Associate Professor Industrial-Organizational Psychology and HRM | Ghent University
PROF. DR. BART WILLE
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ABOUT ME
I am an Associate Professor Industrial-Organizational Psychology and HRM at Ghent University. As you can see from the picture above, Ghent is a fantastic place to study and work.
My research focuses on psychological individual differences (e.g., personality traits, vocational interests, career competencies) in the context of OB/HRM/Careers. Specific research topics include career development and management, person-environment fit, interest assessment, interest development, leadership, multirater assessments, personality dynamics and dark side personality. This work has been published in journals such as Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Research Methods, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Leadership Quarterly, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and European Journal of Personality. I also serve on the editorial boards of Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Applied Psychology: An International Review, and the International Journal of Testing.
My teaching at Ghent University covers the courses 'Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology' and 'Human Resource Management'.
I also do consulting for organizations (profit and non-profit) on topics such as test development, employee screening and selection, and Talent Management. I am a co-founder of Low Lands Assessment Systems, an HR Tech company specialized in professional interest assessments.
CURRICULUM VITAE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY / HRM (2023 - ...)
Ghent University
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY / HRM (2018 - 2023)
Ghent University
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (2016 - 2018)
University of Antwerp
VISITING SCHOLAR (2016)
Purdue University
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (2013 - 2016)
Ghent University
PHD CANDIDATE (2007 - 2012)
Ghent University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (conditionally accepted). Personality Development Goals (PDGs) at work: A new frontier in personality assessment in organizations. International Journal of Selection and Assessment.
Amory, J., Wille, B., Wiernik, B. M., & Dupré, S. (accepted). Ethical leadership on the rise? A cross-temporal and cross-cultural meta-analysis of its means, variability, and relationships with follower outcomes across 15 Years. Journal of Business Ethics.
Heyde, F., Wille, B., Vergauwe, J. , Hofmans, J., & De Fruyt, F. (in press). Reciprocal relationships between narcissism and agentic versus communal work activities across the first six years of the career. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Woo, S. E., Hofmans, J., Wille, B., & Tay, L. (2024). Person-centered modeling: Techniques for studying associations between people rather than variables. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 11, 453-480.
Heyde, F., Vergauwe, J., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2023). Can communal work activities reduce supervisors’ state grandiose narcissism? A 10-day experience sampling study. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32, 632-644.
Kuijpers, E., Pickett, J., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (in press). Does it pay off to act conscientiously, both now and later? Examining concurrent, lagged, and cumulative effects of state conscientiousness. European Journal of Personality.
Wille, B. & De Fruyt, F. (2023). The resurrection of vocational interests in human resources research and practice: Evidence, challenges, and a working model. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31, 485-493.
Ritz, J., Woods, S. A., Wille, B.,..., & Woo, S. E. (2023). Personality at work. Personality Science, 4.
Wille, B., Heyde, F., Vergauwe, J., & De Fruyt, F. (2023). Understanding dark side personality at work: Distinguishing and reviewing nonlinear, interactive, differential, and reciprocal effects. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31, 1-21.
Kuijpers, E., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2022). Stop telling introverts to act like extroverts. Harvard Business Review, vol. published online.
Schelfhout, S., Bassleer, M., Wille, B., et al. (2022). Regressed person-environment interest fit: Validating polynomial regression for a specific environment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 136.
Vergauwe, J., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2022). The Leadership Arena-Reputation-Identity (LARI) Model: Distinguishing shared and unique perspectives in multisource leadership ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 2243-2268.
Kuijpers, E., Pickett, J., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (2022). Do you feel better when you behave more extraverted than you are? The relationship between cumulative counterdispositional extraversion and positive feelings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, 606-623.
Hofmans, J., Morin, A.J.S., ..., Wang, M., Wen, Z., & Wille, B. (2021). The baby and the bathwater: On the need for substantive-methodological synergy in organizational research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 14, 497-504.
Schelfhout, S., Wille, B., Fonteyne, L., Roels, E., Derous, E., De Fruyt, F., & Duyck, W. (2021). How interest fit relates to STEM study choice: Female students fit their choices better. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 129.
Vergauwe, J., Hofmans, J., Wille, B., Decuyper, M., & De Fruyt, F. (2021). Psychopathy and leadership effectiveness: Conceptualizing and testing three models of successful psychopathy. The Leadership Quarterly, 32.
Nye, C. D., Wille, B., Amory, J., & De Fruyt, F. (2021). Are work activities related to interest change over time? A 22-year longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 865-893.
Hofmans, J., Wille, B., & Schreurs, B. (2020). Person-centered methods in vocational research. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 118.
Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Lievens, F., Back, M., & De Fruyt, F. (2019). Climbing the corporate ladder and within-person changes in narcissism: Reciprocal relationships over two decades. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115.
Woods, S. A., Wille, B., Wu, C-H., Lievens, F., & De Fruyt, F. (2019). The influence of work on personality trait development: The Demands-Affordances TrAnsactional (DATA) model, an integrative review, and research agenda. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110, 258-271.
Wille, B., Wiernik, B. M., Vergauwe, J., Vrijdags, A., & Trbovic, N. (2018). Personality characteristics of male and female executives: Distinct pathways to success? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 106, 220-235.
Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Kaiser, R., & De Fruyt, F. (2018). The double-edged sword of leader charisma: Understanding the curvilinear relationship between charismatic personality and leader effectiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114, 110-130.
Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Kaiser, R. B., & De Fruyt, F. (2017). Too much charisma can make leaders look less effective. Harvard Business Review, vol. published online.
Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Kaiser, R., & De Fruyt, F. (2017). The “Too Little/Too Much” Scale: A new rating format for detecting curvilinear effects. Organizational Research Methods, 20, 518-544.
Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Feys, M., & De Fruyt, F. (2014). Maturation of work attitudes: Correlated change with Big Five personality traits and reciprocal effects over 15 years. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35, 507-529.
Wille, B., & De Fruyt, F. (2014). Vocations as a source of identity: Reciprocal relations between Big Five personality traits and RIASEC characteristics. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 262-281.
Wille, B., Tracey, T. J. G., Feys, M., & De Fruyt, F. (2014). A longitudinal and multi-method examination of interest-occupation congruence within and across time. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 84, 59-73.
*Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., & De Clercq, B. (2013). Expanding and reconceptualizing aberrant personality at work: Validity of Five-Factor Model aberrant personality tendencies to predict career outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 66, 173-223.
*Winner of the 2014 Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance
CURRENT RESEARCH TEAM
EVY KUIJPERS
Post-doctoral student (Principal supervisor: Prof. dr. Joeri Hofmans, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
What happens when we act out of character? Evy's research focuses on the consequences of counterdispositional behavior at work. To do so, she uses a combination of experimental and experience sampling designs.
SOFIE DUPRÉ
PhD student and Teaching Assistant
Proper alignment between traits and work demands is a fundamental principle in HRM. Sofie's research looks at how misalignment can instigate personality development needs.
MONA BASSLEER
PhD student (Principal supervisor: Prof. dr. Wouter Duyck)
SIMON: An online study (re)orientation tool.
INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS TEAM?
Please contact me for more information on how to join my research group.
FORMER PHD STUDENTS
FIEN HEYDE
Narcissism at work: Toward a dynamic developmental perspective (2023).
(Co-supervisor: Prof. dr. Jasmine Vergauwe)
SENNE LETOUCHE
Trickle-up, trickle-down, trickle-all around. How innovation can seep into organizations through social influence (2023).
JUSTINE AMORY
Moral leadership: An exploration of its structure, dispositional basis, and evolution (2023).
EVY KUIJPERS
Showing your 'true' colors: Examining the potential cost of acting out of character (2022).
(Principal supervisor: Prof. dr. Joeri Hofmans)
COMPLETE PUBLICATION LIST
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (conditionally accepted). Personality Development Goals (PDGs) at work: A new frontier in personality assessment in organizations. International Journal of Selection and Assessment.
Amory, J., Wille, B., Wiernik, B. M., & Dupré, S. (accepted). Ethical leadership on the rise? A cross-temporal and cross-cultural meta-analysis of its means, variability, and relationships with follower outcomes across 15 Years. Journal of Business Ethics.
Heyde, F., Wille, B., Vergauwe, J. , Hofmans, J., & De Fruyt, F. (accepted). Reciprocal relationships between narcissism and agentic versus communal work activities across the first six years of the career. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Woo, S. E., Hofmans, J., Wille, B., & Tay, L. (2024). Person-centered modeling: Techniques for studying associations between people rather than variables. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 11, xxx-xxx.
Kuijpers, E., Pickett, J., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (in press). Does it pay off to act conscientiously, both now and later? Examining concurrent, lagged, and cumulative effects of state conscientiousness. European Journal of Personality.
Wille, B., & De Fruyt, F. (2023). The resurrection of vocational interests in human resources research and practice: Yes we can! International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31, 509-511.
Wille, B. & De Fruyt, F. (2023). The resurrection of vocational interests in human resources research and practice: Evidence, challenges, and a working model. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31, 485-493.
Heyde, F., Vergauwe, J., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2023). Can communal work activities reduce supervisors’ state grandiose narcissism? A 10-day experience sampling study. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology,32, 632-644.
Heyde, F., Kuijpers, E., Vergauwe, J., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2023). Translating trait to state assessment: The case of grandiose narcissism. Plos One.
Ritz, J., Woods, S. A., Wille, B.,... & Woo, S. E. (2023). Personality at work. Personality Science, 4.
Wille, B., Heyde, F., Vergauwe, J., & De Fruyt, F. (2023). Understanding dark side personality at work: Distinguishing and reviewing nonlinear, interactive, differential, and reciprocal effects. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31, 1-21.
Kuijpers, E., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2022). Stop telling introverts to act like extroverts. Harvard Business Review, vol. published online.
Daniëls, E., De Groof, J., Gijbels, D., Kyndt, E., Wille, B., & Van den Bossche, P. (2022). Ready? Steady? Grow! Readiness for participating in learning in dual education. Vocations and Learning, 15, 477-496.
Dupré, S., Heyde, F., Vergauwe, J., & Wille, B. (2022). Too little, just right or too much? Assessing how people evaluate their conscientiousness levels. Personality and Individual Differences, 197.
Schelfhout, S., Bassleer, M., Wille, B., Van Cauwenberghe, S., Dutry, M., Fonteyne, L., Dirix, N., Derous, E., De Fruyt, F., & Duyck, W. (2022). Regressed person-environment interest fit: Validating polynomial regression for a specific environment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 136.
Letouche, S., & Wille, B. (2022). Connecting the dots: Exploring psychological network analysis as a tool for analyzing organizational survey data. Frontiers in Psychology.
Vergauwe, J., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2022). The Leadership Arena-Reputation-Identity (LARI) Model: Distinguishing shared and unique perspectives in multisource leadership ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 2243-2268.
Kuijpers, E., Dirkx, I., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (2022). A multidimensional approach to acting out of character: How deviating from one’s personality profile relates to resource depletion and affect. Journal of Research in Personality, 97.
Woo, S. E., Wille, B., & Sireci, S. G. (2022). Introduction to International Journal of Testing special issue on equity and fairness in testing and assessment in school admissions. International Journal of Testing, 22, 1-4.
Kuijpers, E., Pickett, J., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (2022). Do you feel better when you behave more extraverted than you are? The relationship between cumulative counterdispositional extraversion and positive feelings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, 606-623.
Ambiel, R. A. M., Moreira, T. C., Barros, L. O., Martins, G. H., Salvador, A. P., & Wille, B. (2022). Measuring career adaptabilities in the Brazilian context: Development and validation of the CAAS+C Brazilian Form. International Journal of Vocational and Educational Guidance.
Baert, S., Clays, E., Derous, E., George, B., Neyt, B., Schollaert, E., & Wille, B. (2021). Het Vlaamse arbeidsmarktbeleid als het aan de Vlaming zelf lag. Over.Werk. Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk, 31, 164-174.
*Shared first authorship.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Guenole, N., Svensson, C., Wille, B., Aloyan, K., & Saville, P. (in press). A European perspective on psychometric measurement technology. In: Technology and Measurement around the Globe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Schreurs, B., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2021). Multilevel modeling for careers research. In W. Murphy & J. Tosti-Kharas (Eds.), Handbook for Research Methods in Careers. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Lievens, F., & Wille, B. (2020). Loopbaanmanagement. In F. Lievens (Ed.), Human resource management: Back to basics. Lannoo.
Lievens, F., & Wille, B. (2020). Training en ontwikkeling. In F. Lievens (Ed.), Human resource management: Back to basics. Lannoo.
Wille, B., & Inceoglu, I. (2020). Leadership. In R. Randall, I. Coyne, F. Patterson, & J. Arnold (Eds.), Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace (7th ed). Pearson Education Limited.
CONSULTING
I also advise individuals and organizations (profit and non-profit) in matters related to HRM / Talent Management. Below is a brief overview of these different activities. Please contact me for more information.
KEYNOTES / WORKSHOPS
Besides my presentations at academic conferences, I also give talks and presentions on topics related to my research. These topics include Leadership, Personality, Career assessment and Career development.
HR CASES
Organizations also contact me to participate in challenging HR cases. These cases typically involve employee screening, assessment and/or interviewing.
INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT
With Low Lands Assessment Systems, we develop state-of-the art vocational interest inventories to be used in HR, Talent Management and for individual career counseling.
IN THE MEDIA
I am also frequently contacted by media to discuss matters related to I-O Psychology / HRM / Personality.
CONTACT ME
Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen
Universiteit Gent
Henri Dunantlaan 2
9000 Gent
België
