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Barbara Körner

Barbara Körner, Dr.

  • Postdoc
Phone
+41 44 635 72 23
Room number
BIN 3.B.08

Research Interests

  • Adaptive leadership, leadership development, and leadership and active listening
  • Work and stress: microstressors (e.g., work interruptions), macro stressors (e.g., overqualification), and person–environment misfit
  • Organizational socialization and factors relevant for career entry
  • Hiring decisions and realistic job previews

Professional Experience

since 02/2026 Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology (Prof. Dr. Laurenz Meier), Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich

10/2023 - 01/2026   

Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich

SNSF project: Understanding Adaptive Leadership: Antecedents and Consequences of Leadership Cognition and Behavior for Situationally Appropriate Leadership (grant proposal by Prof. Dr. Martin Kleinmann and Prof. Dr. Pia Ingold)

since 2025 Certifications of assessment centers in collaboration with Swiss Assessment and SQS (Switzerland)
03/2022 – 09/2023 Co-Director, Workplace Behaviour Research Centre, University of Leeds, UK
01/2022 – 09/2023 Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK
04/2021 – 09/2021 Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, University of Zurich
10/2015 – 04/2021

PhD in Psychology at the University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Doctoral researcher and lecturer in an SNSF project in the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology (Prof. Dr. M. Kleinmann), Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich

Project title: The Bright Side of the Coin – Enlarging the Stressor Perspective on Overqualification with a Resource Perspective (grant proposal by Dr. Maike E. Debus)

Since 2021 Freelance lecturer (statistics and AI applications), assessor and psychological coach

2013 - 2015

MSc in Psychology, Ulm University

2010 - 2013

BSc in Psychology, Ulm University (2010–2013)

Research internships at the vivo outpatient clinic for survivors of violence and trauma, Gulu, Northern Uganda (2012–2013)

Research Interships

Research internships at the vivo outpatient clinic for survivors of violence and trauma, Gulu, Northern Uganda (2012–2013)