Working group for Business Psychology with a focus on Social Psychology

News

New publication in Frontiers in Psychology

„When Your Boss Is Under Pressure: On the Relationships Between Leadership Inconsistency, Leader and Follower Strain“

Laura Klebe, Jörg Felfe (both Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg) and Katharina Klug investigated how employees perceive their leaders under routine conditions versus under stress, and how these discrepancies in leader behavior relate to employee strain. Read the full article here.

© Frontiers in Psychology

People and topics

Portrait von Katharina Klug

Dr. Katharina Klug

Contact:
Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 1
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-66759
Email: kklugprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

 

more
The Glass Hall casts long shadows over the university boulevard.

The changing world of work

How does societal change affect careers, work behavior and well-being? One focal research area centers on topics such as job insecurity or the effects of flexibility in working times and locations.

Zwei Personen im Gespräch an einem Bürotisch.

Leadership and well-being

Supervisors have a considerable influence on their employees' well-being. One focal research area centers on how leaders affect their employees and what constitutes healthy leadershiip.

Diverse students in conversation.

Social psychology and working life

What do we know about interactions within and between groups? How do social relationships influence human behavior? Social psychology, a focus area in teaching, addresses these kinds of questions.