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Prof. Dr. Nina Keith

Work and Organizational Psychology

Working area(s)

Work and Organizational Psychology

Contact

work +49 6151 16-24001
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Work S1|15 110
Alexanderstr. 10
64283 Darmstadt

since 2009 Professor of Organizational and Business Psychology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
2005 – 2009 Akademische Raetin (comparable to Assist. Prof./Lecturer), Work and Organizational Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
2005 – 2007 Postdoctoral research fellow, Florida State Cognitive and Expertise Labs, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
2000 – 2005 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (doctoral student and research fellow), Department of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
  • Learning and performance in organizations (self-regulated learning, deliberate practice and performance, error-management training)
  • Organizational culture and climate (e.g., error-management culture)
  • Research methods in work and organizational psychology
  • 2005 Dr. phil in Psychology (comparable to Ph.D.), Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany
  • George E. Briggs Dissertation Award 2005 of APA Division 21, Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
  • Second place of Dissertation Award 2005/2006 of the Division of Work and Organizational Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs)
  • 2000 Diplom in Psychology (comparable to M.A.), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
since 2009 Professor of Organizational and Business Psychology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
2005 – 2009 Akademische Raetin (comparable to Assist. Prof./Lecturer), Work and Organizational Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
2005 – 2007 Postdoctoral research fellow, Florida State Cognitive and Expertise Labs, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
2000 – 2005 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (doctoral student and research fellow), Department of Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
  • Horvath, D., Klamar, A., Keith, N., & Frese, M. (2020). Are all errors created equal? Testing the effect of error characteristics on learning from errors in three countries. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1839420
  • Keith, N., Horvath, D., & Klamar, A. (2020). The more severe the merrier: Severity of error consequences stimulates learning from error. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. doi: 10.1111/joop.12312
  • Wolff, C., & Keith, N. (2019). Motives relate to cooperation in social dilemmas but have an inconsistent association with leadership evaluation. Scientific Reports, 9, 10118.
  • Keith, N. (2018). Undesirable effects of goal setting on perceived fairness, commitment, and unethical behavior: A replication and extension of a study by Welsh and Ordóñez (2014) in a German sample. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie.
  • Keith, N. (2017). Error management training. In S. G. Rogelberg (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 422-424). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Wening, S., Keith, N., & Abele, A. E. (2016). High construal level can help negotiators to reach integrative agreements: The role of information exchange and judgment accuracy. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55, 206-226.
  • Keith, N., Unger, J., Rauch, A., & Frese, M. (2016). Informal learning and entrepreneurial success: A longitudinal study of deliberate practice among small business owners. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 65, 515-540.
  • Frese, M., & Keith, N. (2015). Action errors, error management, and learning in organizations. Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 661-687.
  • Keith, N., & Wolff, C. (2015). Encouraging active learning. In K. Kraiger, J. Passmore, N. R. Santos, & S. Malvezzi (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of the psychology of training, development, and performance improvement (pp. 92–116). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Fruhen, L. S., & Keith, N. (2014). Team cohesion and error culture in risky work environments. Safety Science, 65, 20-27.
  • Keith, N. (2012). Managing errors during training. In J. Bauer & C. Harteis (Eds.), Human fallibility: The ambiguity of errors for work and learning (pp. 173-196). New York: Springer.
  • Keith, N. (2011). Learning through errors in training. In D. Hofmann & M. Frese (Eds.), Errors in organizations (pp. 45-65). New York: Taylor & Francis.
  • Keith, N., & Frese, M. (2011). Enhancing firm performance and innovativeness through error management culture. In N. M. Ashkanasy, C. P. M. Wilderom, & M. F. Peterson (Eds.), Handbook of organizational culture and climate (2nd ed., pp. 137-157). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Keith, N., Richter, T., & Naumann, J. (2010). Active/exploratory training promotes transfer even in learners with low motivation and cognitive ability. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 59, 97-123. Externer Verweis/Link
  • Unger, J. M., Keith, N., Hilling, C., Gielnik, M. M., & Frese, M. (2009). Deliberate practice among South African small business owners: Relationships with education, cognitive ability, knowledge, and success. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82, 21-44. Preprint (opens in new tab)
  • Keith, N., & Frese, M. (2008). Effectiveness of error management training: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 59-69. Preprint (opens in new tab)
  • Keith, N., & Ericsson, K. A. (2007). A deliberate practice account of typing proficiency in everyday typists. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 13, 135-145. Preprint (opens in new tab)
  • Frese, M., Krauss, S. I., Keith, N., Escher, S., Grabarkiewicz, R., Luneng, S. T., Heers, C., Unger, J. M., & Friedrich, C. (2007). Business owners’ action planning and its relationship to business success in three African countries. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1481-1498. Preprint (opens in new tab)
  • Keith, N., & Frese, M. (2005). Self-regulation in error management training: Emotion control and metacognitive activity as mediators of performance effects. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 677-691. Preprint (opens in new tab)
  • Schermelleh-Engel, K., Keith, N., Moosbrugger, H., & Hodapp, V. (2004). Decomposing person and occasion-specific effects: An extension of latent state-trait theory to hierarchical LST models. Psychological Methods, 9, 198-219.
  • Keith, N., Hodapp, V., Schermelleh-Engel, K., & Moosbrugger, H. (2003). Cross-sectional and longitudinal confirmatory factor models for the German Test Anxiety Inventory: A construct validation. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 16, 251-270.
  • Heimbeck, D., Frese, M., Sonnentag, S., & Keith, N. (2003). Integrating errors into the training process: The function of error management instructions and the role of goal orientation. Personnel Psychology, 56, 333-361. Preprint (opens in new tab)