Jan CORSTJENS

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Research Fellow
Email: jcorstjens@smu.edu.sg
Curriculum Vitae​​​​​​​

EDUCATION

2021

Ph.D. (Psychology)
Ghent Univesity

2012

MSc. Work– and Organizational Psychology (cum laude)
Maastricht University

2011

BSc. Cognitive Psychology (cum laude)
Maastricht University

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

  • Research Fellow, Lee Kong Chian School of Business

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I have a special interest in researching assessment methods and procedures that can identify, select, and retain high potentials of various backgrounds in organizations, ensuring both fairness and validity. Next to this, I am also interested in studying the effects of cognitive and affective processes on assessment performance using innovative research methods.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Lievens, F., Corstjens, J., & Herde, C. (2023). Multiple, speeded assessments: Initial evidence on subgroup differences and applicant perceptions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12419  
  • Lang, J.W.B., & Corstjens, J. (2022). Key episodes in the history of testing in Central Western Europe. In S. Laher (Ed.), International histories of psychological assessment. Cambridge University Press.
  • Corstjens, J. (2021). A closer look at contextualization in situational judgment tests [Doctoral Dissertation, Ghent University]. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent, Belgium. http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8717957
  • Lievens, F., & Corstjens, J. (2018). New approaches to selection system design in healthcare: The practical and theoretical relevance of a modular approach. In: F. Patterson & L. Zibarras (Eds.), Selection and recruitment in the healthcare professions: Research, theory, and practice (pp. 167-191). Palgrave McMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94971-0_7
  • Lievens, F., Lang, J. W. B., De Fruyt, F., Corstjens, J., Van de Vijver, M., & Bledow, R. (2018). The predictive power of people’s intraindividual variability across situations: Implementing whole trait theory in assessment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 753-771. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/apl0000280 
    *Winner 2020 Joyce and Robert Hogan Award for Personality and Work Performance awarded by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
  • Corstjens, J., Lievens, F., & Krumm, S. (2017). Situational judgement tests for selection. In H. W. Goldstein, E. D. Pulakos, J. Passmore, & C. Semedo (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell handbook of the psychology of recruitment, selection, and employee retention (pp. 226-246). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118972472.ch11
  • Lievens, F., Patterson, F., Corstjens, J., Martin, S., & Nicholson, S. (2016). Widening access in selection using situational judgment tests: Evidence from UKCAT. Medical Education, 50, 624-636. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.13060
  • Lievens, F., Corstjens, J., Sorrel, M. A., Abad, F. J., Olea, J., Ponsoda, V. (2015). The cross-cultural transportability of situational judgment tests: How does a US-based integrity situational judgment test fare in Spain? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 23, 361-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12120 
  • Papachristou, H., Nederkoorn, C., Corstjens, J., & Jansen, A. (2012). The role of impulsivity and perceived availability on cue-elicited craving for alcohol in social drinkers. Psychopharmacology, 224,145-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012- 2747-4 

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