Research interests

  • Health-promoting leadership
  • Well-being in the workplace
  • Boundary Management
  • Healthy Business Processes

Career

since 2020
Research assistant, Chair of Economicand Organizational Psychology,m University of Munich
2018-2020
Master of Science in Psychology (focus: Personnel and Organizational Psychology; Human Factors and Training), University of Ulm
2015-2018
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Publications

  • 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, 287-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12424
  • Reif, J. A. M., Kugler, K. G., Stockkamp, M. T., Richter, S. S., Benning, V. M., Muschaweck, L. A., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022). An employee-centered perspective on business processes: measuring “healthy business processes” and their relationships with people and performance outcomes. Business Process Management Journal, 28(2), 398-418. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-06-2021-0375

  • Reif, J. A. M., Richter, S. S., Arendt, J. F., Spieß, E. (2024). Muße in neuen Arbeitsumgebungen. In D. Busch (Hrsg.), Individuen in digitalen Arbeitswelten (S. 117–137). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-44612-3_6
  • Reif, J. A. M., Richter, S. S., Spieß, E. (2024). Aaron Antonovsky – Vom Mut, die richtigen Fragen zu stellen. In T. Schumacher, M. J. Eppler, O. Haas, H. Roehl & B. Winkler (Hrsg.), Vordenker der Organisationsentwicklung – Impulse für wirksame Veränderungsarbeit (S. 37–45). Schäffer-Poeschel. https://doi.org/10.34156/978-3-7910-5965-5_4

  • Gross, L., Holmes, T., & Richter, S. S. (2025, May 7–10). Am I still the leader? The impact of AI usage on leader impostorism and leader identity [Paper presentation]. 8th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium (IPLS), Mykonos, Greece.
  • Richter, S. S., Reif, J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2024, June 4–7). A diary study on leaders’ daily impact on followers’ well-being – The mediating role and variability of work-related sense of coherence [Paper presentation]. 16th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP), Granada, Spain.
  • Richter, S. S., Zhang, J., Fricke, F., Busch, M., Reif, J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2024, May 1–4). A multilevel study on work-related sense of coherence as mechanism connecting health-orientation at leader and organizational level with employee well-being [Paper presentation]. 7th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium (IPLS), Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Richter, S. S., Reif, J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2023, May 3–6). Each interaction matters – a diary study on how daily interactions with the leader influence follower well-being [Paper presentation]. 6th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium (IPLS), Rhodes, Greece.
  • Kühnel, J., Schleupner, R., Melchers, K. G., & Richter, S. S. (2022, September 10–15). Welche Rolle spielen Schlafqualität und mentales Wiederanknüpfen an die Arbeit für Proaktivität und Arbeitsengagement? [Paper presentation]. In D. Fay & G. Fenske (Chairs), Proactive work behavior: New insights and developments. German Psychological Society (DGPs) 52nd Congress, Hildesheim, Germany.
  • Richter, S. S., Reif, J. A. M., Drexler, S., Pielmeier, F., Stoll, E. S., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022, September 10–15). Feel good, behave good: The reciprocal relationship between leader and follower well-being [Poster presentation]. German Psychological Society (DGPs) 52nd Congress, Hildesheim, Germany.
  • Richter, S. S., Reif, J. A. M., Drexler, S., Pielmeier, F., Stoll, E. S., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2022, January 11–14). Mediating mechanisms of the reciprocal relationship between leader and follower well-being [Accepted as paper presentation; congress cancelled due to Covid-19]. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) 20th Congress, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Richter, S. S., Reif, J. A. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2021, September 22–24). Salutogenese am Arbeitsplatz – Wirkmechanismen gesundheitsorientierter Führung [Paper presentation]. Sections Work, Organizational and Business Psychology and Engineering Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) 12th Conference, Chemnitz, Germany