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Faculty Profile

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BLEDOW Ronald

(On Leave)
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

 

Education

2010 Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology (with Highest Honors)
University of Giessen


Current Appointment(s)

2021 - Now Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2013 - 2021 Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors
  • DYNAVITY: Joint Singapore-German Research Project with Jana Kühnel, Ulm University funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Singapore Management University, 2014.
  • Self-Regulation and Creativity: Research grant from the Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2013.
  • Dissertation Award for the Best Dissertation in Organizational Psychology in 2009-2010 by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie [German Society for Psychology], 2011.
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, 2011.
  • Research grant by the German Academic Exchange Service for a short term research visit at Amsterdam Business School, 2008.
  • Main author of a research grant on innovation management from Volkswagen Foundation, 2007. 
  • Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service for graduate studies at Michigan State University, 2003.

Research Interests
  • Affect and Self-Regulation
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Leadership and Teams
  • Multilevel Theory and Research

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
  • Bledow, R., Kühnel, J., & Kuhl, J. (2024). Personality dynamics turn positive and negative mood into creativity. Journal of Personality.
  • Bader, B., Gielnik, M. M., & Bledow, R. (2023). How transformational leadership transforms followers’ affect and work engagement. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(3), 360-372.
  • Kühnel, J., Bledow R., & Kuonath, A. (2023). Overcoming Procrastination: Time Pressure and Positive Affect as Compensatory Routes to Action. Journal of Business and Psychology, 38, 803-819.
  • 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, 218-247
  • Bledow, R., Kühnel, J., Jin, M., & Kuhl, J. (2022). Breaking the chains: The inverted-u-shaped relationship between action-state orientation and creativity under low job autonomy. Journal of Management, 48, 905-935.
  • Gerpott, F., Bledow, R., & Kühnel, J. (2022). Inspire but don’t interfere: Managerial influence as a double-edged sword for innovation project success. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 71, 359–379.
  • *Gielnik, M., *Bledow, R., & Stark, M. (2020). A dynamic account of self-efficacy in entrepreneurship. Journal of Applied Psychology, 5, 487–505. *Shared first authorship
  • Lievens, F., Lang, J. W., De Fruyt, F., Corstjens, J., Vandevijver, M., & Bledow, R. (2018). The predictive power of people's intra‐individual variability across situations: Implementing whole trait theory in assessment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 753‐771.
  • Rosing, K., Bledow, R., Frese, M., Baytalskaya, N., Johnson Lascano, J., & Farr, J. (2018). The temporal pattern of creativity and implementation in teams. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 798‐822
  • Kuehnel, J., Sonnentag, S., Bledow, R., & Melchers, C. (2017). The relevance of sleep and circadian misalignment for procrastination among shift workers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 110‐133.
  • Kühnel, J., Zacher, H., De Bloom, J., & Bledow, R. (2017). Take a Break! Benefits of Sleep and Short Breaks for Daily Work Engagement. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26, 481‐491.
  • Bledow, R., Carette, B., Kühnel, J., & Pittig., D. (2017). Learning from others’ failures: The effectiveness of failure stories for managerial learning. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 16, 39‐53.
  • Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., & Feuerhahn, N. (2016). When do you procrastinate? Sleep quality and social lag jointly predict self‐regulatory failure at work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37, 983-1002.
  • Bledow, R. (2013). Demand-perception and self-motivation as opponent processes: A response to Bandura and Vancouver. Journal of Management, 39, 14-26.
  • Bledow, R., Rosing K., & Frese, M. (2013). A dynamic perspective on affect and creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 56, 432-450.
  • Kühnel, J., Sonnentag, S., & Bledow, R. (2012). Resources and time pressure as day-level antecedents of work engagement. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 85, 181-198.
  • Bledow, R., Schmitt, A., Frese, M., & Kühnel, J. (2011). The affective shift model of work engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 1246-1257.
  • Bledow, R., & Frese, M. (2009). A situational judgment test of personal initiative and its relationship with performance. Personnel Psychology, 62, 229-258.
  • Bledow, R., Frese, M., Erez, M., Anderson, N., & Farr, J., (2009). A dialectic perspective on innovation: Conflicting demands, multiple pathways, and ambidexterity. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 305-337.
  • Bledow, R., Frese, M., Erez, M., Anderson, N., & Farr, J., (2009): Extending and refining the dialectic perspective on innovation: There is nothing a practical as a good theory; nothing as theoretical as a good practice. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 363-373.
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Curriculum Vitae

Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

Strategic Priorities

Highlights
8
Publications
19
H-Index (All Time)
4737
Citations (All Time)
Ronald Bledow is an internationally recognized scholar in organizational psychology, specializing in creativity, innovation, motivation, and leadership, with extensive contributions to both research and teaching across Europe and Asia.

Combines rigorous theoretical development with empirical research, advancing understanding of creativity, innovation, and motivation in organizational contexts; recognized for methodological innovation and practical relevance; recipient of multiple awards for research, teaching, and reviewing; impactful in both academic and applied settings, including consulting for multinational organizations.

Focused research areas include Dynamic models of creativity and innovation; interplay of mood, personality, and creativity; leadership for innovation; self-regulation and procrastination; affective dynamics in work engagement; chronotype and time-of-day effects on creativity; managerial learning from failure.
Areas of Expertise
Creativity and innovation in organizationsmotivation and personality dynamicsleadership and team processesaffect regulationself-regulation and action-state orientationwork engagementorganizational behavior and human resource management.
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Education

2010 Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology (with Highest Honors)
University of Giessen


Current Appointment(s)

2021 - Now Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2013 - 2021 Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors
  • DYNAVITY: Joint Singapore-German Research Project with Jana Kühnel, Ulm University funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Singapore Management University, 2014.
  • Self-Regulation and Creativity: Research grant from the Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2013.
  • Dissertation Award for the Best Dissertation in Organizational Psychology in 2009-2010 by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie [German Society for Psychology], 2011.
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, 2011.
  • Research grant by the German Academic Exchange Service for a short term research visit at Amsterdam Business School, 2008.
  • Main author of a research grant on innovation management from Volkswagen Foundation, 2007. 
  • Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service for graduate studies at Michigan State University, 2003.

Research Interests
  • Affect and Self-Regulation
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Leadership and Teams
  • Multilevel Theory and Research

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
  • Bledow, R., Kühnel, J., & Kuhl, J. (2024). Personality dynamics turn positive and negative mood into creativity. Journal of Personality.
  • Bader, B., Gielnik, M. M., & Bledow, R. (2023). How transformational leadership transforms followers’ affect and work engagement. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(3), 360-372.
  • Kühnel, J., Bledow R., & Kuonath, A. (2023). Overcoming Procrastination: Time Pressure and Positive Affect as Compensatory Routes to Action. Journal of Business and Psychology, 38, 803-819.
  • 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, 218-247
  • Bledow, R., Kühnel, J., Jin, M., & Kuhl, J. (2022). Breaking the chains: The inverted-u-shaped relationship between action-state orientation and creativity under low job autonomy. Journal of Management, 48, 905-935.
  • Gerpott, F., Bledow, R., & Kühnel, J. (2022). Inspire but don’t interfere: Managerial influence as a double-edged sword for innovation project success. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 71, 359–379.
  • *Gielnik, M., *Bledow, R., & Stark, M. (2020). A dynamic account of self-efficacy in entrepreneurship. Journal of Applied Psychology, 5, 487–505. *Shared first authorship
  • Lievens, F., Lang, J. W., De Fruyt, F., Corstjens, J., Vandevijver, M., & Bledow, R. (2018). The predictive power of people's intra‐individual variability across situations: Implementing whole trait theory in assessment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 753‐771.
  • Rosing, K., Bledow, R., Frese, M., Baytalskaya, N., Johnson Lascano, J., & Farr, J. (2018). The temporal pattern of creativity and implementation in teams. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 798‐822
  • Kuehnel, J., Sonnentag, S., Bledow, R., & Melchers, C. (2017). The relevance of sleep and circadian misalignment for procrastination among shift workers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 110‐133.
  • Kühnel, J., Zacher, H., De Bloom, J., & Bledow, R. (2017). Take a Break! Benefits of Sleep and Short Breaks for Daily Work Engagement. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26, 481‐491.
  • Bledow, R., Carette, B., Kühnel, J., & Pittig., D. (2017). Learning from others’ failures: The effectiveness of failure stories for managerial learning. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 16, 39‐53.
  • Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., & Feuerhahn, N. (2016). When do you procrastinate? Sleep quality and social lag jointly predict self‐regulatory failure at work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37, 983-1002.
  • Bledow, R. (2013). Demand-perception and self-motivation as opponent processes: A response to Bandura and Vancouver. Journal of Management, 39, 14-26.
  • Bledow, R., Rosing K., & Frese, M. (2013). A dynamic perspective on affect and creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 56, 432-450.
  • Kühnel, J., Sonnentag, S., & Bledow, R. (2012). Resources and time pressure as day-level antecedents of work engagement. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 85, 181-198.
  • Bledow, R., Schmitt, A., Frese, M., & Kühnel, J. (2011). The affective shift model of work engagement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 1246-1257.
  • Bledow, R., & Frese, M. (2009). A situational judgment test of personal initiative and its relationship with performance. Personnel Psychology, 62, 229-258.
  • Bledow, R., Frese, M., Erez, M., Anderson, N., & Farr, J., (2009). A dialectic perspective on innovation: Conflicting demands, multiple pathways, and ambidexterity. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 305-337.
  • Bledow, R., Frese, M., Erez, M., Anderson, N., & Farr, J., (2009): Extending and refining the dialectic perspective on innovation: There is nothing a practical as a good theory; nothing as theoretical as a good practice. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 363-373.