
Anu Puusa
Professor
Professor in Management
Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 442 3376
I work as a Professor in Management. My current research interest areas are co-operatives, work-community skills/Organization Citizenship behaviour, organizational identity and change. I have published textbooks and numerous journal articles and other publications.
I also believe in giving back: I have positions of trust such as membership of the board at Cooperatives Europe and Pellervo Coop Center (I am bit of a co-operative enthusiastic).
I am experienced organizational speaker and an awarded teacher. I am an academic who does not believe that theory and practice are opposites. My philosophical background lies in the interpretative paradigm: “We look at the same target, but do we see the same thing?”
I am a realist who tend to look at the bright side of life. I believe in the power of questions. Joint pondering and cooperation are the ways forward.
Research groups
Publications
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Co-operative innovations
Puusa, Anu; Mazzarol, Tim, 2025, Eriksson, Päivi; Montonen, Tero; Laine, Pikka-Maaria; Hannula, Anna, Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management, 74-78. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Yksilön resilienssi organisaatioissa liiketoimintayhteydessä: Käsitteellinen ja bibliometrinen analyysi
Kinnunen, Juha; Puusa, Anu; Hallikainen, Heli, 2025, Suomen Psykologisen Seuran terveyspsykologian jaos. Abstract -
Autonomiaa vai kontrollia? Tapaustutkimus lisääntyvään itseohjautuvuuteen pyrkivästä organisaatiosta
Kinnunen, Juha; Puusa, Anu; Kuittinen, Matti, 2024, Hallinnon tutkimus, 43, 1, 37–50. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Critical issues of co-operative governance in large co-operatives: Who eventually wields power?
Puusa, Anu, 2024, Warren, Jerome Nikolai; Biggiero, Lucio; Hübner, Jamin; Ogunyemi, Kemi, The Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics and Management, 241-249. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Echoes of Co-operatives from the North - the Breakthrough of the Finnish Cooperative Movement
Puusa, Anu; Karhu, Sami, 2024, Deusto, estudios cooperativos, 23, 35-57. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Enacted or idealistic co-operative values?
Saastamoinen, Sanna; Puusa, Anu, 2024, Journal of co-operative organization and management, 12, 2, 100248. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Individual Resilience in Organizations in the Business Context: A Conceptual and a Bibliometric Analysis
Kinnunen, Juha; Puusa, Anu; Hallikainen, Heli, 2024, Nordic journal of business, 73, 3, 117-151. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Consumer Co-operative Movement in Finland and Lessons We Can Learn from It
Puusa, Anu; Karhu, Sami, 2024, Deusto, estudios cooperativos, 23, 75-106. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Effect of Trust and Satisfaction on Customers’ Commitment Towards Their Co-Operative Membership in the Finnish Retail Sector
Puusa, Anu; Tuominen, Pasi; Tammi, Timo Tapani; Tuominen, Terhi, 2024, Nordic journal of business, 73, 1, 5-31. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The importance of knowledge sharing structures in sales units for enhancing innovation processes
Ylönen, Katariina; Julkunen, Saara; Puusa, Anu, 2024, American Marketing Association. Abstract