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Dr. Jan Luca Pletzer

Assistant Professor in Organizational Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Personality · Organizational Behavior · Leadership · Meta-Analyses

All Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Work engagement in agile teams: Extending multilevel JD-R theory Junker, T., Bakker, A. B., Derks, D. A. J. A., & Pletzer, J. L. (2025) Journal of Organizational Behavior https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2860 Download PDF
Personality and job performance: A review of trait models and recent trends Pletzer, J. L., & Abrahams, L. (2025) Current Opinion in Psychology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.101805 Download PDF
Constructive and destructive leadership in job demands-resources theory: A meta-analytic test of the motivational and health-impairment pathways Pletzer, J. L., Breevaart, K., & Bakker, A.B. (2024) Organizational Psychology Review https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866231197519 Download PDF
Developing, testing, and extending theory with meta-analyses Pletzer, J. L., Joseph, D. L., Buengeler, C., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2024) Organizational Psychology Review https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866241245813 Download PDF
Perceived overqualification, counterproductive work behaviors, and withdrawal: A moderated mediation model Zhang, W., Xia, B., Derks, D., Pletzer, J. L., Breevaart, K., & Zhang, X (2024) Journal of Managerial Psychology, 39(5), 539-554. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-06-2022-0310
Who is healthier? A meta-analysis of the relations between HEXACO domains and health outcomes Pletzer, J. L., Thielmann, I., & Zettler, I. (2024) European Journal of Personality, 38(2), 342-364 https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231174574 Download PDF
Follower-leader HEXACO personality fit and follower work engagement Breevaart, K. & Pletzer, J. L. (2023) European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(5), 720-730 https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2023.2250085 Download PDF
Age and workplace deviance: A meta-analytic test and a trait-based examination of why older employees engage in less workplace deviance Pletzer, J. L., Oostrom, J. K., & Voelpel, S. C. (2023) Work, Aging & Retirement, 9, 153-168 https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231174574 Download PDF
How to cope with an abusive leader? A time-lagged survey study on CWB and turnover intentions Zhang, W., Shumin, Z., Derks, D. A. J. A., Breevaart, K., Pletzer, J. L., & Zhang, X. (2022) Journal of Leadership & Organization Studies, 29, 389-408 https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waab033 Download PDF
HEXACO Personality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Domain- and Facet-Level Meta-Analysis Pletzer, J. L., Oostrom, J. K., & De Vries, R. E. (2021) Human Performance, 34, 126-147 https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2021.1891072 Download PDF
Why older employees engage in less counterproductive work behavior and in more organizational citizenship behavior: Examining the role of the HEXACO personality traits Pletzer, J. L. (2021) Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110550 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110550 Download PDF
Voice and silence as immediate consequences of job insecurity Breevaart, K., Lopez Bohle, S., Pletzer, J. L., & Muñoz Medina, F. (2020) Career Development International, 25, 204-200 https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-09-2018-0226
Comparing domain-and facet-level relations of the HEXACO personality model with workplace deviance: A meta-analysis Pletzer, J. L., Oostrom, J. K., Bentvelzen, M., & De Vries, R. E. (2020) Personality and Individual Differences, 152, 109539 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109539
A meta-analysis of the relations between personality and workplace deviance: Big Five versus HEXACO Pletzer, J. L., Bentvelzen, M., Oostrom, J. K., & De Vries, R. E. (2019) Journal of Vocational Behavior, 112, 369-383 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.04.004
Social value orientation, expectations, and cooperation: A meta-analysis Pletzer, J.L., Balliet, D., Joireman, J., Kuhlman, D.M., Voelpel, S.C., & Van Lange, P.A.M. (2018) European Journal of Personality, 32, 62-83 https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2139
Does gender matter? Female representation on corporate boards and firm financial performance - A meta-analysis Pletzer, J.L., Nikolova, R., Kedzior, K.K., Voelpel, S.C. (2015) PLoS ONE, 10: e0130005 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130005 Download PDF
Practicing psychotherapists are more skilled at down-regulating negative emotions than other professionals Pletzer, J.L., Sanchez, X., & Scheibe, S. (2015) Psychotherapy, 52, 346-350 https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039078

Book chapters

Personality and the Dark Side of Leadership Pletzer, J. L. Wang, B, & Buczny, J. (2024) In Breevaart, K., Schyns, B., & Wisse, B. (Eds.), Destructive Leadership. Edward Elgar Publishing. Download PDF
Counterproductive Work Behavior Pletzer, J. L. & Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. (2023) In Zacher, H. & Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. (Eds.), Work, Organizational, and Business Psychology. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Germany.
Leadership as contextualized personality traits De Vries, R. E., Pletzer, J. L., Julian, A., & Breevaart, K. (2023) In D. Schedlitzki, D. M. Larsson, B. Carroll, M. C. Bligh, & O. Epitropaki (Eds.). (2023). The SAGE Handbook of Leadership(pp. 99–114). SAGE. Download PDF

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