News & Events
News
Valerie Caubergh has passed the aptitude colloquium!
Congrats to Valerie! We are very happy that she is now definitely admitted to the doctorate at ETHZ.
Robin Willardt has a new article accepted in JESP
His work on “The Threat of Powerlessness: Consequences for Affect and (Social) Cognition” will appear in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Congrats Robin!
Interview about the Glass Cliff phenomenon
Petra Schmid talks about why women are often promoted to leadership positions in times of crisis in this article of the Handelszeitung.
A warm welcome to Sarah!
We are happy to welcome Sarah Godehardt as new doctoral student at our chair of Organizational Behavior. She will be working in room K 516.
Petra Schmid is now a member of the MTEC doctoral committee
She is looking forward to starting her new responsibilities.
The OB group bids farewell to Chang Su
We are sorry to announce that Chang is leaving the group for personal reasons by the end of September. We wish her all the best!
A warm welcome to Bingjie!
We are happy to welcome Bingjie Cheng as new postdoc at our chair of Organizational Behavior. She is working in room K 512.
Interview about leadership and weaknesses for the Handelszeitung
Petra Schmid gave a short comment on how modern leaders learn to deal with weaknesses for the Handelszeitung.
New paper accepted by Leila Straub et al.
Our paper Individuals’ power determines how they respond to positive vs. negative performance feedback got accepted for publication in the European Journal of Social Psychology. The paper is authored by Leila Straub, Enru Lin, Laure Freydefont and Petra Schmid.
Interview for the ETH Globe magazine
In this interview, Petra Schmid talks about her research on power.
New article in press on upward humor
We have a new article in press at Current Opinion in Psychology: “Friend or Fiend? Disentangling Upward Humor’s (De)Stabilizing Effects on Hierarchies” authored by Jamie Gloor, Niels van Quaquebeke, Mihwa Seong, Petra Schmid, and Christian Hildebrand.
Interview about procrastination
Petra Schmid gives an interview about the possible advantages and disadvantages of procrastination for the Sanitas magazine. Read article:
Petra Schmid has joined the ETH Ethics Commission
As a member of this commission, she will help evaluate proposals for research projects at ETHZ with regard to ethical issues.
A warm welcome to Eleni!
We are happy to welcome Eleni Kapetaniou as postdoc at our chair of Organizational Behavior. She will be working in room K 515.
Interview on bonus and motivatio
Read Petra Schmid’s interview in the Handelszeitung (for subscribers only)
A warm welcome to Chang!
We are happy to welcome Chang Su as new doctoral student at our chair of Organizational Behavior. She will be working in room K 516.
New research assistant
Shivangi Tanwar will join the OB group in April as research assistant. Welcome!
Exciting news: Tenure for Petra Schmid!
Petra Schmid will be promoted to Associate Professor starting April 1st. This opens new perspectives for her and the OB team!
New research assistant
Anne Marie Jaminet has joined the OB group as research assistant. Welcome!
A warm welcome to Valerie!
We are happy to welcome Valerie Caubergh as new doctoral student at our chair of Organizational Behavior. She isbe working in room K 516.
Moving Day!
We are excited about our new rooms on K floor. Please go on the "people" page to find out where exactly our new offices are.
The OB group bids farewell to Dr. Robin Willardt
Robin is leaving us on his SNF mobility grant and we wish him all the best for his future career!
Dr. Robin Willardt receives the SNF mobility grant
Congratulations Robin - you are fantastic!
New data paper out in Scientific Data
As part of a big international collaboration, we collected data from 69 countries on the social and moral psychology of COVID-19. Preprint and data here:
New publication in JEP:G by Marie Crouzevialle!
Marie Crouzevialle’s manuscript on “Beliefs about abstraction: Low-level and high-level construal signal different lay theories” co-authored by Yaacov Trope and Petra Schmid just got accepted for publication in JEP:G! Congrats!
Our article is featured in the Nature Communication’s COVID-19 themed Collection
Nature Communication showcases some of their most impactful and innovative articles on the pandemic. Our recent article “National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic” has already been cited over 100 times and is part of this collection.
Interview for Handelszeitung
Petra Schmid talks about the “burn-on-syndrome” in an interview with the Handelszeitung.
Congratulations to Dr. Ece Ercel Özdil!
Ece has successfully defended her dissertation yesterday by giving an excellent presentation. Her new title is well-deserved - congrats, Ece!
Congratulations to Dr. Robin Willardt!
Robin has successfully defended his dissertation today by giving an awesome presentation - his new title is well-deserved. Congrats, Robin, well done!
New position for lab alumna Dr. Enru Lin
My former PhD student Enru accepted a position as a scientific writer/editor at A*STAR in Singapore. What a great opportunity! We wish you the best of luck!