Sandra Julia Diller

• PhD
• Assistant Professor at Seeburg Castle University

The coachee's self is central to coaching. Yet the roles that different self‐related concepts play in coaching have been insufficiently studied. Specifically, self‐control and self‐regulation have been conflated or treated as identical concepts. Using the theory of personality systems interactions, we investigated how the development of self‐manage...

The Enticing world belief factor—encompassing beliefs that the world is interesting, beautiful, abundant, and worth exploring—has been hypothesized to promote subjective well-being and several character strengths (e.g., curiosity). The present pre-registered longitudinal-experimental study tests a 9-day intervention aiming to increase Enticing worl...

Research in work and organizational psychology shifted toward the ‘dark side’ of workplace experiences, moving away from idealizing workplace relationships. This shift involves the investigation of dark personality traits, their potential consequences, and interventions. Dark personality traits, such as the Dark Triad –a set of three dark personali...

Mindfulness witnessed a substantial popularity surge in the past decade, especially as digitally self-administered interventions became available at relatively low costs. Yet, it is uncertain whether they effectively help reduce stress. In a preregistered (OSF https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UF4JZ; retrospective registration at ClinicalTrials.gov N...

Empathy is an important factor for coaching success. Yet there has been little research on whether it is useful at every stage of a coaching process. To explore this research question, 221 coaching sessions from 48 coach–client dyads with a focus on business- and career-related goals were analyzed, differentiating sessions both along a timeline and...

The term ‘digital coaching’ is widely used but ill-defined. The present study therefore investigates how digital coaching is defined and how it differentiates from face-to-face coaching and other digital-technology-enabled (DT-enabled) formats, such as digital training, digital mentoring, or digital consulting. A qualitative inductive approach was...

The present research investigated whether the Italian mafia as a Dark Triad threat increased threat-related affective states and explored how thinking about defense mechanisms may help to reduce these states. For this, we conducted a multi-method experimental study with Italians (N = 253). The quantitative results show that the mafia as a threat ma...

Over the past decade, self-administered mindfulness interventions, such as those administered via phone apps, have become increasingly popular. However, their effectiveness for regulating stress is unclear. In a multi-site study (Nsites = 37, Nparticipants = 2,239; all fluent English speakers) we experimentally investigated the efficacy of four sin...

Our research investigated whether the dark triad personality traits relate to work attitude including work-related motivation, organizational identification, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. We hypothesized that subclinical narcissism is associated positively, while subclinical psychopathy is associated negatively with work attitude...

Homeoffice ist nur eine Variante von Telearbeit. Daneben gibt es auch die Möglichkeit, Büros außerhalb des offiziellen Firmengebäudes oder der eigenen Wohnung zu nutzen.

Vielen Menschen im Homeoffice fehlt der soziale Austausch mit Kolleg:innen im Büro wodurch das Risiko der sozialen Isolation steigt: Bereits vor Corona haben viele das Arbeiten im Homeoffice als sozial isolierend empfunden. Vor allem Gespräche zum Informationsaustausch in den Fluren werden vermisst.

Unter der Überschrift „Problemfelder beim Arbeiten im Homeoffice“ haben Wirtschaftspsychologie-Studierende sich in Teams von 2−5 Personen zusammengefunden und anhand des PATH-Modells von Buunk et al. (2021) über fünf Wochen hinweg Herausforderungen im Homeoffice tiefgreifend analysiert und Produktideen für die Praxis entwickelt.

Die in diesem essential erwähnten Produktideen hatten das Ziel, den Prozess von Problem zur Lösung zu analysieren. Solche Ideen sind jedoch erst der Start für eine tatsächliche Produktentwicklung. Daher haben wir Dr. Dominik Domnik (LMU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center in München) und Ing. Mag. (FH) Ernst Novak (Startup Salzburg in Salzburg) in...

Durch die globalisierten Fortschritte in der heutigen Welt und vor allem durch die Corona Pandemie als Transformationsbeschleuniger gewann das Arbeiten von zuhause aus an Relevanz: Etwa ein Viertel der befragten Berufstätigen in Deutschland arbeitete in 2020/21 von daheim , über 40 % waren es in Österreich und weltweit sogar 60 %.

The Dark Triad (DT; narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) has fascinated its audience in movies and theaters for decades. However, they also seem to evoke a sense of threat among people that interact with them. The present research hypothesizes that DT leaders are perceived as both threatening and fascinating. As fascination is approach-orient...

The relationship between coach and client is an essential factor for coaching success. This coach-client relationship has previously been equated with the working alliance as the common agreement on tasks and goals, and the coach-client bond. As entrepreneurial coaching differs from other coaching formats due to the entrepreneurs’ close connection...

Zusammenfassung Diese explorative Studie untersucht welche Klienten Coaches als besonders herausfordernd erleben, welche Strategien sie für den Umgang mit ihnen einsetzen und welche Rolle Supervision in der Wahl von Strategien spielt. Es wurden 99 Coaches in einer Online-Befragung darum gebeten, an ihren herausforderndsten Klienten im Coaching zu d...

People with high dark triad tendencies are often found in leadership positions. Yet research is lacking on whether dark triad personality traits positively correlate with the height of leadership levels (no leadership position, low-level leaders, high-level leaders, head and founder of the company). To explore this relationship between the dark tri...

Cognitive empathy, expressed as either imagine-self (imagining oneself in the other’s situation) or imagine-other (imagining the other person in his/her situation) empathy, is essential for self-change and satisfaction in coaching. In two studies, we investigated the difference between coaches’ imagine-self versus imagine-other empathy. In a survey...

In this set of studies we explored the influence of the client’s affiliation and potential competition on the coach’s empathy. We expected that both competition and low affiliation would negatively affect the coach’s inner empathy. In three studies we manipulated the coaching client in terms of affiliation and competition. In the first study (N₁ =...

Purpose This study aims to investigate how university students' basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence and relatedness) determine whether coaching or training is more supportive for them. Design/methodology/approach Real-life coaching ( N 1 = 110) and training ( N 2 = 176) processes with students as clients were examined, measuring the st...

Zusammenfassung Bildkarten werden in vielen Coachings eingesetzt, damit die KlientInnen besser ihre Gedanken, Emotionen und/oder Ziele veranschaulichen können. Die Frage ist, ob Bildkarten auch dabei helfen können, damit verbundene grundlegende Bedürfnisse zu erkennen. Daher haben wir in zwei Vorstudien ein Bedürfniskarten-Set entwickelt, das auf d...

Zusammenfassung Bisher wurden Schwierigkeiten im Coaching wenig erforscht. Dieser Beitrag berichtet daher von Forschung, die zeigt, welche Herausforderungen im Coaching von Klienten mit narzisstischen Tendenzen auftreten können. Klienten mit narzisstischen Tendenzen wurden von den Coaches der Studien nicht nur als schwierig erlebt, sondern führten...

People with high dark triad levels, consisting of subclinical narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, can have a destructive impact on their team members, subordinates, and the organisation. Recent research has even found that the higher the leadership position, the more dark triad traits were displayed. As coaching is often for people in (h...

This paper explores whether coach training or coaching experience leads to better coaching quality and quality control. In two large studies, both coaches (N1 = 2267) and personnel managers who book coaches for their company (N2 = 754) answered questions about coaching quality and quality control. The results show that more coach training leads to...

Zusammenfassung Die dunkle Triade – bestehend aus Narzissmus, Machiavellismus und Psychopathie – ist mit stark unethischen Verhaltensweisen verknüpft. Personen mit hohen Ausprägungen können dementsprechend zu vielen negativen Folgen für eine Organisation führen. In diesem Artikel wird die dunkle Triade mit ihren Risiken genauer beleuchtet und die R...

Woran lässt sich ein gutes Coaching festmachen? Anders gefragt: Von welchen Wirkfaktoren hängt der Erfolg eines Coaching-Prozesses ab? In einem großangelegten Forschungsprojekt, an dem 1.217 Coaching-Kli- enten teilnahmen, wurde diesen Fragen nachgegangen. Erste Auswertun- gen bestätigen, dass sich ein positives Coaching-Ergebnis, bestehend aus Zie...

A client's trust in the coach is essential for a well-functioning coaching interaction. This trust depends on the coach's trustworthiness in terms of ability, integrity, and benevolence. In three mixed-method studies, we investigated how these components of trustworthiness were established by the coach asking inexperienced (N1 = 42) and experienced...