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Barbara Wisse has written a Mindwise blog post, reflecting on a recent theoretical paper on abusive supervision which she wrote together with Kimberley Breevaart and Birgit Schyns.

Katharina Hilger and Susanne Scheibe, together with Melanie Keller and Anne Frenzel, published a study on changes in teacher's work conditions and well-being during lockdown. By comparing data from teachers before and during pandemic-induced school closures in Germany in 2020, they found that remote teaching is a double-edged sword for teachers. Although teachers' job demands (for example, emotional job demands of interacting with pupils) decreased, their job resources (for example, the social support they received from colleagues) decreased as well. Decreases in job demands went along with reduced fatigue and psychosomatic complaints, whereas decreases in job resources went along with lowered job satisfaction. Teachers with caretaking responsibilities and more experienced teachers were more vulnerable to the crisis as they experienced a smaller or no decrease in job demands in concert with diminished job resources.

Abused followers would often be better off if they were able to end the abusive relationship. Yet, doing so can be extremely difficult and many people end up being trapped at work with an abusive supervisor. In this paper, we (Kimberley Breevaart, Barbara Wisse, & Birgit Schyns) examine what makes it so hard for followers to leave and as such, what enables the abuse to continue over time. Specifically, we address barriers that prevent followers from escaping an abusive supervisory relationship on a societal (e.g., laws), organizational (e.g., organizational policies and practices), and personal level (e.g., beliefs and values), and explain how these barriers can be overcome. Boudewijn Wisse designed the model.

Sjoukje van Dellen, together with Barbara Wisse, Mark Mobach, Casper Albers, & Arie Dijkstra, published an article on lactation room quality, mothers’ satisfaction, and breast milk expression at work.

On October 7, 2021, Susanne Scheibe will give an interactive online webinar on the role of age in the workplace ("Onderschat oudere werknemer niet!"), as part of the Week of Diversity and Inclusion organized by Noorderlink and Samenwerking Rijk Noord. The webinar is meant for HR professionals, managers, and supervisors who are interested in comparing common age stereotypes with the latest scientific knowlegde on the aging worker, and learning about possible strategies to improve age diversity outcomes at work

Antje Schmitt, together with Oliver Weigelt, Christine Syrek, and Sandra Ohly published a paper on temporal aspects of positive and negative work events and their influence on employee work engagement.

Antje Schmitt, Deanne den Hartog, and Frank Belschak published a paper on the interplay of leader and follower traits to predict leader evaluations of followers’ proactive work behavior.

In their book chapter, Anne-Kathrin Kleine and Antje Schmitt provide a literature review and theoretical integration of research findings on personal, behavioral, and contextual factors influencing entrepreneurs’ well-being. Furthermore, the authors highlight relevant opportunities for future research and theory development in the field of entrepreneurs' health and well-being.

Based on Lent & Brown’s (2013) career self-management model, Anne-Kathrin Kleine, Antje Schmitt, and Barbara Wisse investigated antecedents and outcomes of students’ career exploration as the exploration of the environment and the self with the aim of gathering career-related information.

Jesus Mascareno, Eric Rietzschel, and Barbara Wisse published an article on ambidextrous leadership and innovative behaviour in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Their findings suggest that different leader behaviors are required for stimulating idea generation and promotion on the one hand, or idea implementation on the other.

Susanne Scheibe, together with her colleagues Frank Walter (Giessen University) and Yurije Zhan (Wilfrid Laurier University) and several other international colleagues, published a collection of articles on the role of age and emotions in organizations. In this special issue in the journal Work, Aging and Retirement, you find some of the latest research on age-related advantages (and their limits) in daily positive emotions at work, emotion regulation and emotional labor, organizational deviance behavior, and sense of belonging and social motivation at work.

Susanne Scheibe was a guest in the Corona Dialoog of the Dagblad van het Noorden about corona's impact on work and careers. In the roundtable discussion, two 'career switchers' talked about the way in which Corona put a hold to their job and challenged them to seek new career paths. The conversation then touched workplace trends - such as working from home, and moving from traditional careers (where people work for one organization throughout their working life) to 'boundaryless' careers (where working life is split into different career episodes) - that were already present pre-Corona but intensified ever since the pandemic hit.

Felix Grundmann, together with Kai Epstude and Susanne Scheibe, published an article on the effect of face masks on emotion-perception accuracy and social judgments.

Incoming PhD student Tina Armasu wrote a blog post about working from home, control, and well-being published on Mindwise.

How to make a brainstorm work - an interview with dr. Kiki de Jonge in the Volkskrant.

Susanne Scheibe talks about the results of a recent study, conducted together with Felix Grundmann and Kai Epstude, on the effect of face masks on emotion recognition and social judgements.

Eric Rietzschel, together with Eva Derous from Ghent University, co-edited a second installment of the special issue on 'The Future of Work' in the Dutch journal Gedrag & Organisatie. This second part of the special issue contains articles on such various topics as collaboration with robots, the relation between technology and perceived quality of work, and the use of virtual reality in personnel selection.

Felix Grundmann, together with Susanne Scheibe and Kai Epstude, published an article on the intersection of emotion regulation and the processing of negative feedback.

Dr. Kiki de Jonge talked with the Friesch Dagblad about the opportunies which Corona afforded people with.

Susanne Scheibe, together with researchers from Rotterdam, Koblenz, Bern, and Tilburg, developed and evaluated a new age diversity training.

Dr. Kiki de Jonge - Blended working, effective brainstorming, and well-being at work during and after the Corona situation - Interview in the magazine of a.s.r. insurances.

Dr. Kiki de Jonge - Does one size fit all? Working from home in 2020 - interview Rvdb with tips for HR professionals

Eric Rietzschel wrote a blog post about inspiration, creativity, and their relationship.

Burkhard Wörtler, Nico van Yperen, & Dick Barelds published an article on the factors influencing how employees react to blended working arrangements.

Eric Rietzschel, together with Eva Derous from Ghent University, co-edited a special issue on 'The Future of Work' in the Dutch journal Gedrag & Organisatie. The special issue contains articles on such various topics as machine learning, technostress, and robotisation.

Susanne Scheibe wrote a commentary on work challenges in times of Covid-19, focusing on the role of support for older and younger workers.

Jesús Mascareño, Eric Rietzschel, and Barbara Wisse published an article entitled on Leader‐Member Exchange (LMX) and innovation.

Anita Keller and her colleagues published an article on managers distrusting employees who work remotely.

Sjoukje van Dellen published a blog about the importance of breastfeeding facilities in organizations.

Dr. Kiki de Jonge was interviewed by Dagblad van het Noorden about her vision after Corona: Working from home remains (partly), the office as a meeting place.

LinkedIn conducted a research with HR professionals and interviewed Dr. Kiki de Jonge for her insights.

In an interview with the TV station RTL news, Dr. Kiki de Jonge discussed working from home and the possible work-family (in)balance. The interview includes a behind the scenes example.

Lena Kunz, Susanne Scheibe, Barbara Wisse, and their colleagues published an article on the development and validation of the dementia mindset scale.

A group of social scientists at the University of Groningen, New York University Abu Dhabi, and other collaborators from around the world are investigating the psychology of the coronavirus.

How are workers managing their home offices following the COVID-19 pandemic? A group of psychologists designed a survey to investigate this question.

Kiki de Jonge gave an interview (in Dutch) to ICT platform AG Connect on the topic "The effectiveness of working from home during the corona situation".

Agnes Toth, Barbara Wisse, and Klara Farago investigated whether migrants’ acculturation and well-being can be seen as a function of their pursuit of intrinsic goals.

Susanne Scheibe wrote a Mindwise blog post addressing challenges faced by young healthcare professionals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anita Keller and her colleagues wrote two blog posts that are based on a global study on working from home.

How can successful goal pursuit help migrants' acculturation and well-being?

Recently, Jesús Mascareño, Eric Rietzschel, and Barbara Wisse published an article that deals with the question of whether visionary leadership engenders team innovative performance through goal alignment.

Kyriaki Fousiani wrote a timely reflection on Brexit and the impact of different negotiation strategies.

In an interview with RTL Z, Kiki de Jonge provides tips on how to maintain focus and an experience of work-related flow in an open space office.

Barbara Wisse and Stacey Sanders coauthored an article on strategic behavior of so-called "dark-triad" employees. Based on their work, Academy of Management created an infographic on 15 Signs You Work with a Narcissist, Machiavellian, or Psychopath.

Kiki de Jonge gave an interview to the Dutch newspaper Trouw. The interview deals with working from home in times of the Corona crisis (e.g., How do you still get the most out of working from home?).

Sjoukje van Dellen and Barbara Wisse published an article on the effect of a breastfeeding support program on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity.

Do older and younger workers display different emotion-regulation strategies in response to negative work events and what are the well-being consequences of these reactions? Susanne Scheibe and Darya Moghimi answer these questions in their new paper published in Work, Aging and Retirement.

Eric Rietzschel wrote a blog post that addresses the question of whether our belief in creativity and innovation is not just a solution, but also a problem.

How to make government work in the Northern Netherlands attractive to young professionals?