Annika Schowalter (M.Sc.)
PhD student
Contact
E-Mail: annika.schowalter(at)uni-bamberg.de
Annika Schowalter joined the Professorship of Work & Organizational in April 2019 as a research associate. Since December 2021 she has had a doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). Her research focuses on leadership, including causal methods in leadership research and the successful management of changes. After receiving her bachelor‘s degree in Psychology at the University of Bamberg, she earned her master’s degree in Psychology – Work, Economy, and Society at the University of Mannheim.
since 01/2024
Senior Specialist Personal Development in the private sector
10/2023 - 12/2023
University of Bamberg, Professorship of Work & Organizational Psychology
Research associate (Project LeA)
12/2021 - 12/2023
University of Bamberg, Professorship of Work & Organizational Psychology
PhD student receiving a doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
04/2019 - 11/2021
University of Bamberg, Professorship of Work & Organizational Psychology
Research associate
09/2016 - 01/2019
Master’s degree in Psychology (M.Sc.) – Work, Economy, and Society at the University of Mannheim
01/2017 - 11/2018
SAP SE, Walldorf
Working student and thesis student in personnel development and change management
11/2015 - 05/2016
Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen
Internship in personnel and organizational development
10/2012 - 09/2015
Bachelor‘s degree in Psychology (B.Sc.) at the University of Bamberg
10/2013 - 07/2014
University of Bamberg
Statistics tutor
02/2014 - 04/2014
BMW Research and Technology GmbH, Munich
Research internship in the specialized department Connected Drive MMI
05/2013 - 06/2013
University of Bamberg, Department of General Psychology and Methodology
Research internship
09/2011 - 08/2012
Klinik Hohe Mark, Oberursel
Voluntary Year of Social Service (psychiatric care)
DISSERTATION TOPIC
Perspectives on servant leadership and its associations with follower behaviors and experiences: Three studies considering context and causality
PUBLICATIONS
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2024). Servant and crisis manager? The association of servant leadership with followers’ adaptivity and proactivity. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 31(4), 433–452. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518241287647
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2024). Trajectories and associations of perceived servant leadership and teacher exhaustion during the first months of a crisis. Occupational Health Science, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00206-x
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2023). Are the effects of servant leadership only spurious? The state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership, recommendations, and an illustrative experiment. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(6), Article 101722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101722
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2022). More illusion than reality? A review of the state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership, recommendations, and an exemplary study. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.6536
Zyberaj, J., Seibel, S., Schowalter, A. F., P?tz, L., Richter-Killenberg, S., & Volmer, J. (2022). Developing sustainable careers during a pandemic: The role of psychological capital and career adaptability. Sustainability, 14(5), Article 3105. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14053105
Schuesslbauer, A. F., Volmer, J., & G?ritz, A. S. (2018). The goal paves the way: Inspirational motivation as a predictor of career adaptability. Journal of Career Development, 45(5), 489–503. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845317718348
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2023). (Nur) steter Tropfen h?hlt den Stein? Der Zusammenhang zwischen Servant Leadership und Ersch?pfung der Mitarbeitenden im Krisenkontext [(Only) constant dripping wears away the stone? The connection between servant leadership and employee exhaustion in a crisis context] [Presentation in the Symposium “Leadership and health - Symposium 1: Focus on leadership styles”]. 13th conference of the AOW and engineering psychology specialist group, Kassel, Germany.
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2023, May). Are the effects of servant leadership only spurious? The state of research on the causal effects of servant leadership and an illustrative experiment [Conference presentation]. 21st European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Polen.
Schowalter, A. F., R?der, E. S., & Volmer, J. (2022, December). On the trail of causality regarding ethical leadership: Recommendations and a methodological review [Conference presentation]. 20th International Studying Leadership Conference, Brighton, UK.
Schowalter, A. F. (2022). Dienend durch die Krise: Hilft Servant Leadership Mitarbeitenden im Umgang mit Ver?nderungen? [Serving through the crisis: Does servant leadership help employees deal with change?] [Vortrag]. Promovierendenforum der Promotionsf?rderung der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, K?ln, Germany.
Schowalter, A. F., & Volmer, J. (2022, September). Servant and crisis manager? The association of servant leadership with employees’ adaptivity and proactivity and the mediating mechanisms [Conference presentation]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim, Germany.
Gaugigl, A., Jalili, D., & Schowalter, A. F. (2022). Are you servant first? Validation of a situational judgment test of servant leadership [Poster presentation]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim, Germany.
Schuesselbauer, A., Kohnke, O., & Burger, A. M. (2020). The effect of affective and cognitive reactions on change readiness over time [Poster presentation]. 35th Annual SIOP Conference, Austin, TX, USA. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-51196
Kadel, P., Arenth, N., Erdmann, L., Fr?hlich, S., Grünewald, J., & Schuesselbauer, A. F. et al. (2018). Lach dich mutig: Humortraining als Intervention bei Pr?sentationsangst [Laugh your heart out: Humor training as an intervention for presentation anxiety] [Poster presentation]. 51st Congress of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt, Germany.
QUALIFICATION THESIS
Schüsselbauer, A. F. (2018). Das Verh?ltnis von Kognitionen und Affekt im Kontext einer Ver?nderung und ihr Zusammenhang mit Change Readiness. Eine l?ngsschnittliche Untersuchung von Pr?diktoren, Mediatoren und Moderatoren [Unpublished master`s thesis]. University of Mannheim.
- German Psychological Society (DGPs)
- European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)