Prof. Dr. Judith Volmer

Director of the Institute of Psychology

Judith Volmer holds the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Bamberg. After completing her doctorate at the TU Braunschweig (Dr. rer. nat.), she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Habilitation). Stays abroad were at the German-American Chamber of Commerce in New York, New York University (NYU), Portland State University (PSU), and the University of Bologna, Italy. 

Her research focuses on dynamic social interactions (particularly leadership) and health at work. Her work is published in high-impact, peer-reviewed international journals (e.g., Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management Review, Human Performance, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology). She is also active on scientific advisory boards, a peer reviewer for journals and funding organizations, and a mentor.

Membership in Professional Organizations:

  • Academy of Management (AOM), Divisions: Organizational Behavior (OB) and Entrepreneurship (ENT)
  • European Association of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP)
  • European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
  • German Psychological Society (DGPs): Section of Work, Organizational, and Business Psychology
  • Labour and Socio-Economic Research Center (LASER; University ErlangenNuremberg)
  • Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)

 

See also Prof. Volmer's profiles at ResearchGate and Google Scholar.

Publications

Representative Publications

Poetz, L., & Volmer, J. (2024). What does leadership do to the leader? Using a pattern-oriented approach to investigate the association between daily leadership profiles and daily leader well-being. Journal of Business and Psychology, 39, 1259-1281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09939-6

Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2023). Are the effects of servant leadership only spurious? The state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership, recommendations, and an illustrative experiment. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(6), Article 101722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101722

London, M., Volmer, J., Zyberaj, J., & Kluger, A. N. (2023). Gaining feedback acceptance: Leader-member attachment style and psychological safety. Human Resource Management Review, 33(2), Article 100953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2023.100953

Volmer, J., Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Niessen, C. (2012). Do social conflicts with customers at work encroach upon our private lives? A diary study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17(3), 304–315. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028454

Volmer, J. (2015). Followers’ daily reactions to social conflicts with supervisors: The moderating role of core self-evaluations and procedural justice perceptions. The Leadership Quarterly, 26(5), 719–731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.01.005

Volmer, J., Spurk, D., & Niessen, C. (2012). Leader–member exchange (LMX), job autonomy, and creative work involvement. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(3), 456–465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.10.005

Sonnentag, S., Volmer, J., & Spychala, A. (2008). Job performance. In J. Barling & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior: Volume I - Micro approaches (pp. 427–447). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849200448.n24

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Hebel, V., Röder, E. S., & Volmer, J. (2025). Development and validation of a questionnaire for measuring resources and demands at work (ReDema). Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 69(4). https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000452

Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2025). Trajectories and associations of perceived servant leadership and teacher exhaustion during the first months of a crisis. Occupational Health Science, 9(1), 57–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00206-x

Seibel, S., Volmer, J., & Schmitt, A. (2025). Pleasant anticipation of an after-work free-time activity and work engagement: Findings from two studies. Leisure Sciences, 47(1), 178–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2022.2074586

Bianchi, R., Schonfeld, I. S., Sowden, J. F., Cavalcante, D. C., Queirós, C., Hebel, V. M., Volmer, J., Fiorilli, C., Angelini, G., Golonka, K., Manzano-García, G., Montañés-Muro, P., Jansson-Fröjmark, M., & De Beer, L. T. (2024). Measurement invariance of the Occupational Depression Inventory: A study of 12,589 participants across 14 countries. Work & Stress, 38(4), 420–436. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2024.2364594

Poetz, L., & Volmer, J. (2024). Exploring the dynamic relationship of transformational leadership behavior and leader well-being: A three-wave cross-lagged panel study. Occupational Health Science, 8, 71–101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-023-00165-9

Poetz, L., & Volmer, J. (2024). What does leadership do to the leader? Using a pattern-oriented approach to investigate the association between daily leadership profiles and daily leader well-being. Journal of Business and Psychology, 39, 1259–1281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09939-6

Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2024). Servant and crisis manager? The association of servant leadership with followers’ adaptivity and proactivity. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 31(4), 433–452. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518241287647

London, M., Volmer, J., & Zyberaj, J. (2023). Beyond LMX: Toward a theory-based, differentiated view of leader–member relationships. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 38(4), 273–288. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-10-2022-0513

London, M., Volmer, J., Zyberaj, J., & Kluger, A. N. (2023). Attachment style and quality listening: Keys to meaningful feedback and stronger leader-member connections. Organizational Dynamics, 52(2), Article 100977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2023.100977

London, M., Volmer, J., Zyberaj, J., & Kluger, A. N. (2023). Gaining feedback acceptance: Leader-member attachment style and psychological safety. Human Resource Management Review, 33(2), Article 100953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2023.100953

Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2023). Are the effects of servant leadership only spurious? The state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership, recommendations, and an illustrative experiment. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(6), Article 101722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101722

Volmer, J., Schulte, E.-M., & Fritz, C. (2023). Facilitating employee recovery from work: The role of leader-member-exchange. Occupational Health Science, 7, 297–319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-022-00132-w

Volmer, J., Spurk, D., Orth, M., & Göritz, A. (2023). Reciprocal effects of career adaptability and occupational self-efficacy: A three-wave longitudinal study with varying time lags. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(4), 665–685. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221140050

Poetz, L., & Volmer, J. (2022). A diary study on the moderating role of leader-member exchange on the relationship between job characteristics, job satisfaction, and emotional exhaustion. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 812103. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812103

Richter-Killenberg, S., & Volmer, J. (2022). How leaders benefit from engaging in high-quality leader-member exchanges: A daily diary study. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 37(7), 605–623. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-06-2021-0370

Zyberaj, J., Seibel, S., Schowalter, A., Poetz, L., Richter-Killenberg, S., & Volmer, J. (2022). Developing sustainable careers during a pandemic: The role of psychological capital and career adaptability. Sustainability, 14(5), Article 3105. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14053105

Seibel, S., & Volmer, J. (2021). A diary study on anticipated leisure time, morning recovery, and employees’ work engagement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), Article 9436. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189436

Volmer, J., Schulte, E.-M., Handke, L., Rodenbücher, L., & Tröger, L. (2021). Do all employees benefit from daily networking? The moderating effect of the affiliation motive. Journal of Career Development, 48(5), 555–568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845319873727

Seibel, S., Volmer, J., & Syrek, C. J. (2020). Get a taste of your leisure time: The relationship between leisure thoughts, pleasant anticipation, and work engagement. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(6), 889–906. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1804875

Spurk, D., Volmer, J., Orth, M., & Göritz, A. S. (2020). How do career adaptability and proactive career behaviours interrelate over time? An inter- and intraindividual investigation. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 93(1), 158–186. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12288

Spurk, D., Hofer, A., Burmeister, A., Muehlhausen, J., & Volmer, J. (2019). Occupational commitment from a life span perspective: An integrative review and a research outlook. Career Development International, 24(3), 190–221. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-07-2018-0184

Volmer, J., Koch, I. K., & Wolff, C. (2019). Illuminating the ‘dark core’: Mapping global versus specific sources of variance across multiple measures of the dark triad. Personality and Individual Differences, 145, 97–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.024

Volmer, J., Richter, S., & Syrek, C. J. (2019). Creative at each age: Age-related differences in drivers of workplace creativity from an experience sampling study. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 53(4), 531–545. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.233

Hagemeister, A., & Volmer, J. (2018). Do social conflicts at work affect employees’ job satisfaction? The moderating role of emotion regulation. International Journal of Conflict Management, 29(2), 213–235. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-11-2016-0097

Schuesslbauer, A. F., Volmer, J., & Göritz, A. S. (2018). The goal paves the way: Inspirational motivation as a predictor of career adaptability. Journal of Career Development, 45(5), 489–503. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845317718348

Volmer, J., & Wolff, H.-G. (2018). A daily diary study on the consequences of networking on employees’ career-related outcomes: The mediating role of positive affect. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 2179. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02179

Volmer, J., Orth, M., & Wolff, H.-G. (2018). Multidimensional networking behavior in Germany and China: Measurement invariance and associations with objective career success. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(4), 678–696. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072717723302

Orth, M., & Volmer, J. (2017). Daily within-person effects of job autonomy and work engagement on innovative behaviour: The cross-level moderating role of creative self-efficacy. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26(4), 601–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2017.1332042

Volmer, J., Koch, I. K., & Göritz, A. S. (2017). Corrigendum to ‘The bright and dark sides of leaders’ Dark Triad traits: Effects on subordinates’ career success and well-being’ [Personality and Individual Differences 101 (2016) 413–418]. Personality and Individual Differences, 108, 226.

Meinzer, S., Prenninger, J., Vesel, P., Kornhuber, J., Volmer, J., Hornegger, J., & Eskofier, B. M. (2016). Translating satisfaction determination from health care to the automotive industry. Service Business, 10, 651–685. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11628-015-0284-z

Volmer, J., & Fritsche, A. (2016). Daily negative work events and employees’ physiological and psychological reactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 1711. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01711

Volmer, J., Koch, I. K., & Göritz, A. S. (2016). The bright and dark sides of leaders’ dark triad traits: Effects on subordinates’ career success and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 413–418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.046

Spurk, D., Abele, A. E., & Volmer, J. (2015). The career satisfaction scale in context: A test for measurement invariance across four occupational groups. Journal of Career Assessment, 23(2), 191–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072714535019

Spurk, D., Meinecke, A. L., Kauffeld, S., & Volmer, J. (2015). Gender, professional networks, and subjective career success within early academic science careers: The role of gender composition in inside and outside departmental support networks. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 14(3), 121–130. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000131

Volmer, J. (2015). Followers’ daily reactions to social conflicts with supervisors: The moderating role of core self-evaluations and procedural justice perceptions. The Leadership Quarterly, 26(5), 719–731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.01.005

Spurk, D., & Volmer, J. (2013). Validierung einer deutschsprachigen Version des Career Futures Inventory (CFI): Berufliche Anpassungsfähigkeit, beruflicher Optimismus, Arbeitsmarktwissen und Berufserfolg [Validation of a German-language version of the Career Futures Inventory (CFI): Career adaptability, career optimism, labor market knowledge, and career success]. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 57(2), 77–95. https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000106

Volmer, J. (2012). Catching leaders’ mood: Contagion effects in teams. Administrative Sciences, 2(3), 203–220. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci2030203

Volmer, J., Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Niessen, C. (2012). Do social conflicts with customers at work encroach upon our private lives? A diary study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17(3), 304–315. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028454

Volmer, J., Spurk, D., & Niessen, C. (2012). Leader–member exchange (LMX), job autonomy, and creative work involvement. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(3), 456–465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.10.005

Abele, A. E., Spurk, D., & Volmer, J. (2011). The construct of career success: Measurement issues and an empirical example. Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 43, 195–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12651-010-0034-6

Spurk, D., Abele, A. E., & Volmer, J. (2011). The career satisfaction scale: Longitudinal measurement invariance and latent growth analysis. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 84(2), 315–326. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02028.x

Volmer, J., & Sonnentag, S. (2011). The role of star performers in software design teams. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 26(3), 219–234. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683941111112659

Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2011). Protean and boundaryless career attitudes: Relationships with subjective and objective career success. Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 43, 207–218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12651-010-0037-3

Volmer, J., Niessen, C., Spurk, D., Linz, A., & Abele, A. E. (2011). Reciprocal relationships between leader-member exchange (LMX) and job satisfaction: A cross-lagged analysis. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 60(4), 522–545. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00446.x

Niessen, C., & Volmer, J. (2010). Adaptation to increased work autonomy: The role of task reflection. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 19(4), 442–460. https://doi.org/10.1080/13594320902990396

Sonnentag, S., & Volmer, J. (2010). What you do for your team comes back to you: A cross-level investigation of individual goal specification, team-goal clarity, and individual performance. Human Performance, 23(2), 116–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959281003622164

Sonnentag, S., & Volmer, J. (2009). Individual-level predictors of task-related teamwork processes: The role of expertise and self-efficacy in team meetings. Group & Organization Management, 34(1), 37–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601108329377

Volmer, J., & Staufenbiel, T. (2006). Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Interviews zur internationalen Personalauswahl [Development and evaluation of an interview for international personnel selection]. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 50(1), 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089.50.1.17

Book Chapters

Volmer, J. I., & Hebel, V. M. (in press). Führung [Leadership]. In K. Melchers & U. Kanning (Eds.), Lehrbuch der Personalpsychologie [Textbook of personnel psychology] (4th ed.). Hogrefe.

Schubert, K., Mader, N., Welt, M. S., Hommel, B. E., Wollang, F. J. M., & Volmer, J. (2025). The Interactive Career Atlas – An AI-based web application for informed career decisions. In F. Bellas & O. Fontenla-Romero (Eds.), AI in education and educational research: AIEER 2024 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 2519, pp. 44–51). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93409-4_4

Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2022). Organisationspsychologie [Organizational psychology]. In A. Schütz, M. Brand, & S. Steins-Löber (Eds.), Psychologie: Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Anwendungsfächer [Psychology: An introduction to its foundations and fields of application] (6th ed., pp. 333–345). Kohlhammer.

Volmer, J., & Köppe, C. (2019). Prognose von Laufbahnerfolg [Predicting career success]. In S. Kauffeld & D. Spurk (Eds.), Handbuch Karriere und Laufbahnmanagement [Handbook of career and career management] (pp. 361–390). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48750-1_16

Ebner, K., & Volmer, J. (2016). Karrierecoaching [Career coaching]. In J.-P. Pahl (Ed.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche [Dictionary of vocational education: A reference work for non-academic and academic fields] (3rd ed., pp. 555–556). W. Bertelsmann.

Schulte, E.-M., & Volmer, J. (2016). Belastungen im Beruf [Job demands]. In J.-P. Pahl (Ed.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche [Dictionary of vocational education: A reference work for non-academic and academic fields] (3rd ed., pp. 124–125). W. Bertelsmann.

Spurk, D., & Volmer, J. (2016). Berufseignungstests [Occupational aptitude tests]. In J.-P. Pahl (Ed.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche [Dictionary of vocational education: A reference work for non-academic and academic fields] (3rd ed., pp. 219–221). W. Bertelsmann.

Volmer, J., & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Menschenbilder und Beruf [Conceptions of human nature and work]. In J.-P. Pahl (Ed.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche [Dictionary of vocational education: A reference work for non-academic and academic fields] (3rd ed., pp. 664–665). W. Bertelsmann.

Volmer, J., & Maurus, M. (2016). Berufliche Mobilität [Occupational mobility]. In J.-P. Pahl (Ed.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche [Dictionary of vocational education: A reference work for non-academic and academic fields] (3rd ed., pp. 159–160). W. Bertelsmann.

Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2016). Wiedereinstieg in den Beruf [Returning to work]. In J.-P. Pahl (Ed.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche [Dictionary of vocational education: A reference work for non-academic and academic fields] (3rd ed., pp. 936–937). W. Bertelsmann.

Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2015). Organisationspsychologie [Organizational psychology]. In A. Schütz, M. Brand, H. Selg, & S. Lautenbacher (Eds.), Psychologie: Eine Einführung in ihre Grundlagen und Anwendungsfächer [Psychology: An introduction to its foundations and fields of application] (5th ed., pp. 423–433). Kohlhammer.

Hagmaier, T., Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2013). Calling and burnout: Integrating career research with occupational health psychology. In B. R. Doolittle (Ed.), Psychology of burnout: New research (pp. 19–32). Nova Science Publishers.

Spurk, D., Volmer, J., & Abele, A. E. (2013). Prognose von Berufserfolg: Überblick und aktuelle Trends [Predicting career success: Overview and current trends]. In J.-P. Pahl & V. Herkner (Eds.), Handbuch Berufsforschung [Handbook of occupational research] (pp. 434–441). W. Bertelsmann.

Spurk, D., Volmer, J., Hagmaier-Göttle, T., & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Why are proactive people more successful in their careers? The role of career adaptability in explaining multiple career success criteria. In E. E. Crossman (Ed.), Personality traits: Causes, conceptions and consequences (pp. 27–48). Novinka/Nova Science Publishers.

Volmer, J. (2013). Führung und Kreativität in Organisationen [Leadership and creativity in organizations]. In D. E. Krause (Ed.), Kreativität, Innovation, Entrepreneurship [Creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship] (pp. 59–75). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02551-9_3

Volmer, J., & Abele, A. E. (2013). Berufliche Laufbahnentwicklung [Career development]. In W. Sarges (Ed.), Management-Diagnostik [Management assessment] (4th ed., pp. 508–513). Hogrefe.

Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2013). Belastungen und Stress im Berufsleben: Aktuelle Befunde, Interventionen und Forschungsperspektiven [Job demands and stress at work: Current findings, interventions, and research perspectives]. In J.-P. Pahl & V. Herkner (Eds.), Handbuch Berufsforschung [Handbook of occupational research] (pp. 527–535). W. Bertelsmann.

Volmer, J., Spurk, D., & Abele, A. E. (2013). Ansätze der Berufslaufbahnforschung in dynamischen Arbeitsumwelten [Approaches to career research in dynamic work environments]. In J.-P. Pahl & V. Herkner (Eds.), Handbuch Berufsforschung [Handbook of occupational research] (pp. 418–424). W. Bertelsmann.

Abele, A. E., Volmer, J., & Spurk, D. (2012). Career stagnation: Underlying dilemmas and solutions in contemporary work environments. In N. P. Reilly, M. J. Sirgy, & C. A. Gorman (Eds.), Work and quality of life: Ethical practices in organizations (pp. 107–132). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4059-4_7

Abele, A. E., & Volmer, J. (2011). Dual-career couples: Specific challenges for work-life integration. In S. Kaiser, M. J. Ringlstetter, D. R. Eikhof, & M. Pina e Cunha (Eds.), Creating balance? International perspectives on the work-life integration of professionals (pp. 173–189). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16199-5_10

Sonnentag, S., Volmer, J., & Spychala, A. (2008). Job performance. In J. Barling & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of organizational behavior: Volume I – Micro approaches (pp. 427–447). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849200448.n24

Sonnentag, S., Niessen, C., & Volmer, J. (2006). Expertise in software design. In K. A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. J. Feltovich, & R. R. Hoffman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance (pp. 373–388). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816796.021

Knowledge Transfer and Practitioner Publications

Volmer, J., Menhardt, A.-K., & Schubert, K. (2024). Digital führen: Gesundheitsförderung durch Coachings und die App „e-relate“ [Digital leadership: Promoting health through coaching and the “e-relate” app]. Personal Quarterly, (2), 24–29.

Volmer, J., & Hebel, V. (2022). Gesunde Arbeitsgestaltung per App: Moderne, digitale Tools für Unternehmen [Healthy work design via an app: Modern digital tools for organizations]. uni.vers Forschung, 32–35.

Volmer, J. (2019, November 1). Relief for those who are not fans of networking: Study says it’s not for everyone. LSE Business Review. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2019/11/01/relief-for-those-who-are-not-fans-of-networking-study-says-its-not-for-everyone/

Kauffeld, S., & Volmer, J. (2018). Editorial: Health in organizations: What is important to know about health as an executive? Personal Quarterly, 70(3).

Sonnentag, S., & Volmer, J. (2018). Der Stellenwert der Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt [The importance of health in the world of work] [Interview]. Personal Quarterly, 70(2), 6–9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26529942

Syrek, C. J., Röltgen, A. T., & Volmer, J. (2018). Nach der Arbeit erreichbar sein? Zum Einfluss des Führungsverhaltens [Being available after work? The influence of leadership behavior]. Personal Quarterly, 70(2), 10–15.

Plückhahn, I., Spurk, D., & Volmer, J. (2014). Der Traum vom gelingenden Berufsleben: Über psychologische Mikroprozessanalysen im Arbeitskontext [The dream of a successful working life: Psychological microprocess analyses in the work context]. uni.vers Forschung, 26–29.

Test Development and Validation

Gatzka, T., & Volmer, J. (2017). Situational Judgment Test für Teamarbeit (SJT-TA) [Situational Judgment Test for Teamwork (SJT-TA)]. ZIS – Zusammenstellung sozialwissenschaftlicher Items und Skalen [Collection of Social Science Items and Scales]. https://doi.org/10.6102/zis249

Theses

Volmer, J. (2011). Happy, healthy, and productive: Contextual and personal determinants of well-being and success at work [Habilitation thesis, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg].

Volmer, J. (2006). Individual expertise and team performance: Results of three empirical studies [Doctoral dissertation, Technische Universität Braunschweig].

Volmer, J. I. (2002). Determinanten einer erfolgreichen Auslandsentsendung: Validierung eines strukturierten Auswahlinterviews [Determinants of a successful international assignment: Validation of a structured selection interview] [Diploma thesis, Bielefeld University].

Note: English translations in square brackets are provided for readers’ convenience; the original German titles remain the authoritative publication titles.

  • Head of the Psychology Department (since 2023)
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Elite Network of Bavaria (since 2023)
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board FoGA (BAuA/BMAS) (since 2022)
  • Mentor in the Max Weber Program Bavaria (since 2014)
  • Fellow in the interdisciplinary association LASER (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen) (since 2013, previously Associate since 2009), http://www.laser.uni-erlangen.de/