Team
Postdocs & PhD Students
Philipp Schäpers
As Senior Research Associate at Singapore Management University, my research is situated in the field of personnel selection and psychological assessment. I am interested in the underlying working mechanisms of selection and testing procedures and my work seeks to improve the theoretical und practical understanding of selection tools. For instance, my research revolves around the question of how situations in Situational Judgment Tests affect their psychometric properties. In order to investigate relating questions, I like to use the approach of experimental test validation. This approach focuses on manipulating test elements that are considered as indispensable for test functioning. This alternative validation strategy enables to understand and inspect the theoretical rationales behind tests. Furthermore, I am also interested in research about diversity management, digitalization and employer branding. Before and besides my work as a researcher, I worked as an HR-consultant and designed and delivered several assessment-centers for the selection and development of management applicants. Furthermore, the development and evaluation of surveys for employees and assessment tests was also part of my work.
Christoph N. Herde
Selection situations, such as in personnel and student selection, are high-stakes situations with influential consequences for multiple stakeholders. In order to ensure positive selection outcomes for individuals, organizations, and finally overall society, I want to contribute to further knowledge about established assessment approaches as well as to the development of new selection solutions. In my PhD project, I examine an innovative hybrid of assessment center exercises and situational judgment tests. Especially, I am interested whether this approach may provide a new angle to assess adaptability, interpersonal skills and learning potential that appear crucial to master the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in today’s world of work. The title of my PhD is: "Speed Assessment: A new approach for measuring leaders' interpersonal adaptability?".
Jan Corstjens
My research is positioned in the field of personnel selection and assessment. Specifically, I am interested in the study and development of innovative measures for both cognitive and non-cognitive constructs. I am currently preparing and conducting a number of studies that aim to deepen our understanding as to how and why Situational Judgment Tests work in selection. The title of my PhD is:“A Closer Look at Judgment in Situational Judgment Tests". My hobbies include going to the movies, listening to music, swimming, running, and occasionally spending some time in the gym.
Elias Corneillie: The title of my PhD is: “Busting a myth? The effect of nonverbal behavior on negotiation outcomes and ratings during employment interviews”. I’m interested in how behavioral mimicry occurs and develops within job Interviews. My research particularly examines the dyadic and dynamic features of chameleon-like behavior of both the interviewer and the applicant. Which behaviors are mimicked during a job interview, and can these behaviors be controlled? How does this mimicking process shape perceptions of the interaction partners? Does behavioral mimicry influence interviewers’ evaluations of applicants, and which cognitive and affective mechanisms contribute to these behaviors? In addition, these research questions are examined in an interdisciplinary collaboration with computer vision and machine learning scientists.
Prior PhD Students at Ghent University
I was the (co-)promotor of the following PhD students at Ghent University
My first generation of PhD students (from left to right: Helga Peeters, Frederik Anseel & Greet Van Hoye).
My second generation of PhD students (from left to right: Tine Buyse, Eveline Schollaert & Nele Libbrecht).
Frederik Anseel: "Examination of the explanatory role of self-evaluation motives when studying feedback-seeking behavior in organizations"
Greet Van Hoye: "Social influences on organizational attractiveness: Word-of-mouth communication as a recruitment source"
Helga Peeters: "Faking and impression management in low-fidelity simulations"
Eveline Schollaert: "Trait activation theory and the construct validity of assessment centers: The effect of standardized prompts of role-players”
Nele Libbrecht: “Emotional intelligence tests: The value of alternative measurement approaches”
Tine Buyse: “The use of situational judgment tests in admission to higher education: Validity and coaching effects"
Britt De Soete: “The diversity-validity dilemma in personnel selection: Alternative response modalities as a strategy to reduce subgroup differences”
Bernd Carette: “Towards a better theoretical understanding of learning from experience in organizations: An integration of cognitive and motivational explanations”
Saartje Cromheecke: “Employer branding: Testing key assumptions”
Christoph N. Herde: “Multiple Speed Assessment: A new approach for measuring interpersonal performance
and adaptability?”
Prior PhD Students Abroad
After the doctoral defence of Britt De Soete (from left to right: Paul Sackett, Britt De Soete, and Ronald Bledow).
I served as advisor/co-promotor of the following PhD students:
Tom C. Oliver (University of Guelph, Canada)
Anne Jansen (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Andreja Wirz-Rodella (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Pia Ingold (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Annika Wilhelmy (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Francois De Kock (University of Cape Town, South Africa & Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Thomas Rockstühl (NTU, Singapore)
Gert Keen (University Groningen, The Netherlands)
