SCHYNS Birgit

People & Organisations
PhD in Psychology

Birgit Schyns is Distinguished Professor in the People & Organisations department at NEOMA Business School. Birgit (PhD, 2001, University of Leipzig, Germany) joined Neoma Business School as Professor in Organisational Behaviour in 2017 from Durham University, UK. Her main reaching areas are leadership and research methods. Her research focus is leadership, particularly the follower side of leadership as well as the dark side of leadership. Her work has been published in Leadership Quarterly, Academy of Management Perspectives and British Journal of Management. Birgit has edited several special issues and four books. She was associate editor for European Journal of Work and Organizational psychology (until 2011). British Journal of Management (until 2013), Applied Psychology: An International Review (until 2020) and Zeitschrift fuer Psychologie. Birgit also serves on several editorial boards.

SCHYNS, B., G. LESTER, M. HAMMOND, "Broadening Replication Standards for Vignette Studies: Introducing Contextually Appropriate Replications", Journal of Management Scientific Reports, June 2026
SCHYNS, B., G. LESTER, M. HAMMOND, "An Exploration of Romance of Leadership in Times of Crisis: Replication and Extension of Theory", Journal of Management Scientific Reports, April 2025, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 119-150

DOI : 10.1177/27550311251314406

KLASMEIER, K., B. SCHYNS, A. PRASAD, M. SLIWA, S. BRAUN, "Let’s talk about exclusion: A multi-level model of destructive leadership and psychological functioning of employees with common mental disorders", Group and Organization Management, September 2025

DOI : 10.1177/10596011251376

SCHYNS, B., G. LESTER, M. HAMMOND, "Broadening Replication Standards for Vignette Studies: Introducing Contextually Appropriate Replications", Journal of Management Scientific Reports, June 2026
SCHYNS, B., G. LESTER, M. HAMMOND, "An Exploration of Romance of Leadership in Times of Crisis: Replication and Extension of Theory", Journal of Management Scientific Reports, April 2025, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 119-150

DOI : 10.1177/27550311251314406

KLASMEIER, K., B. SCHYNS, A. PRASAD, M. SLIWA, S. BRAUN, "Let’s talk about exclusion: A multi-level model of destructive leadership and psychological functioning of employees with common mental disorders", Group and Organization Management, September 2025

DOI : 10.1177/10596011251376

BREEVAART, K., B. WISSE, B. SCHYNS, "Trapped at Work: The Barriers Model of Abusive Supervision", Academy of Management Perspectives, August 2022, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 936-954

DOI : 10.5465/amp.2021.0007

TRICHAS, S., B.SCHYNS, R.LORD, R.HALL, "“Facing” leaders: Facial expression and leadership perception", Leadership Quarterly, April 2017, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 317-333
BUCH, R., B.KUVAAS, A.DYSVIK, B.SCHYNS, "If and when social and economic leader-member exchange relationships predict follower work effort: The moderating role of work motivation", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, January 2014, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 725-739

DOI : 10.1108/LODJ-09-2012-0121

TORKA, N., B.SCHYNS, J.KEES LOOISE, "Direct participation quality and organisational commitment: the role of leader-member exchange", Employee Relations, January 2010, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 418-434

DOI : 10.1108/01425451011051622

SCHYNS, B., D.DAY, "Critique and review of leader–member exchange theory: Issues of agreement, consensus, and excellence", European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, February 2010, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-29

DOI : 10.1080/13594320903024922

PEUS, C., S.BRAUN, B.SCHYNS, Leadership Lessons from Compelling Contexts (Book Series: Monographs in Leadership and Management), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016

DOI : 10.1108/S1479-357120160000008029

SCHYNS, B., "Symposium Destructive leadership (2): Leader personality" in 19Th EAWOP CONGRESS: Working for the greater good. Inspiring people, designing jobs and leading organizations, 2019, Turin, Italy
SCHYNS, B., J.FELFE, J.SCHILLING, "Die Rolle der Persönlichkeit bei der Wahrnehmung von destruktiver Führung und Reaktion auf destruktive Führung" in Symposium on the Institute for Work Psychology Biannual Conference, 2016, Sheffield, United Kingdom
SCHYNS, B., J.FELFE, J.SCHILLING, "From actual leader behavior to follower reaction: The role of perception of abusive supervision and follower personality" in Symposium on the Institute for Work Psychology Biannual Conference, 2016, Sheffield, United Kingdom
SCHYNS, B., "A pattern approach to understanding the dark and bright side of leadership – How different types of leaders evoke different effects" in Presentation on the Institute for Work Psychology Biannual Conference, 2016, Sheffield, United Kingdom
SCHYNS, B., C.THOMAS, "Romance of Leadership in the context of football – A thematic analysis of the English football magazine “Four-Four-Two”In: New Perspectives on Influence Processes in Organizations: Integrating Leadership and Followership" in 16th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2013, Germany
SCHYNS, B., "). Leader’s LMX, follower’s LMX. In: The leader-follower fit: new perspectives in leadership research" in 15th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2011, Maastricht, Netherlands