Dr. Carolin Dietz

Academic Career

• 2022 – present:Teaching & Research Assistant, Professorship of Work-, Organizational-, and Economic Psychology, University of Technology Chemnitz
• 2022:Research Assistant, Europa-Universität Flensburg
• 2020 – 2022:Research Assistant, Project “Zentrum digitale Arbeit”, Leipzig University
• 2016 – 2021:Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Leipzig University, Prof. Hannes Zacher, Thesis title: „Antecedents and Consequences of Employee Presenteeism: Evidence from Longitudinal and Experimental Studies”, Final grade: “summa cum laude”
• 2012 – 2019:Bachelor of Science in Economics, Leipzig University
• 2015 – 2020:Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Leipzig University
• 2012 – 2015:Master of Science in Psychology, Leipzig University
• 2009 – 2012:Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Leipzig University

Research Interests

• Management of acute and chronic sickness in the work context, especially sickness presence
• Digitization driven transformation of work characteristics and employee behavior, health, and well being
• The role of leadership and job design for employees’ occupational health and well-being, especially links between specific leader behaviors and employee health

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Dietz, C. & Scheel, T. (2017). Leadership and presenteeism among scientific staff: The role of accumulation of work and time pressure. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1885.
• Ruhle, S. A., Breitsohl, H., Aboagye, E., Baba, V., Biron, C., Correia Leal, C., Dietz, C., Ferreira, A.I., Gerich, J., Johns, G., Karanika-Murray, M., Lohaus, D., Løkke, A., Lopes, S. L. , Martinez, L. F., Miraglia, M., Muschalla, B., Poethke, U., Sarwat, N., Schade, H., Steidelmüller, C., Vinberg, S., Whysall, Z., Yang, T. (2019). “To work, or not to work, that is the question” – Recent trends and avenues for research on presenteeism, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1704734
• Dietz, C., Zacher, H., Scheel, T., Otto, K. & Rigotti, T. (2020). Leaders as role models: Effects of leader presenteeism on employee presenteeism and sick leave. Work & Stress, https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2020.1728420
• Dietz, C. & Zacher, H. (2021). Effects of employee presenteeism on customer repurchase and recommendation intentions: The role of customer affective reactions. Journal of Business and Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-021-09764-1
• Weigelt, O., French, K. A., de Bloom, J., Dietz, C., Knoll, M., Kühnel, J., Meier, L. L., Pindek, S., Prem, R., Schmitt, A., Syrek, C. J., & Rink, F. A. (in press). Moving from opposition to taking ownership of open science to make discoveries that matter.Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.
• Dietz, C., Bauermann, P., & Zacher, H. (2022). Relationships between ICT Use for Task and Social Functions, Work Characteristics, and Employee Task Proficiency and Job Satisfaction: Does Age Matter?. Merits, https://doi.org/10.3390/merits2030016

Conference Contributions

• Dietz, C. & Korek, S. Bett oder Büro? Prädiktoren von Fehlzeiten und Präsentismus in der Wissenschaft. 50. Congress of the German Psychological Society,, Leipzig, Germany, September 18^th – 22^th 2016.
• Dietz, C., Scheel, T. & Korek, S. Leadership, accumulating job demands and presenteeism – A moderated mediation model. 18. Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Dublin, Ireland, May 17^th – 20^th, 2017.
• Dietz, C. Motivationale und gesundheitliche Ursachen von Präsentismus. 9. Saxon Colloquium for PhD Students of Work and Organizational Psychology,Leipzig, Germany, July 7^th – 8^th, 2017.
• Dietz, C., Rigotti, T., Scheel, T., Otto, K. & Zacher, H. Vorbildliche Führung?! Wie sich der Präsentismus von Führungskräften auf die Gesundheit der MitarbeiterInnen auswirken kann. 10. Conference of Section for Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the German Psychological Society, Dresden, Germany, September 13^th – 15^th, 2017.
• Dietz, C. Ursachen und Folgen von Präsentismus. 10. Saxon Colloquium for PhD Students of Work and Organizational Psychology, Chemnitz, Deutschland, July 6^th – 7^th, 2018.
• Dietz, C. & Zacher, H. Presenteeism in the workplace: A dynamic perspective. Small Group Meeting „Presenteeism and Absenteeism“ of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Klagenfurt, Austria, July 27^th – 28^th, 2018.
• Dietz, C. & Zacher, H. Präsentismus – eine Frage der Einstellung? Eine dynamische Perspektive. 51. Congress of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 15^th – 20^th, 2018.
• Dietz, C. Effects of employees‘ presenteeism on customer satisfaction. 19. Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Turin, Italy, Mai 29^th – July 1^st, 2019.
• Dietz, C. Effekte von Präsentismus der Angestellten auf Kund*innenzufriedenheit. 11. Saxon Colloquium for PhD Students of Work and Organizational Psychology, Dresden, Germany, July 5^th – 6^th, 2019.
• Dietz, C. & Zacher, H. Vorbildliche Teams? Präsentismus in Arbeitsteams als Moderator des Zusammenhangs zwischen Arbeitszufriedenheit und individuellem Präsentismus. Conference of Section for Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the German Psychological Society, Braunschweig, Germany, September 25^th – 27^th, 2019.
• Dietz, C., Knoll, M., & Zacher, H. Gesundes Altern am Arbeitsplatz im Kontext der Digitalisierung - Schwerpunkt: Mentale Gesundheit. 67. Conference of Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V., March 3^rd – 5^th, 2021.
• Dietz, C., Knoll, M., & Zacher, H. Gesundes Altern am Arbeitsplatz im Kontext der Digitalisierung - Schwerpunkt: Präsentismus. Conference of Section for Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the German Psychological Society, Chemnitz, Germany, September 22^th – 24^th, 2021.
• Dietz, C. & Weigelt, O. Wie bedenklich kann krank arbeiten schon sein? Eine Wochenbuchstudie zu Präsentismus und Fatigue. 52. Congress of the German Psychological Society, Germany, September 10^th – 15^th, 2022.