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Dr. Wladislaw Rivkin

Professor in Organisational Behaviour (Trinity Business School)
      
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Dr. Wladislaw Rivkin

Professor in Organisational Behaviour (Trinity Business School)

 rivkinw@tcd.ie

 


Wlad(islaw) has completed his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Dortmund. Before joining Trinity College Dublin Wlad was a researcher at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors in Germany, and at Aston University in the UK. Wlad"s research agenda focuses on how to maintain and improve employees" health, well-being, and effectiveness from stressors, which require employees" self-regulation or self-control. He has vast expertise in applying experience sampling methodology (i.e. daily diary studies) and multilevel research. His research not only demonstrated that daily demands on employees" self-control impair employees" daily well-being but also identified psychological factors such as psychological detachment, affective commitment, and sleep quality, which can protect employees from the harmful effects of self-control at work. Wlad has taught students at undergraduate-, postgraduate-, MBA- and executive levels in different countries including Germany, the UK, Ukraine, and Colombia. His teaching draws not only from his vast theoretical knowledge but also from his experience as a business trainer, and coach. In his, lectures Wlad emphasizes how to apply theories to solve practical challenges. In 2019 Wlad was invited to deliver a course at the Summer School of the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia titled: `Improving Employees" Resilience in Turbulent Times - A Challenge for Future Leaders" Wlad has a track record as a PI of several research projects funded by national governments, Industry, and the European Union. These projects focused on developing and evaluating organizational interventions to facilitate employee effectiveness involving leadership training and work design. He is currently the PI of the Diversity Innovation Support Scheme for SMEs project funded by the European Union"s H2020 program (https://dinnos-h2020.com/)
Details Date
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology - Editorial Board Member; ABS3 Journal with an acceptance rate of 12% 01.09.2023
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology - Editorial Board Member; ABS4 Journal with an acceptance rate of 7% 01.06.2023
Communications Officer of the Academy of Management OB division 2021
Human Relations - Editorial Board Member; ABS4 and FT50 Journal with an acceptance rate of 3% 01.04.2024
Human Resources Management Review - Editorial Board Member; ABS3 Journal with an acceptance rate of 7% 01.10.2024
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Academy of Management 08/2012
European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology 08/2012
German Society of Psychology 08/2012
European Association of Occupational Health Psychology 08/2012
Higher Education Academy Fellowship 03/2018
Academic Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 06/2021
Schweitzer, Vera M., Rivkin, Wladislaw, Gerpott, Fabiola H., Community as an opportunity: how online social support seeking as a response to daily demands facilitates gig workers" engagement and performance, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2026, p1-21 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kratsiotis, Ioannis, Rivkin, Wladislaw, Theodorakopoulos, Nicholas, Hohnemann, Charlotte, The sum is larger than its parts: The daily interplay of leader and colleague support in facilitating employee well-being through balanced needs satisfaction and positive affect, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 162, 2025, p104166 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Farrell, Jennifer B., Flood, Patrick C., Hodgkinson, Gerard P., Kilroy, Steven, Rivkin, Wladislaw, Strauss, Karoline, The impact of positive work relationships on proactive behaviors: A multilevel study, Applied Psychology, 74, (5), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Brosi, Prisca, Rivkin, Wladislaw, Leopold, Henrik, Shaw, Jason D., Fransoo, Jan C., Daily Goal-Disruptive Events Increase Truck Drivers" Fuel Consumption via Anger and Happiness, 2024, (1), 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Hayden-Smyth, Shane, Rivkin, Wladislaw, Crowley-Henry, Marian, Roe, Amanda, Career Mobility of Cancer Survivors: An Interdisciplinary Review, Synthesis and Research Agenda, 2024, (1), 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Fasbender, Ulrike, Rivkin, Wladislaw, Gerpott, Fabiola H., Good for you, bad for me? The daily dynamics of perspective taking and well-being in coworker dyads., Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 29, (1), 2024, p1-13 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Rivkin, Wladislaw, Moser, Karin S., Diestel, Stefan, Alshaikh, Isaac, Getting into flow during virtual meetings: How virtual meetings can benefit employee functioning in the work- and home domain, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 150, 2024, p103984 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Rivkin, Wladislaw, Gerpott, Fabiola H, Unger, Dana, There and back again: The roles of morning- and evening commute recovery experiences for daily resources across the commute - work - and home domain, Human Relations, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Mao, Mengyu, Zhang, Lanxia, Li, Jiamin, Rivkin, Wladislaw, My job is a game, and I am the owner: How gamification facilitates self-leadership for gig workers, Journal of Business Research, 183, 2024, p114877 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Stollberger, Jakob, Gerpott, Fabiola H., Rivkin, Wladislaw, How we get along depends on how you make me feel: An episodic perspective on leader"follower emotional entrainment and daily interaction quality, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Employee Work-Related Mental Health and Wellbeing in, editor(s)Crawshaw, J. Budhwar, P. Davis, A. , Human Resource Management Strategic and International Perspectives, 2024, [Rivkin, W.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Self-Determination Theory in, 2023, pp67 , [Broec, Anja van den, Rivkin, Wladislaw, Slemp, Gavin], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Amanda Roe, I don't feel like it's the be-all and end-all anymore": How people lose work meaningfulness., European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) Congress, Katowice, Poland, 24"27 May 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Gesundheitsorientierte Führung in, editor(s)A. Gerlmaier, E. Latniak , Handbuch Psycho-Soziale Gestaltung Digitaler Produktionsarbeit, Springer, 2019, pp344 - 348, [W. Rivkin], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Job Strain in, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, 2017, [Wladislaw Rivkin, Klaus-Helmut Schmidt], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Training Interventions to Increase Innovation and Productivity in Age-Diverse Teams in, editor(s)B., Deml, P. Stock, R. Bruder, C.M., Schlick , Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes, Germany, Springer, 2017, pp115 - 124, [K. Küper, Wladislaw Rivkin, K.-H. Schmidt], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Positive und negative Effekte der Selbststeuerung auf psychische Gesundheit und Motivation in, editor(s)Jochmann, I. Böckenholt, S. Diestel , HR Exzellenz in Leadership & Transformation, Springer, 2017, pp375 - 406, [Stefan Diestel, Wladislaw Rivkin, Klaus-Helmut Schmidt], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Resources buffering the day-specific relations between work-related self-control demands and employee well-being in, editor(s)C.Saunders , Psychology of Self-Control, 2016, [Wladislaw Rivkin, Klaus Helmut Schmidt], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes in, editor(s)B., Deml, P. Stock, R. Bruder, C.M., Schlick , Beneficial Effects of Servant Leadership on Short- and Long-Term Indicators of Employees' Psychological Health, Springer, 2016, [Wladislaw Rivkin, Klaus-helmut Schmidt], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Innovationskraft altersgemischter Belegschaften steigern -- Eine ganzheitliche Intervention in, editor(s)Sabina Jeschke, Anja Richert, Frank Hees, Claudia Jooß , Exploring Demographics, 2015, pp463 - 475, [Kristina Küper, Wladislaw Rivkin, Stefan Diestel, Klaus-Helmut Schmidt, Theresa Myskovszky von Myrow, Philipp Przybysz, Christian Ahlfeld, Martina Frießem, Joachim Zülch, Susanne Kleibömer, Julia Günnewig, Michael te Heesen, Michael te Falkenstein], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Best Paper Award at the Institute of Work Psychology International Conference: Rivkin, W., Diestel, S., & Schmidt, K.-H. (2018). Servant Leadership as a Substitute for Employees" Trait Self-Control in the Emotional Labor Process. Institute of Work Psychology International Conference 2018 Work Psychology: Shaping the Future, Sheffield, UK. 2018
Best Presentation Award Conference of the German Society for Work Studies 2017
Best Presentation Award Conference of the German Society for Work Studies 2015
Research Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2021
Best Reviewer Award of the OB Division of the Academy of Management 2023
Teaching Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2021
Teaching Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2022
ResearchExcellence Award, Trinity Business School 2022
Teaching Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2023
Research Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2023
Teaching Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2024
Research Excellence Award, Trinity Business School 2024
APA Editor's Choice Paper - Journal of Occupational Health Psychology: Good for you, bad for me? The daily dynamics of perspective taking and well-being in coworker dyads. 2024
APA Editor's Choice Paper - Journal of Occupational Health Psychology: Should I stay or should I go? The role of daily presenteeism as an adaptive response to perform at work despite somatic complaints for employee effectiveness. 2022
Commended paper in Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Best Paper 2021-22: Rivkin, W., Diestel, S, Gerpott, F., Unger, D. (2022). Should I Stay or Should I Go? How a Desire-Goal Conflict Between Health and Work Shapes Daily Presenteeism and Associated Work Effectiveness. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 2023
AOM Annual Meeting Best Paper Designation: Daily goal-disruptive events increase truck drivers' fuel consumption via anger and happiness 2024
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Designation: Gig Workers' Social Support Seeking on Informal Online Platforms as a Predictor of Performance 2023
Human Management Resources Review - Best Reviewer Award 2024
My research adopts a unique focus on the challenges of self-regulation in modern occupations, particularly self-control demands and emotional labor, which are critical stressors. While previous studies highlight the benefits of self-regulation for employee functioning and well-being, my work examines its darker aspects, such as controlling impulses, resisting distractions, and overcoming low motivation. I identify resilience factors such as affective commitment, flow experiences, psychological detachment, and sleep"that mitigate the negative effects of self-control demands and support employee well-being and functioning. My methodological rigor sets my work apart. I employ diverse research designs, including cross-sectional, longitudinal, experience sampling studies, and field experiments, supported by advanced data analysis techniques such as hierarchical linear regression, structural equation modeling, and multilevel modeling. My research excellence is reflected in my extensive publication record, with over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles, including 29 articles in top-tier academic journals. Of these, 15 are in ABS4/4* journals and 6 in FT50 journals, which have acceptance rates as low as 3-7%. My publication rate significantly exceeds the average at Trinity Business School, making me one of the top-performing researchers across all grades. By way of comparison, the average rate of publications above the grade of Associate Professor at Trinity Business School is on average 2.57 ABS4/4* and 0.71 FT50 per year. In 2023/2024 alone, I published 13 articles in prestigious ABS4/4* journals. I have successfully supervised 8 PhD students to completion and currently oversee 4 more. My research has garnered over €2.6 million in grants and multiple prestigious awards, including recognition from the Academy of Management and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. I have built a strong international research network and am a sought-after speaker, with my work featured in major media outlets such as the BBC, CNBC, and the Wall Street Journal.