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. Published

    Some contributions of action theory to social psychology: Social action and actors in the context of institutions and an objective world

    Sabini, J., Frese, M. & Kossman, D. A., 01.01.1985, Goal Directed Behavior: The Concept of Action in Psychology. Frese, M. & Sabini, J. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 249-257 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  2. Published

    Goal directed behavior: the concept of Action in Psychology

    Frese, M. (ed.) & Sabini, J. (ed.), 1985, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 436 p. (Psychology Revivals)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Initiative in work teams: Lever between authentic leadership and results

    Lisbona, A., Hayas, A. L., Palací, F. J. & Frese, M., 06.05.2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 9, 13 p., 4947.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica

    Ubfal, D., Arráiz, I., Beuermann, D. W., Frese, M., Maffioli, A. & Verch, D., 01.04.2019, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 63 p. (IZA Discussion Paper Series; no. 12325).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Evidence-Based Management and Organisational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection

    Mensmann, M., Rousseau, D. M. & Frese, M., 15.12.2022, Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Neesham, C., Reihlen, M. & Schoeneborn, D. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-16 16 p. (Handbooks in Philosophy).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  6. Published

    Evidence-Based Management and Organizational Reality: Reducing Knowledge/Action Tensions through Reflection

    Mensmann, M., Rousseau, D. M. & Frese, M., 12.10.2022, Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Neesham, C., Reihlen, M. & Schoeneborn, D. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  7. Published

    The Open Anchoring Quest Dataset: Anchored Estimates from 96 Studies on Anchoring Effects

    Röseler, L., Weber, L., Helgerth, K., Stich, E., Günther, M., Tegethoff, P., Wagner, F., Antunovic, M., Barrera-Lemarchand, F., Halali, E., Ioannidis, K., Genschow, O., Milstein, N., Molden, D. C., Papenmeier, F., Pavlovic, Z., Rinn, R., Schreiter, M. L., Zimdahl, M. F., Bahník, Š., Bermeitinger, C., Blower, F. B. N., Bögler, H. L., Burgmer, P., Cheek, N. N., Dorsch, L., Fels, S., Frech, M-L., Freira, L., Harris, A. J. L., Häusser, J. A., Hedgebeth, M. V., Henkel, M., Horvath, D., Intelmann, P., Klamar, A., Knappe, E., Köppel, L-M. A., Krueger, S. M., Lagator, S., Lopez-Boo, F., Navajas, J., Norem, J. K., Novak, J., Onuki, Y., Page, E., Rebholz, T. R., Sartorio, M., Shanks, D. R., Siems, M. C., Stäglich, P., Starkulla, M., Stitz, M., Straube, T., Thies, K., Thum, E., Ueda, K., Undorf, M., Urlichich, D., Vadillo, M. A., Wolf, H., Zhou, A., Schütz, A. & Schindler, S., 26.10.2022, In: Journal of Open Psychology Data. 10, 1, 12 p., 16.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Evidence-Based Management

    Mensmann, M., Rousseau, D. M. & Frese, M., 12.2022, Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Neesham, C., Reihlen, M. & Schoeneborn, D. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 39-54 16 p. (Handbooks in Philosophy).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  9. Published

    The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: Action and Process

    Frese, M. & Gielnik, M., 23.01.2023, In: Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. 10, 1, p. 137-164 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Failure to Learn From Failure Is Mitigated by Loss-Framing and Corrective Feedback: A Replication and Test of the Boundary Conditions of the Tune-Out Effect

    Keith, N., Horvath, D., Klamar, A. & Frese, M., 01.08.2022, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 151, 8, p. 19-25 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review