Dr. Jana Kühnel
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Dr. Jana Kühnel
Assistant Professor
Universitaetsstrasse 7
1010 Vienna, Austria
Office: B0617
P: +43-1-4277-47361
F: +43-1-4277-847361
Research Interests
- Sleep and Chronotype in the Workplace
- Creativity and Innovation
- Recovery from Work-Related Stress
- Work-nonwork balance
Education and Professional Experience
Since 10/2019
Assistant Professor for Psychology with a Focus on Changes in Work, Society, and Economy
2013 - 2019
Research Fellow and Assistant Professor, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Ulm University, Germany
08/2017 - 01/2018
Visiting Professor for Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany
until 2012
Business Development Agent at Innovation Incubator, Lüneburg, Germany
until 2011
Strategy Consultant at Boston Consulting Group GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
2009
Ph.D. [Dr. rer. nat.], Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at University of Konstanz, Germany
Ph.D. supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sabine Sonnentag
Publications
Straus, E., Uhlig, L., Kühnel, J., & Korunka, C. (2022). Remote workers’ well-being, perceived productivity, and engagement: which resources should HRM improve during COVID-19? A longitudinal diary study. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-31. doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2022.2075235
Syrek, C. J., Kühnel, J., Vahle-Hinz, T., & Bloom, J. D. (2022). Being an accountant, cook, entertainer and teacher - all at the same time: Changes in employees' work and work-related well-being during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. International Journal of Psychology, 57, 20-32. doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12761
Maier, T., Kühnel, J., & Zimmermann, B. (2022). How did you sleep tonight? The relevance of sleep quality and sleep–wake rhythm for procrastination at work. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, [785154]. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.785154
Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., & Kiefer, M. (2022). There is a time to be creative: The alignment between chronotype and time of day. Academy of Management Journal, 65(1), 218-247. doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.0020
Bloom, J. D., Syrek, C. J., Kühnel, J., & Vahle-Hinz, T. (2022). Unlimited Paid Time Off Policies: Unlocking the Best and Unleashing the Beast. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, [812187]. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812187
Schleupner, R., & Kühnel, J. (2021). Fueling work engagement: The role of sleep, health, and overtime. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, [592850]. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.592850
Bledow, R., Kühnel, J., Jin, M., & Kuhl, J. (2021). Breaking the chains: The inverted-u-shaped relationship between action-state orientation and creativity under low job autonomy. Journal of Management. doi.org/10.1177/0149206321996812
Schweitzer, V. M., Rivkin, W., Diestel, S., Gerpott, F. H., Kühnel, J., & Prem, R. (2021). A Within-Person Field Experiment to Test an Affect-Resource Model of Employee Effectiveness at Work. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1). journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.13074abstract
Kühnel, J., Diestel, S., & Melchers, K. G. (2021). An ambulatory diary study of mobile device use, sleep, and positive mood. International Journal of Stress Management, 28(1), 32-45. doi.org/10.1037/str0000210
Gerpott, F. H., Bledow, R., & Kühnel, J. (2021). Inspire but don’t interfere: Managerial influence as a double-edged sword for innovation. Applied Psychology: an international review. doi.org/10.1111/apps.12324
Syrek, C. J., Kühnel, J., Nägel, I. J., & Vahle-Hinz, T. (2021). Managing the Work-Nonwork Interface: Personal Social Media Use as a Tool to Craft Boundaries? In C. Korunka (Ed.), Flexible Working Practices and Approaches (pp. 39-58). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74128-0_3
Vahle-Hinz, T., Bloom, J. D., Syrek, C. J., & Kühnel, J. (2021). Putting the Episodic Process Model to the Test: Explaining Intraindividual Fluctuations in Job Performance Across the Working Day. Journal of Business and Psychology, 36, 71-84. doi.org/10.1007/s10869-019-09672-5
Patterer, A. S., Yanagida, T., Kühnel, J., & Korunka, C. (2021). Staying in touch, yet expected to be? A diary study on the relationship between personal smartphone use at work and work-nonwork interaction. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 94(3), 735-761. doi.org/10.1111/joop.12348
Sonnentag, S., Eck, K., Fritz, C., & Kühnel, J. (2020). Morning Reattachment to Work and Work Engagement During the Day: A Look at Day-Level Mediators. Journal of Management, 1408-1435. doi.org/10.1177/0149206319829823
Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., & Kiefer, M. (2020). Creativity and the alignment between chronotype and time of day. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2020(1). doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.13636abstract
Melchers, K. G., Bill, B., Buehl, A-K., Rybczynski, K., & Kühnel, J. (2020). Identification of the targeted performance dimensions and self-promotion in interviews: investigations of uncharted waters. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(5), 728-739. doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1746828
Kühnel, J., Vahle-Hinz, T., Bloom, J. D., & Syrek, C. J. (2020). Staying in touch while at work: Relationships between personal social media use at work and work-nonwork balance and creativity. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(10), 1235-1261. doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1396551
Schultchen, D., Bayer, J., Kühnel, J., Melchers, K. G., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Interoceptive accuracy is related to long‐term stress via self‐regulation. Psychophysiology, 56(10), [e13429]. doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13429
Buehl, A-K., Melchers, K. G., Macan, T., & Kühnel, J. (2019). Tell Me Sweet Little Lies: How Does Faking in Interviews Affect Interview Scores and Interview Validity? Journal of Business and Psychology, 34(1), 107–124. doi.org/10.1007/s10869-018-9531-3
Feuerhahn, N., & Kühnel, J. (2019). „Open Space“ – geht so Büro heute? Chancen und Risiken in den neuen Büroarbeitswelten. Sicherheitsingenieur, 2, 8-10.
Vahle-Hinz, T., Syrek, C. J., Kühnel, J., & Feuerhahn, N. (2019). Private Nutzung sozialer Medien am Arbeitsplatz. In B. Badura, A. Ducki, H. Schröder, J. Klose, & M. Meyer (Eds.), Fehlzeiten-Report 2019: Digitalisierung (pp. 237-248). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59044-7_16
Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., Stark, L., & Kiefer, M. (2018). There is a Time to be Creative: The Interplay between Chronotype and Time of Day. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.16362abstract
Kühnel, J., Syrek, C. J., & Dreher, A. (2018). Why Don’t You Go to Bed on Time? A Daily Diary Study on the Relationships between Chronotype, Self-Control Resources and the Phenomenon of Bedtime Procrastination. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, [77]. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00077
Syrek, C. J., Weigelt, O., Kühnel, J., & Bloom, J. D. (2018). All I want for Christmas is recovery – changes in employee affective well-being before and after vacation. Work and Stress, 32(4), 313-333. doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2018.1427816
Feuerhahn, N., & Kühnel, J. (2018). Biologische Rhythmen bei der Arbeitszeitengestaltung berücksichtigen. In Taschenbuch für Sicherheitsbeauftragte 2019 UNIVERSUM.
Feuerhahn, N., & Kühnel, J. (2018). Biologische Rhythmen bei der Arbeitszeitengestaltung berücksichtigen. In Jahresfachbuch Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit 2019 UNIVERSUM.
Kühnel, J., Sonnentag, S., Bledow, R., & Melchers, K. G. (2017). The relevance of sleep and circadian misalignment for procrastination among shift workers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91(1), 110-133. doi.org/10.1111/joop.12191
Kuonath, A., Specht, J., Kühnel, J., Pachler, D., & Frey, D. (2017). Keeping up day-specific effects of transformational leadership: the role of followers’ emotion regulation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26(6), 828-843. doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2017.1379993
Syrek, C. J., Kühnel, J., Vahle-Hinz, T., & Bloom, J. D. (2017). Share, like, twitter, and connect: Ecological momentary assessment to examine the relationship between non-work social media use at work and work engagement. Work and Stress, 32(3), 209-227. doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2017.1367736
Feuerhahn, N., & Kühnel, J. (2017). Arbeitszeitgestaltung und biologische Rhythmen der Menschen (Daten und Fakten). In Taschenbuch für Sicherheitsbeauftragte 2018 im öffentlichen Dienst UNIVERSUM.
Gerpott, F. H., Bledow, R., Jin, M., & Kühnel, J. (2017). Inspire But Don’t Interfere: Leadership as A Double-Edged Sword for Innovation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.10974abstract
Bledow, R., Carette, B., Kühnel, J., & Bister, D. (2016). Learning From Others’ Failures: The Effectiveness of Failure Stories for Managerial Learning. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 16(1). doi.org/10.5465/amle.2014.0169
Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., & Feuerhahn, N. (2016). When do you procrastinate? Sleep quality and social sleep lag jointly predict self-regulatory failure at work: Procrastination and Sleep. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(7), 983-1002. doi.org/10.1002/job.2084
Feuerhahn, N., & Kühnel, J. (2016). Checkliste Nacht- und Schichtarbeit – Worauf muss man achten? In Taschenbuch für Sicherheitsbeauftragte 2017 im öffentlichen Dienst UNIVERSUM.
Sonnentag, S., & Kühnel, J. (2016). Coming back to work in the morning: Psychological detachment and reattachment as predictors of work engagement. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21(4), 379–390. doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000020
Kühnel, J., Zacher, H., Bloom, J. D., & Bledow, R. (2016). Take a break! Benefits of sleep and short breaks for daily work engagement. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26(4), 481-491. doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2016.1269750
Nägel, I. J., Sonnentag, S., & Kühnel, J. (2015). Motives matter: A diary study on the relationship between job stressors and exercise after work. International Journal of Stress Management, 22(4), 346–371. doi.org/10.1037/a0039115
Bloom, J. D., Ritter, S., Kühnel, J., Reinders, J., & Geurts, S. (2014). Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’? Tourism Management, 44, 164-171. doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.013
Feuerhahn, N., Kühnel, J., & Kudielka, B. M. (2012). Interaction effects of effort–reward imbalance and overcommitment on emotional exhaustion and job performance. International Journal of Stress Management, 19(2), 105–131. doi.org/10.1037/a0028338
Kühnel, J., Sonnentag, S., & Bledow, R. (2011). Resources and time pressure as day-level antecedents of work engagement. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 85(1), 181-198. doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02022.x
Bledow, R., Schmitt, A., Frese, M., & Kühnel, J. (2011). The affective shift model of work engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(6), 1246–1257. doi.org/10.1037/a0024532
Kühnel, J., & Sonnentag, S. (2010). How long do you benefit from vacation? A closer look at the fade-out of vacation effects. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32(1), 125-143. doi.org/10.1002/job.699
Kühnel, J., Sonnentag, S., & Westman, M. (2009). Does work engagement increase after a short respite? The role of job involvement as a double-edged sword. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. doi.org/10.1348/096317908x349362