Filip Lievens

Filip Lievens is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Human Resources at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business of Singapore Management University. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town and a visiting professor at Ghent University, Belgium. In 1999, he obtained his PhD at Ghent University, Belgium.

His main interests deal with talent acquisition, talent assessment, and adaptability. Recently, he was ranked among the top 1% of scientists in the world in the field of Business & Management. As an internationally recognized scholar, he has published over 50 papers in top-tier journals, including the Annual Review of Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Intelligence, and Organizational Research Methods.

Filip Lievens serves in the editorial board of Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology. He was the first European winner of the Distinguished Early Career Award of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is also a winner of the Jeanneret Award and the Douglas Bray and Ann Howard Award, which recognize outstanding contributions in the assessment domain. He was a recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis of the Alexander von Humboldt- Foundation and is laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and Arts, an award to value substantial contributions in any discipline in social sciences. He is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP).

Education

• 1999 PhD in Industrial/Organisational Psychology - Ghent University, Belgium
• 1994 M.A. in Industrial/Organisational Psychology - Ghent University, Belgium
• 1991 B.A. in Psychology - Ghent University, Belgium

Companies

• 2018 - Now Lee Kong Chian Professor of Human Resources at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
• 2012 - 2017 Full Professor at Department of Personnel Management and Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2006 - 2012 Professor (with tenure) at Department of Personnel Management and Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2002 - 2006 Associate Professor (with tenure) at Department of Personnel Management and Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2000 - 2002 Assistant Professor at Department of Personnel Management and Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium

Research Interests

• Talent Acquisition and Talent Assessment in HRM
• Situational Judgment and Interpersonal Adaptability
• Personnel Recruitment and Employer Branding
• Assessment Technology
• Personality

Career-related Awards

• Ranked among the top 1% of scientists in the world in the field of Business & Management, 2020
• Fellow of the American Psychological Association, 2018
• Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology, 2018
• Career award for Distinguished Scientific or Professional Contributions to Psychological Assessment of the European Association of Psychological Assessment, 2017
• Fellow of the American Psychological Society, 2017
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis of Alexander von Humboldt- Foundation, 2013
• Fellow of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2013
• Laureate of the Prometheus Award for Research Excellence at Ghent University, Belgium, 2011
• Laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2008
• Distinguished Early Career Award of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2006
• Fullbright Scholarship (3 months): U. of Minnesota, 2003

Research-related Awards

• Jeanneret Award for Excellence in the Study of Individual or Group Assessment of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2021
• Top cited paper 2018 in International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 2018
• Profiled as the 1st Most Published Author in the Journal of Applied Psychology during 2009-2015 (JAP, 102(3), pp. 580–588), 2017
• Joyce and Robert Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2020
• 16th most cited author in human resource management textbooks, 2017
• Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Top poster, 2017
• Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award of Academy of Management (Gender & Diversity in Organizations Division), 2016
• Douglas Bray & Ann Howard Award of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2016
• Jeanneret Award for Excellence in the Study of Individual or Group Assessment of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2013
• Adverse Impact Reduction Research Award of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2013
• International Personnel Assessment Council Innovations in Assessment Award for the project “A Building Block Approach to Personnel Selection Implementation and Evidence in a Police Officer Selection Context”, 2013
• Best Paper Award of Academy of Management (MED Division), 2009
• Douglas Bray & Ann Howard Award of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2007
• International Personnel Management Association - Assessment Council Best Student Paper Award, 2000
• ANBAR Citation of Excellence, Highest Quality Rating for the article, 1999
  • Lievens, F. (1998). Factors which improve the construct validity of assessment centers: A review. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 6, 141-152.

Teaching-related Awards

• Dean’s Teaching Honour List in Academic Year, 2019-2020
• Dean’s Teaching Honour List in Academic Year, 2018-2019

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

• De Corte, W., Sackett, P. R., & Lievens, F. (in press). A comprehensive examination of the cross-validity of Pareto-optimal vs. fixed weights selection systems in the bi-objective selection context. Journal of Applied Psychology.
• Li, H., Fan, J., Zhao, G., Wang, M., Zheng, L., Meng, H., Weng, Q., Liu, Y., & Lievens, F. (in press). The role of emotions as mechanisms of mid-test warning messages during personality testing: A field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology.
• Rockstuhl, T. & Lievens, F. (2021). Prompt-specificity in scenario-based assessments: associations with personality vs. knowledge and effects on predictive validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 129-139.
• Zhang, L., Van Iddekinge, C. H., Arnold, J. D., Roth, P. L., Lievens, F., Lanivich, S. E., & Jordan, S. L. (2020). What’s on job seekers’ social media sites? A content analysis and effects of structure on recruiter judgments and predictive validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 1530–1546.
• Schäpers, P., Mussel, P., Lievens, F., König, C.J., Freudenstein, J.P, & Krumm, S. (2020). The role of situations in Situational Judgment Tests: Effects on construct saturation, predictive validity, and applicant perceptions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 800-818.
• Dalal, R.S., Balca, A.B., & Lievens, F. (2020). Within-person job performance variability over short timeframes: Theory, empirical research, and practice. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 7, 421-449.
• Lievens, F., Sackett, P. R., Dahlke, J., Oostrom, J. K., & De Soete, B. (2019). Constructed response formats and their effects on minority-majority differences and validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104, 715-726.
• Ingold, P.V., Dönni, M., & Lievens, F. (2018). A dual-process theory perspective to better understand judgments in assessment centers: The role of initial impressions for dimension ratings and validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 1367-1378.
• Lievens, F., Lang J., 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.
• Sackett, P.R., Lievens, F., Van Iddekinge, C., & Kuncel, N. (2017). Individual differences and their measurement: A review of 100 years of research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 254-273.
• Lievens, F., & Sackett, P.R. (2017). The effects of predictor method factors on selection outcomes: A modular approach to personnel selection procedures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 43-66.
• Oliver, T., Hausdorf, P., Lievens, F., & Conlon, P. (2016). Interpersonal dynamics in assessment center exercises: Effects of role player portrayed disposition. Journal of Management, 42, 1992-2017.
• Windscheid, L., Bowes-Sperry, L., Kidder, D., Cheung, H.K., Morner, M., & Lievens, F. (2016). Actions speak louder than words: Perceptions of diversity mixed messages. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101, 1329-1241.
• Lievens, F., & Slaughter, J.E. (2016). Employer image and employer branding: What we know and what we need to know. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 3, 407-440.
• Lievens, F., Schollaert, E., & Keen, G. (2015). The interplay of elicitation and evaluation of trait-expressive behavior: Evidence in assessment center exercises. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 1169-1188.
• Rockstuhl, R., Ang, S., Lievens, F., & Van Dyne, L. (2015). Putting judging situations into Situational Judgment Tests: Evidence in intercultural situations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 464-480.
• Krumm, S., Lievens, F., Hüffmeier, J., Lipnevich, A.A., Bendels, H., & Hertel, G. (2015). How “Situational” is Judgment in Situational Judgment Tests? Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 399-416.
• Lievens, F., De Corte, W., & Westerveld, L. (2015). Understanding the building blocks of selection procedures: Effects of response fidelity on performance and validity. Journal of Management, 41, 1604-1627.
• Anseel, F., Beatty, A., Shen, W., Lievens, F., & Sackett, P.R. (2015). How are we doing after 30 years? A meta-analytic review of the antecedents and outcomes of feedback-seeking behavior. Journal of Management, 41, 318-348.
• Rupp, D. E., Hoffman, B. J., Bischof, D., Byham, W. Collins, L., Gibbons, A., Hirose, S., Kleinmann, M., Kudisch, J. D., Lanik, M., Jackson, D. J. R., Kim, M., Lievens, F., Meiring, D., Melchers, K. G., Pendit, V. G., Putka, D. J., Povah, N., Reynolds, D., Schlebusch, S., Scott, J., Simonenko, S., & Thornton, G. (2015). Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Assessment Center Operations. Journal of Management, 41, 1244-1273.
• Slaughter, J.E., Christian, M.S., Podsakoff, N.P., Sinar, E.F., & Lievens, F. (2014). On the limitations of using Situational Judgment Tests to measure interpersonal skills: The moderating influence of employee anger. Personnel Psychology, 67, 847-885.
• McCarthy, J.M., Van Iddekinge, C.H., Lievens, F., Kung, M.C., Sinar, E.F., & Campion, M.A. (2013). Do candidate reactions relate to job performance or affect criterion-related validity? A multi-study investigation of relations among reactions, selection test scores, and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 701-719.
• Jansen, A., Melchers, K.G., Lievens, F., Kleinmann, K., Brändli, M., Fraefel, L., & König, C.J. (2013). Situation assessment as an ignored factor in the behavioral consistency paradigm underlying the validity of personnel selection procedures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 326-341.
• Lievens, F., & Sackett, P. (2012). The validity of interpersonal skills assessment via situational judgment tests for predicting academic success and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 460-468.
• Lievens, F., & Patterson, F. (2011). The validity and incremental validity of knowledge tests, low-fidelity simulations, and high-fidelity simulations for predicting job performance in advanced-level high-stakes selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 927-940.
• De Corte, W., Sackett, P.R., & Lievens, F. (2011). Designing Pareto-optimal selection systems: Formalizing the decisions required for selection system development. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 907-926.
• Lievens, F., Sanchez, J.I., Bartram, D., & Brown, A. (2010). Lack of consensus among competency ratings of the same occupation: Noise or substance? Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 562-571.
• Lievens, F., Ones, D.S., & Dilchert, S. (2009). Personality scale validities increase throughout medical school. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1514-1535.
• Lievens, F., Buyse, T., & Sackett, P. (2009). The effects of response instructions on situational judgment test performance and validity in a high-stakes context. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1095-1101.
• Van Hoye, G., & Lievens, F. (2009). Tapping the grapevine: A closer look at word-of-mouth as a recruitment source. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 341-352.
• Anseel, F., & Lievens, F., & Schollaert, E. (2009). Reflection as a strategy to enhance task performance after feedback. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 110, 23-35.
• Harris, M., Anseel, F., & Lievens, F. (2008). Keeping up with the Joneses: A field study of the relationships between upward, downward, and lateral comparisons and pay level satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 665-673.
• Lievens, F., De Corte, W., & Schollaert, E. (2008). A closer look at the frame-of-reference effect in personality scale scores and validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 268-279.
• Sackett, P.R., & Lievens, F. (2008). Personnel selection. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 419-450.
• Lievens, F., Reeve, C.L., & Heggestad, E.D. (2007). An examination of psychometric bias due to retesting on cognitive ability tests in selection settings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1672-1682.
• De Corte, W., Lievens, F., & Sackett, P.R. (2007). Combining predictors to achieve optimal trade-offs between selection quality and adverse impact. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1380-1393.
• Lievens, F., & Sackett, P.R. (2007). Situational judgment tests in high stakes settings: Issues and strategies with generating alternate forms. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1043-1055.
• Lievens, F., & Sanchez, J.I. (2007). Can training improve the quality of inferences made by raters in competency modeling? A quasi-experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 812-819.
• Sackett, P.R., Lievens, F., Berry, C.M., & Landers, R.N. (2007). A cautionary note on the effects of range restriction on predictor intercorrelations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 538-544.
• Lievens, F., & Sackett, P.R. (2006). Video-based versus written situational judgment tests: A comparison in terms of predictive validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 1181-1188.
• De Corte, W., & Lievens, F., & Sackett, P.R. (2006). Predicting adverse impact and mean criterion performance in multi-stage selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 523-537.
• Anderson, N., Lievens, F., Van Dam, K., & Born, M.P. (2006). A construct-driven investigation of gender differences in a leadership-role assessment center. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 555-566.
• Lievens, F., Chasteen, C.S., Day, E.A., & Christiansen, N.D. (2006). Large-scale investigation of the role of trait activation theory for understanding assessment center convergent and discriminant validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 247-258.
• Lievens, F., Buyse, T., & Sackett, P.R. (2005). The operational validity of a video-based situational judgment test for medical college admissions: Illustrating the importance of matching predictor and criterion construct domains. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 442-452.
• Lievens, F., Buyse, T., & Sackett, P.R. (2005). Retest effects in operational selection settings: Development and test of a framework. Personnel Psychology, 58, 981-1007.
• Lievens, F., Sanchez, J.I., & De Corte, W. (2004). Easing the inferential leap in competency modeling: The effects of task-related information and subject matter expertise. Personnel Psychology, 57, 881-904.
• Lance, C.E., Lambert, T.A., Gewin, A.G., Lievens, F., & Conway, J.M. (2004). Revised estimates of dimension and exercise variance components in assessment center post-exercise dimension ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 377–385.
• Lievens, F., & Harris, M.M., Van Keer, E., & Bisqueret, C. (2003). Predicting cross-cultural training performance: The validity of personality, cognitive ability, and dimensions measured by an assessment center and a behavior description interview. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 476-489.
• Lievens F., & Highhouse, S. (2003). The relation of instrumental and symbolic attributes to a company’s attractiveness as an employer. Personnel Psychology, 56, 75-102.
• Lievens, F. (2002). Trying to understand the different pieces of the construct validity puzzle of assessment centers: An examination of assessor and assessee effects. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 675-686.
• Lievens, F., & Conway, J.M. (2001). Dimension and exercise variance in assessment center scores: A large-scale evaluation of multitrait-multimethod studies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 1202–1222.
• Lievens, F. (2001). Assessor training strategies and their effects on accuracy, inter-rater reliability, and discriminant validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 255-264.