since 2013
Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology (tenured), University of Bamberg

2019
Visiting Scholar at Portland State University, USA and at University of Bologna, Italy

2011
Habilitation (Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen)

2010-2012
Deputy Professor, University of Bamberg

2006-2013
Postdoctoral researcher, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen

2006
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.; Psychology), (TU Braunschweig)

2004
Visiting Scholar, New York University (NYU), USA

2002-2006
PhD student, TU Braunschweig and University of Konstanz

2002
Diploma (Dipl.-Psych.; Psychology), University of Bielefeld, Minor: Law Studies

2001
Project Manager Career Services, German-American Chamber of Commerce, NYC, USA

2000
Certificate for Interdisciplinary Studies "Students and Economy", University of Bielefeld (Law Studies, Sociology, Business Administration)

(Guest) Editorships:

1. Series Editor: Andresen, M., & Volmer, J. (Eds.), Personalmanagement und Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie [Human Resource Management and Work and Organisation Psychology]. UBP.
2. Guest Editorship: Chiesa, R., Mariani, M.G., & Volmer, J. (2021). Special Issue: Employability and career success in times of COVID-19. Sustainability.

International Journals:

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

Volmer, J., Spurk, D., Orth, M., & Göritz (2022, online first). Reciprocal Effects of Career Adaptability and Occupational Self-Efficacy:  A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study with Varying Time Lags. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221140050

Volmer, J., Schulte, E.-M., & Fritz, C. (2022). Facilitating employee recovery from work: The role of leader-member-exchange. Occupational Health Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-022-00132-w 

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

Hagemeister, A., & Volmer, J. (2018). Do social conflicts at work affect employees' job satisfaction? The moderating role of emotion regulation. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-11-2016-0097 International Journal of Conflict Management, 29, 213-235. Winner of the Emerald Literati Network Highly Commended Paper Award 2019

Volmer, J., Richter, S., & Syrek, C. (2018). Creative at each age: Age-related differences in drivers of workplace creativity from an experience sampling study. Journal of Creative Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.233

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

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

Volmer, J., Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Niessen, C. (2012). Do social conflicts with customers at work encroach upon employees’ private lives? A diary study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17, 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, 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.10.005

Volmer, J. & Sonnentag, S. (2011). The role of star performers in software design teams. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 26, 219-234. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683941111112659 Winner of the Emerald Outstanding Paper Award 2012

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, 116-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959281003622164

Test Development:

Gatzka, T. & Volmer, J. (2017). SJT-TA - Situational Judgement Test for Team Work. https://zis.gesis.org/skala/Gatzka-Volmer-Situational-Judgment-Test-f%C3%BCr-Teamarbeit-(SJT-TA) 

Book Contributions:

Volmer, J. & Spurk, D. (2022). Organisationspsychologie. In A. Schütz, M. Brand, S. Steins-Löber & S. Lautenbacher (Hrsg.). Psychologie: Eine Einführung (S. 333-345). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. 

Volmer, J. & Hebel, V. (2022). Gesunde Arbeitsgestaltung per App: Moderne, digitale Tools für Unternehmen. uni.vers: Universitätsmagazin Bamberg (S. 32-36).

Volmer, J. & Köppe, C. (2019). Determinants of career success. In S. Kauffeld & D. Spurk (Hrsg.), Manual career and career management (S. 361-390). Berlin: Springer.

Volmer, J. (2013). Leadership and creativity in organizations. In D.E. Krause (Hrsg.). Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (S. 59-75). Berlin: Springer. 

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). New York: Nova Science. 

Spurk, D., Volmer. J., Hagmaier, 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 & M. A. Weiler (Hrsg.), Personality Traits: Causes, Conceptions, and Consequences (pp. 27-48). New York: Nova Publishers. 

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). New York, NY US: Springer Science + Business Media.

Abele, A.E. & Volmer, J. (2011). Dual-career couples: Specific challenges for work-life integration. In: S. Kaiser, M. Ringlstetter, M. Pina e Cunha, & D.R. Eikhof (Eds.), Creating balance? International Perspectives on the work-life integration of professionals (pp. 173-189). Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg. 

Sonnentag, S., Volmer, J., & Spychala, A. (2008). Job performance. In C.L. Cooper, & J. Barling (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Behavior (pp. 428-449). Thousand Oaks: Sage. 

Sonnentag, S., Niessen, C., & Volmer, J. (2006). Expertise in software design. In K.A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. Feltovich, & R.R. Hoffman (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance (pp. 373-387). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

All Publications: 

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=6KTJ4o0AAAAJ&hl=en 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Judith-Volmer 

• 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)
• Owner of the consulting company theworklab (since 2020)
• Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Human Sciences (since 2019)
• Chairperson of the Teaching Quality Circle, Institute of Psychology (since 2018)
• Fellow in the interdisciplinary association LASER (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen) (since 2013, previously Associate since 2009), http://www.laser.uni-erlangen.de/