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Ronald Bledow (Dipl.-Psych.)

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+49 (0) 641 - 99 26 256
+49 (0) 641 - 99 26 229

Email

ronald.bledow@psychol.uni-giessen.de

Biographical Notes

January 2010 Doctor of Philosophy (expected)
Sep-Dec 2008 Visiting researcher at Amsterdam School of Business, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (funded by a grant of the German Academic Exchange Service)
since 09/2007 Management of the research project "Creation and Implementation of Radical and Incremental Innovation: An International Comparison at Multiple Levels of Analysis" (funded by VolkswagenStiftung).
since 04/2006 Research associate and PhD student at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Giessen
Apr 06 Diplom (Masters) in Psychology, University of Freiburg
2005 Development of an assessment center for the investment banking devision of HypoVereinsbank AG
2005 Diplomarbeit (Master Thesis): Development and Validation of a Situational Judgment Test of Personal Initiative
2003-2004 Graduate studies of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University (funded by a grant of the German Acedemic Exchange Service)
2000-2003 Research Assistant, University of Freiburg (participation in various research projects in the fields of environmental psychology, social psychology and expert lay communication)
1999-2003 Studies of psychology and business administration at Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg

Research Interests

Creativity and Innovation

Personal Initiative, proactive behavior and work engangement

Multilevel theory and methodology

Situational Judgment Tests

Research Projects

Creation and implementation of radical and incremental innovation: an international comparison at multiple levels of analyses (funded by Volkswagen Foundation)

Courses & Seminars

2007/2008 Creativity and Innovation (Teaching / research project)
2006/2007 Workgroups and Teams in Organizations
2006 Leadership in Organizations
2005 The Application of Assessment Centers (together with Michael Kobl, University of Munich)
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Publications & Presentations

Articles & Book Chapters

Bledow, R., Frese, M., Erez, M., Anderson, N., & Farr, J., (2009). A dialectic perspective on innovation: Conflicting demands, multiple pathways, and ambidexterity. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2(3), 305-337. Download
Bledow, R., & Frese, M. (2009). A situational judgment test of personal initiative: Towards understanding construct based situational judgment tests. Personnel Psychology, 62, 229-258. Download
Bledow, R., Schmitt, A. & Frese, M. (revise and resubmit). Work engagement as a dynamic process - the interplay of events, emotions and resources. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Bledow, R. (2005). Development and validation of a situational judgment test of personal initiative. Diploma (Masters) thesis.
Bledow, R. (in preparation). Leading the implementation of new ideas.
Bledow, R. & Frese, M. (in preparation). The interplay between stable and dynamic antecedents of creativity.

Talks & Presentations

Bledow, R., Kuehnel, J., Schmitt, A., & Schaupp, K. (August 2009). Explaining the dynamics of work engagement: An integration of antecedents. In E. R. Crawford (Chair), Staying engaged: How to get and keep employee engagement. Show-case symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois.
Kuehnel, J. & Bledow, R. (May 2009). Daily dynamics of work engagement as a function of state and trait personal resources. In D. Xanthopoulou (Chair): A day in the life of the happy worker. Symposium at the 14th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Bledow, R. & Frese, M. (May 2009). There are different ways to success: A contingency approach to the successful implementation of new ideas. Invited presentation at the conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Bledow, R. & Farr, J. (April 2009). Leading the implementation of new ideas: Is there one best way? In J. Farr (Chair) and R. Bledow (Co-Chair): Leadership and innovation: What we know and need to know. Symposium at the 24th annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Bledow, R. & Schmitt, A. (2008). Work engagement as a dynamic process - the interplay of events, emotions and resources. Poster presented at the 23rd annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco. Poster
Frese, M. & Bledow, R. (2008). The function of error management and personal initiative for creativity and innovation. Presentation given at the 23rd annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco.
Bledow, R., & Pittig, D. (2008). Managers’ error stories and their impact on learning. Poster presented at the International Conference of Psychology in Berlin, Germany.
Bledow, R, & Schaupp, K. (2008). The daily dynamics of personal initiative at work. Poster presented at the International Conference of Psychology in Berlin, Germany.
Bledow, R. & Frese, M. (2007). Situational judgments as proximal predictors of personal Initiative. Poster presented at the 22nd annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, 2007
Bledow, R. & Frese, M. (2007). The situational judgment test of personal Initiative - first findings and next steps. Presentation for the Workshop on Proactivity and Personal Initiative at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Bledow, R. (2007). Innovative Tendenzen der Testentwicklung. Vortrag für das Potenzialforum der Akademie bayrischer Genossenschaften.
Schmitt, A. & Bledow, R. (2007). Arbeitsengagements als dynamischer Prozess - Wechselwirkungen zwischen Ressourcen, Ereignissen und Emotionen. Vortrag auf der Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie der DGPs in Trier. Talk

PROF. FRESE

NEW APPOINTMENT

Prof. Frese has left University of Giessen to work at University of Lueneburg and National University of Singapore.

You can still download his articles under the link below.

LINKS

Univ. of Lueneburg

NUS

Publications

LATEST PUBLICATION BY OUR TEAM

TITLE

Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between business owners' age and venture growth

JOURNAL

Journal of Business Venturing

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LATEST PRESENTATION BY OUR TEAM

TITLE

Die Paradoxie des Innovation Championings: Wenn Handeln und Kontext im Widerspruch stehen

DATE

September 2009

VENUE

6. Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie der DGPs, Wien

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