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Scientific Vita

Since Oct 2011    Full Professor for Work- and Organizational Psychology

  • Work- and Organizational Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

2009-2011    Associate Professor (tenured)

  • Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • April / May 2010 Visiting Scholar (with Filip Lievens),  Department  of  Personnel Management,  Work  &  Organizational  Psychology,  Ghent University,   Belgium.

2005-2009    Assistant Professor (tenured since 2007)

  • Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2004/2005    Assistant

  • Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

2003    Postdoctoral fellow

  • on a one-year grant awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for project “The role of motivation in maximum and typical performance – insights from social facilitation, inhibition, and social loafing”  (D/02/00857).
  • Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie, University of Amsterdam, Niederlande.

2003    Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

  • Thesis: “Towards an Understanding of the Constructs Underlying the Situational and Patterned Behavior Description Interview in Predicting Typical versus Maximum Performance”; Promoter: Prof. Gary P. Latham, Ph.D
  • Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

2000-2001    Research Assistant with Prof. Gary P. Latham

  • Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

2000    Diplom in psychology

  • Thesis: “Issues with construct validity: The role of transparency and or identifying the relevant performance criteria in Situational Interviews an in Assessment Center”; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Kleinmann.
  • Department of Psychology, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
1997-2000    Teaching and Research Assistant 
  • e.g., in work and organizational psychology (Prof. M. Kleinmann), clinical psychology (Dr. B. Tuschen-Caffier), and research methods (Prof. H. H. Schulze).
  • Department of Psychology, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
1997    Vordiplom in psychology
  • Department of Psychology, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.