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Cornelius J. König

Cornelius J. König

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Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
8801
World Ranking
7202
National Ranking
342

Overview

Cornelius J. König is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and focuses on research within the social sciences, psychology, and business, management, and accounting. Their work extensively covers topics related to organizational behavior and human resource management, social psychology, and the ethics and social impacts of artificial intelligence.

The scientist frequently publishes on themes including job satisfaction and organizational behavior, corporate management and leadership, social and intergroup psychology, personality traits, psychology coaching and therapy, and sociology and education studies.

Among their recent papers are:

  • What to expect from opening up 'black boxes'? Comparing perceptions of justice between human and automated agents (2021, Computers in Human Behavior)
  • Trust in Artificial Intelligence: Comparing Trust Processes Between Human and Automated Trustees in Light of Unfair Bias (2022, Journal of Business and Psychology)
  • Picking with a robot colleague: A systematic literature review and evaluation of technology acceptance in human-robot collaborative warehouses (2023, Computers & Industrial Engineering)
  • Introducing a multi-stakeholder perspective on opacity, transparency and strategies to reduce opacity in algorithm-based human resource management (2021, Human Resource Management Review)
  • Changing the means of managerial work: effects of automated decision support systems on personnel selection tasks (2020, Journal of Business and Psychology)

Cornelius J. König has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably Markus Langer with 26 joint publications, Nida ul Habib Bajwa with 20, Denise Vesper with 10, Rudolf Siegel with 7, and Mario Gollwitzer with 5.

The scientist publishes frequently in several venues, including the International Journal of Selection and Assessment and Psychologische Rundschau, each with seven publications, followed by the Journal of Business and Psychology with four, and both the Journal of Personnel Psychology and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology with three each.

In addition to journal articles, König has contributed to book publications with Springer Nature, including titles such as Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie im 21. Jahrhundert (2021) and Karriereperspektiven in der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie (2022).

Their research spans the subfields of organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, social psychology, general health professions, and clinical psychology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within social sciences and psychology.

Best Publications

  • Integrating Theories of Motivation

    Piers Steel;Cornelius J. König

  • A model for the effects of job insecurity on performance, turnover intention, and absenteeism

    Thomas Staufenbiel;Cornelius J. König

  • The Effects of Job Insecurity on Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Deviant Behavior, and Negative Emotions of Employees

    William D. Reisel;Tahira M. Probst;Swee-Lim Chia;Cesar M. Maloles

  • Working Memory, Fluid Intelligence, and Attention Are Predictors of Multitasking Performance, but Polychronicity and Extraversion Are Not

    Cornelius J. Konig;Markus Buhner;Gesine Murling

  • Personnel Selection as a Signaling Game

    Adrian Bangerter;Nicolas Roulin;Cornelius J. König

  • Reasons for Being Selective When Choosing Personnel Selection Procedures

    Cornelius J. König;Ute-Christine Klehe;Matthias Berchtold;Martin Kleinmann

  • Working Memory Dimensions as Differential Predictors of the Speed and Error Aspect of Multitasking Performance

    Markus Bühner;Cornelius J. König;Marion Pick;Stefan Krumm

  • Catch me if I fall! Enacted uncertainty avoidance and the social safety net as country-level moderators in the job insecurity-job attitudes link.

    Maike E. Debus;Tahira M. Probst;Cornelius J. König;Martin Kleinmann

  • Time for Reflection: A Critical Examination of Polychronicity

    Cornelius J. König;Mary J. Waller

  • Examining digital interviews for personnel selection: Applicant reactions and interviewer ratings

    Markus Langer;Cornelius J. König;Kevin Krause

  • Examining occupational self-efficacy, work locus of control and communication as moderators of the job insecurity--job performance relationship

    Cornelius J König;Maike E Debus;Stéphanie Häusler;Nora Lendenmann

  • Highly automated job interviews: Acceptance under the influence of stakes

    Markus Langer;Cornelius J. König;Maria Papathanasiou

  • A different look at why selection procedures work: The role of candidates’ ability to identify criteria

    Martin Kleinmann;Pia V. Ingold;Filip Lievens;Anne Jansen

  • Exploring the positive side of personal internet use at work: Does it help in managing the border between work and nonwork?

    Cornelius J. König;Mariette E. Caner De La Guardia

  • International Perspectives on the Legal Environment for Selection

    Brett Myors;Filip Lievens;Eveline Schollaert;Greet Van Hoye

  • Situation assessment as an ignored factor in the behavioral consistency paradigm underlying the validity of personnel selection procedures.

    Anne Jansen;Klaus G. Melchers;Filip Lievens;Martin Kleinmann

  • How and why do interviewers try to make impressions on applicants? A qualitative study.

    Annika Wilhelmy;Martin Kleinmann;Cornelius J. König;Klaus G. Melchers

  • Information as a double-edged sword: The role of computer experience and information on applicant reactions towards novel technologies for personnel selection

    Markus Langer;Cornelius J. König;Andromachi Fitili

  • Transparency in Structured Interviews: Consequences for Construct and Criterion-Related Validity

    Ute-Christine Klehe;Cornelius J. König;Gerald M. Richter;Martin Kleinmann

  • Candidates' Ability to Identify Criteria in Nontransparent Selection Procedures: Evidence from an assessment center and a structured interview

    Cornelius J. König;Klaus G. Melchers;Martin Kleinmann;Gerald M. Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kleinmann
Martin Kleinmann University of Zurich
Filip Lievens
Filip Lievens Singapore Management University
Markus Bühner
Markus Bühner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ute-Christine Klehe
Ute-Christine Klehe University of Giessen
Marise Ph. Born
Marise Ph. Born Erasmus University Rotterdam
Birgit Spinath
Birgit Spinath Heidelberg University
Thomas Fydrich
Thomas Fydrich Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Edgar Erdfelder
Edgar Erdfelder University of Mannheim
Mario Gollwitzer
Mario Gollwitzer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jesús F. Salgado
Jesús F. Salgado University of Santiago de Compostela

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