Publikationen

Zeitschriftenartikel (peer-reviewed)

Basch, J. M., & Melchers, K. G. (2024). Here’s looking at you: Does eye contact in video interviews affect how applicants are perceived and evaluated? Journal of Business and Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09981-4

Ohlms, M. L., Melchers, K. G., & Lievens, F. (2025). It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 74(1), Article e12569. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12569

Bill, B., Schmitz-Wilhelmy, A., Heinzelmann, R., & Melchers, K. G. (in press). How do situational cues influence honest and deceptive impression management in selection interviews? A grounded theory study. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09962-7

Ohlms, M. L., Melchers, K. G., & Kanning, U. P. (2024). Playful personnel selection: The use of traditional vs. game-related personnel selection methods and their perception from the recruiters' and applicants' perspectives. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12466

Schulte, N., Basch, J. M., Hay, H.-S., & Melchers, K. G. (2024). Do ethnic, migration-based, and regional language varieties put applicants at a disadvantage? A meta-analysis of biases in personnel selection. Applied Psychology: An International Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12528

Schleupner, R., Kühnel, J., & Melchers, K. G. (2024). Exploring the nature of psychological reattachment to work in the morning: A qualitative study. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2024.2319908

Moon, B., Law, S. J., Bourdage, J. S., Roulin, N., & Melchers, K. G. (2023). Exploring the role of interviewee cognitive capacities on impression management in face-to-face and virtual interviews. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12460

Ohlms, M. L., Melchers, K. G., & Kanning, U. P. (2024). Can we playfully measure cognitive ability? Construct-related validity and applicant reactions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 32(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12450

Ohlms, M. L., Voigtländer, E., Melchers, K. G., & Kanning, U. P. (2023). Is gamification a suitable means to improve applicant reactions and convey information during an online test? Journal of Personnel Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000343

Bill, B., Melchers, K. G., Steuer, J., & Eisele, E. (2024). Are traditional interviews more prone to effects of impression management than structured interviews? Applied Psychology: An International Review, 73(3), 1309–1330. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12514

Niessen, C., Melchers, K. G., Ohly, S., Fay, D., Handke, L., & Kern, M. (2023). Ein Plädoyer für breit gewählte und anforderungsbezogene Leistungsindikatoren. Psychologische Rundschau, 74(3), 180-182. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000637

Melchers, K. G. (2023). Inwiefern vermitteln metaanalytische Übersichten einen zutreffenden Eindruck der Kriteriumsvaliditäten von Personalauswahlverfahren? Anmerkungen zu möglichen Risiken und Nebenwirkungen. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 25(2), 85-95.

Bill, B., & Melchers, K. G. (2023). Thou Shalt not Lie! Exploring and testing countermeasures against faking intentions and faking in selection interviews. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31(1), 22-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12402

Schleupner, R. M., Kühnel, J., Melchers, K. G., & Richter, S. S. (2023). Be prepared: Does psychological reattachment buffer the effect of a bad night's sleep on day‐specific work engagement and proactivity? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 96(2), 287-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12424

Watrin, L., Weihrauch, L., & Wilhelm, O. (2023). The criterion‐related validity of conscientiousness in personnel selection: A meta‐analytic reality check. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31(2), 286-307. doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12413

Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., Lievens, F., Melchers, K. G., Keen, G., & Kleinmann, M. (2022). Actions define a character: Assessment centers as behavior-based personality measures. Personnel Psychology, 75(3), 675-705. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12478

Basch, J. M., Melchers, K. G., & Büttner, J. C. (2022). Pre-selection in the digital age: A comparison of perceptions of asynchronous video interviews with online tests and online application documents in a simulation context. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 30(4), 639-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12403

Neuber, L., Englitz, C., Schulte, N., Forthmann, B., & Holling, H. (2022). How work engagement relates to performance and absenteeism: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 31(2), 292-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2021.1953989

Melchers, K. G., & Basch, J. M. (2022). Fair play? Sex-, age-, and job-related correlates of performance in a computer-based simulation game. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 30(1), 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12337

Basch, J. M., & Melchers, K. G. (2021). Technologie-mediierte Interviews: Lessons learned und offene Fragen [Technology-mediated interviews: Lessons learned and open questions]. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 23(4), 6-17.

Basch, J. M., Brenner, F. S., Melchers, K. G., Krumm, S., Dräger, L., Herzer, H., & Schuwerk, E. (2021). A good thing takes time: The role of preparation time in asynchronous video interviews. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 29(3-4), 378-392. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12341

Basch, J. M., & Melchers, K. G. (2021). The use of technology-mediated interviews and their perception from the organization’s point of view. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 29(3-4), 495-502. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12339

Schulte, N., Holling, H., & Bürkner, P.-C. (2021). Can High-Dimensional Questionnaires Resolve the Ipsativity Issue of Forced-Choice Response Formats? Educational and Psychological Measurement, 81(2), 262-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164420934861

Melchers, K. G., Petrig, A., Basch, J. M., & Sauer, J. (2021). A comparison of conventional and technology-mediated selection interviews with regard to interviewees' performance, perceptions, strain, and anxiety. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 603632. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.603632

Kanning, U. P. & Ohlms, M. (2021). Hochschullehre in Zeiten von Corona. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 23(2), 44-55.

Ohlms, M., & Kanning, U.P. (2021). On the higher education teaching management in the corona crisis. Application-Oriented Higher Education Research (AOHER), 6(3), 69–72.

Stoll, T., Weihrauch, L., & Baumann, M. (2020). After you: Merging at highway on-ramps. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 64(1), 1105-1109. doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641266

Kühnel, J., Diestel, S., & Melchers, K. G. (2020). An ambulatory diary study of mobile device use, sleep, and positive mood. International Journal of Stress Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000210

Basch, J. M., Melchers, K. G., Kurz, A., Krieger, M., & Miller, L. (2020). It takes more than a good camera. Which factors contribute to differences between face-to-face interviews and videoconference interviews regarding performance ratings and interviewee perceptions? Journal of Business and Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/doi:10.1007/s10869-020-09714-3

Melchers, K. G., Bill, B., Buehl, A.-K., Rybczynski, K., & Kühnel, J. (2020). Identification of the targeted performance dimensions and impression management in interviews: Investigations of uncharted waters. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29, 728-739. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1746828

Bill, B., Melchers, K. G., Bühl, A.-K., & Wank, S. (2020). An investigation of situational and dispositional antecedents of faking intentions in selection interviews. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 2034. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02034  

Buckett, A., Becker, J. R., Melchers, K. G., & Roodt, G. (2020). How different indicator-dimension ratios in assessment center ratings affect evidence for dimension factors. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 459. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00459  

Kühnel, J., Vahle-Hinz, T., de Bloom, J., & Syrek, C. J. (2020). Staying in touch while at work: Relationships between personal social media use at work and work-nonwork balance and creativity. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(10), 1235–1261. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1396551

Melchers, K. G., Roulin, N., & Buehl, A. K. (2020). A review of applicant faking in selection interviews. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 28(2), 123–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12280

Wirz, A., Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Lievens, F., Annen, H., Blum, U., & Ingold, P. V. (2020). Do overall dimension ratings from assessment centers show external construct-related validity? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(3), 405–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1714593

Schulte, N., Götz, F. M., Partsch, F., Goldmann, T., Smidt, L., & Meyer, B. (2020). Linking diversity and mental health: Task conflict mediates between perceived subgroups and emotional exhaustion. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1245. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01245

Basch, J. M. & Melchers, K. G. (2020). Technologie-mediierte Einstellungsinterviews: Ein Überblick über Befunde und offene Fragen. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation, 51, 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-020-00497-y

Basch, J. M., Melchers, K. G., Kegelmann, J., & Lieb, L. (2020). Smile for the camera! The role of social presence and impression management in perceptions of technology-mediated interviews. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 35(4), 285–299. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-09-2018-0398

Sonnentag, S., Eck, K., Fritz, C., & Kühnel, J. (2019). Morning reattachment to work and work engagement throughout the day: A look at day-level mediators. Journal of Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0149206319829823

Basch, J. M., & Melchers, K. G. (2019). Fair and Flexible?! Explanations can improve applicant reactions toward asynchronous video interviews. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 5(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2019.03.002

Wilhelmy, A., Kleinmann, M., Melchers, K. G., & Lievens, F. (2019). What do consistency and personableness in the interview signal to applicants? Investigating indirect effects on organizational attractiveness through symbolic organizational attributes. Journal of Business and Psychology, 34, 671–684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-018-9600-7

Bürkner, P. C., Schulte, N., & Holling, H. (2019). On the statistical and practical limitations of Thurstonian IRT models. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 79(5), 827–854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164419832063

Schulte, N. & Thielsch, M. T. (2019). Evaluation of firefighter leadership trainings. International Journal of Emergency Services, 8(1), 34–49. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJES-03-2018-0020

Schultchen, D., Bayer, J., Kühnel, J., Melchers, K. G., & Pollatos, O. (2019). Interoceptive accuracy is related to long-term stress via self-regulation. Psychophysiology, 56, Article e13429. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13429

Melchers, K. G., & Körner, B. (2019). Is it possible to improve test takers’ perceptions of ability tests by providing an explanation? Journal of Personnel Psychology, 18(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000212

Buehl, A.-K., Melchers, K. G., Macan, T., & Kühnel, J. (2019). Tell me sweet little lies: How does faking in interviews affect interview scores and interview validity? Journal of Business and Psychology, 34, 107–124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-018-9531-3

Buehl, A.-K., & Melchers, K. G. (2018). Do attractiveness and competition influence faking intentions in selection interviews? Journal of Personnel Psychology, 17(4), 204–208. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000208

Kühnel, J., Sonnentag, S., Bledow, R., & Melchers, K. G. (2018). The relevance of sleep and circadian misalignment for procrastination among shift workers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91, 110–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12191

Kühnel, J., Syrek, C. J., & Dreher, A. (2018). Why don’t you go to bed on time? A daily diary study on the relationships between chronotype, self-control resources and the phenomenon of bedtime procrastination. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 77. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00077

Syrek, C. J., Weigelt, O., Kühnel, J., & de Bloom, J. (2018) All I want for Christmas is recovery – changes in employee affective well-being before and after vacation. Work & Stress, 32(4), 313–333. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2018.1427816

Syrek, C. J., Kühnel, J., Vahle-Hinz, T., & de Bloom, J. (2018). Share, like, twitter and connect: Ecological momentary assessment to examine the relationship between non-work social media use at work and work engagement. Work & Stress, 32(3), 209–227. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2017.1367736

Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., Stark, L., & Kiefer, M. (2018). There is a time to be creative: The interplay between chronotype and time of day. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.16362abstract

Wilhelmy, A., Kleinmann, M., Melchers, K. G., & Götz, M. (2017). Selling and smooth-talking: Effects of interviewer impression management from a signaling perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 740, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00740

Buehl, A.-K., & Melchers, K. G. (2017). Individual difference variables and the occurrence and effectiveness of faking in selection interviews. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 686, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00686

Kuonath, A., Specht, J., Kühnel, J., Pachler, D., & Frey, D. (2017). Keeping up day-specific effects of transformational leadership: The role of followers’ emotion regulation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26(6), 828–843. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2017.1379993

Kühnel, J., Zacher, H., de Bloom, J., & Bledow, R. (2017). Take a break! Benefits of     sleep and short breaks for daily work engagement. European Journal of Work  and Organizational Psychology, 26(4), 481–491. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2016.1269750

Bledow, R., Carette, B., Kühnel, J., & Pittig, D. (2017). Learning from others' failures: The effectiveness of failure-stories for managerial learning. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 16(1), 39–53. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2014.0169

Gerpott, F., Bledow, R., & Kühnel, J. (2017). Inspire but don’t interfere: Leadership as a double-edged sword for innovation. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.10974abstract

Merkulova, N., Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Annen, H., & Szvircsev Tresch, T. (2016). A test of the generalizability of a recently suggested conceptual model for assessment center ratings. Human Performance, 29(3), 226–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2016.1160093

Oostrom, J. K., Melchers, K. G., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2016). Why do     situational interviews predict performance? Is it saying how you would behave or knowing how you should behave? Journal of Business and Psychology, 31, 279–291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-015-9410-0

Ingold, P. V., Kleinmann, M., König, C. J., & Melchers, K. G. (2016). Transparency of assessment centers: Lower criterion-related validity but greater opportunity to perform? Personnel Psychology, 69(2), 467–497. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12105

Melchers, K. G., & Kleinmann, M. (2016). Why situational judgment is a missing component in the theory of SJTs. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 9(1), 29–34. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2015.111

Wilhelmy, A., Kleinmann, M., König, C. J., Melchers, K. G., & Truxillo, D. M. (2016). How and why do interviewers try to make impressions on applicants? A qualitative study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(3), 313–332. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000046

Kühnel, J., Bledow, R., & Feuerhahn, N. (2016). When do you procrastinate? Sleep quality and social sleep lag jointly predict self-regulatory failure at work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(7), 983–1002. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2084

Sonnentag, S., & Kühnel, J. (2016). Coming back to work in the morning: Psychological detachment and reattachment as predictors of work engagement. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21(4), 379–390. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000020

Rupp, D. E., Hoffman, B. J., Bischof, D., Byham, W. Collins, L., Gibbons, A., Hirose, S., Kleinmann, M., Kudisch, J. D., Lanik, M., Jackson, D. J. R., Kim, M., Lievens, F., Meiring, D., Melchers, K. G., Pendit, V. G., Putka, D. J., Povah, N., Reynolds, D., … Thornton, G. (2015). Guidelines and ethical considerations for assessment center operations. Journal of Management, 41(4), 1244–1273. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206314567780

Ingold, P. V., Kleinmann, M., König, C. J., Melchers, K. G., & Van Iddekinge, C. H. (2015). Why do situational interviews predict job performance? The role of interviewees’ ability to identify criteria. Journal of Business and Psychologie, 30, 387–398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-014-9368-3

Ingold, P. V., Kleinmann, M., König, C. J., & Melchers, K. G. (2015). Shall we continue or stop disapproving of self-presentation? Evidence on impression management and faking in a selection context and their relation to job performance. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24(3), 420–432. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2014.915215

Boss, P., König, C. J., & Melchers, K. G. (2015). Faking good and faking bad among army conscripts. Human Performance, 28(1), 26–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2014.974758

Nägel, I.J., Sonnentag, S., & Kühnel, J. (2015). Motives matter: A diary study on the relationship between job stressors and exercise after work. International Journal of Stress Management, 22(4), 346–371. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039115

Merkulova, N., Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Annen, H., & Szvircsev Tresch, T. (2014). Effects of individual differences on applicant perceptions of an operational assessment center. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 22(4), 355–370. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12083

Wirz, A., Melchers, K. G., Schultheiss, S., & Kleinmann, M. (2014). Are Improvements in Assessment Center Construct-Related Validity Paralleled by Improvements in Criterion-Related Validity?The Effects of Exercise Similarity on Assessment Center Validity. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 13, 184–193. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000115

Speer, A. B., Christiansen, N. D., Melchers, K. G., König, C. J., & Kleinmann (2014). Establishing the cross-situational convergence of the ability to identify criteria: Consistency and prediction across similar and dissimilar assessment center exercises. Human Performance, 27(1), 44–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2013.854364

De Bloom, J., Ritter, S., Kühnel, J., Reinders, J., & Geurts, S. (2014). Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’? The effects of recreational travel on cognitive flexibility and originality. Tourism Management, 44, 164–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.013

Wirz, A., Melchers, K. G., Lievens, F., De Corte, W., & Kleinmann, M. (2013). Trade- offs between team size and assessor expertise in affecting rating accuracy in assessment centers. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29, 13–20. https://doi.org/10.5093/tr2013a3

Jansen, A., Melchers, K. G., Lievens, F., Kleinmann, M., Brändli, M., Fraefel, L., &  König, C. J. (2013). Situation assessment as an ignored factor in the behavioral consistency paradigm underlying the validity of personnel selection procedures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98(2), 326–341. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0031257

Melchers, K. G., Bösser, D., Hartstein, T., & Kleinmann, M. (2012). Assessment of  situational demands in a selection interview: Reflective style or sensitivity? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 20(4), 475–485. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12010

Klehe, U.-C., Kleinmann, M., Hartstein, T., Melchers, K. G., König, C. J., Heslin, P., & Lievens, F. (2012). Responding to personality tests in a selection context: The role of the ability to identify criteria and the ideal-employee factor. Human Performance, 25(4), 273–302. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2012.703733

Jansen, A., König, C. J., Kleinmann, M., & Melchers, K. G. (2012). The interactive effect of impression motivation and cognitive schema on self-presentation in a personality inventory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(8), 1932–1957. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00925.x

Jansen, A., Melchers, K.G., & Kleinmann, M. (2012). Der Beitrag sozialer Kompetenz zur Vorhersage beruflicher Leistung. Inkrementelle Validität sozialer Kompetenz gegenüber der Leistung im Assessment Center und im Interview. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 56, 87–97. https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000077

Hoffman, B. J., Melchers, K. G., Blair, C. A., Kleinmann, M., & Ladd, R. T. (2011). Exercises and dimensions are the currency of assessment centers. Personnel Psychology, 64(2), 351–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01213.x

Kleinmann, M., Ingold, P. V., Lievens, F., Jansen, A., Melchers, K. G., & König, C. J. (2011). A different look at why selection procedures work: The role of candidates’ ability to identify criteria. Organizational Psychology Review, 1(2), 128–146. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041386610387000

Melchers, K. G., Lienhardt, N., von Aarburg, M., & Kleinmann, M. (2011). Is more structure really better? A comparison of frame-of-reference training and descriptively anchored rating scales to improve interviewers' rating quality. Personnel Psychology, 64(1), 53–87.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01202.x

Schumacher, S., Kleinmann, M., & Melchers, K. G. (2011). Job requirements for control room jobs in nuclear power plants. Safety Science, 49(3), 394–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2010.10.002

Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., & Prinz, M. (2010). Do assessors have too much on their plates? Rating quality and the number of simultaneously observed candidates in assessment center group discussions. International Journal of  Selection and Assessment, 18(3), 329–341. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00516.x

Höft, S. & Melchers, K. G. (2010). Training von AC-Beobachtern: Worauf kommt es an? Wirtschaftspsychologie, 2, 32–40.

Melchers, K. G., & Annen, H. (2010). Officer selection for the Swiss army: An evaluation of validity and fairness issues. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 69, 105–115. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000012

Melchers, K. G., Klehe, U.-C., Richter, G. M., Kleinmann, M., König, C. J., & Lievens, F. (2009). “I know what you want to know”: The impact of interviewees’ ability to identify criteria on interview performance and construct-related validity. Human Performance, 22(4), 355–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959280903120295

Klehe, U.-C., König, C. J., Richter, G. M., Kleinmann, M., & Melchers, K. G. (2008). Transparency in structured interviews: Consequences for construct and criterion-related validity. Human Performance, 21(2), 107–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959280801917636

Lachnit, H., Schultheis, H., König, S., Üngör, M., & Melchers, K. G. (2008). Comparing elemental and configural associative theories in human causal learning: A case for attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34(2), 303–313. https://doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.34.2.303

Melchers, K. G., & König, C. J. (2008). It is not yet time to dismiss dimensions in assessment centers. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1(1), 125–127. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9434.2007.00023.x

Melchers, K. G., Shanks, D. R., & Lachnit, H. (2008). Stimulus coding in human causal learning: Flexible representations of parts and wholes. Behavioural Processes, 77(3), 413–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2007.09.013

Shanks, D. R., Lachnit, H., & Melchers, K. G. (2008). Representational flexibility and the challenge to elemental theories of learning: Response to commentaries. Behavioural Processes, 77(3), 451–453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2007.09.005

Melchers, K. G., Henggeler, C., & Kleinmann, M. (2007). Do within-dimension ratings in assessment centers really lead to improved construct validity? A meta-analytic reassessment. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie, 6, 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1026/1617-6391.6.4.141

König, C. J., Melchers, K. G., Richter, G. M., Kleinmann, M., & Klehe, U.-C. (2007). Candidates’ Ability to Identify criteria in nontransparent selection procedures: Evidence from an assessment center and a structured interview. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 15(3), 283–292. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2007.00388.x

König, C. J., Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Richter, G. M. & Klehe, U.-C. (2006). The relationship between the ability to identify evaluation criteria and integrity test scores. Psychology Science, 48(3), 369–377.

Melchers, K. G., Lachnit, H., & Shanks, D. R. (2006). The comparator theory fails to account for the selective role of within-compound associations in cue selection effects. Experimental Psychology, 53(4), 316–320. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169.53.4.316

Melchers, K. G., Wolff, S., & Lachnit, H. (2006). Extinction of conditioned inhibition through nonreinforced presentation of the inhibitor. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(4), 662–667. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193978

Melchers, K. G., Üngör, M., & Lachnit, H. (2005). The experimental task influences cue competition in human causal learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 31(4), 477–483. https://doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.31.4.477

König, K. J., & Melchers, K. G. (2005). Vom Ansehen der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie: Ein Kommentar zu von Rosenstiel (2004). Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 49(2), 102–104. https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089.49.2.102

Melchers, K. G., Lachnit, H., Üngör, M., & Shanks, D. R. (2005). Prior experience can influence whether the whole is different from the sum of its parts. Learning and Motivation, 36(1), 20–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2004.06.002

Melchers, K. G., Kleinmann, M., Richter, G. M., König, C. J., & Klehe, U.-C. (2004). Messen Einstellungsinterviews das, was sie messen sollen? Zur Bedeutung der Bewerberkognitionen über bewertetes Verhalten. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie, 3,(4) 159–169. https://doi.org/10.1026/1617-6391.3.4.159

Melchers, K. G., Lachnit, H., & Shanks, D. R. (2004). Past experience influences the processing of stimulus compounds in human Pavlovian conditioning. Learning and Motivation, 35(3), 167–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0023-9690(03)00044-4

Melchers, K. G., Lachnit, H., & Shanks, D. R. (2004). Within-compound associations in retrospective revaluation and in direct learning: A challenge for comparator theory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57B(1), 25–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724990344000042

Deisig, N., Lachnit, H., Sandoz, J.-C., Lober, K., & Giurfa, M. (2003). A modified version of the unique-cue theory accounts for olfactory compound processing in honey-bees. Learning & Memory, 10, 199–208. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.55803

Lachnit, H., Lober, K., Reinhard, G., & Giurfa, M. (2002). The impact of reinforcement density on response differentiation in configural discrimination problems. Psychophysiology, 39(5), 650–656. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8986.3950650

Lober, K., & Lachnit, H. (2002). Configural learning in human Pavlovian conditioning: Acquisition of a biconditional discrimination. Biological Psychology, 59(2), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00004-2

Lachnit, H., Lober, K., Reinhard, G., & Kinder, A. (2001). Evidence for the application of rules in Pavlovian electrodermal conditioning with humans. Biological Psychology, 56(2), 151–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0511(01)00067-9

Lachnit, H. & Lober, K. (2001). What is learned in patterning discriminations? Further tests of configural accounts of associative learning in human electrodermal conditioning. Biological Psychology, 56, 45–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0511(00)00087-9

Lober, K. & Shanks, D. R. (2000). Is causal induction based on causal power? Critique of Cheng (1997). Psychological Review, 107(1), 195–212. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.107.1.195

Buchkapitel

Melchers, K. G., & Kerle, F. (2024). Bewerbungsvideos. In U. P. Kanning & M. L. Ohlms (Hrsg.), Digitale Personalauswahl und Eignungsdiagnostik (S. 81-95). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68211-1_4

Lingel, H., Uhle, T., & Melchers, K. G. (2024). Digitalisierte und remote durchgeführte Assessment Center. In U. P. Kanning & M. L. Ohlms (Hrsg.), Digitale Personalauswahl und Eignungsdiagnostik (S. 173-195). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68211-1_8

Bill, B., & Melchers, K. G. (2023). Selbstdarstellungsverhalten in eignungsdiagnostischen Interviews - Was Sie gegen Faking und Impression Management tun können. In S. Schulte & M. Hiltmann (Hrsg.), Eignungsdiagnostische Interviews: Standards der professionellen Interviewführung (S. 133-151). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38720-4_7

Basch, J. M., & Melchers, K. G. (2023). Interviews per Telefon, Videokonferenz oder Videoaufzeichnung – inwiefern macht dies einen Unterschied? In S. Schulte & M. Hiltmann (Hrsg.), Eignungsdiagnostische Interviews: Standards der professionellen Interviewführung (S. 279-298). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38720-4_12

Ohlms, M., & Kanning, U. P. (2022). Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die Hochschullehre – Was sich Dozierende und Studierende zu Pandemiezeiten sowie langfristig wünschen. In Krämer, M., Dutke, S., & Lindhaus, M. (Hrsg.), Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation XIV (S. 35-44). Shaker Verlag.

Melchers, K. G. (2017). Qualität in der Personalauswahl. In D. E. Krause (Eds.), Personalauswahl: Die wichtigsten diagnostischen Verfahren für das Human Resources Management. (pp. 57–70) Springer.

Melchers, K. G. (2015). Arbeitsproben. In C. Peus, S. Braun, T. Hentschel, & D. Frey (Eds.), Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft (pp. 103–113). Springer.

Bühl, A.-K., & Melchers, K. G. (2015). Selbstpräsentation in der Personalauswahl. In L. Gooßens, M. Kersting, & S. Koch (Eds.), Auf die richtigen Mitarbeiter kommt es an: Personaldiagnostik und ihre Anwendung (pp. 187–199). Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag.

Melchers, K. G., Ingold, P. V., Wilhelmy, A., & Kleinmann, M. (2015). Beyond validity: Shedding light on the social situation in employment interviews. In I. Nikolaou & J. K. Oostrom (Eds.), Employee recruitment, selection, and assessment: Contemporary issues for theory and practice (pp. 154–171). Psychology Press.

Melchers, K. G., Wirz, A., & Kleinmann, M. (2012). Dimensions AND exercises: Theoretical background of mixed-model assessment centers. In D. J. R. Jackson, C. E. Lance, & B. J. Hoffman (Eds.), The psychology of assessment centers (pp. 237–254). Routledge.

Kleinmann, M., Melchers, K. G., & König, C. J. (2011). Soziale Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit in der Personal- und Managementdiagnostik. In P. Gelléri & C. Winter (Eds.), Personalpsychologische Diagnostik als Beitrag zu Berufs- und Unternehmenserfolg (pp. 121–137). Hogrefe.

Melchers, K. G., & Kleinmann, M. (2007). Beurteilungsakkuratheit und Beurteilertraining. In H. Schuler & K. Sonntag (Eds.), Handbuch der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie (pp. 561–566). Hogrefe.

Kleinmann, M., König, C. J., & Melchers, K. G. (2007). Organisationsdiagnose. In H. Schuler & K. Sonntag (Eds.), Handbuch der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie (S. 729–736). Hogrefe.

Kleinmann, M., Melchers, K. G., König, C. J., & Klehe, U.-C. (2007). Transparenz der Anforderungsdimensionen: Ein Moderator der Konstrukt- und Kriteriumsvalidität des Assessment Centers. In H. Schuler (Eds.), Assessment Center zur Potenzialanalyse (S. 70–80). Hogrefe.

Melchers, K. G., & König, C. J. (2004). Wie effektiv sind Interventionen zur Verbesserung des persönlichen Zeitmanagements? In W. Bungard, B. Koop, & C. Liebig (Eds.), Psychologie und Wirtschaft leben: Aktuelle Themen der Wirtschaftspsychologie in Forschung und Praxis (pp. 178–183). Hampp.

Beiträge in Praktikerzeitschriften

Kerle, F. & Melchers, K. G. (2023). Was ein Video aussagt... personalmagazin, 6/2023, 60-62

Basch, J. M. & Melchers, K.G. (2021). Unscharfe Eindrücke. Personalwirtschaft, 3/2021, 19-22.

Bühl, A.-K., & Melchers, K. G. (2018). Faking in Bewerbungsgesprächen – Schokoladenseiten zeigen, übertreiben und lügen. Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell, 3/2018, 9-12.

Basch, J. & Melchers, K. (2017). Tücken der Technik – die Vorteile persönlicher Vorstellungsgespräche. Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell, 3/2017, 9–12.

Funk, L., Nachtwei, J., & Melchers, K. G. (2015). Die Kluft zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis in der Personalauswahl. PERSONAL quarterly, 3/2015, 26–31.

Annen, H., & Melchers, K. (2011). Fairness in Selektionsprozessen. Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift, 177(11), 24–25.

Gerber, M., & Melchers, K. (2010). Ohne gutes Assessorenteam geht das Assessment Centern baden. HR Today, 10(4), 61