Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Since 01/2024
Lecturer, Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Hildesheim

Since 11/2023     
Research Assistant and Doctoral Student, Work and Organizational Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt

2020 – 2023        
M.Sc. Psychology with distinction, Justus Liebig University Giessen & University of Vienna
Thesis: “When dreams get haunted by work: A daily diary study on the relationships between challenge and hindrance demands, rumination, and dream content”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Jan Häusser & Dr. Sascha Abdel Hadi

2019 – 2023       
Student Assistant, Social Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2019 – 2023
Tutor, Experimental Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2019 – 2020        
Student Assistant, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2016 – 2020       
B.Sc. Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Thesis: “Is work keeping us awake? A daily diary study on the effects of job demands on rumination and sleep quality”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Jan Häusser & Dr. Janina Janurek

• Sleep and Work
• Recovery from Work-Related Stress

•  Personalentwicklung (Vertiefung II) (summer term 2024)
•  Forschungsmodul A&O Psychologie (summer term 2024)
•  Basismodul A&O (winter term 2023/2024)
•  Personalentwicklung (Vertiefung I) (winter term 2023/2024)

Mackenbach, A. L., Job, V., Mlynski, C., Kühnel, J. (2024). Beyond rest: Do beliefs about sleep buffer the effect of a bad night’s sleep? In M.  Černe, & M. Škerlavaj (Chairs), Sleep and work: Implications for performance and human sustainability. Symposium accepted at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, USA, August 9-13.

Mackenbach, A. L., Job, V., Mlynski, C., Kühnel, J. (2024). Beyond rest: How beliefs about sleep shape the effect of sleep quality on the perception of self-control demands at work. In S. Seibel, & J. Perzl (Chairs), A typical day in the life of a well-recovered employee — How recovery experiences at different times and settings relate to employees’ behaviors. Symposium accepted at the 16th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, Granada, Spain, June 5-7. 

Mackenbach, A. L., Janurek, J., Abdel Hadi, S., & Häusser, J. A. (2023). The effects of challenge and hindrance demands on dream content and valence: A daily diary study. In N. M. Junker, & S. Marx-Fleck (Chairs), Blurred lines – Empirical evidence on the importance of studying distinct forms of how work can enter nonwork roles and vice versa. Symposium at the 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland, May 24-27.