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STARZYK Anita

Dr, Work and organizational psychology

Dr Anita Starzyk is Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior at NEOMA Business School and teaches Leadership and Organizational Development in the PGE and GBBA Programs. She holds a Doctoral Degree in Work Psychology from the University of Mannheim and worked as a Research Assistant at the Universities of Mannheim and Konstanz in Germany. She was also Visiting Fellow under the Lim Kim San Fellowship in Leadership at the Singapore Management University. Dr Starzyk uses quantitative and qualitative methods (i.e., daily and longitudinal surveys, interviews)  to study employees' and managers' change-oriented voices and actions in organizations. Her research contributes to healthier, more inclusive, and sustainable workplaces and societies. She has published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. Dr Starzyk also received several research grants from German Universities and regional stakeholders.

Areas of research

  • Employee voice
  • Proactivity
  • Emotions and well-being
  • Organizational change
  • Inclusion & sustainability

Recent academic contributions

  • STARZYK, A., "To speak out again or not? A qualitative exploration of how employees make decisions after unheeded voice attempts." in 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology,, 2023, Katowice, Poland
  • STARZYK, A., J. F. BAUER, "Disabled voices: How ableism prevents diverse employee voice in organizations." in Symposium accepted for the 20th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology,, 2022, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • STARZYK, A., J. F. BAUER, "Disabled employee voices: How ableism and organizational caring affect employees with disabilities in organisations." in Sub-theme: Inequality, Institutions, and Organizations .-38th EGOS Colloquium, 2022

Article

  • STARZYK, A., S.SONNENTAG, "When do low-initiative employees feel responsible for change and speak up to managers?", Journal of Vocational Behavior, December 2019, vol. 115, pp. 103342
    DOI : 10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103342
  • STARZYK, A., S.SONNENTAG, A.ALBRECHT, "The affective relevance of suggestion-focused and problem-focused voice: A diary study on voice in meetings", Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, June 2018, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 340-361
    DOI : 10.1111/joop.12199
  • SONNENTAG, S., A.STARZYK, "Perceived prosocial impact, perceived situational constraints, and proactive work behavior: Looking at two distinct affective pathways", Journal of Organizational Behavior, August 2015, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 806-824
    DOI : 10.1002/job.2005

Academic conferences

  • STARZYK, A., "To speak out again or not? A qualitative exploration of how employees make decisions after unheeded voice attempts." in 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology,, 2023, Katowice, Poland
  • STARZYK, A., J. F. BAUER, "Disabled employee voices: How ableism and organizational caring affect employees with disabilities in organisations." in Sub-theme: Inequality, Institutions, and Organizations .-38th EGOS Colloquium, 2022
  • STARZYK, A., J. F. BAUER, "Disabled voices: How ableism prevents diverse employee voice in organizations." in Symposium accepted for the 20th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology,, 2022, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • BINDL, U. K., A.STARZYK, "Dynamics of proactivity: Advancing insights into implications of self-initiated actions at work." in Symposium presented at the virtual 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2020, United States
  • YU, N.-Y., A.STARZYK, "The negative implications of intensified employee voice: Whom do managers ostracize less?" in Symposium presented at the virtual 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management., 2020
  • UNGER, D., A.STARZYK, A.ALBRECHT, K.BÖTTCHER, "Being depleted, down, displaced-What links commute incivility and workplace conflict?" in 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2020
  • STARZYK, A., "Proactivity at work: Disclosing the role of employees’ emotions, affect regulation, and well-being before and after employees’ change initiatives" in EAWOP Congress, 2019, Turin
  • STARZYK, A., M. R.BASHSHUR, R.BLEDOW, "Unfavorable managerial responses to employee voice: How employees react matters for their well-being" in 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019, Boston, United States
  • STARZYK, A., M. R.BASHSHUR, R.BLEDOW, "Your voice is not needed (or heeded): How employees experience, appraise and manage unfavourable managerial responses to their voice and how they decide to voice again" in 19th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2019, Turin, Italy
  • UNGER, D., A.ALBRECHT, K.BÖTTCHER, A.STARZYK, "Next stops: Argument road, disagreement square, and fight avenue. Commuters' negative social experiences as antecedent of workplace conflict and the role of self-control." in 19th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italie, 2019
  • STARZYK, A., S.SONNENTAG, A.ALBRECHT, "Would anybody like to share something today? The role of daily job experiences for speaking up in a meeting" in 4th Institute of Work Psychology International Conference, 2014, Sheffield
  • STARZYK, A., S.SONNENTAG, "Problemidentifikation und proaktive Handlungen in der Kfz-Werkstatt: Welche Rolle spielt die individuelle Motivation und die Motivation des gesamten Teams?" in 49th Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 2014, Bielefeld, Germany
  • STARZYK, A., A.ALBRECHT, S.SONNENTAG, "The relationship between stressors and voice in meetings as a function of voice content: An experience-sampling study" in 16th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2013, Muenster, Germany
  • SONNENTAG, S., A.STARZYK, "Perceived prosocial impact, affect, and proactive work behavior: A day-level study" in 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2013, Orlando, United States
  • STARZYK, A., S.SONNENTAG, "Day-specific voice: Examining within-and between-person variability in proactive motivation" in 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2013, Orlando, United States
  • SONNENTAG, S., A.STARZYK, "Going from problem identification to overt proactive behavior: The role of transformational leadership" in 72th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2012, Boston, United States
  • STARZYK, A., S.SONNENTAG, "Empowering leadership und voice: Eine Tagebuchstudie zum Ursache-Wirkungs-Zusammenhang" in 48th Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 2012, Bielefeld,, Germany
  • WALTER, O. B., A.STARZYK, J.-T.KUHN, "Vergleich von papiergebundener, computerassistierter und computer-adaptiver Version eines Fragebogens zur Erfassung der Interpersonalen Kompetenz (ICQ)" in 10th Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Koblenz-Landau, Germany, 2009

Participation at an academic or professional conference

  • STARZYK, A., J. F. BAUER, "Disabled employee voices: How ableism and organizational caring affect employees with disabilities in organizations" The Area of Excellence The World We Want reserch seminar. 2022, Online, France

Professional journals

  • STARZYK, A., "Why improving inclusivity for LGBT+ workers requires concrete action", People Management, August 2022