Janina Peschmann
Vita
Janina studied Business Psychology (B.Sc.) and Management & Human Resources (M.Sc.) at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg. During her master's, she started working for the STEP (Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion) project and was mainly responsible for supervising research assistants and organising the evaluation of the STEP trainings in various African countries (e.g., Uganda, Kenya, South Africa). For her master's thesis, she collected data on teamwork processes during the STEP training in South Africa. Since October 2021, she is pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Gielnik. Within her research, she is mainly looking at success factors of entrepreneurship training design, the effects of entrepreneurship training on poverty alleviation and employment, and women entrepreneurship. Shedeveloped a version of the STEP training for illiterates as part of a World Bank project in Niger. She is currently acting as project coordinator for a STEP Sustainability project that is being implemented in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa and is funded by the DAAD.
Projects
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Sustainable Entrepreneurship Courses for Under- and Postgraduate Students
Michael Marcus Gielnik (Project manager, academic) , Paul Jasper Herrmann (Project staff) , Janina Peschmann (Project staff)
→Project: Practical Project
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International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology (2023-2027)
Michael Marcus Gielnik (Project manager, academic) , Janina Peschmann (Project staff)
→Project: Teaching
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DAAD "International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology"
Michael Marcus Gielnik (Project manager, academic) , Karl Jakob Weers (Project staff) , Janina Peschmann (Project staff)
→Project: Teaching
Publications
Journal contributions
- Overcoming poverty and unemployment: The transfer dynamics of entrepreneurship training
Janina Peschmann (Author) , Michael Marcus Gielnik (Author) , Michael Frese (Author) , Kim Marie Bischoff (Author) , in: Journal of Applied Psychology, 2025Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Impact
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STEP – Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion has a wide-ranging impact
Michael Frese , Michael Marcus Gielnik , Janina Peschmann , Paul Jasper Herrmann
Impact: Academic Impact, Economic Impact, Educational Impact, Environmental Impact, Health and Quality of Life Impact
Activities
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The impact of action-oriented entrepreneurship training on employment, income, and business performance among young adults
Janina Peschmann (Speaker) , Michael Marcus Gielnik (Coauthor) , Michael Frese (Coauthor) , Kim Marie Bischoff (Coauthor)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
Prizes
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Impact Award 2024
Paul Jasper Herrmann (Recipient) Michael Marcus Gielnik (Recipient) Janina Peschmann (Recipient) ,Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Transfer