prof. Dr. habil.

Claude-Hélène Mayer

PhD, PhD, MSc, M.A.

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Born| 28 June 1975 (1975-06-28) (age 50)

Göttingen, Germany

Nationality| German
Education|

* Magister Artium (M.A.), Georg-August-Universität, 2001
* Doctor, Georg-August-Universität, 2004
* Ph.D., Rhodes University, 2008
* habil., Europa Universität Viadrina, 2012
* Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pretoria, 2016
* Master of Science, University of Portsmouth, 2017
* Master of Science, Northumbria University, 2022

Alma mater| Europa Universität Viadrina

Claude-Hélène Mayer is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa[1]. and an Adjunct Professor at the Europa Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. She is also a Research Associate at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa[2].

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Education
* 3 Contributions to the Sciences
* 4 Editorial roles
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Biography[edit]

Claude-Hélène Mayer was born in Göttingen, Germany. She studied in Germany, England and South Africa and conducted her Post-doctoral degree at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. For a time, she held positions at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen (2006-2007), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (2009-2012) and at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria, South Africa (2012-2016)[3]. Claude has been a visiting professor at various universities in Germany, Poland, South Africa, India, Vietnam and Canada; she is a Semester at Sea Alumni from the Fall 2022 voyage where she taught Global Studies and Conflict Management and Communication[4][3].

## Education[edit]

Claude-Hélène Mayer holds a Master (hist-phil) and a Doctoral (Dr. disc.pol) degree in Cultural Anthropology, Intercultural Didactics and Socio-Economics of Rural Development from the Georg, August-University, Göttingen, Germany. She further holds a MSc degree in Crime Science, Investigation and Intelligence from the University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK as well as a MSc Psychology degree from the Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. Claude holds further a Ph.D in Psychology from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa and a Ph.D. in Management from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. She holds a Venia Legendi from the Europa Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) Germany. Her Venia Legendi is in Psychology with focus on work, organizational, and cultural psychology.

## Contributions to the Sciences[edit]

During the early period of her works, she focused on intercultural conflict management and mediation[5][6][7], from there turning towards research on salutogenesis, and mental health and well-being[8] and women research[9][10]. Based on this research focus, Claude has become a major contributor to research in positive psychology[11], together with pioneers such as Professor Paul T.P. Wong in Toronto, Canada[12] and Professor Llewellyn van Zyl, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands[13]. She has further contributed in the past years to intercultural research on the positive transformation of emotions which are often described as negative, such as shame[14][15][16], and research on love in cultural and intercultural contexts[17].

Since 2017, her contributions on psychobiography are impactful, whereby her main contributions to the field of psychobiography are threefold:

1. She has expanded the predominantly psychoanalytic approach towards a positive psychology approach in psychobiography[18].
2. She has contributed to shifting the focus in psychobiography from male extraordinary individuals towards female extraordinary individuals[19][20].
3. She has led the latest discourse on shifting psychobiography into a global science which does not only take Western individuals and contexts into consideration, but which also includes non-WEIRD individuals and contexts[21][22][23].

She is also one of the foundational members of the International psychobiography group of the psychohistory forum together with Professor Paul Elovitz and Inna Rozentsvit, PhD.

Being a Cultural Anthropologist, her research is, from the beginning on, impacted by the analysis of cultural, intercultural and transcultural aspects[24][25]. However, based on her various disciplinary backgrounds, her research works are further informed by transdisciplinary approaches[26].

Further contributions to the sciences are based on her work on African cultures in the business world[27] and the promotion of African-based research in the world. She is part of the Africa in Science initiative[28]. She thereby focuses primarily on the technologization in African contexts and the transformations towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)[29]. In her work on the 4IR she argues that Developing countries need to create their own processes of the 4IR which is culturally adequate and adjusted to the socio-cultural, economic and political contexts[30].

Additionally, she has published bilingual intercultural children’s and teen’s books in English and German to draw attention to developing intercultural competences at an early age[31][32][33][34][35][36].

## Editorial roles[edit]

Claude-Hélène Mayer is an Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Psychology[37] and an Associate Regional Editor, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management[38].

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Prof. Claude-Hélene Mayer". University of Johannesburg. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
2. ↑ "Claude-Hélène Mayer". www.ru.ac.za. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayer, Claude Helene. "Claude-Hélène Mayer".
4. ↑ "Fall 2022 Semester at Sea". Semester at Sea. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
5. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Louw, Lynette (2012). "Managing cross-cultural conflict in organizations". International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 12 (1): 3–8. doi:10.1177/1470595811413104. ISSN 1470-5958.
6. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène (2020). Intercultural Mediation and Conflict Management Training. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51765-6. ISBN 978-3-030-51764-9.
7. ↑ Lindemann, Holger; Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Osterfeld, Ilse (2018-04-15). Systemisch-lösungsorientierte Mediation und Konfliktklärung. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. doi:10.13109/9783666452796. ISBN 978-3-525-45279-0.
8. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Krause, Christina (2011). "Promoting mental health and salutogenesis in transcultural organizational and work contexts". International Review of Psychiatry. 23 (6): 495–500. doi:10.3109/09540261.2011.636549. ISSN 0954-0261. PMID 22272586.
9. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. (2020-01-13). "Concepts of Creative Leadership of Women Leaders in 21St Century". Creativity Studies. 13 (1): 21–40. doi:10.3846/cs.2020.10267. ISSN 2345-0479.
10. ↑ Mayer, Claude Hélène; Oosthuizen, Rudolf; Tonelli, Louise; Surtee, Sabie (2018-06-25). "Women Leaders as Containers: Systems Psychodynamic Insights into their Unconscious Roles". Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies. 7 (2): 1606. doi:10.17583/generos.2018.3217. ISSN 2014-3613.
11. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Fouché, Paul, J. P.; Van Niekerk, Roelf (2021), "Editorial: Psychobiographical Illustrations on Meaning and Identity in Sociocultural Contexts", Psychobiographical Illustrations on Meaning and Identity in Sociocultural Contexts, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–19, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81238-6_1, ISBN 978-3-030-81237-9, retrieved 2023-02-08`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
12. ↑ Wong, Paul T. P; Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Arslan, Gökmen, eds. (2022). "COVID-19 and Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0): The New Science of Self-Transcendence". Frontiers Research Topics. doi:10.3389/978-2-88974-153-3. ISBN 9782889741533. ISSN 1664-8714.
13. ↑ Duan, Wenjie; Klibert, Jeff; Schotanus-Dijkstra, Marijke; Llorens, Susana; van den Heuvel, Machteld; Mayer, Claude-Helene; Tomasulo, Dan; Liao, Yujing; van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus (2022-10-03). "Editorial: Positive psychological interventions: How, when and why they work: Beyond WEIRD contexts". Frontiers in Psychology. 13: 1021539. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1021539. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 9575688. PMID 36262443.
14. ↑ Vanderheiden, Elisabeth; Mayer, Claude-Hélène (2017), "An Introduction to the Value of Shame—Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts", The Value of Shame, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–39, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53100-7_1, ISBN 978-3-319-53099-4, retrieved 2023-02-08
15. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Vanderheiden, Elisabeth, eds. (2019). The Bright Side of Shame. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13409-9. ISBN 978-3-030-13408-2.
16. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Vanderheiden, Elisabeth; Wong, Paul T. P., eds. (2021). Shame 4.0. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59527-2. ISBN 978-3-030-59526-5.
17. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Vanderheiden, Elisabeth, eds. (2021). International Handbook of Love. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45996-3. ISBN 978-3-030-45995-6.
18. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène (2017), "The Life and Creative Works of Paulo Coelho: A Chronological Overview", The Life and Creative Works of Paulo Coelho, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 35–93, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59638-9_3, ISBN 978-3-319-59637-2, retrieved 2023-02-08
19. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène (2021-02-17), "Leading with faith: Angela Merkel in psychobiographical perspective", Reimagining Faith and Management, 1. | New York : Routledge, 2021. | Series: Routledge studies in management, organizations and society: Routledge, pp. 32–46, doi:10.4324/9781003041733-4, ISBN 9781003041733, retrieved 2023-02-08`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location (link)
20. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; van Niekerk, Roelf; Fouche, Paul J. P. (2020-03-10). "Holistic wellness in the life of Angela Merkel: a call to revise the wheel of wellness in the light of new positive psychology movements and socio-cultural changes". International Review of Psychiatry. 32 (7–8): 625–637. doi:10.1080/09540261.2020.1735317. ISSN 0954-0261. PMID 32154746.
21. ↑ Mayer, Claude‐Hélène (2023). "Psychobiographical trends: Untold stories and international voices in the context of social change". Journal of Personality. 91 (1): 262–265. doi:10.1111/jopy.12771. ISSN 0022-3506. PMID 36031389.
22. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène (2022), Marques, Joan; Dhiman, Satinder (eds.), "Sheik Zayed in Psychobiography: A Transformational Intercultural Competent Leader", Leading With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Future of Business and Finance, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 413–429, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95652-3_25, ISBN 978-3-030-95651-6, retrieved 2023-02-08
23. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Kelley, James L. (2022), Dhiman, Satinder K.; Marques, Joan; Schmieder-Ramirez, June; Malakyan, Petros G. (eds.), "The Heroine Archetype and Design Leadership in Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu: A Psychobiological Global Leadership Investigation", Handbook of Global Leadership and Followership, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–20, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75831-8_43-1, ISBN 978-3-030-75831-8, retrieved 2023-02-08
24. ↑ "49. Klippel, Friederike, ed. 2016. Teaching Languages – Sprachen lehren. Münster: Waxmann, 329 pp". English and American Studies in German. 2016 (1): 73–74. 2016-12-20. doi:10.1515/east-2017-0050. ISSN 1865-8946.
25. ↑ "Hubert Roland / Marnix Beyen / Draye (Hrsg.), Deutschlandbilder in Belgien 1830–1940. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur Nordwesteuropas, Bd. 22.) Münster/New York/München, Waxmann 2011". Historische Zeitschrift. 295 (2): 527. 2012. doi:10.1524/hzhz.2012.0524. ISSN 0018-2613.
26. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Vanderheiden, Elisabeth, eds. (2021). International Handbook of Love. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45996-3. ISBN 978-3-030-45995-6.
27. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Louw, Lynette; Boness, Christian Martin, eds. (2019). "Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions". Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25185-7. ISBN 978-3-030-25184-0. ISSN 2945-6673.
28. ↑ "AiS Lectures | Online Hub, Africa-Centric Database and ThinkTank that Tracks the Scientific Output of Institutes in Africa". www.africainscience.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
29. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. (2020-06-23). "Positive transformation towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution: empirical evidence from a technology company". International Review of Psychiatry. 32 (7–8): 659–672. doi:10.1080/09540261.2020.1763927. ISSN 0954-0261. PMID 32573291.
30. ↑ Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. (2021-01-28), "Occupational Stress in South Africa", Organizational Stress Around the World, 1 Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2021. | Series:Routledge studies in management, organizations and society |Includes bibliographical references and index.: Routledge, pp. 284–302, doi:10.4324/9780429292538-13, ISBN 9780429292538, retrieved 2023-02-08`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location (link)
31. ↑ "Stadt Heppenheim: Moderne Finanz-Software für zukunftsfähige Verwaltungsabläufe". Innovative Verwaltung. 37 (12): 46–47. 2015. doi:10.1007/s35114-015-1225-3. ISSN 1618-9876.
32. ↑ Heil, Reinhard (1959-12-01). "Die "Bergsträßer Diluvialterrasse" zwischen der Odenwaldquelle (südlich Heppenheim) und Bensheim". Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins. 41: 35–45. doi:10.1127/jmogv/41/1959/35. ISSN 0078-2947.
33. ↑ Barker, Jason (2016). "Blurring the Boundaries: Animated Wonderworlds (Animierte Wunderwelten): Exhibition, Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, 4 September 2015–10 January 2016". Animation. 11 (2): 215–219. doi:10.1177/1746847716647136. ISSN 1746-8477.
34. ↑ THE WOMAN WHO LOST HER SKIN, Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis, 2004, doi:10.4324/9780203341971_chapter_two, ISBN 978-0-203-34197-1, retrieved 2023-02-08
35. ↑ Audinet, Pierre; Singh, Bipul; Kexel, Duane T.; Suphachalasai, Suphachol; Makumbe, Pedzi; Mayer, Kristy (2015-12-28). Exploring a Low-Carbon Development Path for Vietnam. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0719-0. ISBN 978-1-4648-0719-0.
36. ↑ Fischer, Dietlind (2008-06-18), "Doris Lemmermöhle/Stefanie Große/Antje Schellack/Renate Putschbach: Passagen und Passantinnen. Biographisches Lernen junger Frauen. Eine Längsschnittstudie. Münster u. a.: Waxmann 2006.", Kinder und ihr Geschlecht, Verlag Barbara Budrich, pp. 212–218, doi:10.2307/j.ctvm201fx.19, retrieved 2023-02-08
37. ↑ "Pushing the boundaries: new frontiers in conflict resolution and collaboration", Pushing the Boundaries: New Frontiersin Conflict Resolution and Collaboration, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Bingley: Emerald (MCB UP ), vol. 29, pp. iii, 2008, doi:10.1016/s0163-786x(08)29014-2, ISBN 978-1-84855-290-6, retrieved 2023-02-08
38. ↑ "Erratum". Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal. 21 (1). 2014-01-28. doi:10.1108/ccm-02-2014-002. ISSN 1352-7606.

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