Dr. Alexandra Michel
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Profile:
High performance both as an academic in work and organisational psychology and as a human resource manager including personnel and executive development, coaching and training as well as change management.
Professional Experience:
Academic at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Assistant Professor (since September 2009)
- Postdoctoral research fellow
(January to August 2009) - Research associate and PhD student (May 2005 to December 2008)
PhD in Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Heidelberg, Germany (December 2008)
Michel, A. (2008). Universities facing transformational changes: What does it take to gain employees' commitment? Empirical results from a work and organizational psychology perspective, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Heidelberg.
Strategy and Communication Manager, Rector's office at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany (May 2005 to September 2007)
Honorary coach, Psychotherapeutic Student Counselling Office, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (January 2007 to March 2008)
Human Resources Manager, Health Insurance Company, Germany (August 2002 to April 2005)
Trainee Human Resources, Health Insurance Company, Germany (April 2001 to July 2002)
Diploma in Psychology University of Marburg, Psychology Department, Marburg,
Germany (May 2000)
Undergraduate scholarship for Psychology with focus on group processes and communication University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland (September 1996 to June 1997)
Professional Activities:
Systemic and solution-focused therapist and counsellor, certificate from the Systemic Society [Systemische Gesellschaft (SG)], Germany
Systemic consultant, certificate from the Institute of Systemic Consulting Wiesloch, Germany
Full member of the German Society of Psychology, Sections of Work and Organizational Psychology and Health Psychology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Fachgruppen Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie und Gesundheitspsychologie (DGPs)], Germany
Full member of the Association for Psychological Science (aps), USA
Full member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
Full Member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
Member of the International Change & Improvement Leadership Network (ICILN)
Requirements fulfilled for a membership at the German Psychology Association [Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen (BDP)], Germany
Requirements fulfilled for a membership at the Systemic Society [Systemische Gesellschaft (SG)], Germany
Reviewer:
- Journal of Change Management
- Journal of Personnel Psychology
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Research Interests and Experience:
Change Management
- Evaluation of organizational change processes and their impact on employees' change-specific reactions
- Role of organizational justice in the change context
Stress and Well-being at work
- Stress and strain at work, especially during organizational changes
- Prevention of and coping with stress at work
Coaching and Training
- The role and benefit of coaching during organizational change processes (planned research project)
Diagnostics / Methods
- Questionnaires and observation of behavior
- Focus groups interviews
- Computer-aided data acquisition
- Employee attitude surveys
- Physiological measures
- Diary studies
Statistical Methods
- Standard statistical analysis, e.g. hierarchical regression analysis including mediating and moderating effects, ANOVA
- Structural modeling analysis
- Hierarchical linear modeling analysis
Consultancy:
Transport and logistic industry (January 2009 to present)
- Multi-focused investigation of employees' stress at an International Airport's hub section
- Design and implementation of strategies to reduce work-related stress and strain
Service industry (April 2008 to December 2008)
- Investigation of employees' stress and strain working in customer service centres
- Design and implementation of strategies to reduce work-related stress and strain
University of Heidelberg, Rectorate (May 2005 to March 2008)
- Development and implementation of change management strategies
- Employee attitude survey in regard to planned and implemented organizational changes (longitudinal study)
