2020
Lang, J. W. B., & Kell, H. J. (2020). General mental ability and specific abilities: Their relative importance for extrinsic career success. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(9), 1047–1061. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000472 Preprint Character and Context Blog Post
Niessen, C., Göbel, K., Lang, J. W. B., & Schmid, U. (2020). Stop thinking: An experience sampling study on suppressing distractive thoughts at work. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01616
Lang, J. W. B. (2020). Timely and to the point: Expectations for articles and reviews at the Journal of Personnel Psychology. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 19(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000259
Eby, L. T., Shockley, K. M., Bauer, T. N., Edwards, B. D., Homan, A. C., Johnson, R. E., Lang, J. W. B., Morris, S. B., & Oswald, F. L. (2020). Methodological checklists for improving research quality and reporting consistency. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 13(1), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2020.14
Lang, J. W. B., & Goh, Z. (2020). Building an organizational science of behavioral consistency: Comment on Katz-Navon, Kark, and Delegach (2019). Academy of Management Discoveries, 6(1), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2019.0180
den Hartog, S., Runge, J. M., Reindl, G., & Lang, J. W. B. (2020). Linking team personality variability and team innovation. Small Group Research, 52(2), 265-295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496419865325
Tiffin, P. A., Paton, L. W., O'Mara, D., MacCann, C., Lang, J. W. B., & Lievens, F. (2020). Situational judgement tests for selection: Traditional vs. construct‐driven approaches. Medical Education, 54(2), 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14011
2019
Lang, J. W. B., Bliese, P. D., & Adler, A. B. (2019). Opening the black box: A multilevel framework for studying group processes. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2(3), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918823722 Preprint Material
Sijbom, R. B. L., Lang, J. W. B., & Anseel, F. (2019). Leaders' achievement goals predict employee burnout above and beyond employees' own achievement goals. Journal of Personality, 87(3), 429-732. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12427 [2017 Impact factor: 3.483, category: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, rank: 7/64]
Runge, J. M., Lang, J. W. B., Chasiotis, A. & Hofer, J. (2019). Improving the assessment of implicit motives using IRT: Cultural differences and differential item functioning. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101, 414--424. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1418748 [2018 Impact factor: 2.829, category: PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL, rank: 13/63]
Runge, J. M., & Lang, J. W. B. (2019). Can people recognize their implicit thoughts? The motive self-categorization test. Psychological Assessment, 31(7), 939-951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000720 [2018 Impact factor: 3.469, category: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL, rank: 19/129] Preprint Material
Tackett, J. L., Lang, J. W. B., Markon, K., & Herzhoff, K. (2019). A correlated trait correlated methods model for thin-slice child personality assessment. Psychological Assessment, 31, 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000635 [2018 Impact factor: 3.469, category: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL, rank: 19/129] Preprint
Lang, J. W. B., Lievens, F., De Fruyt, F., Zettler, I., & Tackett, J. L. (2019). Assessing meaningful within-person variability in Likert-scale rated personality descriptions: An IRT tree approach. Psychological Assessment, 31, 474-487. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000600 [2018 Impact factor: 3.469, category: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL, rank: 19/129]
Beier, M. E., Kell, H. J., & Lang, J. W. B. (2019). Commenting on the "Great Debate": General abilities, specific abilities, and the tools of the trade. Journal of Intelligence, 7(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence7010005
Apers, C., Lang, J. W. B., & Derous, E. (2019). Who earns more? Explicit traits, implicit motives, and income growth trajectories. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110, 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.12.004 [2018 Impact factor: 3.387, category: PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED, rank: 14/82, ABS: 4] Preprint
2018
Lang, J. W. B., Mussel, P., & Runge, J. M. (2018). TBS-TK Rezension:
Inventar zur Erfassung von Arbeitsmotiven (IEA). [TBS-TK Review: Inventory for the assessment of work motives].Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 62, 161-163. https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000274.
Kell, H. J., & Lang, J. W. B. (2018). The great debate: General ability and specific abilities in the prediction of important outcomes. Journal of Intelligence, 6(3), 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence6030039
Lang, J. W. B., Bliese, P. D., & de Voogt, A. (2018). Modeling consensus emergence using longitudinal multilevel models. Personnel Psychology, 71, 255-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12260 [2017 Impact factor: 4.362, category: PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED, rank: 4/80; 2018 ABS: 4] Preprint Mplus code Mplus output 2019 Recipient of the SIOP Jeanneret Award for Excellence in the Study of Individual or Group Assessment Article/Interview in TIP
Lievens, F., Lang, J. W. B., De Fruyt, F., Corstjens, J., Van de Vijver, M., & Bledow, R. (2018). The predictive power of people's intraindividual variability across situations: Implementing whole trait theory in assessment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 753-771. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000280 [2017 Impact factor: 4.310, category: PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED, rank: 5/80; 2018 ABS: 4*] 2020 Recipient of the SIOP Joyce and Robert Hogan Award
2017
Paul, A., Lang, J. W. B., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2017). A multilevel approach for assessing business strategies on climate change. Journal of Cleaner Production, 160, 50-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.030 [2017 Impact factor: 5.651, category: ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL, rank: 7/50; 2018 ABS: 2]
de Voogt, A., & Lang, J. W. B. (2017). Employee work ethic in nine nonindustrialized contexts: Some surprising non-POSH findings. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 10, 398-403. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2017.35 [2017 Impact factor: 16.375, category: PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED, rank: 1/82; 2018 ABS: 1]
Lang, J. W. B., Tackett, J. L., & Zettler, I. (2017). Utilizing advanced psychometric methods in research on trait expression across situations. European Journal of Personality, 31, 464-465. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2119 [2017 Impact factor: 3.7, category: PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL, rank: 5/62]
Kell, H. J., & Lang, J. W. B. (2017). Specific abilities in the workplace: More important than g? Journal of Intelligence, 5, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence5020013
2016
Bliese, P. D., & Lang, J. W. B. (2016). Understanding relative and absolute change in discontinuous growth models: Coding alternatives and implications for hypothesis testing. Organizational Research Methods, 19, 562-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428116633502 [2016 Impact factor: 4.783, category: PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED, rank: 3/80; 2018 ABS: 4]
Runge, J. M., Lang, J. W. B., Engeser, S., Schüler, J., den Hartog, S. C., & Zettler, I. (2016). Modeling motive activation in the operant motive test: A psychometric analysis using dynamic Thurstonian item response theory. Motivation Science, 2, 268-286. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000041
Zettler, I., Lang, J. W. B., Hülsheger, U. R., & Hilbig, B. E. (2016). Dissociating indifferent, directional, and extreme responding in personality data: Applying the threeprocess model to self- and observer reports. Journal of Personality, 84, 461-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12172 [2016 Impact factor: 3.598, category: PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL, rank: 6/62]
Schwager, I. T. L., Hülsheger, U. R., & Lang, J. W. B. (2016). Be aware to be on the square: Mindfulness and counterproductive academic behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 93, 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.043 [2016 Impact factor: 2.005, category: PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL, rank: 20/62; 2018 ABS: 3]
Lang, J. W. B., Kersting, M., & Beauducel, A. (2016). Hierarchies of factor solutions in the intelligence domain: Applying methodology from personality psychology to gain insights into the nature of intelligence. Learning and Individual Differences, 47, 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.12.003 [2016 Impact factor: 1.650, category: PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL, rank: 22/58]