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Dr. S.T. (Stefan) Mol

Faculty of Economics and Business
Sectie Leadership & Management
Photographer: FEB

Visiting address
  • Plantage Muidergracht 12
  • Room number: M1.18
Postal address
  • Postbus 15953
    1001 NL Amsterdam
  • Profile

    Positions

    Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior and Research Methods (2006 - current)

    Visiting Scholar (Dec 2006-Jan 2007)
    Department of Management and Marketing, University of
    Melbourne

    PhD Candidate (June 2002-December 2007). Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

    Short Biography

    Stefan T. Mol is assistant professor in Organizational Behavior and Research Methods at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam and co-founder and board member of the Scilink foundation. He received his Master's degree in psychology at the University of Amsterdam in 2000, and his PhD in psychology in 2007, at the Institute of Psychology of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research collaborations have appeared in the Asian Journal of Social Psychology (2003), the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (2013, 2019), Human Performance (2009), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (2015), the International Journal of Intercultural Relations (2005), the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (2012), the International Journal of Manpower (2018), the International Journal of Selection and Assessment (2009), the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2005; 2016), the Journal of Global Mobility (2013), the Journal of Learning Analytics (2014; 2016), the Journal of Vocational behavior (2017), Organizational Research Methods (2018; 2018), the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, and several handbooks. In addition, Stefan was/is involved in the EU-Funded Leonardo da Vinci Ontohr (see www.ontohr.eu), Med-Assess (see www.med-assess.eu), Ontotech (see www.ontotech.eu) and Nursing AI projects. From 2013-2017 Stefan served on the Board of Management and Supervisory Board of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) Eduworks (see http://www.eduworks-network.eu) a project aimed at the socio-economic and psychological dynamics of labour supply and demand matching processes at aggregated and disaggregated levels. Finally, Stefan was involved in the coordination of university wide project aimed at establishing Learning Analytics at the University of Amsterdam from 2013-2016, and its successor from 2017-2019.

    Research programme

    Leadership & Management

    Research interests

    -Organizational behavior and Research Methods
    -Job knowledge
    -Learning analytics
    -Personnel selection
    -Proactivity in the workplace
    -Psychological contracts
    -Career success
    -Expatriate management
    -Meta-analysis
    -Employability
    -Text mining
    -Job crafting
    -Refugee career adaptation
    -Career Shocks

    Dissertation title

    Crossing Borders with Personnel Selection: From Expatriates to Multicultural Teams Download Fulltext PDF  

    Prizes and honours

    2010 University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business Excellent Teacher Award.

    Third place for Theta: The Cut-e Award for Person-Organization Fit Innovation 2013, Cut-e Group
    September 2013. http://www.theta-award.com/theta-the-cut-e-innovation-award/shortlist/ontohr/

    2015 Sidney A. Fine Grant for Research on Job Analysis - The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.  With Hannah Berkers, Vladimer Kobayashi, and Gabor Kismihok

    2015; 2016 Academy of Management OB Division Outstanding Reviewer Award

    2016: With Jos Akkermans and P. Matthijs Bal (co-chairs). Academy of Management CAR Division Best Symposium Award for "Not My Breach! Innovative Ways to Study Psychological Contract Breach and Effects on Meaningfulness" Presenters were: Eloisa Federici, Stefan T. Mol, Marjolein ten Hoonte, Claire Revell, Yannick Griep, Maria Tomprou, Tim Vantilborgh, Samantha Hansen, Joeri Hofmans, Roland Pepermans, Jos Akkermans, Simon de Jong, Kevin Henderson, Liz Welsh, & Anne O'Leary-Kelly.

    2018 Educational Innovation Fellowship. University of Amsterdam , Center for Blended Learning

  • Teaching

    Teaching activities

    Current year

    Please click here for my current teaching activities

    Previous years

    Buisiness Research Ethics (@VU)

    Academic Project
    Business Research Ethics
    Cross Cultural Management
    MR 1: Introduction to Academic Research
    HRM: Advanced Topics
    Human Resource Management
    International Human Resource Management
    Performance Management
    Personnel Psychology
    Professional and Research Orientation
    Project 1: Academic Writing and Literature Study
    Project Design Master Thesis Research
    Research Atelier
    Social Entrepreneurship
    Statistics
    Test Theory
    Theories of HRM and Organizational Behavior
    Thesis Research Methods
    Thesis Research Proposal
    Thesis Workshop Quantitative Data Analysis
    Thesis Workshop Survey Design

    Thesis supervision

    Bachelors: 34 Completed
    Masters: 83 Completed

    (click here to access these theses)

    PhD Supervision

    Alan Berg (defended December 5th, 2018)

    Hannah Berkers (defended January 30th, 2019)

    Hella Sylva (defended May 14th 2020)

    Sofija Pajic (defended June 22nd 2020)

    Vladimer Kobayashi (defended February 9th 2023)

    Jarno Vrolijk


     

  • Other activities

    Contributions (lectures) to conferences, workshops, seminars, summer schools

    • Kismihók, G., Cahill, B., Gauttier, S., Metcalfe, J., Mol, S.T. McCashin, D., van der Voort, C., Özel, D., Saravalli-Burchfield, G., Gökalp, G., Cudris Torres, L., Bostenaru Dan, M., Sundukova, M., Vvedenskaya, O., & Osmanovic,  S. (2022, August). 1st Conference of the Researcher Mental Healht Observatory (ReMO 2022): Bridging Research and Practice in Fostering Healthy Academic Workplaces. 
    • Billsberry, J., De Cooman, R., Vleugels, W., Mol, S.T., Den Hartog, H., Kristof-Brown, A.L., Resick, C.J., Talbot, D., Wheeler, A.R., Yu, K.Y. (2016, August). Conducting Meaningful Research into the Experience of PE and Perceived Fit: An Incubator. PDW Workshop conducted at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, United States.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Den Hartog, D.N. (2016, August). The Role of Fit in the Relationship Between Career Initiative, Performance and Career Satisfaction. In De Cooman, R., Billsberry, J., Mol, S.T., Kristof-Brown, A.L. (Chairs), Making Perceived Fit Meaningful: Perspectives on the Process of Fitting In. Symposium conducted at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, United States.
    • Federici, E., Mol, S.T., Bal, P.M.., Ten Hoonte, M., & Revell, C. (2016, August). Psychological Contract Breach and Its Outcomes: The Devil is in the Detail. In Akkermans, J., Mol, S.T., Bal, P.M. (Chairs), Not My Breach! Innovative Ways to Study Psychological Contract Breach and Effects on Meaningfulness. Showcase Symposium conducted at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, United States. Careers Division best symposium award recipient.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Hartog, D.N, Boon, C.T. (2015, October). The proactive employee: Champion and Rebel. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Dutch-Flemish Research Meeting on Personnel Recruitment and Selection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2015, October). Data Privacy & Ethics: Lessons learned from Learning Analytics program UvA. Invited presentation at Computer says no! Data privacy & ethics. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., & Berg, A.M. (2015, September). Learning Analytics: Next steps. Presentation to the University of Amsterdam Information Management Directorate (IRS). Amsterdam, the Nettherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2015, May). Framing Learning Analytics as an Opportunity: Toward a Center for Data Governance and Innovation. Presentation to the University of Amsterdam Ethics Committee (AIEC). Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2015, May). Framing Learning Analytics as an Opportunity: Toward a Center for Data Governance and Innovation. Presentation to the University of Amsterdam Student Council. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Kobayashi, V.B., Berkers, H.A., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G., & Den Hartog, D.N. (2015, August). Augmenting Organizational Research with the Text Mining Toolkit: All Aboard! In LeBreton, J.M (Chair), Big Data: Implications for Organizational Research, Showcase Symposium conducted at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T. (2015, August). The proactive employee: Champion and Rebel. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    • Berkers, H.A., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G., Den Hartog, D.N. (2015, May). Resolving semantic confusion in the job analysis terminology: A systematic review of job information. Presented at the 17th biannual conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway.
    • Pajic, S., Kobayashi, V.B., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2015, May). Content validation of job knowledge test using job vacancy data: A text mining approach. Presented at the 17th biannual conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Hartog, D.N., Dorenbosch, L. (2015, May). Person-Job fit and proactive career behavior: A dynamic approach. Presented at the 17th biannual conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway
    • Mol, S.T. (2015, April). Issues and experiences in implementing a University Wide Learning Analytics Program. Webinar presentation to SNOLA - Spanish Network of Learning Analytics.
    • Mol, S.T. (2015, March). Wat knelt er? Lessen uit het UvAInform learning analytics programma. In Tatenhove F (Chair): Big data in het onderwijs: Vloek of zegen. Symposium conducted at the University of Amsterdam
    • Mol, S.T. (2014, November). Learning Analytics: The good, the bad, the ugly. Presentation delivered as part of the UvA Faculty of Economics and Business Educational Innovation Seminar Series. University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Kobayashi, V.B., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2014, December). Labour market driven learning analytics. Presented at the Open Learning Analytics summit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Kobayashi, V.B., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2014, November). Discovering emerging research topics and trends in Work and Organizational psychology by text mining scientific articles. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Association of Researchers in the Field of Work and Organizational Psychology (WAOP), Utrecht, the Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., & Kismihók, G. (2014, February). Ontology based competency matching between vocational education and the workplace. Presented at the InGrid Workshop, Amsterdam.
    • Berg, A.M, Hoogstad, J.H., Kelly, C. Kismihók, G., Mol. S.T., Verhoeven, E.J. (2015, February). Learning Analytics Open Dashboard Hackathon. Organized at the University of Amsterdam.
    • Mol, S.T. (2015, December). Learning analytics the good the bad & the ugly. Presentation delivered to the ICTO platform of the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam the Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2014, October 15-16). Chair and co-organizer (with Berkers, H.A., Boon, C.T. Den Hartog, D.N., Hoogh, A.H.B., Kismihók, G.) EAWOP Small Group Meeting on Opening New Frontiers in Person – Environment Fit Research. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2014, October 17th). Host and co-organizer (with Born, M.Ph., Kismihók, G), 9th Dutch-Flemish Research Meeting on Personnel Recruitment and Selection. Amsterdam the Netherlands.
    • Serlie, A., Mol, S.T. (2014, October). What will personnel selection look like in 2030? Presentation at the 9th Dutch Flemish Meeting on Personnel Selection and Recruitment.
    • Berkers, H.A., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2014, October). Objective demands-ability fit: Lessons from job analysis. Presentation at the EAWOP Small Group Meeting on Opening New Frontiers in Person – Environment Fit Research. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Kobayashi, V.B., Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2014, October). Information-enriched technology supporting goal-setting to enhance person-job fit: Theoretical Input. Presentation at the EAWOP Small Group Meeting on Opening New Frontiers in Person – Environment Fit Research. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Hartog, D.N., Dorenbosch, L. (2014, October). Person-job fit and proactive career behavior: A dynamic approach. Presentation at the EAWOP Small Group Meeting on Opening New Frontiers in Person – Environment Fit Research. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2014, June). Barriers to Adoption for Learning Analytics at a Dutch University. Keynote at the Dutch Learning Analytics Summer Institute.
    • Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G., Pajic, S. (2014, July). Job knowledge based personnel selection. Presentation (by Sofija Pajic) at the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology. Paris, France.
    • Mol, S.T., Knoppe, M.P., Bal, P.M., ten Hoonte, M. (2014, May). Temporary Employees’ Dual Psychological Contracts: Serial Mediation and Parallel Spillover. In Montes, S.D. (Chair), Pushing the Boundaries of Psychological Contract Theory and Research. Symposium conducted at the 29th annual conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
    • Mol, S.T., & Kismihók, G. (2014, February). Ontology based competency matching between vocational education and the workplace. Presented at the InGrid Workshop, Amsterdam.
    • Mol, S.T. (2013, October). Job Knowledge Based Personnel Selection & The Center of Job Knowledge Research. Presentation at the 8th Dutch-Flemish Meeting on Personnel Recruitment and Selection. Groningen, The Netherlands.
    • Kismihok, G., Mol, S.T. (2013, May). The Center of Job Knowledge Research: Development of a Job Knowledge Based Assessment and Training Platform. Poster presented at the 16th congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Münster, Germany.
    • Kismihók, G., & Mol, S. T. (2012, October). The OntoHR project. 1st Med-Assess Workshop Presentation. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/ontohr/med-assess-introworkshop. University of Siegen, Germany.
    • Mol, S. T., Kismihók, G., Ansari, F., & Dornhöfer, M. (2012, May). Integrating Knowledge Management in the Context of Evidence Based Learning: Two concept models for facilitating the assessment and acquisition of job knowledge. Paper presented at the ISDT 2012: Mallorca, Spain
    • Mol, S.T., Keegan, A.E., Kismihók, G. (2011, November). The Cinderella Predictor: Taking job knowledge to the personnel selection ball. Paper presented at the 7th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM network, Groningen, The Netherlands.
    • Sylva, H., Den Hartog, D.N., & Mol, S.T. (2011, November). Proactivity at the price of conflict. Paper presented at the 7th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, Groningen, The Netherlands.
    • Kismihók, G., Mol, S.T., Zoino, F., Sorrentino, G., Castello, V., Szabó, I., Vas, R., Duijts, P. (2011, September). An innovative E-learning system for competence matching between vocational education and the workplace. Paper presented at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Software, Knowledge Information, Industrial Management and Applications, Benevento, Italy.
    • Mol, S.T., Dijkslag, E. (2011, June) A Social Capital Theory of Expatriate Career Success. Paper presented at the 11th Conference of the European Academy of Management. Tallinn, Estonia.
    • Kismihók, G., Mol, S.T., Vas, R., Castello, V. (2011, June). Competency Validation and Matching – The OntoHR Workshop. Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the European Distance and E-Learning Network, Dublin, Ireland.
    • Kismihók, G., Mol, S.T., Zoino, F., Sorrentino, G., Castello, V., Szabó, I., Vas, R., Duijts, P. (2011, June). Competency Matching Between Vocational Education and the Workplace
    • with the Help of Ontologies. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the European Distance and E-Learning Network, Dublin, Ireland.
    • Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G. (2011, May). The OntoHR project: Bridging the gap between vocational education and the workplace. Poster presented at the 15th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Den Hartog, D.A. (2011, May). Proactivity fits job performance and career satisfaction`. Paper presented at the 15th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Den Hartog, D.A. (2011, April). Proactivity Fits: Fit as mediator between career initiative and success. Poster presented at the 26th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL..
    • Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G., Szabó, I., Vas, R., Zoino, F., Sorrentino, G., Castello, V., Duijts, P. (2011, February) Competency matching between vocational education and the workplace with the help of ontologies: The OntoHR project. Paper presented at the 6th bi-annual conference on Professional Knowledge Management, Innsbruck, Austria.
    • Mol, S.T., Kismihók, G., van der Voort, N., Vas, R., Sorrentino, G., Zoino, F., Castello, V. (2010, October). The OntoHR project: Bridging the gap between vocational education and the workplace. Presentation at the Fifth Dutch Flemish Meeting on Personnel Selection and Recruitment, Gent, Belgium.
    • Bal, P.M., De Cooman, R., Mol, S.T. (2010, August). Reciprocal Relations between Psychological Contracts and Work Outcomes. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montréal, Canada.
    • Kuijken, B., Mol, S.T., Van Eerde, W. (2009, August). International experience and contacts at higher levels: Predictors of accepting an expatriate assignment. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL..
    • Mol, S.T., Hulsheger, U. (2009, May). Assessing the relative importance of predictors in HRM-OB meta-analyses: Standing on the shoulders of giants? Presentation at the 14th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
    • Kismihok, G., Mol, S.T. (2009, May). Ontology Driven Selection and recruitment. Presentation at the 14th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S.T., Den Hartog, D.N. (2009, May). Antecedents of Proactive Behavior: The Role of Motivation, Personality and Career Insight. Poster presentation at the 14th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
    • Vromans, P.A., Mol, S.T., Van Engen, M.L. (2009, May). The Presumed Cultural Similarity Paradox: A Comparison of Dutch expatriates in Belgium and China. Presentation at the 14th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
    • Mol, S.T. (2009, April). Determining the relative importance of predictors in multiple regression. Amsterdam Business School PhD Seminar Presentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., Willemsen, M. E., Hoekstra, H. A., Van Der Molen, H.T. (2008, October). Predicting Multidimensional Expatriate Job Performance. Paper presented at the Third Dutch Flemish Meeting on Personnel Selection and Recruitment, Groningen, The Netherlands.
    • Kismihók, G., Mol. S.T. (2008, June). HR Meets eLearning: An Ontology Based Adaptive Selection and Recruitment Process Support. Paper presented at the 2008 annual conference of the European Distance and E-Learning Network. Lisbon, Portugal.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M.Ph., Meiring, D., De Meijer, L.A.L., & Van der Molen, H.T. (2007, August) Assessing Individual Variability in Criterion Performance in Interdependent Cultures: A Validation Study by Means of the Social Relations Model. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M.Ph., Hoekstra, H.A., & Van der Molen, H.T. (2007, May) Predicting Multidimensional Expatriate Job Performance. Paper presented at the 13th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • Mol, S.T. (2007, January). Predicting the Expatriation Willingness of Prospective Domestic Entry-Level Job Applicants. Presented to the faculty of the Department of Management and Marketing, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M.Ph., Meiring, D., De Meijer, L.A.L, & Van der Molen, H.T. (2006, November). Assessing Individual Variability in Criterion Performance in Interdependent Cultures: A Validation Study by Means of the Social Relations Model. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Association of Researchers in the Field of Work and Organizational Psychology (WAOP), Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M.Ph., Meiring, D., De Meijer, L.A.L, & Van der Molen, H.T. (2006, October). Assessing Individual Variability in Criterion Performance in Interdependent Cultures: A Validation Study by Means of the Social Relations Model. Paper presented at the First Dutch Flemish Meeting On Personnel Selection and Recruitment, Twente, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., Van der Molen, H.T.,& Derous, E. (2006, August). Predicting the Expatriation Willingness of Prospective Domestic Entry-Level Job Applicants. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.
    • Mol, S.T. (2006, May). Predicting expatriate job performance for selection purposes: A quantitative review. Presented to the faculty of the management section of the Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2005, December). When Selection Ratio’s are high: Predicting the expatriation willingness of prospective domestic entry-level job applicants. Presented to the faculty of the Department of Human Resource Studies, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., & Van Der Molen, H.T. (2005, November). Personnel selection in multinational organizations: The necessity of (pre)selecting upcoming expatriates during domestic organizational entry. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Association of Researchers in the Field of Work and Organizational Psychology (WAOP), Groningen, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T. (2005, October). Applying the Social Relations Model (SRM) to evaluating the performance of police trainees within the South African Police Service (SAPS). Presented at the meeting of SAPS Psychological Services, Pretoria, South Africa.
    • Mol, S.T. (2005, September). Initial evaluation of the psychometric properties of an instrument aimed at the prediction of expatriate job performance. Presented at the meeting of the SNV Human Resources Department, SNV, The Hague, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., Willemsen, M. E., & Van Der Molen, H.T. (2005, September). Psychometric properties of an instrument to predict expatriate job performance. In R.H. Herzfeldt (Chair), Radical Perspectives in Intercultural Management. Symposium conducted at the British Academy of Management (BAM) 2005 Annual Conference, Oxford, Great Britain.
    • Mol, S.T. (2004, October). Predicting expatriate job performance for selection purposes. Presented at the First-Ever Global Mobility Benchmarking Conference for HR Professionals, Brussels, Belgium.
    • Mol, S.T., Willemsen, M. E., Born, M. Ph., & Van Der Molen, H.T. (2004, August). Validation of an intercultural effectiveness training. Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.
    • Born, M. Ph., Mol, S.T., Kaduri-Zijlstra, T., Willemsen, M. E. (2004, August). Expatriate jobs: Perceived importance and universal relevance of required competencies. Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., Willemsen, M. E., & Van Der Molen, H.T. (2004, April). Predicting expatriate job performance for selection purposes: A quantitative review. Poster session presented at the 19th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL..
    • Mol, S.T. (2003, December). The prediction of expatriate job performance for selection purposes: A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the meeting of the GITP Research department, GITP International BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., & Van Der Molen, H.T. (2003, April). On expatriate effectiveness and goofy criteria. Poster session presented at the 18th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL..
    • Mol, S.T., Born, M. Ph., & Van Der Molen, H.T. (2002, November). Assessment of job performance of international managers: Deliberations and propositions concerning the development of criteria for selection and training. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Researchers in the Field of Work and Organizational Psychology (WAOP), Groningen, The Netherlands.
    • Co-Organizer and Host: Fourth Dutch Flemish Meeting on Personnel Selection and Recruitment, October 2009.

    Participation in academic networks

    Academy of Management (Academic Member)
    Dutch Flemish Network of Recruitment and Selection Research (Member)
    European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (Associate Member)
    Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (International Affiliate)

    Membership editorial staff or referee activities

    Referree Activities:

    Annual Conference of the Academy of Management (2009;2011;2015;2016)
    Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management (2011)
    Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2006;2007;2010; 2016)
    Annual Conference of the Werkgemeenschap van Onderzoekers in de Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (2009; 2014;2015)
    Annual Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (2015)
    Applied Psychology: An International Review (2013; 2014)
    European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (2011;2012;2013;2016)
    Expatica HR Top 5 Industry Survey Awards (2008;2009;2010)
    Human Performance (2008;2012)
    Human Relations (2010)
    International Journal of Human Resource Management (2013;2014;2016)
    International Journal of Selection and Assessment (2014; 2015)
    International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation (2013)
    Journal of Applied Psychology (2008)
    Journal of Global Mobility (2013; 2016)
    Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology (2009)
    McGraw-Hill Education (2010)
    Oxford University Press (2008)
    Prebem (2012)
    South African National Research Foundation (2007)

    Various activities

    -Member of the ICT & Education Programme Council

    -Member of the Gebruikersgroep Admistratief Centrum 2011-2013
    -Faculty Advisor Enactus UvA 2007-2016
    -Academic Supervisor of the International Research Project of the Marketing Association Amsterdam (2008; 2009)
    -Advisory Board Member of the of the International Research Project of the study association of the Faculty Economics and Business administration (FEB) at the University of Amsterdam (SEFA) 2009
    -Expert Panel Member SURF Project: National Actionplan E-Learning - Development of a pre-master assessment for the Gamma domain (2007-2008)
    -Participant in the Academy of Management HR Division Junior Faculty Consortium, Philadelphia, USA (2008)

  • Links
  • Publications

    2022

    • Kismihók, G., McCashin, D., Mol, S. T., & Cahill, B. (2022). The well-being and mental health of doctoral candidates. European Journal of Education, 57(3), 410-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12519 [details]
    • Tavakoli, M., Faraji, A., Molavi, M., Mol, S. T., & Kismihók, G. (2022). Hybrid Human-AI Curriculum Development for Personalised Informal Learning Environments. In LAK22 conference proceedings: the Twelfth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge : learning analytics for transition, disruption and social change : March 21-25, 2022, Online, Everywhere (pp. 563-569). The Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.12100, https://doi.org/10.1145/3506860.3506917 [details]
    • Tavakoli, M., Faraji, A., Vrolijk, J., Molavi, M., Mol, S. T., & Kismihók, G. (2022). An AI-based Open Recommender System for Personalized Labour Market Driven Education. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 52, Article 101508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2021.101508 [details]
    • Vrolijk, J., Mol, S. T., Weber, C., Tavakoli, M., Kismihók, G., & Pelucchi, M. (2022). OntoJob: Automated Ontology Learning from Labor Market Data. In 16th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing: proceedings : 26-28 January 2022, virtual event (pp. 195-200). (ICSC; Vol. 2022). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSC52841.2022.00040 [details]

    2021

    • Akkermans, J., Rodrigues, R., Mol, S. T., Seibert, S. E., & Khapova, S. N. (2021). The Role of Career Shocks in Contemporary Career Development: Key Challenges and Ways Forward. Career Development International, 26(4), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-07-2021-0172 [details]
    • Kobayashi, V. B., Mol, S. T., Vrolijk, J., & Kismihók, G. (2021). Text mining in career studies: Generating insights from unstructured textual data. In W. Murphy, & J. Tosti-Kharas (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Careers (pp. 139-163). (Handbooks of research methods in management). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976725.00015 [details]
    • Petrović, I. B., Vukelić, M., & Mol, S. T. (2021). A critical perspective on career shocks in a volatile environment: Red Cross staff and volunteers aiding migrants on their way to Europe in 2016. Career Development International, 26(4), 596-612. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-10-2020-0281 [details]

    2020

    • Kismihók, G., Zhao, C., Schippers, M., Mol, S. T., Harrison, S., & Shehata, S. (2020). Translating the concept of goal setting into practice: What 'else' does it require than a goal setting tool? In H. C. Lane, S. Zvacek, & J. Uhomoibhi (Eds.), CSEDU 2020: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education : May 2-4, 2020 (Vol. 1, pp. 388-395). SciTePress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0009389703880395 [details]
    • Tavakoli, M., Faraji, A., Mol, S. T., & Kismihók, G. (2020). OER Recommendations to Support Career Development. In 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE): 21-24 Oct. 2020, Uppsala, Sweden (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference; Vol. 50). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274175 [details]
    • Tavakoli, M., Mol, S. T., & Kismihók, G. (2020). Labour market information driven, personalized, OER recommendation system for lifelong learners. In H. C. Lane, S. Zvacek, & J. Uhomoibhi (Eds.), CSEDU 2020: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education : May 2-4, 2020 (Vol. 2, pp. 96-104). SciTePress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0009420300960104 [details]

    2019

    • Bal, P. M., Dóci, E., Lub, X., Van Rossenberg, Y. G. T., Nijs, S., Achnak, S., Briner, R. B., Brookes, A., Chudzikowski, K., De Cooman, R., De Gieter, S., De Jong, J., De Jong, S. B., Dorenbosch, L., Galugahi, M. A. G., Hack-Polay, D., Hofmans, J., Hornung, S., Khuda, K., ... Van Zelst, M. (2019). Manifesto for the future of work and organizational psychology. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(3), 289-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1602041 [details]
    • Eid, S., Kismihók, G., & Mol, S. T. (2019). Equilibrium-based voting: A strategy for electing service providers in P2P E-learning. In ITHET 2019: 2019 18th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education & Training: September 26-27, 2019, Magdeburg, Germany (pp. 251-257). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET46829.2019.8937337 [details]
    • Sylva, H., Mol, S. T., Den Hartog, D. N., & Dorenbosch, L. (2019). Person-job fit and proactive career behavior: A dynamic approach. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(5), 631-645. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1580309 [details]

    2018

    2017

    2016

    • Berg, A. M., Mol, S. T., Kismihók, G., & Sclater, N. (2016). The role of a reference synthetic data generator within the field of learning analytics. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(1), 107-128. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2016.31.7 [details]
    • Chiu, M. M., Chow, B. W. Y., McBride, C., & Mol, S. T. (2016). Students’ sense of belonging at school in 41 countries: cross-cultural variability. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(2), 175-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022115617031 [details]
    • Khobreh, M., Ansari, F., Fathi, M., Vas, R., Mol, S. T., Berkers, H. A., & Varga, K. (2016). An ontology-based approach for the semantic representation of job knowledge. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 4(3), 462-473. https://doi.org/10.1109/TETC.2015.2449662 [details]
    • Kobayashi, V., Mol, S. T., Kismihók, G., & Hesterberg, M. (2016). Automatic Extraction of Nursing Tasks from Online Job Vacancies. In M. Fathi, M. Khobreh, & F. Ansari (Eds.), Professional Education and Training through Knowledge, Technology and Innovation : Proceedings of the Symposium of Professional Nursing Education and Training (Pro-Nursing Project) : 24 June 2016, Bonn, Germany (pp. 51-56). Universi. http://www.pro-nursing.eu/web/download/show [details]
    • Mol, S., Kobayashi, V., Kismihók, G., & Zhao, C. (2016). Learning through goal setting. In LAK '16 Conference Proceedings: The Sixth International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference : April 25-29, 2016, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (pp. 512-513). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2883851.2883859 [details]

    2015

    • Kobayashi, V., Mol, S., & Kismihók, G. (2015). Discovering learning antecedents in learning analytics literature. In E. Duval, K. Verbert, J. Klerkx, M. Wolpers, A. Pardo, S. Govaerts, D. Gillet, X. Ochoa, & D. Parra (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Visual Aspects of Learning Analytics: co-located with 5th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK 2015) : Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, March 16-20, 2015 (pp. 45-48). Article 9 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 1518). CEUR-WS. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1518/paper9.pdf [details]

    2014

    2013

    • Bal, P. M., de Cooman, R., & Mol, S. T. (2013). Dynamics of psychological contracts with work engagement and turnover intention: the influence of organizational tenure. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 22(1), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2011.626198 [details]
    • Mol, S. T., Kismihók, G., Ansari, F., & Dornhöfer, M. (2013). Integrating knowledge management in the context of evidence based learning: two concept models for facilitating the assessment and acquisition of job knowledge. In M. Fathi (Ed.), Integration of practice-oriented knowledge technology: trends and prospectives (pp. 29-45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34471-8_3 [details]
    • Vromans, P., van Engen, M., & Mol, S. (2013). Presumed cultural similarity paradox: expatriate adjustment and performance across the border or over the globe. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, 1(2), 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-02-2013-0011 [details]

    2012

    2011

    • Kismihók, G., Szabó, I., Mol, S., & Vas, R. (2011). Ontology based competency matching between vocational education and the workplace. In R. Maier (Ed.), WM 2011: 6th Conference on Professional Knowledge Management - From Knowledge to Action = 6. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Vom Wissen zum Handeln : vom 21. - 23. Februar 2011 in Innsbruck, Austria (pp. 399-402). (Gesellschaft für Informatik Proceedings; Vol. P-182). Gesellschaft für Informatik. https://subs.emis.de/LNI/Proceedings/Proceedings182/P-182.pdf [details]

    2009

    • Mol, S. T., Born, M. P., Willemsen, M. E., van der Molen, H. T., & Derous, E. (2009). When selection ratios are high: predicting the expatriation willingness of prospective domestic entry-level job applicants. Human Performance, 22(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959280802540437 [details]
    • Sylva, H., & Mol, S. T. (2009). E-recruitment: a study into applicant perceptions of an online application system. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 17(3), 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00473.x [details]

    2006

    • Born, M. P. H., & Mol, S. T. (2006). Het kwantitatief integreren van emperische studies: de methode van meta-analyse. Gedrag en Organisatie, 19(3), 251-271.

    2005

    • Mol, S. T., Born, M. P., & van der Molen, H. T. (2005). Developing criteria for expatriate effectiveness: Time to jump of the adjustment bandwagon. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 29(3), 339-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2005.05.004
    • Mol, S. T., Born, M. P., Willemsen, M. E., & van der Molen, H. T. (2005). Predicting expatriate job performance for selection purposes: A quantitative review. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36(5), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022105278544

    2003

    • Mol, S. T. (2003). Voorspellen van expatriate succes als personeelspsychologisch fenomeen: een theoretische uiteenzetting. Gedrag en Organisatie, 16(6), 385-392. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2004-11291-006
    • van Oudenhoven, J. P., Mol, S. T., & van der Zee, K. I. (2003). A study of the adjustment of Western expatriates in Taiwan ROC with the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 6(2), 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-839X.t01-1-00018

    2001

    • Mol, S. T., van Oudenhoven, J. P., & van der Zee, K. I. (2001). Validation of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire among an internationally oriented student population in Taiwan. In F. Salili, & R. Hoosain (Eds.), Research in multicultural education and international perspectives. - Vol. 1: Multicultural education: issues policies and practices (pp. 167-186). Information Age Publishing. https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.395651

    2024

    2023

    • Cahill, B., Schroijen, M., & Mol, S. T. (2023). Towards the creation of healthier academic environments in the European Research Area: mental health and well-being among early-stage researchers. In A. Muro-Rodriguez, & M. P. Jiménez Villamizar (Eds.), The Third Half: Toward the Creation of Healthier Research Careers (pp. 11-14). Autonomous University of Barcelona. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10005921 [details]

    2014

    2010

    • Kehoe, J. F., Mol, S. T., & Anderson, N. R. (2010). Managing sustainable selection programs. In J. L. Farr, & N. T. Tippins (Eds.), Handbook of employee selection (pp. 213-234). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203809808 [details]

    2006

    • van Beemen, E., Willemsen, M. E., & Mol, S. (2006). Het intercultureel en internationaal perspectief. In G. N. Smit, H. C. M. Verhoeven, & A. Driessen (Eds.), Personeelsselectie en assessment: wetenschap in de praktijk (pp. 184-197). Van Gorcum. [details]

    2004

    • Mol, S. T. (2004). 'Should I stay or should I go?'. Nederlandse vereniging van Commissarissen en Directeuren, 11, 2.

    2011

    • Mol, S., Keegan, A., & Kismihók, G. (2011). The Cinderella Predictor: Taking job knowledge to the personnel selection ball. Paper presented at HRM Network conference.

    Media appearance

    Talk / presentation

    2023

    • Kobayashi, V. B. (2023). Text analytics applications in job analysis and career research. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]

    2018

    • Berg, A. M. (2018). The learning analytics architectural lifecycle. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]

    2007

    • Mol, S. T. (2007). Crossing Borders with Personnel Selection: From Expatriates to Multicultural Teams. [Thesis, internally prepared, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam]. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.

    2011

    • Sylva, H., Mol, S. T., & den Hartog, D. N. (2011). Proactivity fits: How fit mediates the impact of career initiative on performance and career satisfaction. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
    • Sylva, H., den Hartog, D. N., Mol, S. T., & Boon, C. T. (2011). The proactive employee: A champion or a rebel? Universiteit van Amsterdam.

    2010

    • Sylva, H., Mol, S. T., & den Hartog, D. N. (2010). Proactivity fits: How fit mediates the impact of career initiative on performance and career satisfaction. Universiteit van Amsterdan.

    2008

    • Chiu, M. M., Chow, B. W. Y., McBride-Chang, C., & Mol, S. T. (2008). Students sense of belonging in 41 countries: Cross cultural variability in a fundamental need? Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
    • Hulsheger, U. R., & Mol, S. T. (2008). A dominance analysis of meta-analyses in the extant industrial and organizational psychological literature. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
    • Kuijkens, B., Mol, S. T., & van Eerde, W. (2008). International experience and contacts at higher levels: Predictors of accepting an expatriate assignment. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
    • Mol, S. T., Born, M. P. H., Willemsen, M. E., Hoekstra, H. A., & van der Molen, H. T. (2008). Predicting multidimensional expatriate job performance. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
    • Sylva, H., & Mol, S. T. (2008). A study into applicant perceptions of an online application system. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.

    2006

    • Mol, S. T. (2006). Are expatriates really that special when compared to their domestic counterparts? A theoretical review of the extant literature on expatriate selection. (Working Paper University of Amsterdam). Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
    • Mol, S. T., Born, M. P. H., Hoekstra, H. A., Willemsen, M. E., & van der Molen, H. T. (2006). Predicting Multidimensional Expatriate Job Performance. (Working Paper University of Amsterdam). Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.
    • Vromans, P., Mol, S. T., & van Engen, M. L. (2006). Dutch Expatriates in Belgium, China and Spain: The presumed cultural similarity paradox. (Working Paper University of Amsterdam). Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde.

    2021

    • Kismihók, G., Cahill, B. P., Metcalfe, J., Mol, S. T. & McCashin, D. (2021). Outcome of the 3 Manifesto Development Workshops held by the ReMO COST Action between 20th and 26th April 2021. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5643503
    • Harrison, S., Kismihók, G., Cahill, B. P., Metcalfe, J., Mol, S. T. & McCashin, D. (2021). Outcome of the 3 Impact Workshops held by the ReMO COST Action between 21st and 28th January 2021. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5643362
    • Kismihók, G., Cahill, B. P., Metcalfe, J., Mol, S. T. & McCashin, D. (2021). Outcome of the 3 SWOT Analyses held by the ReMO COST Action between 24th November and 2nd December 2020. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5643588

    2018

    • Berkers, H., Kismihók, G., den Hartog, D., Kobayashi, V. & Mol, S. T. (2018). Text Mining in Organizational Research. figshare SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.4190819.v1
    • den Hartog, D., Kismihók, G., Mol, S. T., Kobayashi, V., Berkers, H. & Kobayashi, V. (2018). Supplemental Material, Supplementary_Materials_for_Text_Mining_in_Organizational_Research - Text Mining in Organizational Research. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.6940490.v1
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