Ronald Bledow

Research Interests

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

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 Devision 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.

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

• Bledow, R., Kuehnel, J., Jin, M. & Kuhl, J. (in press). Breaking the chains: The inverted-U-shaped relationship between action-state orientation and creativity under low job autonomy. Journal of Management.
• Kuehnel, J., Bledow, R., & Kiefer, M. (in press). There is a time to be creative: The alignment between chronotype and time of day. Academy of Management Journal.
• Gerpott, F., Bledow R., & Kuehnel, J. (in press). Inspire but don’t interfere: Managerial influence as a double-edged sword for innovation project success. Applied Psychology.
• 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.