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Research Projects

Here we give You more detailed information about our research projects.

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Our main research interests lie within these domains:

  1. Ageing and development at the workplace
  2. Occupational health and strain
  3. Proactive and adaptive work behaviour
  4. Environmentally sustainable behaviour in organizations

Ongoing research projects

The Role of Work in the Development of Civilization Diseases

  • Contact Person: Dr. Oliver Weigelt
    Duration: 2020 – 2026
    Funding: VolkswagenStiftung
    Website

Understanding Effects of Idle Time on Employee Outcomes: The Role of Work Characteristics and Action Regulation Strategies

  • Contact Persons: Karoline Schubert & Martin Zeschke
    Duration: 2020 – 2023
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Website

Stereotype Threat, Disengagement, and Wellbeing among Older Employees

  • Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Hannes Zacher
    Duration: 2019 – 2021
    Funding: Australian Research Council

  • Contact Person: Dr. Michael Knoll
    Duration: since 2014

Completed research projects

Methodological-content analyses for a vignette study examining the use of digital technologies in people-related activities.

  • Contact: Dr. Michael Knoll, Tobias Struck, Richard Janzen
    Duration: 2022
    Sponsor: German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin)
    Project

  • Contact Persons: Dr. Carolin Dietz & Dr. Michael Knoll
    Duration: 2019 - 2022
    Funding: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus, Europäischer Sozialfonds
    Website

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