Work-, Organizational- and Economic Psychology Work-, Organizational- and Economic Psycholgy
Work-, Organizational- and Economic Psycholgy | Department of Psychology | Behavioural and Social Sciences | TU Chemnitz
Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Zill, M.A.
Academic Career
since 2014Scientific researcher at the Professorship of Organizational and Economic Psychology at TU Chemnitz
since 2014 Scientific researcher at the Professorship of Social Psychology at TU Chemnitz
since 2013/2014 Lectureship SRH Fachhochschule für Gesundheit Gera - division "applied Social Psychology"
2011-2014 Scientific researcher at the Professorship of Organizational and Economic Psychology at TU Chemnitz
2005-2010 Studies of Psychology at TU Chemnitz (Diplom)
2003-2008 Studies of Pedagogy at TU Chemnitz (Magister)
Research interests
Legitimitacy and personal uncertainty
Threats and social exclusion in organisations (e.g. bullying)
Destructive leadership and its influence to health
Publications
Peer-reviewed and Book chapters
Cook, A. (S), & Zill, A. (2021). Working with type 1 diabetes: Investigating the associations between diabetes-related distress, burnout, and job satisfaction. Front. Psychol. 12:697833.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.697833
Cook, A. (S.), Zill, A., & Meyer, B. (2021). Perceiving leadership structures in teams: Effects of cognitive schemas and perceived communication. Small Group Research, 52(3), 251-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496420950480
Meyer, B., Zill, A., Dilba, D., Gerlach, R., & Schumann, S. (2021). Employee psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: A longitudinal study of demands, resources, and exhaustion. International Journal of Psychology, 56 (4), 532-550. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12743
Cook, A. (S.), Zill, A., & Meyer, B. (2020). Observing leadership as behavior in teams and herds - An ethological approach to shared leadership research. The Leadership Quarterly,31, 101296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.05.003
Zill, A., Knoll, M., Cook, A. (S.), & Meyer, B. (2020). When do followers compensate for leader silence? The motivating role of leader injustice. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 27, 65-79. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051818820861
Zill, A., Asbrock, F., & Knoll, M. (2020). Vorurteile gegenüber Migranten [Prejudices against immigrants]. In L.-E. Petersen & B. Six (Hrsg.), Stereotype, Vorurteile und soziale Diskriminierung: Theorien, Befunde und Interventionen (2. Auflage, S.162-172). Weinheim: Beltz.
Cook, A. (S.), Meyer, B., Gockel, C. & Zill, A. (2019). Adapting leadership perceptions across tasks: The micro origins of informal leadership transitions. Small Group Research, 50, 227-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496418810437
Contributions to practice
Meyer, B., Zill, A., & Schumann, S. (2021). Arbeitssituation und psychische Belastung nach einem Jahr Coronapandemie. In Techniker Krankenkasse (Hrsg.), Ein Jahr Coronapandemie: Wie geht es Deutschlands Beschäftigten (S.50-81). Hamburg: Techniker Krankenkasse.
Zill, A., & Meyer, B. (2021). BGM. Neutrale Bewertung. pulsplus. Das Fachmagazin für Prävention, 2/2021, 20-23.
Zill, A., & Meyer, B. (2020). Gefährdungsbeurteilung psychischer Belastungen. Betriebliche Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten. Arbeitsschutz in Recht und Praxis, 1(12), 380-383.
Meyer, B., Zill, A., & Schumann, S. (2020). Arbeitssituation und Belastung zu Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. In Techniker Krankenkasse (Hrsg.), Dossier 2020 – Corona 2020: Gesundheit, Belastungen, Möglichkeiten (S.46-67). Hamburg: Techniker Krankenkasse.
Zill, A., Meyer, B., & König, M. (2020). Deutsches Siegel Unternehmensgesundheit. Fundierte Analyse - Professionelle Begleitung. Betriebskrankenkassen Magazin für Politik, Recht und Gesundheit in Unternehmen Heft 4, 54-63.
Zill, A., Dilba, D., & Schmidt, M. (2019). Destruktive Führung - helfen Strategien gegen Schikane? Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell, 3/2019, 57-60.
Concluded projects
Cooperation with the Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH (2013). Conduction and evaluation of an employee survey.
Running projects
Cooperation with Fernuniversität Hagen: Influence of destructive leadership to the health of employees.
Chemnitz University of Technology receives a "StudyCheck Award 2024" and the "Top University 2024" certificate thanks to the very positive evaluations from its students and alumni – Additionally, Chemnitz University of Technology is the top state university in the live "Digital Readiness" ranking …
From April 23 on, the University Library presents “book gems“ of its „Historical Collections“ within an exhibition and on the occasion of the TUCday at April 27, 2024 …
A celebration of scientific exchange: young scientists Maria Saladina and Fabian Samad will meet Physics Nobel Laureates in Lindau from June 30, 2024 onwards, and have the opportunity to network with other young scientists from around the world …
The three Universities of Technology in Chemnitz, Dresden and Freiberg and the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences signed the cooperation agreement for the joint establishment of the "Green Circular Economy" (CircEcon) research campus, which will receive over EUR 108M in funding …