THE RESEARCH TEAM

Hannes Zacher, Ph.D.

Hannes Zacher is a Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Institute of Psychology – Wilhelm Wundt, Leipzig University, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Giessen in 2009 and subsequently worked in academic positions in Australia and the Netherlands.

In his research program, he investigates aging at work and career development, occupational health and well-being, as well as proactive and adaptive employee behavior. Across these research agendas, he employs multiple methodologies, including longitudinal surveys, experience sampling studies, and experiments.

His research is well supported through competitive grants and industry funding, including current projects on the role of work for the development of civilization diseases (Volkswagen Foundation) and on idle time at work (German Research Foundation). He has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Organizational Behavior, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and American Psychologist. He also serves on a number of national and international journal editorial boards.

Oliver Weigelt, Ph.D.

Oliver Weigelt is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Chair for Work and Organizational Psychology at Leipzig University. He works within the Momentum program funded by Volkswagen Stiftung on the role of work in the development of civilization diseases. Before moving to Leipzig University in 2020 he held postdoctoral positions at the University of Rostock and the University of Hagen. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Hagen and graduated at Chemnitz University of Technology.

His research interests include occupational stress and recovery, proactive work behavior, counterproductive work behavior, and affect at work. Oliver has a focus on experience sampling methodology and is interested in temporal issues, such as the circaseptan cycle and day-of-week effects (e.g., the Blue-Monday-effect).

Oliver has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Management. He has received academic awards both for innovative research (e.g., German Society of Psychology) and for constructive reviewing (e.g., Human Relations). He serves as a reviewer for numerous academic journals and for research funders. His research is covered in several media outlets and he serves as an interview partner on work and well-being regularly. He engages as a mentor for Masters and Ph.D. students and is commited to integrate research and education throughout all projects.

Cort W. Rudolph, Ph.D.

Cort W. Rudolph is an associate professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Saint Louis University. He received a BA from DePaul University, and a MA and Ph.D. from Wayne State University.

Cort’s research focuses on a variety of issues related to the aging workforce, including applications of lifespan development theories, wellbeing and work-longevity, and ageism/generationalism. He also has interests in statistical and methodological advancements, particularly in meta-analysis, and emerging topics in open science practices.

His work has been variously published in highly ranked journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Leadership Quarterly. Cort is an associate editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior and a Consulting Editor for Work, Aging and Retirement. He serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Managerial Psychology, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. His recent co-edited book, “Work Across the Lifespan” is available from Academic Press.

Melina Posch, B.Sc.

Melina Posch is a research assistant at the Chair for Work and Organizational Psychology at Leipzig University. She studied psychology at Griffith University, Australia and Leipzig University, Germany, where she received her BSc in 2019 and is currently studying for a master’s degree in psychology.

Her research interests include occupational health and well-being, job design and idle time at work. She has a keen interest in computational data analysis and programming as well as research transparency.

Richard Janzen, B.Sc.

Richard Janzen is a research assistant at the Chair of Work and Organisational Psychology at Leipzig University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and where he is currently studying psychology for a master’s degree.

His bachelor’s thesis was about the effect of presenteeism on customer satisfaction in service contexts. His research interests lie predominantly in precarious workplaces, poverty, basic income and occupational health. Furthermore, Richard is interested in programming, R-based statistics and web design, and using that to communicate science effectively to a broader public.

Over the course of his education, Richard completed internships in clinical and vocational rehabilitation institutions as well as a research internship under professor Zacher.