I am an Assistant Professor in Organization Studies. Prior to joining ESCP, I worked at the University of Liverpool and HEC Montreal, and I earned my PhD from La Sorbonne University and ESCP.

My research interests include sensemaking, intuition, embodiment, and qualitative research methods. More recently, I have also developed research projects on legacy transmission in family businesses, and on founders and the imprint they leave on their organizations. Overall, I have a genuine passion for discursive and conversational analysis, and I am empirically interested in artistic organizations (e.g., filmmaking, haute cuisine), as well as extreme contexts (e.g., firefighters, hospitals).

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in researching topics such as sensemaking, embodiment, and language.

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Academic Articles

2025

MEZIANI, N., V. SERGI, A. LANGLEY, J. BASQUE

Enrolling deceased founders in times of change or discontinuity: The evocative powers and perils of presentification

ORGANIZATION STUDIES

ESCP Impact Papers

2025

CABANTOUS, L., N. MEZIANI

AI imaginaries: a critical lens for managerial action

ESCP Impact Papers, 2025-06-EN

ESCP Impact Papers

2025

CABANTOUS, L., N. MEZIANI

Les imaginaires de l’IA : Une déconstruction nécessaire à l’action managériale

ESCP Impact Papers, 2025-46-FR

Academic Articles

2020

LANGLEY, A., N. MEZIANI

Making Interviews Meaningful

JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, 56, 370-391

Academic Articles

2020

LANGLEY, A., N. MEZIANI, C. AUGER

Ces fantômes qui rôdent en entreprise

GESTION - REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE GESTION (HEC MONTREAL), 45, 34

Academic Articles

2020

MEZIANI, N., L. CABANTOUS

Acting intuition into sense: How film crews make sense with embodied ways of knowing

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 57,7, 1384-1419

Chapters

2020

MEZIANI, N.

Talking intuitions into existence: the role of ventriloquism figures

In: Handbook of Intuition Research as Practice, Marta Sinclair Edward Elgar Publishing, 271-281