I finished my PhD in the field of organizational psychology under the supervision of Dr. Bertolt Meyer at TU Chemnitz, Germany in 2019.  In my dissertation, I analyzed the origins and developments of leadership perceptions with a specific focus on interpersonal behavior. In general, I aim at integrating theoretical and methodological approaches from psychology, biology, computer science, and political science in my research projects. During my PhD, I worked as a researcher and teacher at the Professorship of Organizational Psychology and the Professorship of Social Psychology at TU Chemnitz. From 2019 to 2021, I worked as an assistant professor (Organizational Psychology) at VU Amsterdam. 

• Current topics: Introduction to Sports and Performance Psychology
• Work, Motivation, & Health 

Editorial Board Member

• Small Group Research

Reviewer

• Health Psychology
• European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
• The Journal of Social Psychology
• Human Factors 
• European Journal of Personality
• German Journal of Human Resource Management 
• Academy of Management Perspectives
• Applied Psychology: An International Review

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Cook, A. (S.) & Zill, A. (2021). Working with type 1 diabetes. Investigating the associations between diabetes-related distress, burnout and job satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 2, 697833. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.697833

Cook, A. (S.), Zill, A., & Meyer, B. (2021). Perceiving leadership structures in teams: Effects of cognitive schemas and perceived communication. Small Group Research, 52(3),  https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496420950480

Cook, A. (S.), Zill, A., & Meyer, B. (2020). Observing leadership as behavior in teams and herds – An ethological approach to shared leadership research. Leadership Quarterly, 31(2), 101296. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.05.003

Zill, A., Knoll, M., Cook, A. (S.), & Meyer, B. (2020). When do followers compensate for leader silence? The motivating role of leader injustice. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 27(1), 65-79. http://doi.org/10.1177/1548051818820861

Cook. A. (S.), Meyer, B., Gockel, C., & Zill, A. (2019). Adapting leadership perceptions across tasks: Micro origins of informal leadership transitions. Small Group Research, 50(2), 227-265. http://doi.org/10.1177/1046496418810437

Book chapters

Cook, A. (S.) & Meyer, B. (2017). Assessing leadership behavior with observational and sensor-based methods: A brief overview. In B. Schyns, P. Neves, & R. Hall (Eds.) Handbook of Methods in Leadership Research (pp. 73-102). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Publication in Conference Proceedings

Cook A. & Zill, A. (2021). Working with chronic illness: Investigating individual health status and burnout. Academy of Management Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.11557abstract

Cook A. (2018). An ethological approach towards the analysis of dyadic behavior in informal leadership research. Academy of Management Proceedings. http://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12003abstract