Research Group for Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology

The research and teaching in the Research Group for Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology are concerned with the relations between individuals and their work context, with a special focus on the harmonious development of well-being and performance among people, groups, and organizations.

The research of the current group members primarily lies within organizational psychology, occupational health psychology, and personnel psychology. Please see our research foci for more detailed insights.

Research foci

The specific research foci of the current group members within organizational psychology, occupational health psychology, and personnel psychology are listed below. We conduct research using both quantitative (e.g., questionnaire-based survey studies, register-based studies) and qualitative methods (e.g., participatory observation and interviews).

Organizational Psychology

Leadership (e.g., training, assessment)

Occupational Health Psychology

Psychosocial work environment (assessment and intervention)
Social relations at work, mainly in the areas of workplace bullying, workplace threats/violence, and workplace sexual harassment
Mental health at work, especially depression and burnout
Work attendance behaviour
Work ability
Ageing at work
Labour market attachment

Personnel Psychology

Personality and individual differences
Selection and assessment (e.g., selection procedures, technology-enhanced assessment, performance measurement)
Recruitment
Impression management and social effectiveness

Main research projects

Flexible retirement in Danish workplaces, CEHA III, Nordea Fonden
Workplace bullying and risk of suicide, diagnosed psychiatric disorders and psychotropic drug prescriptions, Region of Southern Denmark
Attractive in the War for Talent, Effects of Job Ads for Recruitment, Carlsberg Semper Ardens Accelerate Grant
Adaptive leadership, Swiss National Science Foundation Project Grants
Personality assessment predict various performance criteria, Swiss National Science Foundation Project Grant

Selected publications

Conway, P. M., Erlangsen, A., Grynderup, M. B., Clausen, T., Rugulies, R., Bjorner, J. B., Burr, H., Francioli, L., Garde, A. H., Hansen, Å. M., Hanson, L. M., Kirchheiner-Rasmussen, J., Kristensen, T. S., Mikkelsen, E. G., Stenager, E., Thorsen, S. V., Villadsen, E., & Høgh, A. (2022). Workplace bullying and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: A register-based prospective cohort study of 98 330 participants in Denmark. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 48(6), 425–434.
Conway, P. M., Rose, U., Formazin, M., Schöllgen, I., d'Errico, A., Balducci, C., & Burr, H. (2023). Long-term associations of psychosocial working conditions with depressive symptoms and work-related emotional exhaustion: comparing effects in a 5-year prospective study of 1949 workers in Germany. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 96(5), 661–674.
Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2020). Tell us about your leadership style: A structured interview approach for assessing leadership behavior constructs. The Leadership Quarterly, 31(4), 101364.
Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., Lievens, F., Melchers, K. G., Keen, G., & Kleinmann, M. (2022). Actions define a character: Assessment centers as behavior-focused personality measures. Personnel Psychology, 75(3), 675–705.
Ingold, P. V., Dönni, M., & Lievens, F. (2018). A dual-process theory perspective to better understand judgments in assessment centers: The role of initial impressions for dimension ratings and validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(12), 1367-1378.
Ingold, P. V., Heimann, A. L., & Breil, S. M. (accepted). Any slice is predictive? On the consistency of impressions from the beginning, middle, and end of assessment center exercises and their relation to performance. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.
Kleinmann, M., & Ingold, P. V. (2019). Toward a better understanding of assessment centers: A conceptual review. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 6, 349-372.
Magnusson Hanson, L. L., Pentti, J., Nordentoft, M., Xu, T., Rugulies, R., Madsen, I. E. H., Conway, P. M., Westerlund, H., Vahtera, J., Ervasti, J., Batty, G. D., & Kivimäki, M. (2023). Association of workplace violence and bullying with later suicide risk: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of published data. The Lancet. Public health, 8(7), e494–e503.
Munyon, T. P., Carnes, A. M., Lyons, L., & Zettler, I. (2020). All about the money? Exploring antecedents and consequences for a brief measure of perceived financial security. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 25, 159–175.
Schütte, N., Blickle, G., Frieder, R. E., Wihler, A., Schnitzler, F., Heupel, J. & Zettler, I. (2018). The role of interpersonal influence in counterbalancing psychopathic personality trait facets at work. Journal of Management, 44, 1338–1368.
Tybjerg-Jeppesen, A., Conway, P. M., Ladegaard, Y., & Jensen, C. G. (2023). Is a Positive Intergenerational Workplace Climate Associated with Better Self-Perceived Aging and Workplace Outcomes? A Cross-Sectional Study of a Representative Sample of the Danish Working Population. Journal of Applied Gerontology: The Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 42(6), 1212–1222.
Zettler, I. (2022). A glimpse into prosociality at work. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 140-145.

For the full lists of publications, see the following links:

Teaching and supervision

Bachelor’s programme

BA Lecture series Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (15 ECTS)
Elective courses (e.g., Theories of stress and stress interventions, 7,5 ECTS)
Supervision of Bachelor theses within Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology

Master’s programme

MA lecture series Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (7,5 ECTS)
Elective courses (e.g., Leadership assessment) – 7,5 ECTS
Seminar courses (e.g., “The psychosocial work environment, stress and organizational behaviour: issues in assessment and management”) – 7,5 ECTS
Practicum analysis – 5 ECTS
Practical training (e.g., Talent management)- 5 ECTS
Supervision of Master theses within Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology

Contact

Paul Maurice Conway
Associate Professor
E-mail: paul.conway@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 353-24935

Internal researchers

Name	Title	E-mail
Paul Maurice Conway	Associate Professor	E-mail
Pia Ingold	Professor	E-mail
Jia Li	Associate Professor	Email
Astrid Krabbe-Juelsbo Galsgaard	PhD student	E-mail
Frej Sørensen	Research assistant	E-mail
Anette Tybjerg-Jeppesen	PhD student	E-mail
Berit Heling	PhD student	Email
Ingo Zettler	Professor	E-mail