Bert Weijters

Professor at Ghent University

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Ghent University

Post-doctoral Assistant in Organizational Psychology

Ghent University is seeking a post-doctoral assistant in Organizational Psychology for a temporary two-year appointment within the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. The position is designed to strengthen the discipline of organizational psychology and provide postdoctoral researchers with valuable experience in research, teaching, and academic service. The successful candidate will spend at least 70% of their time on academic research and will also assist in teaching activities at the Bachelor’s and/or Master’s level, including counseling and evaluating Master’s students in their dissertations and doctoral students. The role includes organizing, delivering, and evaluating courses such as “Teams and Work Motivation” and “Leadership and Multilevel Research in Organizations,” which are taught in English, while supervision of master’s theses requires Dutch language proficiency. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (preferably in Psychology) and have demonstrated research experience in organizational psychology or related domains, with a record of international peer-reviewed publications. Experience with data analysis in R and multi-level modeling is required. For degrees awarded outside the EU, a certificate of equivalence (NARIC) must be provided. The appointment starts no earlier than January 1, 2026, and cannot be renewed. Remuneration is according to salary scale AAP5, and staff benefits include paid leave, training opportunities, bicycle commuting reimbursement, and ecocheques. Applications must be submitted online before the deadline, including a CV, publication list, cover letter, degree transcript, and certificate of equivalence if applicable. Ghent University encourages applications from all backgrounds as part of its equal opportunities and diversity policy. For further information, contact Prof. Bert Weijters at [email protected].

11 months ago

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Measuring Pro-Environmental Behavior: Convergent Validity, Internal Consistency, and Respondent Experience of Existing Instruments

The influence of human behavior on climate change and environmental decline is receiving increased attention; and therefore, it has led to an increase in studies that measure pro-environmental behavior (PEB) as a predictor, a covariate, or an outcome variable. To this end, (validated) self-report scales have traditionally been the main measurement tool, but lately, several experimental instruments have also been developed to measure PEB. Measurement instruments that are considered to measure the same construct should provide consistent results, i.e., they should show high convergent validity. However, it is not clear whether substitute measures for PEB show this necessary convergent validity and how they compare to each other in terms of internal consistency and respondent experience. To address this, we investigated thirteen validated self-report scales and three experimental tasks on their psychometric qualities (i.e., validity and internal consistency) and respondent experience. Therefore, we assigned 340 participants and randomly administered half of the instruments to each of them. The results show that, in general, convergent validity is lacking, which shows that the measurement instruments cannot be considered equivalent. As for respondent experience, the experimental tasks are most time-consuming, are perceived as most fatiguing, and are most sensitive to multitasking. The self-report scales are most sensitive to socially desirable responding and acquiescence bias. Our insights cater to researchers in environmental psychology and sustainability seeking to employ validated self-report scales or behavioral tasks in measuring PEB.

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2023

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