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Barbara Wisse is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science as key subfields. Their work also extends into Epidemiology and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Recent publications by Barbara Wisse cover a range of topics within these fields. The following list includes the full title, publication year, and venue:

  • "Students' career exploration: A meta-analysis" (2021, Journal of Vocational Behavior)
  • "Ambidextrous leadership: opening and closing leader behaviours to facilitate idea generation, idea promotion and idea realization" (2021, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology)
  • "Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and innovation: A test of competing hypotheses" (2020, Creativity and Innovation Management)
  • "Effects of Leaders' Power Construal on Leader-Member Exchange: The Moderating Role of Competitive Climate at Work" (2022, Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies)
  • "A cross-sectional study of lactation room quality and Dutch working mothers' satisfaction, perceived ease of, and perceived support for breast milk expression at work" (2021, International Breastfeeding Journal)

Barbara Wisse frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Sjoukje A. van Dellen
  • Mark P. Mobach
  • Eric F. Rietzschel
  • Casper J. Albers
  • Arie Dijkstra

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in several publication venues, including:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
  • European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
  • Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
  • International Breastfeeding Journal

Best Publications

  • Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Followers’ Achievement Goals

    Melvyn R. W. Hamstra;Nico W. Van Yperen;Barbara Wisse;Kai Sassenberg

  • Transformational-transactional leadership styles and follower's regulatory focus: Fit reduces followers' turnover intentions

    Melvyn R. W. Hamstra;Nico W. Van Yperen;Barbara Wisse;Kai Sassenberg

  • How leader displays of happiness and sadness influence follower performance: Emotional contagion and creative versus analytical performance

    Victoria A. Visser;Daan van Knippenberg;Gerben A. van Kleef;Barbara Wisse

  • The role of regulatory fit in visionary leadership

    Daan Alexander Stam;Daan Van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse

  • Focusing on followers: The role of regulatory focus and possible selves in visionary leadership.

    Daan Stam;Daan van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse

  • When the dark ones gain power: Perceived position power strengthens the effect of supervisor Machiavellianism on abusive supervision in work teams

    Barbara Wisse;Ed Sleebos

  • An Image of Who We Might Become: Vision Communication, Possible Selves, and Vision Pursuit

    Daan Stam;Robert G. Lord;Daan Van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse

  • Leader power and self-serving behavior: The moderating role of accountability

    Diana Rus;Daan van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse

  • Leader power and leader self-serving behavior: The role of effective leadership beliefs and performance information

    Diana Rus;Daan van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse

  • The Formation of Group Affect and Team Effectiveness: The Moderating Role of Identification

    Jacqueline Tanghe;Jacqueline Tanghe;Barbara Wisse;Henk van der Flier

  • How innovative is your employee? The role of employee and supervisor dark triad personality traits in supervisor perceptions of employee innovative behavior

    Barbara Wisse;Dick P.H. Barelds;Eric F. Rietzschel

  • Leader self-definition and leader self-serving behavior

    Diana Rus;Daan van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse

  • Catering to the Needs of an Aging Workforce: The Role of Employee Age in the Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Satisfaction

    Barbara Wisse;Rob van Eijbergen;Eric F. Rietzschel;Susanne Scheibe

  • Students' career exploration: A meta-analysis

    Anne-Kathrin Kleine;Antje Schmitt;Barbara Wisse

  • Followers feel valued: When leaders' regulatory focus makes leaders exhibit behavior that fits followers' regulatory focus

    Melvyn R.W. Hamstra;Kai Sassenberg;Nico W. Van Yperen;Barbara Wisse

  • The effect of a breastfeeding support programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity: a quasi-experiment.

    S. A. van Dellen;S. A. van Dellen;B. Wisse;B. Wisse;M. P. Mobach;M. P. Mobach;A. Dijkstra

  • Motivation in Words: Promotion- and Prevention-Oriented Leader Communication in Times of Crisis

    Daan Stam;Daan van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse;Anne Nederveen Pieterse

  • On the perceived effectiveness of transformational–transactional leadership: The role of encouraged strategies and followers' regulatory focus

    Melvyn R. W. Hamstra;Nico W. Van Yperen;Barbara Wisse;Kai Sassenberg

  • The role of group member affect in the relationship between trust and cooperation

    Jacqueline Tanghe;Barbara Wisse;Henk van der Flier

  • Power and interdependence in organizations

    Dean William Tjosvold;Barbara Wisse

  • Follower-centered perspectives on leadership

    D. Van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse;S.R Giessner

  • Self-continuity: Individual and collective perspectives

    D. Van Knippenberg;Barbara Wisse;A. Bobbio

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico W. Van Yperen
Nico W. Van Yperen University of Groningen
Kai Sassenberg
Kai Sassenberg Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Daan van Knippenberg
Daan van Knippenberg Rice University
Birgit Schyns
Birgit Schyns NEOMA Business School
Susanne Scheibe
Susanne Scheibe University of Groningen
Dean Tjosvold
Dean Tjosvold Lingnan University
Arie Dijkstra
Arie Dijkstra University of Groningen
Kathrin Boerner
Kathrin Boerner Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Gerben A. van Kleef
Gerben A. van Kleef University of Amsterdam
Robert G. Lord
Robert G. Lord Durham University

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