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CURRICULUM VITAE
FRANCISKA KRINGS
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Vice Rector Junior Faculty and Diversity
University of Lausanne
Contact: Phone +41 (0)21/6924028, email franciska.krings@unil.ch
Born 26 January 1970, in Saarbrücken (Germany)
Married; two children (twins, born in October 2000)
EDUCATION
1998 Ph.D.
University of Bern, Switzerland
1995 Lizentiat in Psychology
University of Basel, Switzerland
1990 Abitur, Hildegard von Bingen Gymnasium
Cologne, Germany
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Since 09/2011 Vice Rector Junior Faculty and Diversity (mandate of 5 years)
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Since 1/2011 Full Professor of Organizational Behavior
Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
9/2006-12/2010 Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior (Tenure Track)
Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
9/2002-9/2006 Maître-assistante (Lecturer)
Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Neuchâtel,
Switzerland
5/2001-8/2002 Postdoc and clinical diagnostician
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, USA
1/1996-9/2000 Research assistant and postdoc
Institutes of Psychology, Universities of Bern and Basel, Switzerland

PUBLICATIONS
Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
1. Palazzo, G., Krings, F., & Hoffrage, U. (in press). Ethical blindness. Journal of Business Ethics.
2. Gilles, I., Bangerter, A., Green, E., Krings, F., Mouton, A., Rigaud, D., Clémence, A., &
Staerklé, C. (in press). Dynamic collective symbolic coping with disease threat: A case study of
avian influenza. British Journal of Social Psychology.
3. Krings, F., Green, E., Bangerter, A., Bornand, T., Clémence, A., Staerklé, C., & Wagner-Egger,
P. (in press). Avoiding contagion with avian influenza: Threat, prejudice, and outgroup
avoidance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
4. Gilles, I., Bangerter, A., Clémence, A., Green E., Krings F., Staerklé C., & Wagner-Egger, P.
(in press). Trust in medical organizations predicts pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccination behavior
and perceived efficacy of protection measures in the Swiss public. European Journal of
Epidemiology.
5. Krings, F., Sczesny, S., & Kluge, A. (2011). Stereotypical inferences as mediators of age
discrimination: The role of competence and warmth. British Journal of Management, 22, 187-
201.
6. Wagner-Egger, P., Bangerter, A., Green, E., Krings, F., Staerklé, C., Gilles, I., & Clémence, A.
(2011) Public perceptions of collectives at the outbreak of the H1N1 epidemic: Heroes, villains
and victims. Public Understanding of Science, 20, 461-476.
7. Green, E., Krings, F., Staerklé, C., Bangerter, A., Clémence, A., Wagner-Egger, P., & Bornand,
T. (2010). Keeping the vermin out: Perceived disease threat and ideological orientations as
predictors of exclusionary immigration attitudes. Journal of Community and Applied Social
Psychology, 20, 299-316.
8. Krings, F., & Facchin, S. (2009). Organizational justice and men's likelihood to sexually harass:
The moderating role of sexism and personality. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 501-510.
9. Gomez, V., Krings, F., Bangerter, A. & Grob, A. (2009). The Influence of personality and life
events on subjective well-being from a life span perspective. Journal of Research in
Personality, 43, 345-354.
10. Krings, F., Bollmann, G., & Palazzo, B. (2009). Diversity "spielerisch" trainieren: Auswirkungen
auf Einstellungen und Sensibilität gegenüber Diversity bei Führungskräften [Training diversity
by playing a game: Effects on diversity attitudes and sensitivity in managers]. Zeitschrift für
Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 53, 33-38.
11. Petersen, L.-E., & Krings, F. (2009). Are ethical codes of conduct toothless tigers for dealing
with employment discrimination? Journal of Business Ethics, 85, 501-514.
12. Bangerter, A., Krings, F., Pététin, M., &, Blatti, S. (2008). Les représentations de l'entretien
structuré chez les recruteurs [Recruters' representations of structured interviews]. Psychologie
du Travail et des Organisations, 14, 258-275.
13. Krings, F., Bangerter, A., Gomez, V., & Grob, A. (2008). Cohort differences in personal goals
and life satisfaction in young adulthood: Evidence for historical shifts in developmental tasks.
Journal of Adult Development, 15, 93-105.
14. Kluge, A., Fröhlich, O., & Krings, F. (2008). Altersdiskriminierung und das Allgemeine
Gleichbehandlungsgesetz [Age discrimination and the German Discrimination in Employment
Act]. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 3, 129-139.
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15. Kluge, A., & Krings, F. (2008). Attitudes toward older workers and Human Resource practices.
Swiss Journal of Psychology, 67, 61-64.
16. Krings, F., & Olivares, J. (2007). At the doorstep to employment: Discrimination of immigrants
as a function of applicant ethnicity, job type, and prejudice. International Journal of Psychology,
42, 406-417.
17. Krings, F., Tschan, F., & Bettex, S. (2007). Determinants of attitudes toward affirmative action
in a Swiss sample. Journal of Business and Psychology, 21, 585-611.
18. Kluge, A., & Krings, F. (2007). Altersdiskriminierung: (k)ein Thema in der deutschsprachigen
Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie? [Age discrimination: No issue for German-speaking
work and organizational psychology?] Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie,
51, 180-189.
19. Krings, F. (2004). Automatic and controlled influences of associations with age on memory.
Swiss Journal of Psychology, 63, 247-259.
20. Bangerter, A., Grob, A., & Krings, F. (2001). Personal goals at age 25 in three generations of
the twentieth century: Young adulthood in historical context. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 60,
59-64.
21. Grob, A., Krings, F., & Bangerter, A. (2001). Life markers in biographical narratives of people
from three cohorts: A life span perspective in its historical context. Human Development, 44,
171-190.
22. Perrig-Chiello, P., Perrig, W. J., Ehrsam, R. Stähelin, H. B., & Krings, F. (1998). Short-term and
long-term effects of resistance training on well-being and memory in the elderly. Age and
Ageing, 27, 469-475.
23. Heinimann, K., Stähelin, H. B., Perrig-Chiello, P., Perrig, W. J., Ehrsam, R., Meier, B. & Krings,
F. (1996). Lipoprotein (a) und Plasma-Lipide bei 429 Betagten und Hochbetagten: Bedeutung
als Riskofaktor, Einfluss von Ernährung und Lebensstil. Schweizerische Medizinische
Wochenschrift, 126, 1487-1494.
24. Ehrsam, R., Zahner, L., Hug, M., Kreis, M., Krings, F., Perrig-Chiello, P., Perrig, W. & Stähelin,
H. B. (1995). Krafttraining mit Seniorinnen und Senioren: Hinweise zur Praxis. Zeitschrift der
Eidgenössischen Sportschule Magglingen, 7, 8-12.
Book chapters:
1. Krings, F. & Bollmann, G. (2011). Managing counterproductive work behaviors. In M. Wentland
& G. Palazzo (Eds.), Responsible Management. Pearson.
2. Krings, F., & Bangerter, A. (2010). Durch Diversity Management die demografische Alterung
meistern [Mastering demographic ageing through diversity management]. In G. Ochsenbein &
al. (Eds.), Human Resource Management Jahrbuch 2010. Zürich: Weka-Verlag.
3. Krings, F., Bollmann, G., & Kluge, A. (in press). Les normes d'âge [Age norms]. In S. Laberon
(Ed.), Psychologie et Recrutement. Bruxelles: De Boeck.
4. Krings, F., & Kluge, A. (2008). Altersvorurteile [Ageism]. In L.-E. Petersen & B. Six (Eds.),
Stereotype, Vorurteile und soziale Diskriminierung (pp.131-139). Weinheim: Beltz.
5. Schmid Mast, M., & Krings, F. (2008). Stereotype und Informationsverarbeitung [Stereotypes
and information processing]. In L.-E. Petersen & B. Six (Eds.), Stereotype, Vorurteile und
soziale Diskriminierung (pp.33-44). Weinheim: Beltz.
6. Krings, F., Grob, A., & Bangerter, A. (2000). Erlebte und antizipierte Biografien von Personen
aus drei verschiedenen Kohorten [Lived and anticipated biographies of people from three
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cohorts]. In E. Thommen & H. Kilcher (Eds.), Comparer ou prédire: Exemples de recherches
comparatives en psychologie aujourd'hui (pp. 127-139).
7. Schlittler, B., Krings, F., & Bangerter, A. (2000). Lebenslauf and Lebensprojekte von
kinderlosen Frauen [Life courses and life projects of childless women]. In E. Thommen & H.
Kilcher (Eds.),Comparer ou prédire: Exemples de recherches comparatives en psychologie
aujourd'hui (pp. 141-151).
Currently under review or in preparation (almost completed manuscripts):
1. Binggeli, S., Krings, F., & Sczesny, S. (2011). Too similar to be close allies? Stereotype
content of immigrant groups
2. Bollmann, G. & Krings, F. (2011). Organizational justice and counterproductive work behaviors:
What role do just world beliefs play?
3. Bollmann, G. & Krings, F. (2011) How Work Group Climate Affects Counterproductive Work
Behaviors: The Role of Anticipated Informal Sanctions
4. Guese, K., Ivens, B., Krings, F., & Muller, B., (2010). Alternative models of brand personality.
5. Kaufmann, Sczesny, & Krings (2011). Feature-based age discrimination at employment.
6. Kleinlogel., E., Krings, F., & Dietz, J. (2011). What fosters and what reduces employment
discrimination?
7. Sczesny, S., & Krings, F. (2010). What managers infer from employee absenteeism pattern.
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FUNDING
1. Swiss National Science Foundation: SINERGIA (Collaborative research project) Codevelopment
in personality: Longitudinal approaches to personality development in dyads
across the life span.
• Co-principal investigator, together with Alexander Grob and Bettina Wiese (U of Basel;
leading house) and Mike Martin (U of Zurich).
• Running period 01.07.2010 - 30.6.2013
• Sinergia total 1’125’159 CHF, including one full PhD position under my supervision
2. Swiss National Science Foundation: NCCR (National Centre of Competence in Research)
Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives (leading house U of Lausanne)
• Module 7 Professional trajectories: Impact of individual characteristics and resources
and cultural background
• Co-principal investigator, together with Jerôme Rossier (director of the module, U of
Lausanne), Alexandra Freund, Willibald Ruch and Bettina Wiese (U of Zurich),
Koorosh Massoudi and Doris Hanappi (U of Lausanne)
• Running period 01.01.2011-31.12.2014
• NCCR total 15’535’000 CHF; about 1’500’000 CHF for module 7, including one full
PhD position and one part-time postdoctoral position under my supervision
3. Swiss National Science Foundation: Sexual harassment at the workplace: Better
understanding means more effective prevention (PNR60)
• Principal investigator, together with Marianne Schär-Moser (Forschung & Beratung,
Bern)
• Running period 01.10.2010-01.10.2013
• 308’012.-, including one full PhD position under my supervision
4. Swiss National Science Foundation: Research project Discrimination at employment.
• Principal investigator
• Running period 01.11.2008 - 01.4.2012
• 190’443 CHF, including one full PhD position under my supervision
5. State Secretariat for Education and Research: Swiss partner for the European project SILVER
– a toolbox for performance through age management.
• Principal investigator.
• Running period 01.11.2007 - 30.09.2009
• 30’904 CHF
6. Conférence Universitaire de la Suisse Occidentale: Doctoral workshop Stereotypes and
prejudice in organizational context.
• Co-applicant and co-organizer together with Eva Green (U of Lausanne)
• Workshop 16.8. - 18.8.2008
• 20’350 CHF
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JOURNAL AND REVIEWING ACTIVITY:
Consulting editor Social Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for journals: Applied Psychology: An International Review, British Journal of
Management, European Psychologist, European Journal of Social
Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, European
Management Review, Journal of Managerial Psychology,
Psychology and Aging, Sex Roles, Social Psychology, Swiss
Journal of Psychology
Reviewer for funding agencies: Swiss National Science Foundation
Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality (nominated reviewer)
INVITED TALKS AND WORKSHOPS (SINCE 2006)
1. La diversité d’âge. Invited talk at the Congrès de l’Assocation HR, Sections Romandes
(Lausanne, September 2011).
2. Adressing and redressing social inequalities. Invited symposium at the 12 th congress of the
Swiss Psychological society (Fribourg, September 2011).
3. Das ist jetzt aber nicht gerecht! Invited workshop at the Conference “Change trifft Teams”,
organized by the University of Applied Sciences Nordwestschweiz (Basel, January 2010).
4. Rémunération et motivation. Invited talk at the Congrès de l’Assocation HR, Sections
Romandes (Lausanne, September 2009).
5. Le management des âges. Invited talk at the Congrès Performance et âge: Comment
bénéficier de l’expérience des seniors (Lausanne, June 2009).
6. Stereotypes and Heuristics. Invited annotation to Simple heuristics in a social context (talk by
Prof. Ulrich Hoffrage) (Lausanne, May 2008)
7. Le management de l'âge: nouveau défi de l'entreprise? Invited talk at the Conférence des
Gradués HEC de l’Université de Lausanne (Lausanne, September 2007)
8. Comment expliquer le harcèlement sexuel au travail. Invited talk at research seminar of the
Faculté des SSP, Université de Lausanne (Lausanne, June 2007).
9. Explaining severe forms of deviance: Organizational justice and personality as predictors of
sexual harassment at work. Invited talk at research seminar of the Department of
Management, Faculté des HEC, University of Lausanne (Lausanne, April 2007).
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MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1. Association for Psychological Science
2. European Association of Experimental Social Psychology
3. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology
4. Swiss Psychological Society
SELECTED MEDIA MENTIONS
Le Temps, Le Matin, 24heures, Context, HR Today, L'événement syndical, Persorama,
Uniscope, Bulletin HEC
TEACHING AND RESEARCH MENTORING
Courses:
a teaching in French, b teaching in English, c teaching in German
Bachelor level:
• Human Resource Management (2006-present) a
• Social cognition (1998-2000) c
Master level:
• Group processes (2006-present) b
• Stereotypes and prejudice at work (2002-2006) a
• Diversity management (2002-2006) a
• Personnel decision making (2002-2006) a
• Demographic ageing and its implications for work (2002-2006) a
• Life span development (1998-2000) c
Executive education:
• Human Resource Management and Diversity (2006-present, Executive MBA) b
• Human Resource Management (2008-present, Executive Master in Postal Leadership at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) b
• Team processes (2007-present, MAS en Gestion des Ressources Humaines et des
Carrières, Universities of Lausanne/Geneva/Neuchâtel) a
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Master theses (since 2006)
U of Neuchâtel:
• Aude Simon, 2007, U of Neuchâtel
U of Bern:
• Michèle Kaufmann, 2009 (co-supervision with Sabine Sczesny, U of Bern)
U of Lausanne:
• Stéphanie Cazeaux, 2007
• Nicolas Roulin, 2008: Best Master Thesis in OB (Prix Jeunes Talents
2008, HR Vaud) and 3 rd Place Best Master
Thesis in I/O Psychology (Swiss Society for I/O
Psychology)
• François Brunner, 2008
• Mario Bernasconi, 2009
• Emmanuelle Kleinlogel, 2009: Best Master Thesis in OB (Prix Jeunes Talents,
2009, HR Vaud)
• Giovanna Fico, 2010
• Manuel Grieder, 2010: Best Master Thesis in OB (Prix Jeunes Talents
2008, HR Vaud)
Co-supervision with Christian Zehnder, U of
Lausanne
• Catherine Gunton, 2010
• Chris Hismicher, 2010
• Audrey Mouton, 2010: Co-supervision with Christian Staerklé, U of
Lausanne
• Lionel Stoudmann, 2010
Doctoral theses:
• Committee member: Ulf Richter, 2008
Florian Hoos, 2010
Caroline Pulfrey, 2010
Michèle Kaufmann, 2009-present (U of Bern)
• Chair: Steve Binggeli, 2008-present
Grégoire Bollmann, 2007-2012
Audrey Mouton, 2010-present (co-chair)
Rebekka Steiner, 2010-present
Magdalena Burba, 2008-present (co-chair)
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