Dr. Monique Mohr

Academic career

• Since 09/2022:Research Assistant, Professorship of Work-, Organizational-, and Economic Psychology, University of Technology Chemnitz
• 11/2022:Ph.D., University of Mannheim
• 02/2018 – 05/2022:Research Assistant, Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Mannheim
• 02/2018 – 11/2022:Ph.D. Student, Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Mannheim
• 10/2015 – 12/2017:Master of Science, Work and Organizational Psychology (M.Sc.Psych.), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg
• 10/2011 – 09/2015:Bachelor of Science, Psychology (B.Sc. Psych.), Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg

Research interests

• Individual characteristics of employees (especially perfectionism)
• Personality dynamics in the working context
• Well-being, stress and recovery processes of employees
• Work-home interface

Publications

• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2025). It's got to be perfect? Differentiating the unique daily relationships of perfectionism and excellencism with employee effort, performance, and fatigue. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98, e70034. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70034
• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2025). A matter of quantity or quality: Stress appraisals of personnel and expertise understaffing at work. Academy of Management Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.11550abstract
• Klezewski, E., Mohr, M., & Otto, K. (2025). Perfectionism unfolding: The mutual reinforcement of employee perfectionism and work goal attainment and the moderating role of psychological capital. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology​​​​​​​, 34(5), 533–549. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2025.2508177
• Klezewski, E., Otto, K., & Mohr, M. (2024). The perfectionism cycle: Dynamics between perfectionism, psychological capital, and goal attainment. Academy of Management Proceedings.  https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.10204abstract
• Mohr, M. (2024, May 27). Perfectionism at work: detrimental or helpful? Wirtschaftspsychologie heute. https://www.wirtschaftspsychologie-heute.de/perfektionismus-bei-der-arbeit-schaedlich-oder-hilfreich/
• Mohr, M., & Sonnentag, S. (2023). To be or not to be a perfect parent? How the striving for perfect parenting harms employed parents. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 147, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103941
• Mohr, M., Nesher Shoshan, H., & Sonnentag, S. (2023). Perfectionism and cognitive-behavioral processes in daily work: Implications for self-related perceptions and emotions. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(6), 858-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2023.2256499
• Venz, L., & Mohr, M. (2023). The social dynamics of knowledge hiding: A diary study on the roles of incivility, entitlement, and self-control. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2022.2089562
• Mohr, M., Venz, L., & Sonnentag, S. (2022). A dynamic view on work-related perfectionism: Antecedents at work and implications for employee well-being. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(4), 846-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12403
• Mohr, M. (2022). Perfectionism in everyday work  [Doctoral dissertation, University of Mannheim]. MADOC. https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/64932/1/Pflichtexemplare_Diss_MohrM.pdf

Conference presentations (most recent)

• Mohr, M. & Dietz, C. (2025, September 09-12). Daily commuting characteristics as predictors of (un-)successful role transitions [Conference presentaton]. 14^th Conference of the Work and Organizational Psychology Section of the German Psychological Society, Lüneburg, Germany.
• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2025, July 25-29). Implications of perfection and excellence striving in daily work [Symposium presentation]. 85^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2025, July 25-29). A matter of quantity or quality: Stress appraisals of personnel and expertise understaffing at work [Conference presentation]. 85^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2025, May 21-24). Stress appraisals of personnel and expertise understaffing in daily work [Conference presentation]. 22^nd Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2024, September 16-19). Is quality or quantity missing? Stress appraisal of personnel and expertise understaffing in daily work [Conference presentation]. 53^rd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Vienna, Austria.
• Mohr, M. & Dietz, C. (2024, September 3-7). It’s got to be perfect? Differentiating the striving for perfection from the striving for excellence in daily work [Conference presentation]. 9th Early Career Summer School of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Edinburgh, UK.
• Mohr, M., & Dietz, C. (2023, September 12-15). It has to be perfect?! Implications of perfection and excellence striving in daily work [Conference presentation]. 13^th Conference of the Work and Organizational Psychology Section of the German Psychological Society, Kassel, Germany.
• Mohr, M., & Sonnentag, S. (2023, May 24-27). To be or not to be a perfect parent? How the striving for perfect parenting harms employed parents [Conference presentation]. 21^st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland.

Ad hoc reviewer

• Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
• Journal of Vocational Behavior
• European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
• Organizational Psychology Review
• Journal of Personality
• International Journal of Stress Management
• Applied Psychology: An International Review
• Current Psychology
• Journal of Business Research