Wolfgang Scholl
Wolfgang Scholl studied Protestant theology (diploma 1969), psychology and sociology (finished 1974), and obtained a Dr. phil. in Social Psychology with a dissertation about "Participation and Power in Task-Oriented Groups" (in 1975). Subsequently, he worked as a Scientific Assistant (approximately comparable to an Assistant Professor), 1975-1983, in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Munich in Organizational Behavior and did empirical research on the functioning of the German Codetermination System. After a short time as an internal consultant at SIEMENS AG, he became Professor for Economic and Social Psychology at the University of Göttingen from 1984 until 1992. Since 1993 he is Professor for Organizational and Social Psychology at Humboldt University, Berlin. Becoming 65 in 2009 he had to retire by German law, but carries on research on interaction and communication as well as on innovation processes.
His research encompasses the effectiveness of groups, the use of power as promotive or restrictive control, innovation processes in firms, schools, science institutions, and organizational networks, looking especially onto knowledge processes, information pathologies, and decision-making in organizations as well as on conflict emergence and conflict management. His utmost interest is working on a general theory of human interaction which can also be applied to collaboration in organizations.
He is founder and partner of "artop" (Work and Technology Design, Organization and Personnel Development), a private firm with a cooperation contract to Humboldt University.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Organizational Behavior
- Persuasion, Social Influence
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Books:
- Greif, S., Möller, H., & Scholl, W. (Hrsg.). (2018). Handbuch Schlüsselkonzepte im Coaching. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. (Handbook Key concepts for coaching)
- Greif, S., Möller, H., Scholl, W., Passmore, J., & Müller, F. & (Eds.). (2021, in prep.). International handbook of evidenced based coaching: Theory, research and practice. NewYork: Springer.
- Scholl, W. (Hrsg.). (2019). Mut zu Innovationen – Impulse aus Praxis, Forschung, Beratung und Ausbildung (2., erweit. Aufl.). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler. (Courage for innova-tions – impulses from practice, research, consultation, and training, 2nd enlarged ed.)
- Scholl, W. (2004). Innovation und Information. Wie in Unternehmen neues Wissen produziert wird. Goettingen: Hogrefe. (Innovation and information. How enterprises produce new knowledge).
- Scholl, W., Breitling, K., Janetzke, H., & Shajek, A. (2013). Innovationserfolg durch aktive Mitbestimmung. Die Auswirkungen von Betriebsratsbeteiligung, Vertrauen und Arbeitnehmerpartizipation auf Prozessinnovationen. Berlin: Sigma. (Innovation success through active co-determination)
Journal Articles:
- Brauner, E., & Scholl, W. (2000). Editorial: The information processing approach as a perspec-tive for groups research. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 3, 115-122.
- Jacobs, I., & Scholl, W. (2016). IAL-K: Entwicklung einer Kurzform der Interpersonalen Adjektivliste. Diagnostica, 62 (4), 227-241. (Development of a short form of the interpersonal circumplex)
- Jacobs, I., & Scholl, W. (2005). Interpersonale Adjektivliste (IAL): Die empirische Umsetzung theoretischer Circumplex-Eigenschaften für die Messung interpersonaler Stile. Dia-gnostica, 51(3), 145-155. (Interpersonal Adjective List (IAL): The empirical realization of the theoretical circumplex-properties for measuring interpersonal styles)
- Looss, W., & Scholl, W. (2018). Macht und Ohnmacht als Problematik im Coaching. Wirtschafts-psychologie aktuell, 25 (2), 53-56. (Power and powerlessness in coaching)
- Meyer, B., & Scholl, W. (2009). Complex problem solving after unstructured discussion: Effects of information distribution and experience. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12, 495-515.
- Rogers, K. B., Schröder, T., & Scholl, W. (2013). The affective structure of stereotype content: Be-havior and emotion in intergroup context. Social Psychology Quarterly, 76, 125-150. doi:10.1177/0190272513480191
- Schermuly, C. C., & Scholl, W. (2012). The Discussion Coding System (DCS) - A new instrument to analyze communication processes. Communication Methods and Measures, 6, 12-40.
- Scholl, W. (2013). The socio-emotional basis of human interaction and communication: How we construct our social world. Social Science Information, 52, 3-33. doi.org/10.1177/0539018412466607
- Scholl, W. (2007). Plaedoyer fuer eine sozialere, interdisziplinaerere und anwendbarere Sozialpsychologie. Zeitschrift fuer Sozialpsychologie, 38, 273-284. (Pleading for a more social, more interdisciplinary, and more applicable social psychology. An English version can be obtained via web link).
- Scholl, W. (1999). Restrictive control and information pathologies in organizations. Journal of Social Issues, 55, 101-118.
- Scholl, W., Koenig, C., Meyer, B., & Heisig, P. (2004). The future of knowledge management: An international Delphi study. Journal of Knowledge Management, 8, 19-35.
- Scholl, W., & Riedel, E. (2010). Using high or low power as promotive or restrictive control - differential effects on learning and performance. Social Influence, 5, 40-58.
- Scholl, W., & Schermuly, C. C. (2020). The impact of culture on corruption, gross domestic product, and human development. Journal of Business Ethics, 162, 171-189. DOI 10.1007/s10551-018-3977-0.
- Schröder, T., Netzel, J., Schermuly, C. C., & Scholl, W. (2013). Culture-constrained affective consistency of interpersonal behavior – A test of affect control theory with nonverbal expressions. Social Psychology, 44, 47-58.
- Schröder, T., Rogers, K. B., Ike, S., Mell, J., & Scholl, W. (2013). Affective meanings of stereotyped social groups in cross-cultural comparison. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Published online 2 July 2013, doi: 10.1177/1368430213491788.
- Schroeder, T., & Scholl, W. (2009). Affective dynamics of leadership: An experimental test of affect control theory. Social Psychology Quarterly, 72, 180-197.
Other Publications:
- Heise, D. R., MacKinnon, N. J., & Scholl, W. (2015). Identities, roles, and social institutions: an affect control account of social order. In E. J. Lawler, S. R. Thye, & J. Yoon (Eds.), Order on the edge of chaos: Social psychology and the problem of social order (pp. 165-188). New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Meyer, B., & Scholl, W. (2005). A comparison of paradigmatic views in knowledge manage-ment: An empirical case study on shortcomings in KM. In O. K. Ferstl, E. J. Sinz, S. Eckert & T. Isselhorst (Eds.), Wirtschaftsinformatik 2005 (pp. 1003-1022). Heidelberg: Physica.
- Scholl, W. (2020). Building blocks for an interdisciplinary science of human behavior. Humbodt-Universität zu Berlin: Technical Report.
- Scholl, W. (2014). Collaboration and knowledge gains in organizations. In A. Berthoin Antal, P. Meusburger, & L. Suarsana (Eds.), Learning organizations – Extending the field (pp. 69-84). Dordrecht: Springer. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4148.1603
- Scholl, W. (2012). Machtausübung oder Einflussnahme: Die zwei Gesichter der Machtnutzung. In B. Knoblach, T. Oltmanns, I. Hajnal & D. Fink (Hrsg.), Macht in Unternehmen – Der vergessene Faktor (S. 203-221). Wiesbaden: Gabler. (Restrictive or promotive control: The two faces of using power)
- Scholl, W. (2010). Innovationen -- Wie Unternehmen neues Wissen produzieren und etablieren. In H. Hof & U. Wengenroth (Hrsg.), Innovationsforschung -- Ansaetze, Methoden, Grenzen und Perspektiven (2. Aufl., S. 271-300). Muenster: LIT. (Innovations - How enterprises produce and establish new knowledge)
- Scholl, W. (2009). Open collaboration and its problems: A causal model. In Peter Pribilla Foundation (Ed.), Making organizations work (pp. 26-33). Leipzig: Center for Leading Innovation & Cooperation (CLIC).
- Scholl, W. (1996). Effective teamwork -- A theoretical model and a test in the field. In E. Witte & J. Davis (Eds.), Understanding group behavior. Vol. 2: Small group processes and interpersonal relations (pp. 127-146). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Scholl, W., & Kirsch, W. (1986). Business policy and codetermination. In E. Witte & H. J. Zimmermann (Eds.), Empirical research on organizational decision-making (pp. 351-383). Amsterdam: North Holland.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Social Psychology
- Exchange Theories
- Group Processes
- Innovation Management
- Knowledge Management
- Moral Behavior
- Organizational Psychology
- Power and Politics in Organizations
- Social Psychology I + II
Wolfgang Scholl
Institute of Psychology
Humboldt University of Berlin
Rudower Chaussee 18
12489 Berlin
Germany
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