Julia Schmidbauer, M.Sc.

Research associate

Institute of Psychology
Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology (Prof. Dr. Niessen)

Room 02.316
Nägelsbachstraße 49c
91052 Erlangen

Office hours
Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (by appointment only)

09/2021: Master of Science, Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Master’s thesis: “Introverted Leaders: The Role of Forecasted Negative Affect for Enacted Extraversion and How Enacted Extraversion Is Associated With Leaderlike Performance and Vitality”; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Niessen)
09/2018: Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Regensburg

Since October 2021: Research Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate at the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology
January 2020 to September 2021: Student Assistant at the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology
October 2018 to September 2019: Junior Expert in Human Resources and Organizational Development, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
April 2017 to September 2018: Working Student in Human Resources Development, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
January 2017 to April 2017: Intern in Human Resources Development, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
September 2016 to October 2016: Intern in Human Resources Development, Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich

March 2021 to April 2021: Intern at the GWG (Society for Scientific Forensic and Legal Psychology)
September 2020 to October 2020: Intern at the Social Therapy Center, Prop e.V.

Schmidbauer J., Niessen C., Lubecki-Weschke N., Krupp M.:
Staying in a Stressful Job? The Role of Job Embeddedness for Truck Drivers’ Well-Being and Turnover Intentions
In: Journal of Business and Psychology (2025)
ISSN: 0889-3268
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-025-10011-0
Schmidbauer J., Niessen C., Spark A., O’Connor PJ., Jimmieson NL.:
Introversion in Leaders: Role-Congruent Leader Behavior and Thriving in Daily Working Life
In: The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (2025), Article No.: 00218863251342832
ISSN: 0021-8863
DOI: 10.1177/00218863251342832

Schmidbauer J., Niessen C.:
Do introverted leaders benefit from virtual communication? A diary study
40th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Denver, Colorado, USA, 2. April 2025 - 5. April 2025)
Schmidbauer J., Niessen C.:
Staying in a stressful job? Benefits and costs of job embeddedness for truck drivers
22nd EAWOP Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology (Prague, Czech Republic, 21. May 2025 - 24. May 2025)

Schmidbauer J., Niessen C.:
Introverted or extraverted? The role of a leader’s personality for his or her behavior and well-being when leading from a distance
13th Conference of the Division of Industrial, Organizational and Business Psychology (Kassel, Germany, 12. September 2023 - 15. September 2023)
Schmidbauer J., Niessen C.:
Is remote leadership a better fit for an introverted leader? An examination of leader and follower outcomes
21st EAWOP Congress (Katowice, Poland, 24. May 2023 - 27. May 2023)

Schmidbauer J., Spark A., O’Connor PJ., Jimmieson NL., Niessen C.:
Introverted Leaders: The Role of Forecasted Negative Affect and Extraverted Behavior in Leaderlike Behavior and Well-being
12th Conference of the Division of Industrial, Organizational and Business Psychology (Chemnitz, Germany, 22. September 2021 - 24. September 2021)

Research interests