Marjolein Silvia Lips-Wiersma is a New Zealand academic. She specializes in ethics, meaningful work and sustainability. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.
Marjo Lips-Wiersma is Professor of Ethics and Sustainability Leadership at AUT. In 1999 she submitted a doctoral thesis titled The influence of 'spiritual meaning-making' on career choice, transition and experience at the University of Auckland. Her research takes place at the nexus of meaningful work, sustainability, hope and well-being.
Lips-Wiersma is amongst the top 2 % of global academics. Her research on meaningful work is well known. It is also used in a variety of organisations around the world and she is chair of the board of the Map of Meaning (<nowiki>https://www.themapofmeaning.org</nowiki>) which, through training and certifying practitioners, helps individuals, organisations and communities to make meaning and its absence visible.
Lips-Wiersma has published in journals such as Human Relations, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, Group & Organization Management and the Journal of Management Inquiry. She has teaches ethics, sustainability, responsible leadership and qualitative research methods at postgraduate and MBA levels.