Vor dem Hintergrund einer noch wenig fortgeschrittenen Forschung zu Wirkfaktoren von Coaching, zielt diese Dissertation darauf ab, die in neueren Forschungsarbeiten skizzierten Forschungslücken hinsichtlich Coach-Verhalten und Kontextfaktoren zu schließen. Um den Blickwinkel auf relevante Kontextfaktoren zu erweitern, liegt der Fokus auf dem Verhalten von Coaches in zwei verschiedenen Arten von Kontexten: dem Beginn von Coaching-Prozessen (d.h. der Eingangsdiagnostik) und Coaching für Gründer*innen. Diese Dissertation ...

Generating questions referring to the learning material is a powerful learning strategy. The present study investigated potential mechanisms behind this effect. Students (N=231) read a text and then generated questions referring to the text in three conditions: (1) open-book (i.e., text accessible), (2) closed-book (i.e., text inaccessible), and (3) cued closed-book (i.e., text inaccessible but keywords provided). After one week, students’ knowledge gain was larger in the open-book and cued closed-book conditions ...

Die vorliegende Dissertationsschrift gliedert sich in zwei Teile: die Synopse und einen empirischen Teil (Anhänge A bis C). In der Synopse werden die empirischen Ergebnisse zusammengefasst und mit bestehenden Forschungsergebnissen kontextualisiert. Der empirische Teil umfasst alle Studien, die im Rahmen der Dissertation durchgeführt und publiziert wurden. Die Ergebnisse der Studien konvergieren dabei auf ein Assoziationsmuster der DT-Persönlichkeitseigenschaften mit Täuschungsvariablen, das von substanziellen ...

Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich mit der Frage, wer, mit welcher Persönlichkeit, andere Personen hinsichtlich ihrer Persönlichkeit besonders gut einschätzen kann. Dazu wurde ein experimentelles Setting geschaffen, bei dem 31 als BeobachterInnen fungierende ProbandInnen sechs weitere ProbandInnen anhand einer auf Video aufgezeichneten, assessmentcenter-ähnlichen Gruppendiskussion möglichst akkurat hinsichtlich ihrer Persönlichkeit einschätzen sollten. Dabei wurde sowohl die Persönlichkeit der DiskutantInnen ...

Research aim. This study investigates which determinants predict the intention to use SG in psychotherapeutic settings among both relevant application groups: mental health service users (individuals with psychotherapy experience either currently or in the past) and mental health professionals. Since ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and culture highly interplay with (e-mental health) technology uptake (Clough et al., 2019), SG acceptability was assessed in several countries (N = 13) by particularly considering the ...

Cheating is a serious threat in unproctored ability assessment, irrespective of countermeasures taken, anticipated consequences (high vs. low stakes), and test modality (paper-pencil vs. computer-based). In the present study, we examined the power of (a) self-report-based indicators (i.e., Honesty-Humility and Overclaiming scales), (b) test data (i.e., performance with extremely difficult items), and (c) para data (i.e., reaction times, switching between browser tabs) to predict participants’ cheating behavior. To ...

This dissertation investigates internal interruptions at work, one of the main drivers of multitasking behaviour. The four empirical studies cumulated in this dissertation examine the preconditions to internal interruptions at work, the reasons behind why individuals interrupt themselves, the strategic advantage of internal interruptions, and impact of internal interruptions on performance. The main goals of this dissertation are to uncover the underlying processes of internal interruptions and observe it in real ...

This dissertation provides insight into how individuals and teams address the complex and dynamic nature of innovation processes. Focusing on affect and self-regulation, the dissertation investigates how and why regulation efforts of individuals and teams may be beneficial for both innovative activities (i.e., idea generation and implementation) and innovative strategies (i.e., exploration and exploitation). Further, it addresses the issue of conceptual variety in innovation research and examines to what extent ...

This investigated the application of the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) to determine Iranian students’ intention to purchase organic food products. The statistical population comprised all students in the field of agriculture sciences at Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran. Data were collected from 340 participants. The research instrument was a questionnaire developed through a comprehensive literature study. The content validity of the instrument was ascertained by a panel of university professors ...

Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies (N = 152 and N = 298), we evaluate competing measurement models for a variety of DT tests and examine the relationship between DT and established cognitive abilities, personality ...