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Professorship of Work and Organizational Psychology

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  8. Annika Schowalter (M.Sc.)

Annika Schowalter (M.Sc.)

Contact

Markusplatz 3, Room M3/01.19
Tel.: +49 951 863 1793
E-Mail: annika.schowalter(at)uni-bamberg.de

 

Annika Schowalter joined the Professorship of Work & Organizational in April 2019 as a research associate. Since December 2021 she has had a doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). Her research focuses on leadership, including causal methods in leadership research and the successful management of changes. After receiving her bachelor‘s degree in Psychology at the University of Bamberg, she earned her master’s degree in Psychology – Work, Economy, and Society at the University of Mannheim.

Short Bio

10/2023 - 12/2023 

University of Bamberg, Professorship of Work & Organizational Psychology

Research associate (Project LeA)

12/2021 - 12/2023 

University of Bamberg, Professorship of Work & Organizational Psychology

PhD student receiving a doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

04/2019 - 11/2021     

University of Bamberg, Professorship of Work & Organizational Psychology

Research associate

09/2016 - 01/2019     

Master’s degree in Psychology (M.Sc.) – Work, Economy, and Society at the University of Mannheim

01/2017 - 11/2018     

SAP SE, Walldorf

Working student and thesis student in personnel development and change management

11/2015 - 05/2016     

Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen

Internship in personnel and organizational development

10/2012 - 09/2015     

Bachelor‘s degree in Psychology (B.Sc.) at the University of Bamberg

10/2013 - 07/2014     

University of Bamberg

Statistics tutor

02/2014 - 04/2014     

BMW Research and Technology GmbH, Munich

Research internship in the specialized department Connected Drive MMI

05/2013 - 06/2013     

University of Bamberg, Department of General Psychology and Methodology

Research internship

09/2011 - 08/2012     

Klinik Hohe Mark, Oberursel

Voluntary Year of Social Service (psychiatric care)

Professional Society Memberships

  • German Psychological Society (DGPs)
  • European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

  • Schowalter, A.F., & Volmer, J. (accepted). Servant and crisis manager? The association of servant leadership with employees’ adaptivity and proactivity. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies.

  • Schowalter, A.F., & Volmer, J. (2024). Trajectories and associations of perceived servant leadership and teacher exhaustion during the first months of a crisis. Occupational Health Science.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00206-x 

  • Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2023). Are the effects of servant leadership only spurious? The state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership, recommendations, and an illustrative experiment. The Leadership Quarterly, Article 101722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101722 (the full article can be downloaded at: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1i1RP3kWknyeYc)

  • Zyberaj, J., Seibel, S., Schowalter, A. F., Pötz, L., Richter-Killenberg, S., & Volmer, J. (2022). Developing sustainable careers during a pandemic: The role of psychological capital and career adaptability. Sustainability, 14(5), Article 3105. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14053105

  • Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2022). More illusion than reality? A review of the state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership, recommendations, and an exemplary study. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.6536

  • Schuesslbauer, A.F., Volmer, J., & Göritz, A.S. (2018). The goal paves the way: Inspirational motivation as a predictor of career adaptability. Journal of Career Development, 45, 489-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845317718348

Conference proceedings

  • Schowalter, A. F. & Volmer, J. (2023, September). (Nur) steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein? Der Zusammenhang zwischen Servant Leadership und Erschöpfung der Mitarbeitenden im Krisenkontext [Does (only) constant dropping wear away a stone? The relationship between servant leadership and employee exhaustion in a crisis context]. In K. Klasmeier, A. Krick, M. Diebig, A. Macamo (Chairs), Führung und Gesundheit - Symposium 1: Führungsstile im Blick [Leadership and health - Symposium 1: Leadership styles in focus] [Symposium]. 13th conference of the Sections of Work, Organizational, and Business Psychology and of Engineering Psychology (German Society for Psychology), Kassel, Germany.

  • Schowalter, A. F. & Volmer, J. (2023, May). Are the effects of servant leadership only spurious? The state of research on the causal effects ofservant leadership and an illustrative experiment [Presentation]. 23rd EAWOP Congress, Katowice, Poland.

  • Schowalter, A. F., Röder, E. S., & Volmer, J. (2022, December). On the trail of causality regarding ethical leadership: Recommendations and a methodological review [Presentation]. 20th International Studying Leadership Conference, Brighton, UK.

  • Schowalter, A. F. (2022, October). Dienend durch die Krise: Hilft Servant Leadership Mitarbeitenden im Umgang mit Veränderungen? [Serving through the crisis: Does servant leadership help employees deal with changes?] [Presentation]. PhD students forum of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), Cologne, Germany.

  • Schowalter, A. F. & Volmer, J. (2022, September). Servant and crisis manager? The association of servant leadership with employees' adaptivity and proactivity and the mediating mechanisms [Presentation]. 52nd Conference of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.

  • Gaugigl, A., Jalili, D., & Schowalter, A. F. (2022, September). Are you servant first? Validation of a situational judgment test of servant leadership  [Poster]. 52nd Conference of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Hildesheim.

  • Schuesslbauer, A. F., Kohnke, O., & Burger, A. M. (2020, May). The effect of affective and cognitive reactions on change readiness over time [Poster]. 35th Annual SIOP Conference, Austin, TX, United States. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-51196

  • Kadel, P., Arenth, N., Erdmann, L., Fröhlich, S., Grünewald, J., Schüßlbauer, A., et al. (2018, September). Lach dich mutig: Humortraining als Intervention bei Präsentationsangst [Humor training as an intervention concerning public speaking anxiety] [Poster]. 51st Conference of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Frankfurt, Germany.