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. Other › Research
  2. Published

    Series Foreword

    Brief, A., Elsbach, K. & Frese, M., 07.01.2011, Social Psychology and Organizations. Cremer, D. D., van Dick, R. & Murnighan, J. K. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. xix 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  3. Published

    Series foreword of Series Editors

    Brief, A. P., Elsbach, K. D. & Frese, M., 01.01.2013, Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work. Grandey, A. A., Diefendorff, J. M. & Rupp, D. E. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. xi 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  4. Published

    Series foreword of Series Editors

    Elsbach, K., Frese, M. & Brief, A., 01.01.2012, Behavioral Business Ethics: Shaping an Emerging Field. Cremer, D. D. & Tenbrunsel, A. E. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. ix-x 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  5. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › Not peer-reviewed
  6. Published

    Führen mit Visionen

    Frese, M., 05.2013, Die ZEIT erklärt die Wissenschaft: was man wirklich wissen muss: Betriebswirtschaft. Heuser, U. J. & Spoun, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Hamburg: Murmann Verlag GmbH, Vol. 2. p. 47-53 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  7. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › Not peer-reviewed
  8. Published

    Eigeninitiative

    Fay, D. & Frese, M., 2013, Management Diagnostik. Sarges, W. (ed.). 4 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 316-322 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

  9. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Peer-reviewed
  10. Published

    Action regulation theory: Foundations, current knowledge, and future directions

    Zacher, H. & Frese, M., 2018, The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work, and Organizational Psychology: Volume 2: Organizational Psychology. Ones, D. S., Andrson, N., Viswesvaran, C. & Sinangil, H. K. (eds.). 2 ed. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. 2. p. 122-144 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Distinguishing Proactivity From Citizenship Behavior: Similarities and Differences

    Li, W. D., Frese, M. & Haidar, S., 08.2018, The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour. Podsakoff, P. M., Mackenzie, S. B. & Podsakoff, N. P. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 55-68 14 p. (Oxford library of psychology).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Effort and Success as Predictors of Passion

    Lex, M., Gielnik, M. M. & Frese, M., 2019, Passion for Work: Theory, Reseach, and Applications. Vallerand, R. J. & Houlfort, N. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 227-259 33 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Entrepreneurship

    Gielnik, M. M., Frese, M. & Rauch, A., 01.2017, The Sage encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Rogelberg, S. G. (ed.). 2 ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 409-410 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Organizational Planning: The Psychology of Performance Introduction

    Frese, M., Mumford, M. & Gibson, C., 12.06.2015, The Psychology of Planning in Organizations : Research and Applications. Mumford, M. D. & Frese, M. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-8 8 p. (Organization and Management Series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review