Publications

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

Schäpers, P.*, Mönke, F. W.*, Frieler, C.-M., Roulin, N., & Basch, J. (in press). Attitudes toward cybervetting in Germany: Impact on organizational attractiveness depends on social media platform. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. [*Both authors contributed equally to this work]

Ohlms, M. L., Braunreuther, A., Krumm, S., & Schäpers, P. (in press). To abolish stereotypes, you need to be aware of them first! Development of a coding scheme to identify gender stereotypes in situational judgement tests. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.

Krumm, S., Thiel, A., Reznik, N., Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., & Patrick Mussel (2024). Creating a situational judgment test in a few seconds: Can ChatGPT develop a psychometrically sound situational judgment test? European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000878

Schäpers, P., Guntermann, T., Heinemann, H., & Mönke, F. W. (2024). Are good leaders also green leaders? Differentiating established and environmental leadership styles, their antecedents, and predictive validity for corporate environmental responsiveness. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12752

Grunenberg, E., Stachl, C., Breil, S., Schäpers, P., & Back, M. (2024). Predicting and explaining assessment center judgments: A cross-validated behavioral approach to performance judgments in interpersonal assessment center exercises. Human Resource Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22252

Heinemann, H. & Schäpers, P. (2024). Bridging the gap through innovation: Start-ups
required to tackle the scientist-practitioner divide. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 17(4), 434-438. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2024.43 

Bendig, D., Kleine-Stegemann, L., Bartels, F., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Family firm narcissism: Conceptualization, measurement, and relationship to innovation. International Journal of Innovation Management, 28(3-4), Article 2450011. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919624500117

Mönke, F. W., Roulin, N., Lievens, F., Bartossek, M. T., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Validity of social media assessments in personnel selection: A systematic review of the initial evidence. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000835

Sallach, T., Mönke, F. W., & Schäpers. P. (2024). Cybervetting of organizational citizenship behavior expectations: Profile summary as a key in LinkedIn-based assessments. Computers in Human Behavior, 154, Article 108113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108113

Mönke, F. W., Lievens, F., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multi-party contexts and the role of political interest. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001124
Ausgezeichnet als Editor's Choice.

Schulze, J., Heinrich, M., Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., & Krumm, S. (2024). Uncovering hidden framings in Dark Triad self-ratings: What frames-of-reference do people use when responding to generic Dark Triad items? Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231220357

Schäpers, P., Heinemann, H., Pañellas Álvarez, D., Nohr, L., & Mönke, F. W. (2024). Different culture, same situation? Translating and applying a Situational Judgment Test from Germany in Cuba. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000066

Reznik, N., Krumm, S., Freudenstein, J.-P., Heimann, A., Ingold, P., Schäpers, P., & Kleinmann, M. (2024). Does understanding what a test measures make a difference? On the relevance of the ability to identify criteria for situational judgment test performance. International Journal of Selection and Assessment,32(2), 210-224. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12458

Wiesweg, N., Schäpers, P., Bernhold, T.,& Hartmann, T. (2024). On the challenges of inter-organisational data in real estate: The role of knowledge sharing. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 31(1), 247-263. doi: 10.1108/ECAM-12-2021-1081

Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., Reznik, N., Stolte, T., & Krumm, S. (2024). The influence of situational strength on the relation of personality and situational judgment test performance. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 32(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12444

Freudenstein, J.-P., Schulze, J., Schäpers, P., Mussel, P. & Krumm, S. (2023). Standardized state assessment: A methodological framework to assess person-situation processes in hypothetical situations. European Journal of Psychological Assessement. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000794

Schäpers, P., Stolte, T., & Heinemann, H. (2023). On the influence of gender quotas on the employer attractiveness of companies: Do the means harm the ends? Gender in Management, 38(3), 357-372 . https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-05-2022-0181

Schäpers, P.*, Krumm, S.*, Lievens, F., & Stenzel, N. (2023). Arousing Motives or Eliciting Stories? On the Role of Pictures in a Picture-story Exercise. Assessment, 30(3), 551-564.[*Both authors contributed equally to this work] doi: 10.1177/10731911211036191

Heinemann, H., Mussel, P., & Schäpers, P. (2022). Curious enough to start up? How epistemic curiosity and entrepreneurial alertness influence entrepreneurship orientation and intention. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1003866. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1003866

Hüffmeier, J., Torka, A-K., Jäckel, E., & Schäpers, P. (2022). Open science practices in IWO psychology: Urban legends, misconceptions, and a false dichotomy. Industrial and Organizational Psychology,15(4), 520–524.

Mönke, F. W. & Schäpers, P. (2022). Too early to call: What we do (not) know about the validity of cybervetting. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 15(3), 334-341. doi: 10.1017/iop.2022.51

Theurer, C., Schäpers, P.*, Tumasjan, A., Welpe, I., & Lievens, F. (2022). What you see is what you get? Measuring companies' projected employer image attributes via companies' employment webpages. Human Resource Management, 61(5), 543-561. [*Both authors contributed equally to this work]

Schäpers, P.*, Windscheid, L.*, Mazei, J., Thielsch, M., & Hertel, G. (2021). “Like will to like” or “opposites attract”? Management board diversity affects employer attractiveness. Gender in Management. e-pub ahaed of print [*Both authors contributed equally to this work] doi: 10.1108/GM-10-2019-0182

Schulze, J., West, S. G., Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., Mussel, P., Eid, M., Krumm, S. (2021). Hidden Framings and Hidden Asymmetries in the Measurement of Personality – A Combined Lens-Model and Frame-of-Reference Perspective. Journal of Personality, 89, 357-375. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12586

Schäpers, P., Mussel, P., Lievens, F., König, C. J., Freudenstein, J.-P., & Krumm, S. (2020). The role of situations in situational judgment tests: Effects on construct saturation, predictive validity, and applicant perceptions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 800-818. doi:10.1037/apl000045

Schäpers, P.*, Freudenstein, J.-P.*, Mussel, P., Lievens, F., & Krumm, S. (2020). Effects of Situation Descriptions on the Construct-Related Validity of Construct-Driven Situational Judgment Tests. Journal of Research in Personality, 87, 1-5. [*Both authors contributed equally to this work] doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103963

Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., Römer, L., Mussel, P., & Krumm, S. (2020). Is It All in the Eye of the Beholder? The Importance of Situation Construal for Situational Judgment Test Performance. Personnel Psychology, 73(4), 669–700.. doi:10.1111/peps.12385

Schäpers, P., Lievens, F., Freudenstein, J.-P., Hüffmeier, J., König, C. J., & Krumm, S. (2020). Removing situation descriptions from situational judgment test items: does the impact differ for video-based versus text-based formats? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 93, 472-494. doi:10.1111/joop.12297

Kaminski, K., Felfe, J., Schäpers, P., & Krumm, S. (2019). A closer look at response options: Is judgment in situational judgment tests a function of the desirability of response options? International Journal of Selection and Assessment,27, 72-82. doi:10.1111/ijsa.12233

Mussel, P., Schäpers, P., Schulz, J.-P., Schulze, J., & Krumm, S. (2017). Assessing personality traits in specific situations: What Situational Judgment Tests can and cannot do. European Journal of Personality, 31, 475-476. doi:10.1002/per.2119

Krumm, S., Schäpers, P., & Göbel, A. (2016). Motive arousal without pictures? An experimental validation of a hybrid implicit motive test. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98, 514-522. doi:10.1080/00223891.2016.1146290

Book Chapters

Mönke, F. W., Lüdemann, H., & Schäpers, P. (in Press). Cybervetting: Valide Personalauswahl mit sozialen Netzwerken? [Cybervetting: Valid personnel selection with social media?]. In K. P. Stulle & R. Justenhoven (Eds.), Innovative Methoden der Personalauswahl und -entwicklung - HR 4.0: KI, Machine Learning, Gamification und andere Trends richtig einsetzen. Springer Gabler.

Lievens, F., Schäpers, P., & Herde, C.N. (2021). Situational Judgment Tests: From low-fidelity simulations to alternative measures of personality and the person-situation interplay. In D. Wood, P. Harms, S. Read, & A. Slaughter (Eds.) Emerging approaches to measuring and modeling the person and situation (pp. 285-304). Elsevier.

Lievens, F., Schäpers, P., & Herde, C.N. (2020). Performance management: Quo Vadis? In T.C. Chong (Ed.), Human Capital Leadership Insights (pp.185-200). Singapore: Singapore Management University.

Seifert, N., Bacher, M., & Schäpers, P., (2020). Digital Leadership Test - Führungskompetenzen in
der agilen Arbeitswelt. In K. P. Stulle (Hrsg.) Digitalisierung der Management Diagnostik (pp. 221-246).
Springer.

Schäpers, P., Freudenstein, J.-P., & Krumm, S. (2019). Situational Judgment Tests. In M. A. Wirtz (Hrsg.), Dorsch – Lexikon der Psychologie. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Articles in Magazines

Mönke, F. & Schäpers, P. (in Press). Cybervetting: Wie Social Media die Personalauswahl verändert [Cybervetting: How Social Media changes Personnel Selection]. Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell.

Articles in Anthologies

Platner, V. & Schäpers, P. (2016). Verhaltensökonomische Ansätze im Facility Management [Behavioral Economic Approaches in Real Estate Management – An empirical Study]. In T. Bernhold, M. May, J. Mehlis, (Hrsg.), Handbuch Facility Management (49. Ergänzungslieferung, S. 1-56). Heidelberg, München, Landsberg, Frechen, Hamburg: ecomed.

Presentations

Chaired Symposia

Detel, S., & Schäpers, P. (2023, September 25–27). Biases in Assessments: Diskriminierungseffekte in psychologischer Diagnostik. 17. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Salzburg, Österreich.

Schäpers, P., & Krumm, S. (2021, September 22–24). Simulationsorientierte Auswahlverfahren: Neue Erkenntnisse, Entwicklungen und Einblicke. 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Chemnitz, Deutschland.

Schäpers, P., Freudenstein, & Krumm, S. (2019). A closer look at Situational Judgment Tests: New Developments and Insights. Symposia presented at the 19th convention of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Turin, Italy, 29. May – 1. June 2019.

Oral Presentations (selected)

Schäpers, P., Ohlms, M. L., Braunreuther, A., & Krumm, S. (2023, September 25–27). Alte Rollenmodelle in der Personalauswahl? Ein Kodierschema zur Identifizierung stereotyper Geschlechtsannahmen in simulativen Auswahlinstrumenten [Conference Presentation]. 17. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Salzburg, Österreich.

Detel, S., Ksinzyk, K., Schäpers, P., & Krumm, S. (2023, September 25–27). Der Einfluss des Genderns von Items auf die psychometrische Güte von Fragebogen [Conference Presentation]. 17. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Salzburg, Österreich. 

Schäpers, P., Ohlms, M. L., Braunreuther, A., & Krumm, S. (2023, September 12-15). Faire Auswahlinstrumente? Die Identifizierung von Geschlechterstereotypen in simulativen Auswahlinstrumenten – eine Inhaltsanalyse. In J. C. Büttner & D. Vesper (Chairs), Ungleichheit am Arbeitsplatz und bei Auswahlverfahren [Symposium]. 13. Fach­grup­pen­ta­gung der Fach­grup­pe Ar­beits-, Or­ga­ni­sa­ti­ons- und Wirt­schafts­psy­cho­lo­gie ge­mein­sam mit der Fach­grup­pe In­ge­nieur­psy­cho­lo­gie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Kassel, Germany.

Vesper, D., Schäpers, P., & König, C.J. (2023, September 12–15). Diskriminierung ist nicht in Ordnung, aber ...: Wann ist eine Diskriminierung aufgrund der politischen Orientierung legitim? [Conference Presentation]. 13. Fach­grup­pen­ta­gung der Fach­grup­pe Ar­beits-, Or­ga­ni­sa­ti­ons- und Wirt­schafts­psy­cho­lo­gie ge­mein­sam mit der Fach­grup­pe In­ge­nieur­psy­cho­lo­gie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Kassel, Germany.

Heinemann, H., Weldert, M., & Schäpers, P. (2023, September 12-15). Verantwortung als kompetitiver Recruiting Vorteil für Start-ups. In J. Friedrich (Chair), Entrepreneurship [Symposium]. 13. Fach­grup­pen­ta­gung der Fach­grup­pe Ar­beits-, Or­ga­ni­sa­ti­ons- und Wirt­schafts­psy­cho­lo­gie ge­mein­sam mit der Fach­grup­pe In­ge­nieur­psy­cho­lo­gie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Kassel, Germany.

Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., & Schäpers, P. (2023, September 12-15).  (K)ein Like aus der Personalabteilung? Fehlende Informationen und Entscheidungsprozesse in Cybervetting. In J. Basch & H. Lingel (Chairs), Digitalisierung in der Personalauswahl [Symposium]. 13. Fach­grup­pen­ta­gung der Fach­grup­pe Ar­beits-, Or­ga­ni­sa­ti­ons- und Wirt­schafts­psy­cho­lo­gie ge­mein­sam mit der Fach­grup­pe In­ge­nieur­psy­cho­lo­gie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Kassel, Germany.

Ohlms, M. L., Braunreuther, A., Krumm, S., & Schäpers, P. (2023, May 24-27). Are our selection instruments actually free of stereotypes? Development of a coding scheme to detect gender stereotypes in situational judgement tests [Conference presentation]. 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland. 

Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., & Schäpers, P. (2023, May 24–27). No profile, no job?  The role of missing information and recruiter perceptions in cybervetting [Conference presentation]. 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland. 

Heinemann, H., Weldert, M., & Schäpers, P. (2023, May 24–27). Applying for impact. Social and environmental responsibility as a competitive advantage for start-up talent acquisition [Conference presentation]. 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland.

Heinemann, H., Mussel, P., & Schäpers, P. (2022, September 10–15). “Curious enough to start up?” Epistemische Neugier als Prädiktor für Unternehmensgründung [Epistemic curiosity as a predictor for business creation; conference presentation]. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Hildesheim, Germany.

Mönke, F. W., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2022, September 10–15). Judging applicants by their political cover: The role of interests, experience and multi-party context in cybervetting similarity biases [Conference presentation]. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Hildesheim, Germany.

Mönke, F. W., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2022, May 9–13). Knowing me, hiring you: Multiparty context, political interest, and recruiter experience influence political similarity biases in personnel selection [Conference presentation]. XII Encuentro Internacional de Estudiantes de Psicología [12th International Meeting of Psychology Students], La Habana, Cuba.

Heinemann, H., Mussel, P., & Schäpers, P. (2022, May 9–13). Curious enough to start up? Using epistemic curiosity for predicting entrepreneurship and the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness [Conference presentation]. XII Encuentro Internacional de Estudiantes de Psicología [12th International Meeting of Psychology Students], La Habana, Cuba.

Schäpers, P., Lievens, F., Freudenstein, J.-P., Schulze, J., König, C. J., & Krumm, S. (2019). Which Kind of Situational Information is Needed to Make Situational Judgment Tests Situational? Presented at the 19th convention of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Turin, Italy, 29. May – 1. June 2019.

Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., Römer, L., Mussel, P., & Krumm, S. (2019). Is it all in the Eye of the Beholder? The Importance of Situation Construal for Situational Judgment Test Performance. Presented at the 19th convention of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Turin, Italy, 29. May – 1. June 2019.

Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., Mussel, P., & Krumm, S. (2019). Führt empirical option weighting zur Verbesserung der psychometrischen Eigenschaften von Situational Judgment Tests? Presented at the 51 th convention of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 15. – 20. September 2019.

Schäpers, P., Lievens F., & Krumm, S. (2017). Wie situational sind videobasierte Situational Judgment Tests?, Presented at the 10 th convention of the German Organizational and Business Psychology Society, Dresden, Germany, 13. – 15. September 2017.

Freudenstein, J.-P., Schäpers, P., & Krumm, S. (2017). Messen Situational Judgement Tests die Wahrnehmung situativer Informationen?, Presented at the 10th of the German Organizational and Business Psychology Society, Dresden, Germany, 13. – 15. September 2017.

Schäpers, P., Lievens F., König C., & Krumm, S. (2017). How important are situations for the validity of written or video-based Situational Judgment Tests?, Presented at the 18th convention of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Dublin, Ireland, 17 - 20 May 2017.

Schäpers, P., Lievens, F., & Krumm, S. (2017). How Situational are Video-based Situational Judgment Tests?, Presented at the 32th annual convention of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Orlando, USA, 27 - 29 April 2017.

Schäpers, P., Lievens F., König C., & Krumm, S. (2016). Situational Judgment Tests ohne Situation – Auswirkungen auf Konstrukt- und Kriteriumsvalidität. Presented at the 50th convention of German Psychological Society (DGPs), Leipzig, Germany, 18 - 22 September 2016.

Schäpers, P., Lievens, F., König, C., & Krumm, S. (2016). Does Taking Away Situations from Situational Judgment Tests Affect Their Validity?, Presented at the 10th the International Test Commission Conference (ITC), Vancouver, Canada, 1 - 4 July 2016.