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Prof. Dr Thomas Rigotti

Research Group Leader LIR, Professor for Organizational and Business Psychology Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Contact

Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung gGmbH
Wallstraße 7
55131 Mainz

+49 (0)6131 89448-30
General Information
Year of Birth

1974

Current Position

Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany Professor for Organizational and Business Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

 

University training and degrees
10/1996 – 04/2002

Study of Psychology at the University of Leipzig, Germany

Advanced academic qualifications
2008

Dr. rer. nat. degree, University of Leipzig, Germany (magna cum laude), Department of Psychologie, Prof. Dr. G. Mohr)

Postgraduate professional career
Since 01/2020

Research Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Since 01/2018

Research Group Leader at the German Resilience Center (DRZ), Mainz, Germany

Since 01/2013

W2 Professor for Work, Organizational and Business Psychology at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

04/2012 – 12/2012

Visiting Professorship at the Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany

04/2002 – 09/2012

Member of the scientific staff at the Work and Organizational Psychology Unit at the University of Leipzig

 

Other professional activities or honors
Since 2025

Member of the National Accreditation Commission for the EuroPsy-Certificate

2021 -2023

Spokesperson of the Gutenberg Academy

Since 2020

Editorial Board Member at the Journal of Organizational Behavior

2019-2021

Deputy Spokesperson of the Gutenberg Academy

Since 2019

Associate Editor for Applied Psychology: An International Review

2018-2022

Spokesperson of the section of Work, Organizational and Business Psychology within the German Psychological Association

2018-2023

Healthy Campus, BARMER GEK

Since 2017

Editorial Board Member at the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

2016 – 2018

Head of Psychological Institute at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

2016 – 2018

Deputy Spokesperson of the section of Work, Organizational and Business Psychology within the German Psychological Association

Since 2016

Editorial Board Member at the Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

2016

Interplay of Education, Health and Workability. Federal Ministry of Education and Research

2015

Organizer German Conference Work, Organizational and Businesspsychology in Mainz, Germany

2015

Dynamics of Work-related Demands and Stress, Graduate Program, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

2014

Invited Scoping Review on Interruptions and Disruptions of Work. Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

2012

Theodor-Litt Award at the University of Leipzig for Excellence in Teaching

2008

Dissertation-Award issued by the section of Work, Organizational and Business Psychology within the German Psychological Association

Selected Publications

Peter M, Rigotti T, Holtmann J, Vahle-Hinz T (2025) I’ll be back! Examining adaptive change processes in emotional exhaustion and time pressure. J Occup Health Psychol. 30(1):1–15. doi:10.1037/ocp0000395

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Schilbach M, Baethge A, Rigotti T (2024) How past work stressors influence psychological well-being in the face of current adversity: Affective reactivity to adversity as an explanatory mechanism. J Bus Psychol. 39:1–18. doi:10.1007/s10869-023-09922-7

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Vahle-Hinz T, Otto K, Rigotti T (2024) Effects of demands and resources in the team context. Small Group Res. 55(6):884–918. doi:10.1177/10464964241261950

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Arnold M, Schilbach M, Rigotti T (2023) Paradigms of resilience research: A short inventory and an outlook. Psychol Rundsch. 74(3):154–165. doi:10.1026/0033-3042/a000583

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Körner LS, Mülder LM, Bruno L, Janneck M, Dettmers J, Rigotti T (2023) Fostering study crafting to increase engagement and reduce exhaustion among higher education students: A randomized controlled trial of the STUDYCoach online intervention. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 15(2):776–802. doi:10.1111/aphw.12410

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Kunzelmann A, Rigotti T (2021) Challenge demands and resilience: Strain and learning as different pathways. Z Arb Organ. 66:59–71. doi:10.1026/0932-4089/a000363

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Rigotti T, Yang LQ, Jiang Z, Newman A, De Cuyper N, Sekiguchi T (2021) Work-related psychosocial risk factors and coping resources during the corona crisis. Appl Psychol Int Rev. 70:3–15. doi:10.1111/apps.12307

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Schilbach M, Baethge A, Rigotti T (2021) Do challenge and hindrance job demands prepare employees to demonstrate resilience? J Occup Health Psychol. 26(3):155–174. doi:10.1037/ocp0000282

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Schilbach M, Selenko E, Baethge A, Rigotti T (2021) Work in times of Brexit: explanatory mechanisms linking macropolitical events with employee well-being. Eur J Work Organ Psychol. Published online: 2022 Jan 5. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2021.2019709

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Werner AM, Tibubos AN, Mülder LM, Reichel JL, Schäfer M, Heller S, Pfirrmann D, Edelmann D, Dietz P, Rigotti T, Beutel ME (2021) The impact of lockdown stress and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among university students in Germany. Sci Rep.11(1):22637. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02024-5

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