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SCHYNS Birgit

PhD in Psychology

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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.

Areas of research

  • Dark personality
  • Implicit Leadership Theories
  • Destructive Leadership
  • Leader-Member Exchange

Participation at an academic or professional conference

  • SCHYNS, B., "Keynote speaker -Relationships in the workplace. Applied Relationship Science" in Mini-Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, 2019, Brighton, United Kingdom
  • SCHYNS, B., "Symposium Destructive leadrship(1): Leader behaviour a,d styles" in 19Th EAWOP CONGRESS: Working for the greater good. Inspiring people, designing jobs and leading organizations, 2019, Turin, Italy
  • 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
  • KIEFER, T., B.SCHYNS, R.FOTI, "How self-views relate to motivation to lead" in Contribution to the Symposium “New insights on Motivation to lead” on on the Institute for Work Psychology Biannual Conference, 2016, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • KNOLL, M., P. NEVES, B.SCHYNS, B.MEYER, "Leader openness might not be the first step. Examining the relationship between leaders’ and followers’ implicit theories, leader openness, and employee silence" in Presentation 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., L. F.STAUDIGL, "Romanticising leaders – A question of Attachment and Affect?" in “Follow you, follow me – The role of followers in effective leadership processes” at the European Association of Work and Psychology Conference, 2015, Oslo, Sweden
  • SCHYNS, B., "Destructive leadership" in 17th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2015, Oslo, Norway
  • SCHYNS, B., "The perception of abusive supervision: A vignette study" in Presentation at the “Future of Leadership” Meeting Amsterdam Business School, 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • SCHYNS, B., "Leadership and perceptions – The role of the followers in perceiving leaders and leadership" in IWP International Conference, 2014, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • SCHYNS, B., J.SCHILLING, "Destructive leadership: From a meta-analysis to a research model. In: You know I am bad! Traits and behaviours of bad leaders" in International Congress of Applied Psychology, 2014, Paris, France
  • HANSBROUGH KELLER , T., B.SCHYNS, R. G.LORD, "Remember v. Know Judgments: The Illustrative Case of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) Form X" in The Power of Words and Leadership Ratings: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Why it Matters, 2014, Philadelphia, United States
    DOI : 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.12445symposium
  • SCHYNS, B., "Leader-Member Exchange und die Persönlichkeit von Führungskräften und MitarbeiterInnen: Ein Ausblick" in Contribution to the Symposium „Antezedenzen und Konsequenzen von Leader-Member-Exchange (LMX): Intra- und interindividuelle Perspektiven“ at the 49th Congress of the German Psychology Society (DGPs),, 2014, Bochum, Germany
  • SCHYNS, B., T. K.HANSBROUGH, R. G.LORD, "Die Wahrnehmung transformationaler Führung: Der Effekt impliziter Theorien und affektiver Variablen" in Contribution to the Symposium „Good leader, bad leader: Prädiktoren und Konsequenzen von positiver und negativer Führung und deren Wahrnehmung“ at the 49th Congress of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), 2014, Bochum, Germany
  • FELFE, J., B.SCHYNS, M.GATZKA, J.SCHILLING, S.BERGNER, "Die Bedeutung der dunklen Triade und Führungsmotivation für transformationale und destruktive Führung" in Contribution to the Symposium „Good leader, bad leader: Prädiktoren und Konsequenzen von positiver und negativer Führung und deren Wahrnehmung“ at the 49th Congress of the German Psychology Society (DGPs), 2014, Bochum, Germany
  • STAUDIGL, L. F., B.SCHYNS, "Perceptions in Leadership Research: The Importance of Attachment Style Explained with the Concept of Self-Control. A Theoretical Approach." in IWP International Conference, 2014, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • STAUDIGL, L. F., B.SCHYNS, "Implicit leadership theories, attachment style and Leader-Member Exchange." in 27th Annual SIOP Conference, 2013, Hawaii, United States
  • SCHYNS, B., "Implicit leadership theories II: Measurement and methods" in 26th Annual SIOP Conference, 2013, Houston, United States
  • THOMAS, C., B.SCHYNS, "Romance of Leadership in soccer – Analyzing a popular soccer magazine" in 26th Annual SIOP Conference, 2013, Houston, United States
  • 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
  • SCHILLING, J., B.SCHYNS, "Destructive leadership, its consequences and possible moderators: Outlining a theoretical model. In: „Leadership with an ethical orientation: Empirical evidence and avenues for future research“" in 16th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2013, Muenster, Germany
  • SCHYNS, B., R.FOTI, "Implicit leadership theories (3): Influences on perceiving leaders" in 27th Annual SIOP Conference, 2013, Hawaii, United States
  • SCHYNS, B., M. J. P. M.VAN VELDHOVEN, "The relationship between LMX dimensions and span of control – Linear or non-linear? In: Current Perspectives on Relationship-Oriented Leadership and Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)" in 16th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2013, Muenster, Germany
  • SCHYNS, B., "Implicit leadership theories: Antecedents and implications for leader(ship) development?" in Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2012, San Diego, United States
  • SCHYNS, B., "When leadership goes wrong – Negative leadership in the workplace" in Roundtable Biennial IWP International Conference, 2012, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • KIEFER, T., B.SCHYNS, "Drawings in leadership development: A picture paints a thousand words" in Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2012, San Diego, United States
  • SCHYNS, B., S.SCHUH, "Leader-Member Exchange" in Symposium at the 15th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2011, Maastricht, Netherlands
  • KIEFER, , T., B.SCHYNS, R.KERSCHREITER, "Integrating Implicit Leadership Theories into 360° feedback: A drawing exercise to raise awareness in leaders and followers. In: New Avenues in 360s: Implicit Leadership Theories and Fit" in 26th Annual SIOP Conference, 2011, Chicago, United States
  • 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
  • SCHYNS, B., "The role of distance in Leader-Member Exchange. In: Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower Relationships" in Annual Global Conference of the International Leadership Association, 2011, London, United Kingdom
  • DAY. , D., B.SCHYNS, "Agreement, consensus, and excellence in Leader-Member Exchange" in Symposium at the XXVII International Congress of Applied Psychology, 2010, Melbourne, Australia
  • SCHYNS, B., D.DAY, "Interactional leadership. Symposium at the XXVII International Congress of Applied Psychology" in Symposium at the XXVII International Congress of Applied Psychology, 2010, Melbourne, Australia
  • SCHYNS, B., J. M.MASLYN, "Können mache Führungskräfte gute Beziehungen zu mehr MitabeiterInnen haben als andere? Die Rolle der Persönlichkeit in der Beziehung zwischen Leader-Member Exchange und Führungsspanne" in 47 Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 2010, Germany

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