Professorship for Psychology, in Particular Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Since August 2009 Michael Frese holds a joint appointment at Leuphana University of Lueneburg and the National University of Singapore, Business School.

His research spans a wide range of basic and applied topics within organizational behavior and work psychology. Most important are the longitudinal studies on psychological effects of unemployment, impact of stress at work, predictors of personal initiative in East Germany and psychological success factors in small scale entrepreneurs. In addition he is studying training - most importantly the concept of error training, leadership training and psychological training for increasing entrepreneurship and personal initiative. Most recently, he has done studies on cultural factors in organization and across nations, as well as research that looks at psychological success factors in entrepreneurs in developing countries and in Europe.

Prof. Frese has authored more than 200 articles and was editor/author of more than 20 books and special issues. He is one of the most frequently cited work and organizational psychologist in Europe.

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Prof. Frese’s research spans a wide range of basic and applied topics within organizational behavior and work psychology. Most important are his longitudinal studies on psychological effects of unemployment, impact of stress at work, predictors of personal initiative in East Germany, as well as psychological success factors of entrepreneurs. He is also known for his cross-national research on innovation. His field studies on errors, error management, and error management culture also have received wide attention.

 

  1. 2021
  2. International Congress of Applied Psychology - 2021

    Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)

    2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  3. 2020
  4. Leadership Energy Summit Asia 2020

    Michael Frese (Moderator)

    16.11.202019.11.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Indonesia Global Entrepreneurship Network

    Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)

    04.06.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  6. 2019
  7. 6th International Conference on Entrepreneurship - ICOEN 2019

    Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)

    30.08.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 25. Forum Risiko- und Sicherheitsmanagement 2019

    Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)

    28.06.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  9. 2018
  10. How to make use of evidence based management in entrepreneurship: The example of Personal Initiative Training

    Michael Frese (Keynote Speaker)

    27.09.201829.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 29. International Conference of Applied Psychology - ICAP 2018

    Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)

    30.06.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. International Association for Chinese Management Research

    Michael Frese (Keynote speaker)

    16.06.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  13. 2017
  14. Academy of Management Journal (Journal)

    Michael Frese (Editorial Board)

    2017 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch