Dr. Antje Schmitt
Research Interest
Self-regulation and self-control at work
Affect regulation and self-efficacy
Work engagement and proactive work behavior
Psychological success factors of small family businesses
Diary study methodology
Work Experience
01/2014 | Junior Research Group Leader, Project “Always online?” (Interdisciplinary research project between University of Kassel and University of Darmstadt, funded by Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung Wissenschaftlich- ökonomischer Exzellenz, LOEWE) |
10/2008 - 10/2010 | Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany Faculty member and research assistant at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology (Prof. Dr. Michael Frese) |
05/2008 - 08/2008 | Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany Student research assistant at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology |
02/2006 - 04/2006 | Police Academy, Berlin, Germany Internship: Design of assessment center exercises; administration and validation of assessment centers, Personnel selection for expatriate police officers |
08/2005 - 10/2005 | Penitentiary, Gießen, Germany Internship: Statistical analyses, literature research, preparing stress management workshops for employees |
02/2005 - 03/2005 | Forensic Psychiatry, Kloster Haina, Germany Internship: Trainings and therapeutic sessions with schizophrenic patients, diagnostics |
09/2004 - 07/2007 | Caritas-Verband, Gießen, Germany Work in a non-profit organisation providing youth welfare service, private lessons and educational workshops for socially deprived adolescents, organization of summer camps |
07/2002 - 09/2002 | SMA AG, Kassel/Niestetal, Germany, Internship at the Department of Marketing |
Academic background
10/2002 - 09/2004 Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany Undergraduate Studies of Psychology
10/2004 - 10/2008 Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany Graduate Studies of Psychology; Main focus: Work and OrganizationalPsychology, Clinical Psychology
Master Thesis: "Work engagement and the role of events, emotionsand flow: An experience sampling study"
10/2008 - 09/2010 Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany PhD student at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Frese)
10/2010 - 09/2012 Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany PhD student at the Department of Strategic Personal Management (continued PhD); Dissertation "Refinement of Theoretical Frameworkson Antecedents of Work Engagement and of AffectiveEvents Theory: A Dynamic Approach" (supervisor: Prof. Dr. MichaelFrese)
09/2012 Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, Dissertation Defense
(Summa cum laude)
Awards
08/2013 | DAAD-Postdoc Scholarship, Research stay at the University of Ams-erdam, Business School |
07/2013 | Research Award „Leuphana Nachwuchspreis Forschung 2012“ |
02/2013 | Scholarship from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile for rese-arch and teaching |
12/2011 | DAAD-PhD Scholarship, Research stay at University of Queensland, Business School, Brisbane, Australia |
Lectures
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01/2014 | Audacious Exploration: How Entrepreneurial Selfefficacy Enables Entrepreneurs to Explore More in Uncertain Environments Presentation at the Institute of Work Psychology International Conference, Sheffield, UK. |
01/2014 | Digitale Arbeitswelt – Fluch oder/ und Segen? Symposium „Digitale Arbeitswelt – Fluch oder/ und Segen?“ House of IT, Darmstadt, Germany |
01/2014 | Ermitteln und Beurteilen psychischer Belastungen und Beanspruchungen von Beschäftigten am Arbeitsplatz Präsentation im Arbeitskreis Umweltschutz & Arbeitsschutz, IHK Kassel- Marburg, Melsungen, Germany. |
01/2014 | Is Outcome Responsibility at Work Emotionally Exhausting? Investigating Personal Initiative as a Moderator Presentation at the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, London, UK. |
01/2014 | Motivational States, Affect, and Affect Regulation as Antecedents of Daily Proactive Behavior Presentation at the Proactivity Symposium, Business School Amsterdam, Netherlands |
01/2013 | A Diary Study on the Relationships of Distinct Work Events with Job Features and Affective States by Using a Work Event Taxonomy Presentation at the 16th Conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Münster, Germany. |
01/2013 | Coping with Failure and Setbacks in Chilean Start-Up Entrepreneurs Presentation at the 1st Start-Up Chile Research Conference, Santiago, Chile |
01/2013 | Introduction into Hierarchical Linear Regression Analysis (HLM) Presentation for master students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
01/2013 | Quantitative Research in Social Science Presentation for master students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
01/2013 | Self-efficacy as an Indicator of Effective Affect Regulation at Work - First Ideas for an Experimental Study Design Presentation at the Small Talk Meeting, Business School University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
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