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Trapped at Work: The Barriers Model of Abusive Supervision (2021)
Journal Article
Breevaart, K., Wisse, B., & Schyns, B. (2022). Trapped at Work: The Barriers Model of Abusive Supervision. Academy of Management Perspectives, 36(3), 936-954. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2021.0007

While research on abusive supervision is thriving, we still know very little about the sustained nature of the phenomenon. Additionally, most papers focusing on the prolonged character of the detrimental relational dynamic take a within-dyad perspect... Read More about Trapped at Work: The Barriers Model of Abusive Supervision.

Ambidextrous leadership: opening and closing leader behaviours to facilitate idea generation, idea promotion and idea realization (2021)
Journal Article
Mascareño, J., Rietzschel, E. F., & Wisse, B. (2021). Ambidextrous leadership: opening and closing leader behaviours to facilitate idea generation, idea promotion and idea realization. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30(4), 530-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2021.1872544

The generation of ideas and the subsequent promotion and implementation of these ideas are important for organizational performance. Unfortunately, however, ideas do not always turn into innovations. Based on the ambidexterity theory of leadership fo... Read More about Ambidextrous leadership: opening and closing leader behaviours to facilitate idea generation, idea promotion and idea realization.

The Interactive Effect of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance on Acculturation and Well-Being (2020)
Journal Article
Toth-Bos, A., Wisse, B., & Farago, K. (2020). The Interactive Effect of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance on Acculturation and Well-Being. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 704. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00704

The purpose of the present research is to shed light on whether and when migrants’ goal pursuit relates to their acculturation and well-being. Previous research has demonstrated the beneficial role of striving for and attaining intrinsic goals on wel... Read More about The Interactive Effect of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance on Acculturation and Well-Being.

Dark personalities in the workplace (2019)
Book Chapter
Schyns, B., Braun, S., & Wisse, B. (2019). Dark personalities in the workplace. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.553

Dark Triad personality traits in the workplace comprise of the traits narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. The Dark Triad and its relationships with individual and organisational variables has received increasing attention in organisational... Read More about Dark personalities in the workplace.

Goal pursuit during the three stages of the migration process (2019)
Journal Article
Toth-Bos, A., Wisse, B., & Farago, K. (2019). Goal pursuit during the three stages of the migration process. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 73, 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.07.008

Migration poses a strong contextual change for individuals and it necessitates the adjustment of goals and aspirations. Although goal-related processes seem highly relevant to migration success (e.g., migrant well-being and adjustment), existing rese... Read More about Goal pursuit during the three stages of the migration process.

Personality Traits and Career Role Enactment: Career Role Preferences as a Mediator (2019)
Journal Article
De Jong, N., Wisse, B., Heesink, J., & Van der Zee, K. (2019). Personality Traits and Career Role Enactment: Career Role Preferences as a Mediator. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1720. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01720

It has been argued that how a person’s career unfolds is increasingly affected by his or her own values, personality characteristics, goals and preferences. The current study addresses the issue of how we can explain that personality traits are assoc... Read More about Personality Traits and Career Role Enactment: Career Role Preferences as a Mediator.

The effect of a breastfeeding support programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity: a quasi-experiment (2019)
Journal Article
van Dellen, S., Wisse, B., Mobach, M., & Dijkstra, A. (2019). The effect of a breastfeeding support programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity: a quasi-experiment. BMC Public Health, 19, Article 993. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7331-y

Background Breastfeeding has important positive long-term health consequences for infants and mothers. The World Health Organization recommends that all infants should be exclusively breastfed for six months or longer, and advises continuation of bre... Read More about The effect of a breastfeeding support programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity: a quasi-experiment.

Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it”: the combined effects of leader fear of losing power and competitive climate on leader self-serving behavior (2019)
Journal Article
Wisse, B., Rus, D., Keller, A., & Sleebos, E. (2019). Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it”: the combined effects of leader fear of losing power and competitive climate on leader self-serving behavior. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(6), 742-755. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2019.1635584

Power is generally valued as it offers access to numerous tangible and intangible benefits. Fear of losing it might therefore initiate behavioral responses aimed at capitalizing on those benefits while it is still possible. Therefore, we propose that... Read More about Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it”: the combined effects of leader fear of losing power and competitive climate on leader self-serving behavior.

Editorial: Fifty Shades of Grey: Exploring the Dark Sides of Leadership and Followership (2018)
Journal Article
Braun, S., Kark, R., & Wisse, B. (2018). Editorial: Fifty Shades of Grey: Exploring the Dark Sides of Leadership and Followership. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 1877. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01877

“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters. Okay. It’s like incredible!” Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, in January 2016 at a campaign rally in Iowa. In light of corporate and polit... Read More about Editorial: Fifty Shades of Grey: Exploring the Dark Sides of Leadership and Followership.

No Regard for Those Who Need It: The Moderating Role of Follower Self-Esteem in the Relationship Between Leader Psychopathy and Leader Self-Serving Behavior (2018)
Journal Article
Barelds, D. P., Wisse, B., Sanders, S., & Laurijssen, L. M. (2018). No Regard for Those Who Need It: The Moderating Role of Follower Self-Esteem in the Relationship Between Leader Psychopathy and Leader Self-Serving Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 1281. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01281

Recent instances of corporate misconduct and examples of blatant leader self-serving behavior have rekindled interest in leader personality traits as antecedents of negative leader behavior. The current research builds upon that work, and examines th... Read More about No Regard for Those Who Need It: The Moderating Role of Follower Self-Esteem in the Relationship Between Leader Psychopathy and Leader Self-Serving Behavior.