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In this study, Dr. Mauren Wolff and Prof. Dr. Cornelia Niessen investigated how social characteristics of an organization influence employees' negative reactions to electronic performance monitoring (EPM) systems. Using a scenario-based approach (N = 886), the researchers were able to show that empl...

This week the time had finally come: Our PhD student Mauren Wolff defended her dissertation entitled: Every Breath You Take I'll Be Watching You: The Role of Social Context in Shaping Privacy Invasion Under Electronic Performance Monitoring at Work. We are also pleased to welcome her reviewer Pro...

As part of the German-Israel Minerva-Gentner Symposium 2025 at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research in Mainz, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Niessen and Sara Bergmann had the opportunity to exchange views with Israeli and German scientists on key issues relating to research into the impact of AI-based ...

This year, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Niessen took part in the IFPOC's Change Researchers Network Event in Athens. Together with leading academics, current perspectives and the latest approaches in research on organizational change were discussed and further developed. A big thank you for the inspiring e...

We are delighted that Sara Bergmann has been accepted into the Graduate Center of the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt). The program promotes excellent young scientists who are working on innovative issues relating to digital transformation. Sara Bergmann's research focus...

In a study, Dr. Kyra Göbel and Prof. Dr. Cornelia Niessen investigated how regularly sorting and deleting files affects concentration, mental effort and work performance - especially in connection with the ability to control distracting thoughts. A combination of laboratory research and an experienc...

Last week, part of our chair team attended the EAWOP (European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology) congress in Prague. Julia Schmidbauer, Sara Bergmann and Lukas Retzer presented a total of three research papers from our department: Julia Schmidbauer: “Staying in a stressful j...

This study examines how (more) introverted leaders respond to the social demands of their leadership role. Based on research findings on anticipated negative affect, we examined whether introverted leaders show less role-congruent (extraverted and leader-like) behavior during the workday due to anti...

The conference year is in full swing and part of the chair will be attending the EAWOP conference in Prague from May 21-24, 2025. The chair will be represented there with two self-organized symposia: Julia Schmidbauer has organized a symposium with the topic “Designing Decent Work in the Blue ...

At this year's SIOP (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) annual conference in Denver in April, the team from the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology appeared in large numbers! The chair presented a total of three (!) research papers: Dr. Kyra Göbel on “Smartphone re...