Publications | Bart Wille

Below is an overview of our academic publications

Books

Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (Eds.). (2025). De psychologie van werk en organisaties. Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

De Winne, S., Feys, M., Jacobs G., Malengier, C., Schollaert, E., Tuteleers, C., & Wille, B. (Eds.). (2025). HR met impact: Bouwstenen voor een strategisch KMO-beleid. Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Journal Articles

Franssens, R., De Clercq, B., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (in press). Behavioral signatures in a situational judgment test for criterion B borderline pathology: Predicting criterion A personality functioning beyond traditional questionnaire-based trait assessment. Journal of Personality Assessment. doi:10.1080/00223891.2026.2672459

Kuijpers, E., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (in press). Is there a price to pretending? Examining the potential cost of (perceived) counterdispositional openness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672261424004

Dupré, S., Scheirlinckx, J., & Wille, B. (2026). Employees’ Personality Development Goals (PDGs) at work: A contextual assessment and examination of origins. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 35, 386-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2025.2565250

Kuijpers, E., Wille, B., Vossen, J., & Hofmans, J. (2026). Is it all in the eye of the beholder? Examining the affective consequences of direct and indirect measures of counterdispositional extraversion. European Journal of Personality, 40, 3-23.

Etzel, J. M., Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., & Nagy, G. (2025). Linking personality traits to vocational interest profiles via the circumplex: Research synthesis and new applications. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104191.

Wille, B., Dupré, S., & De Fruyt, F. (2025). Personality and vocational interests: Connections between two fundamental individual-differences construct domains. Current Opinion in Psychology, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102103

Tuteleers, C., De Winne, S., Wessa, P., & Wille, B. (2025). HPWP climate, Collective Well-Being, and Firm Performance in SMEs: An Exchange Perspective. Human Resource Management, 64, 1729-1745. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.70005.

Wiese, C. W., Dormann, C., Vaziri, H., Tay, L., Wille, B., Chen, J., Moran, L. H., & Li, Y. (2025). Happy work, happy life? A replication and comparison of the longitudinal effects between job and life satisfaction using continuous time meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 46, 487-511. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2861

Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (2025). Toward theory-based volitional personality development interventions at work. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 33.

Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (2025). Personality Development Goals (PDGs) at work: A new frontier in personality assessment in organizations. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 33.

Amory, J., Wille, B., Wiernik, B. M., & Dupré, S. (2024). 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, 194, 455-483.

Heyde, F., Wille, B., Vergauwe, J. , Hofmans, J., & De Fruyt, F. (2024). Reciprocal relationships between narcissism and agentic versus communal work activities across the first six years of the career. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109, 650-667.

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.

Kuijpers, E., Pickett, J., Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (2024). Does it pay off to act conscientiously, both now and later? Examining concurrent, lagged, and cumulative effects of state conscientiousness. European Journal of Personality, 38, 21-35.

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.

Schelfhout, S., Wille, B., Fonteyne, L., Roels, E., De Fruyt, F., & Duyck, W. (2022). How accurately do program-specific basic skills predict study success in open access higher education? International Journal of Educational Research, 111.

Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., De Caluwé, E., & De Fruyt, F. (2021). Passion for work: Relationships with general and maladaptive personality traits and work-related outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 185.

Hofmans, J., Morin, A.J.S., Breitsohl, H., Ceulemans, E., Chénard-Poirier, L.A., Driver, C.C., Fernet, C., Gagné, M., Gillet, N., González-Romá, V., Grimm, K.J., Hamaker, E.L., Hau, K.-T., Houle, S.A., Howard, J.L., Kline, R.B., Kuijpers, E., Leysens, T., Litalien, D., Mäkikangas, A., Marsh, H.W., McLarnon, M.J.W., Meyer, J.P., Navarro, J., Olivier, E., O’Neill, T.A., Pekrun, R., Salmela-Aro, K., Solinger, O.N., Sonnentag, S., Tay, L., Tóth-Király, I., Vallerand, R.J., Vandenberghe, C., Van Rossenberg, Y.G.T., Vantilborgh, T., Vergauwe, J., Vullinghs, J.T., 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.

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.

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.

Sosnowska, J., Hofmans, J., Rauthmann, J., & Wille, B. (2021). Personality is dynamic and it matters: The role of personality dynamics in applied contexts. European Journal of Personality, 35, 418-420.

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.

Brenning, K., De Clercq, B., Wille, B., & Vergauwe, J. (2020). Borderline personality and burnout: A fine-grained analysis investigating the link with work-family conflict. Personality and Individual Differences, 162.

Hofmans, J., Wille, B., & Schreurs, B. (2020). Person-centered methods in vocational research. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 118.

Holtrop, D., Wille, B., de Vries, R., & Born, M.Ph. (2020). Het sferische model van beroepsinteresses en de volledige en verkorte Nederlandstalige Personal Globe Inventory. Gedrag & Organisatie, 33, 6-43.

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.

Schelfhout, S., Wille, B., Fonteyne, L., Roels, E., De Fruyt, F., & Duyck, W. (2019). From interest assessment to study choice: an empirical advice set engine. Journal of Experimental Education, 89, 169-195.

Schelfhout, S., Wille, B., Fonteyne, L., Roels, E., Duyck, W., & De Fruyt, F. (2019). The effects of vocational interest on study success: student person – environment fit and program interest diversity. PlosOne, 14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214618

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. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.11.010

Vergauwe, J., Kaiser, R., Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., & Hofmans, J. (2018). A method for capturing context in the assessment of leaders: The “Too Little/Too Much” rating scale. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11, 657-662. doi:10.1017/iop.2018.127

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. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.02.005.

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. doi:10.1037/pspp0000147

Judge, T. A., Hofmans, J., & Wille, B. (2017). Situational judgement tests and the measurement of personality: Some answers and more questions. European Journal of Personality, 31, 441-502. doi:10.1002/per.2119

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. https://hbr.org/2017/09/too-much-charisma-can-make-leaders-look-less-effective

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. doi:10.1177/1094428117706534

Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Hofmans, J., & De Fruyt, F. (2017). Development of a Five-Factor Model charisma compound and its relations to career outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 99, 24-39. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2016.12.005.

Wille, B., & Grigoras, M. (2017). Shedding light on the dark side: Associations between the dark triad and the DSM-5 maladaptive trait model. Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 516-521. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.016.

Fonteyne, L., Wille, B., Duyck, W., & De Fruyt, F. (2017). Exploring vocational and academic fields of study: Development and validation of the Flemish SIMON Interest Inventory (SIMON-I). International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 17, 233-262. doi:10.1007/s10775-016-9327-9.

Woods, S. A., Patterson, F, Wille, B., & Koczwara, A. (2016). Personality and occupational specialty: An examination of medical specialties using Holland’s RIASEC model. Career Development International, 21, 262-278. doi:10.1108/CDI-10-2015-0130

Hell, B., Wille, B., & Höft, S. (2016). New developments in the assessment of vocational interests and implications for research and practice: An editorial for the special issue. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 60, 59-64. doi:10.1026/0932-4089/a000213

De Fruyt, F., Wille, B., John, O. P. (2015). Employability in the 21st century: Complex (interactive) problem solving and other essential skills. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 8, 276-281. doi:10.1017/iop.2015.33

Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., Dingemanse, S. A., & Vergauwe, J. (2015). A closer look at the psychological diversity within Holland interest types: Construct validation of the Career Insight Questionnaire. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 67, 234-257. doi:10.1037/cpb0000041

Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Feys, M., De Fruyt, F., & Anseel, F. (2015). Fear of being exposed: The trait-relatedness of the impostor phenomenon and its relevance in the work context. Journal of Business and Psychology, 30, 565-581. doi:10.1007/s10869-014-9382-5.

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. doi:10.1002/job.1905.

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. doi:10.1037/a0034917.

Tracey, T. J. G., Wille, B., Durr, M. R, & De Fruyt, F. (2014). An enhanced examination of Holland’s consistency and differentiation hypotheses. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 84, 237-247. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2014.01.008.

Wille, B., & De Fruyt, F. (2014). Fifty shades of personality: Integrating Five-Factor Model bright and dark sides of personality at work. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 7, 121-126. doi:10.1111/iops.12119.

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. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2013.12.001.

De Fruyt, F., & Wille, B. (2013). "Hey, this is not like me!" Convergent validity and personal validation of computerized personality reports. European Review of Applied Psychology, 63, 287-294. doi:10.1016/j.erap.2013.07.001.

De Fruyt, F., Wille, B., & Furnham, A. (2013). Assessing aberrant personality in managerial coaching: Measurement issues and prevalence rates across employment sectors. European Journal of Personality, 27, 555-564. doi:10.1002/per.1911.

Woods, S. A., Lievens, F., De Fruyt, F., & Wille, B. (2013). Personality across working life: The longitudinal and reciprocal influences of personality on work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34, 7-25. doi:10.1002/job.1863.

De Fruyt, F., De Clercq, B., De Bolle, M., Wille, B., Markon, K., & Krueger, R. F. (2013). General and maladaptive traits in a Five-Factor Framework for DSM-5 in a university student sample. Assessment, 20, 295-307. doi:10.1177/1073191113475808.

Feys, M., Anseel, F., & Wille, B. (2013). Responses to co-workers receiving recognition at work. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 28, 492-510. doi:10.1108/JMP-08-2011-0025.

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. doi:10.1111/peps.12016.

Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., & Feys, M. (2013). Big Five traits and intrinsic success in the new career era: A 15 year longitudinal study on employability and work-family conflict. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 62, 124-156. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00516.x.

Wille, B., Beyers, W., De Fruyt, F. (2012). A transactional approach to person-environment fit: Reciprocal relations between personality development and career role growth across young to middle adulthood. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 81, 307-321. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2012.06.004.

Feys, M., Anseel, F., & Wille, B. (2011). Improving feedback reports: The role of procedural information and information specificity. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 10, 661-682. doi:10.5465/amle.2010.0054.

Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., & Feys, M. (2010). Vocational interests and Big Five traits as predictors of job instability. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76, 547-558. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.01.007.

Book Chapters

De Fruyt, F., & Wille, B. (in press). Vocational interests: Research and applications in human resources. In L. Parks-Leduc & E. M. Stark (Eds.), Research Handbook on Personality and Motivation. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Wille, B., De Fruyt, F., & Dupré, S. (in press). The emerging role of interests in talent acquisition. In I. Nikolaou, Dunlop, P.D., & McCarthy, J. M. (Eds.), Research Handbook on the Psychology of Talent Acquisition. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Hofmans, J., Morin, A. J. S., & Wille, B. (2026). Person-centered models. In N. Fouad, B. van der Heijden, & D. Scholarios (Eds.), Research Handbook on Vocational Behavior (pp.187-205). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Wille, B. (2025). Professionele interesses waardevol inzetten tijdens de HR-cyclus. In Vander Sijpe, F., & Ducheyne, D. (Eds.), Op maat: Strategisch HR-beleid met een persoonlijke toets (pp. 73-88).

Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (2025). Jobdesign. In S. De Winne et al. (Eds.), HR met impact: Bouwstenen voor een strategisch KMO-beleid (pp. 91-109). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (2025). Leiderschap. In S. De Winne et al. (Eds.), HR met impact: Bouwstenen voor een strategisch KMO-beleid (pp. 111-132). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Hofmans, J., & Wille B. (2025). Evidence based management. In B. Wille & J. Hofmans (Eds.), De psychologie van werk en organisaties (pp. 61-85). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (2025). Determinanten van gedrag. In B. Wille & J. Hofmans (Eds.), De psychologie van werk en organisaties (pp. 87-164). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Wille, B., & Hofmans, J. (2025). Inleiding en situering van de arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie. In B. Wille & J. Hofmans (Eds.), De psychologie van werk en organisaties (pp. 11-58). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts

Wille, B., & Inceoglu, I. (2025). Leadership. In J. Arnold, Coyne, I, R. Randall, & F. Patterson (Eds.), Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace (8th ed) (pp. 401-448). Pearson Education Limited.

Wille, B., Vergauwe, J., & Hofmans, J. (2024). Personality Derailers and Destructive Leadership: Complex Nonlinear, Interactive, and Differential (NID) Effects. In P. Harms (Ed.), Dark and Destructive Leadership (1 ed.). (Leadership Horizon Series) (pp. 97-124). IAP-Information Age Publishing, Inc..

Guenole, N., Svensson, C., Wille, B., Aloyan, K., & Saville, P. (2023). A European Perspective on Psychometric Measurement Technology. In L. Tay, S. E. Woo, & T. Behrend (Eds.), Technology and Measurement around the Globe (pp. 271–307). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wille, B., & Dupré, S. (2023). Loopbaanmobiliteit. In B. Neyt (Ed.), In conflict gaan met je baas... en andere manieren om je loopbaan in eigen handen te nemen (pp. 94–109). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Dupré, S., & Wille, B. (2023). Levenslang leren. In B. Neyt (Ed.), In conflict gaan met je baas... en andere manieren om je loopbaan in eigen handen te nemen (pp. 110–123). Gent: Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

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.

Wille, B., & De Fruyt, F. (2019). Development of vocational interests in adulthood. In C. D. Nye & J. Rounds (Eds.), Vocational interests in the workplace: Rethinking behavior at work (pp. 251–279).

Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Kaiser, R. B., & De Fruyt, F. (2018). Too much charisma can make leaders look less effective. In Leadership Presence (Harvard Business Review’s Emotional Intelligence Series). (Reprinted from Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114, 107–126).

Wille, B., & Gijbels, D. (2018). De werkplek als leerplek en de rol van de mentor in duaal leren. In V. Dekocker en K. Sodermans (Eds.), Leren duaal leren (pp. 35-51). Acco.

Wiernik, B. M., & Wille, B. (2018). Careers, Career Development and Career Management. In D. S. Ones, N. Anderson, C. Viswesvaran, & H. K. Sinangil (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of industrial, work and organizational psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 3). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

De Fruyt, F., & Wille, B. (2013). Cross-cultural issues in personality assessment. In N. D. Christiansen & R. P. Tett (Eds.), Handbook of personality at work (pp. 333-355). New York, NY: Routledge.