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Managing in the collective: The practice of Big Science collaborations (2023)
Book Chapter
Robinson, M., & Braun, S. (2023). Managing in the collective: The practice of Big Science collaborations. In T. Das (Ed.), Managerial Practice Issues in Strategy and Organization (1-38). Information Age Publishing

The scientific results of Big Science increasingly hit the headlines as they provide welcome hope to address a range of complex cross-border problems. However, their collaborative style governance and managerial practice have gone relatively unseen.... Read More about Managing in the collective: The practice of Big Science collaborations.

The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship (2023)
Journal Article
Muñoz-Roman, P., Braun, S., Chowdhury, F., Barton, M., Jayne-Little, N., Komes, J., …Taggart, A. (2023). The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, Article e00430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00430

This paper explores the deterioration of self-worth in entrepreneurship. Using a 15-month participatory action research in the North of England, we found mismatches between expectations and experiences at three interacting levels—purpose, autonomy,... Read More about The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship.

Leader Identity on the Fly: Intra-personal Leader Identity Dynamics in Response to Strong Events (2023)
Journal Article
Nieberle, K. W., Acton, B. P., Braun, S., Lord, R. G., & Fu, Y. A. (2024). Leader Identity on the Fly: Intra-personal Leader Identity Dynamics in Response to Strong Events. Journal of Business and Psychology, 39(3), 755-778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-023-09906-7

Recent theorizing challenges the notion that leadership, and especially leader identities, is static. Yet, we know little about the dynamics that characterize how leader identities change within individuals across short periods of time. The current w... Read More about Leader Identity on the Fly: Intra-personal Leader Identity Dynamics in Response to Strong Events.

Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being (2023)
Journal Article
Zheng, X. (., Nieberle, K. W., Braun, S., & Schyns, B. (2023). Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(5), 818-837. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2699

Remote working has become the new norm in organizations. However, little is known about how supervisors’ monitoring affects their relationships with subordinates in remote work settings. Our research aims to enhance the understanding of the daily dyn... Read More about Is Someone Looking Over My Shoulder? An Investigation into Supervisor Monitoring Variability, Subordinates’ Daily Felt Trust, and Well-being.

What motivates narcissistic individuals to lead? The role of identity across cultures (2023)
Journal Article
Schyns, B., Braun, S., & Xia, Y. E. (2023). What motivates narcissistic individuals to lead? The role of identity across cultures. Personality and Individual Differences, 206, Article 112107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112107

Narcissists are assumed to be highly motivated to lead, but little is known about the underlying reasons or boundary conditions of this motivation. We examine the mediating role of individual level of identity, arguing that this process differs betwe... Read More about What motivates narcissistic individuals to lead? The role of identity across cultures.

Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead (2022)
Journal Article
Schyns, B., Lagowska, U., & Braun, S. (2022). Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead. Journal of Psychology, 230(4), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000504

This study tests the relationships between grandiose narcissism and affective, calculative, social-normative motivation to lead (MTL), and avoidance to lead as well as between vulnerable narcissism and affective MTL and avoidance to lead. Further, we... Read More about Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead.

Developing authenticity: A quasi-experimental investigation (2022)
Journal Article
Kipfelsberger, P., Braun, S., Fladerer, M. P., & Dragoni, L. (2022). Developing authenticity: A quasi-experimental investigation. Personality and Individual Differences, 198, Article 111825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111825

Authenticity facilitates positive human functioning. Yet, previous research has not adequately addressed whether different dimensions of authenticity develop naturally as one ages or whether their development can be facilitated through systematic int... Read More about Developing authenticity: A quasi-experimental investigation.

Modeling Identities in Context: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Leader-Follower Identities (2021)
Journal Article
Nieberle, K., Acton, B., Braun, S., & Lord, R. G. (2021). Modeling Identities in Context: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Leader-Follower Identities. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.13413abstract

Although leadership and followership processes are flexible and fluid, our theoretical and empirical knowledge of the short-term dynamics in individuals’ leadership and followership identities are limited. Building on a Dynamical Systems Perspective... Read More about Modeling Identities in Context: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Leader-Follower Identities.

Sounds Like a Fit! Wording in Recruitment Advertisements and Recruiter Gender Affect Women’s Pursuit of Career Development Programs via Anticipated Belongingness (2020)
Journal Article
Hentschel, T., Braun, S., Peus, C., & Frey, D. (2021). Sounds Like a Fit! Wording in Recruitment Advertisements and Recruiter Gender Affect Women’s Pursuit of Career Development Programs via Anticipated Belongingness. Human Resource Management, 60(4), 581-602. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22043

Following calls for research to increase gender equality, we investigated women's intentions to pursue career opportunities, in the form of career development programs. We built on lack of fit and signaling theory to argue that women's but not men's... Read More about Sounds Like a Fit! Wording in Recruitment Advertisements and Recruiter Gender Affect Women’s Pursuit of Career Development Programs via Anticipated Belongingness.

Help When Dads Need Somebody? Follower Reactions to Leader Work-Family Conflict (2020)
Journal Article
Gloor, J., & Braun, S. (2020). Help When Dads Need Somebody? Follower Reactions to Leader Work-Family Conflict. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2020.27

Perceptions of others’ work-family conflict (WFC) have typically been studied as a top-down phenomenon grounded in gender role theory. This work has consistently revealed negative career consequences for followers whom leaders judge to have higher WF... Read More about Help When Dads Need Somebody? Follower Reactions to Leader Work-Family Conflict.

Managers’ resources for authentic leadership – A multi-study exploration of positive psychological capacities and ethical organizational climates (2020)
Journal Article
Fladerer, M., & Braun, S. (2020). Managers’ resources for authentic leadership – A multi-study exploration of positive psychological capacities and ethical organizational climates. British Journal of Management, 31(2), 325-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12396

While authentic leadership is highly valued in today’s business world, managers do not necessarily have the resources to attain it. Building on conservation of resources theory, we propose a conceptual model to address how personal and contextual res... Read More about Managers’ resources for authentic leadership – A multi-study exploration of positive psychological capacities and ethical organizational climates.

Dark personalities in the workplace (2019)
Journal Article
Schyns, B., Braun, S., & Wisse, B. (2019). Dark personalities in the workplace. 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.

Vulnerable narcissists in leadership? A bifactor model of narcissism and abusive supervision intent (2019)
Journal Article
Braun, S., Schyns, B., Zheng, Y., & Lord, R. (2019). Vulnerable narcissists in leadership? A bifactor model of narcissism and abusive supervision intent. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1), Article 11224. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2019.160

Addressing the controversial debate about narcissism and its impact on organizations, this article pursues three main purposes: First, we aimed to assess the factorial structure of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) in an applied organizatio... Read More about Vulnerable narcissists in leadership? A bifactor model of narcissism and abusive supervision intent.

Connectionism in action: Exploring the links between leader prototypes, leader gender, and perceptions of authentic leadership (2018)
Journal Article
Braun, S., Peus, C., & Frey, D. (2018). Connectionism in action: Exploring the links between leader prototypes, leader gender, and perceptions of authentic leadership. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 149, 129-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.10.003

Building on the connectionist model of leadership perceptions, this research investigates the relationships between leader gender and authentic leadership perceptions from a leadership prototype perspective. In a five-study series, we tested differen... Read More about Connectionism in action: Exploring the links between leader prototypes, leader gender, and perceptions of authentic leadership.

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.

Authentic leadership and followers’ cheating behaviour: A laboratory experiment from a self-concept maintenance perspective (2017)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., & Hornuf, L. (2018). Authentic leadership and followers’ cheating behaviour: A laboratory experiment from a self-concept maintenance perspective. In D. Cotter-Lockard (Ed.), Authentic leadership and followership : international perspectives (215-244). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65307-5_9

This chapter presents insights into the question whether followers’ perceptions of authentic leadership attenuate cheating. From the perspective of self-concept maintenance theory, followers will cheat so long as they can maintain a positive self-con... Read More about Authentic leadership and followers’ cheating behaviour: A laboratory experiment from a self-concept maintenance perspective.

The communality-bonus effect for male transformational leaders – leadership style, gender, and promotability (2017)
Journal Article
Hentschel, T., Braun, S., Peus, C., & Frey, D. (2019). The communality-bonus effect for male transformational leaders – leadership style, gender, and promotability. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27(1), 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2017.1402759

Women have made considerable inroads into the workforce but remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Even though studies show that men and women hardly differ in their leadership behaviours, we argue that male and female leaders are evaluated... Read More about The communality-bonus effect for male transformational leaders – leadership style, gender, and promotability.

Führung und Kooperation in der modernen Arbeitswelt (2017)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., Haas, K., & Frey, D. (2017). Führung und Kooperation in der modernen Arbeitswelt. In J. Sautermeister (Ed.), Moralpsychologie : Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (214-232). Kohlhammer

Authentic leadership extends beyond work: A multilevel model of work-family conflict and enrichment (2017)
Journal Article
Braun, S., & Nieberle, K. (2017). Authentic leadership extends beyond work: A multilevel model of work-family conflict and enrichment. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(6), 780-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.04.003

Drawing on the work-home resources model, we develop a multilevel framework of individual and team perceptions of authentic leadership in relation to followers' work-family conflict (WFC) and enrichment (WFE). Our model suggests that authentic leader... Read More about Authentic leadership extends beyond work: A multilevel model of work-family conflict and enrichment.

Warum wird sie nicht Führungskraft? Geschlecht und Karriereentwicklung (2017)
Book Chapter
Hentschel, P., Braun, S., & Peus, C. (2017). Warum wird sie nicht Führungskraft? Geschlecht und Karriereentwicklung. In S. Kauffeld, & D. Spurk (Eds.), Handbuch Karriere und Laufbahnmanagement (1-31). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45855-6_39-1

Frauen sind im Vergleich zu Männern gerade auf hohen Karrierestufen unterrepräsentiert. Die Frage nach dem Warum wird kontrovers diskutiert. Viele Unternehmen äußern eine Absicht, mehr Frauen in Führungspositionen zu befördern. Vor diesem Hintergrund... Read More about Warum wird sie nicht Führungskraft? Geschlecht und Karriereentwicklung.

Leader Narcissism and Outcomes in Organizations: A Review at Multiple Levels of Analysis and Implications for Future Research (2017)
Journal Article
Braun, S. (2017). Leader Narcissism and Outcomes in Organizations: A Review at Multiple Levels of Analysis and Implications for Future Research. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 773. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00773

Narcissists often pursue leadership and are selected for leadership positions by others. At the same time, they act in their own best interest, putting the needs and interests of others at risk. While theoretical arguments clearly link narcissism and... Read More about Leader Narcissism and Outcomes in Organizations: A Review at Multiple Levels of Analysis and Implications for Future Research.

Führung (2017)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., Frey, D., Nübold, A., & Maier, G. (2017). Führung. In H. Bierhoff, & D. Frey (Eds.), Kommunikation, Interaktion und soziale Gruppenprozesse (543-598). Hogrefe. https://doi.org/10.3139/9783446452749.006

Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes (2016)
Journal Article
Shaughnessy, B., Braun, S., Hentschel, T., & Peus, C. (2016). Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46(7), 880-890. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2208

Quota-based selection systems are viewed as a way to overcome biases; however, they may produce negative effects on the individuals as well as on the organizations that enact said procedures. To date, the processes underlying these negative effects h... Read More about Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes.

Leader Narcissism Predicts Malicious Envy and Supervisor-Targeted Counterproductive Work Behavior - Evidence From Field and Experimental Research (2016)
Journal Article
Braun, S., Aydin, N., Frey, D., & Peus, C. (2018). Leader Narcissism Predicts Malicious Envy and Supervisor-Targeted Counterproductive Work Behavior - Evidence From Field and Experimental Research. Journal of Business Ethics, 151(3), 725-741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3224-5

Building on the emotion-centered model of voluntary work behavior, this research tests the relations between leader narcissism, followers’ malicious and benign envy, and supervisor-targeted counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Results across five s... Read More about Leader Narcissism Predicts Malicious Envy and Supervisor-Targeted Counterproductive Work Behavior - Evidence From Field and Experimental Research.

Narcissistic leadership (2016)
Book Chapter
Braun, S. (2016). Narcissistic leadership. In A. Farazmand (Ed.), Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy, and governance (1-9). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1900-1

The concept of narcissistic leadership connects narcissism and approaches to leadership in organizations. Leadership concerns an intentional social influence process with the purpose of driving goal-directed action and interpersonal relationships in... Read More about Narcissistic leadership.

Conclusion: Leadership lessons from compelling contexts (2016)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., Schyns, B., & Peus, C. (2016). Conclusion: Leadership lessons from compelling contexts. In C. Peus, S. Braun, & B. Schyns (Eds.), Leadership lessons from compelling contexts (465-479). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-357120160000008017

In this final chapter, we summarize the core challenges to leadership in complex organizational systems as well as the lessons that we believe leaders can learn from the contributions presented in this book. Building on Complexity Leadership Theory (... Read More about Conclusion: Leadership lessons from compelling contexts.

Leadership in academia: Individual and collective approaches to the quest for creativity and innovation (2016)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., Peus, C., Frey, D., & Knipfer, K. (2016). Leadership in academia: Individual and collective approaches to the quest for creativity and innovation. In C. Peus, S. Braun, & B. Chyns (Eds.), Leadership lessons from compelling contexts (349-365). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-357120160000008013

This chapter summarizes the specific challenges for leadership in academia with a focus on universities, and discusses recent approaches to facilitate the development of leadership abilities in this context. Individuals and groups in academia essenti... Read More about Leadership in academia: Individual and collective approaches to the quest for creativity and innovation.

Crossover of work-life balance perceptions: Does authentic leadership matter? (2016)
Journal Article
Braun, S., & Peus, C. (2018). Crossover of work-life balance perceptions: Does authentic leadership matter?. Journal of Business Ethics, 149(4), 875-893. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3078-x

This research contributes to an improved understanding of authentic leadership at the work–life interface. We build on conservation of resources theory to develop a leader–follower crossover model of the impact of authentic leadership on followers’ j... Read More about Crossover of work-life balance perceptions: Does authentic leadership matter?.

Chancengleichheit durch professionelle Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft (Equality through professional personnel selection in academia) (2015)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., Hentschel, T., Peus, C., & Frey, D. (2015). Chancengleichheit durch professionelle Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft (Equality through professional personnel selection in academia). In C. Peus, S. Braun, T. Hentschel, & D. Frey (Eds.), Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft : Evidenzbasierte Methoden und Impulse für die Praxis. = Personnel selection in academia : evidence based methods and ideas for practice (30-48). Springer Verlag

Herausforderungen der Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft: Berufungsverfahren an deutschen Universitäten (Challenges of personnel selection in German universities) (2015)
Book Chapter
Frey, D., Braun, S., & Peus, C. (2015). Herausforderungen der Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft: Berufungsverfahren an deutschen Universitäten (Challenges of personnel selection in German universities). In C. Peus, S. Braun, T. Hentschel, & D. Frey (Eds.), Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft : Evidenzbasierte Methoden und Impulse für die Praxis. = Personnel selection in academia : evidence based methods and ideas for practice (1-14). Springer Verlag

Führungstheorien (Leadership theories) (2015)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., & Frey, D. (2015). Führungstheorien (Leadership theories). In M. Galliker, & U. Wolfradt (Eds.), Kompendium psychologischer Theorien. = Compendium of psychological theories (133-136). Suhrkamp

Presumed incompetent: Perceived lack of fit and gender bias in recruitment and selection (2015)
Book Chapter
Heilman, M., Manzi, F., & Braun, S. (2015). Presumed incompetent: Perceived lack of fit and gender bias in recruitment and selection. In A. Broadbridge, & S. Fielden (Eds.), Handbook of gendered careers in management : getting in, getting on, getting out (90-104). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782547709.00014

Despite women’s advancement in the workplace, their representation in male-dominated fields and occupations remains distressingly low. Women now comprise about half of the workforce, but very few end up at the top levels of business organizations. In... Read More about Presumed incompetent: Perceived lack of fit and gender bias in recruitment and selection.

Group processes in organizations (2015)
Book Chapter
Braun, S., Frey, D., Brodbeck, F., & Hentschel, T. (2015). Group processes in organizations. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social & behavioural sciences (408-415). (2nd). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.73071-6

The article refers to group processes as they influence organizational functioning. The main features of groups (e.g., norms, cohesion, roles), and factors contributing to their performance are characterized. We detail well-established concepts like... Read More about Group processes in organizations.

Authentische Führung (Authentic leadership) (2015)
Book Chapter
Peus, C., Wesche, J., & Braun, S. (2015). Authentische Führung (Authentic leadership). In J. Felfe (Ed.), Trends der psychologischen Führungsforschung : neue Konzepte, Methoden und Erkenntnisse (15-26). Hogrefe

On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers (2014)
Journal Article
Peus, C., Braun, S., & Knipfer, K. (2015). On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers. The Leadership Quarterly, 26(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.08.004

In concordance with recent calls for cross-cultural leadership research as well as research on women leaders, this study investigated how women in Asia and the U.S. become leaders and how they enact their leadership. In-depth interviews with 76 mid-... Read More about On becoming a leader in Asia and America: Empirical evidence from women managers.

Erfolgsfaktor Personalauswahl: Talente für die Wissenschaft gewinnen (Personnel selection as a success factor: Attracting talent for science) (2014)
Book Chapter
Peus, C., Hentschel, T., & Braun, S. (2014). Erfolgsfaktor Personalauswahl: Talente für die Wissenschaft gewinnen (Personnel selection as a success factor: Attracting talent for science). In N. Hille, & B. Langer (Eds.), Geschlechtergerechte Personalentwicklung an Hochschulen. Maßnahmen und Herausforderungen (173-196). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845254173_173

Der Wert der Werte - Zu empirischer Evidenz ethikorientierter Führung und Leistung in Unternehmen (The value of values - Empirical evidence of ethical leadership and company performance) (2014)
Book Chapter
Peus, C., & Braun, S. (2014). Der Wert der Werte - Zu empirischer Evidenz ethikorientierter Führung und Leistung in Unternehmen (The value of values - Empirical evidence of ethical leadership and company performance). In J. Sauer, & A. Cisik (Eds.), In Deutschland führen die Falschen. Wie sich Unternehmen ändern müssen (489-508). Helios Media

Transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and team performance: A multilevel mediation model of trust. (2013)
Journal Article
Braun, S., Peus, C., Weisweiler, S., & Frey, D. (2013). Transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and team performance: A multilevel mediation model of trust. The Leadership Quarterly, 24(1), 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.11.006

In spite of calls for deliberate differentiation between individual and team levels of analysis, leadership research based on well-grounded theory referring to multiple levels is scarce. We seek to fill this gap by analyzing the relations between tra... Read More about Transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and team performance: A multilevel mediation model of trust..