• Coping with work-related stress, recovery from work-related stress and work-life balance (Occupational Health Psychology)
• Creativity, innovation and proactive behavior at work
• Emotional labor in service workers and emotion regulation at work
• Examining intraindividual processes with diary and longitudinal research designs

Academic Education

11.2004 – 06.2008

Dissertation, University of Konstanz

10.1999 – 09.2004

Student of Psychology, Technical University of Braunschweig

Positions

since 04.2012

Professor of Work Psychology, Work Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology,Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster

04.2009 – 03.2012

Junior Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz

10.2008 – 03.2009

Reseach Associate, Work and Organizational Psychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz

11.2004 – 09.2008

Research Associate, Work and Organizational Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz

Honors

2009

Dissertation award of the Work and Organizational Psychology Division of the German Society of Psychology (1st prize) – Work and Organizational Psychology Division of the German Society of Psychology (DGPS)

2008

Südwestmetallpreis zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses – Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württemberg (Südwestmetall)

Summer Term 2026

Lectures

• Lecture: Markt-, Werbe- und Finanzpsychologie [074096]
  • [16^th Apr – 23^rd Jul 2026 | Thu, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | Fl 40]
• Lecture: Arbeitspsychologie [074006]
  • [14^th Apr – 21^st Jul 2026 | Tue, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | Fl 39]

Seminar

• Project seminar: Kompetenzen für Arbeits- und OrganisationspsychologInnen, Gr. A [074063]
  (in cooperation with Ann-Katrin Wolf)
  • [17^th Apr – 24^th Jul 2026 | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | weekly | Fl 216 a]

Colloquium

• Colloquium: Forschungskolloquium Arbeitspsychologie [074194]
  • [15^th Apr – 22^nd Jul 2026 | Wed, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly]
  • [22^nd Apr – 22^nd Jul 2026 | Wed, 3.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | Fl 40]
  • [Wed, 29^th Apr 2026, 2.00 p. m. – 3.00 p. m. | Single Course | Fl 40]

Winter Term 2025/26

Seminars

• Seminar: Dyadische Veränderungen [072100]
• Project seminar: Kompetenzen für Arbeits- und OrganisationspsychologInnen, Gr. A [072073]

Colloquium

• Colloquium: Forschungskolloquium Arbeitspsychologie [072210]

Summer Term 2025

Lectures

• Lecture: Markt-, Werbe- und Finanzpsychologie [070097]
• Lecture: Arbeitspsychologie [070006]
• Lecture: Organisationspsychologie [070007]
  (in cooperation with Philipp Schäpers)

Seminar

• Project seminar: Kompetenzen für Arbeits- und OrganisationspsychologInnen, Gr. A [070068]
  (in cooperation with Linda-Elisabeth Reimann)

Colloquium

• Colloquium: Forschungskolloquium Arbeitspsychologie [070190]

Other Course

• Alle: Nur für Kowi-Studierende: Psych.-Vorlesung Arbeitspsychologie [060136]

Winter Term 2024/25

Seminars

• Seminar: Dyadische Veränderungen [078106]
• Seminar: Individuelle Veränderungen [078105]
  (in cooperation with Lena Kegel and Lara Kröncke)
• Project seminar: Kompetenzen für Arbeits- und OrganisationspsychologInnen [078083]

Colloquium

• Colloquium: Forschungskolloquium Arbeitspsychologie [078217]

Summer Term 2024

Lectures

• Lecture: Arbeitspsychologie [076005]
• Lecture: Markt-, Werbe- und Finanzpsychologie [076094]

Seminar

• Project seminar: Kompetenzen für Arbeits- und OrganisationspsychologInnen [076069]
  (in cooperation with Laura Berkemeyer)

Colloquium

• Colloquium: Forschungskolloquium Arbeitspsychologie [076182]

• Führungskarrieren fördern (2016)
  Individual Granted Project: Stadtwerke Münster GmbH
• Project group: Evidence-based action in schools' multilevel system - Causes, processes and outcomes - Project B – EVIS (2013 – 2016)
  Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt | Project Number: 01JG1303B

• Articles
• Books (Edited Collections)

Articles

Research Articles (Journals)

2026

• Loose, S., Binnewies, C., Heilmann, A. M., & Reimann, L.-E. (2026). Exploring daily affect, affect regulation and goal pursuit in a physical activity intervention: Effects of a cognitive and cognitive-affective physical activity intervention. Performance Enhancement and Health, 14 (3). doi: 10.1016/j.peh.2026.100426.

2025

• Carmen, B., Lilly, K., Karolin, K., Helena, T., Phillip, O., & Sophie, L. (2025). Workplace fear of missing out in the context of working remotely versus in the office – A multimethod perspective from three studies. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98 (4). doi: 10.1111/joop.70058.

2024

• Reimann, L.-E., Binnewies, C., Ozimek, P., & Loose, S. (2024). I Do Not Want to Miss a Thing! Consequences of Employees’ Workplace Fear of Missing Out for ICT Use, Well-Being, and Recovery Experiences. Behavioral Sciences, 14 (1), Article 8. doi: 10.3390/bs14010008.
• Hilbert, M., Binnewies, C., & Berkemeyer, L. (2024). Synergies between recovery from work and restorative environments for sustainable development: an integrative theoretical perspective. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie, 54 (2), 1–7. doi: 10.1007/s11612-024-00736-6.
• Brosch, E.-K., Binnewies, C., Gröning, C., & Forthmann, B. (2024). The role of general work engagement and well-being for vacation effects and for vacation fade-out. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 73 (2), 509–539. doi: 10.1111/apps.12488.
• Berkemeyer, L., Hilbert, M., & Binnewies, C. (2024). Evening recovery through nonwork creative activities: a diary study on well-being, self-expression, and absorption. World Leisure Journal, online. doi: 10.1080/16078055.2024.2423404.

2023

• Hilbert, M., Binnewies, C., & Berkemeyer, L. (2023). Identifying Restorative Environments for Employees` Recovery: An Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach. Leisure Sciences, in press. doi: 10.1080/01490400.2023.2201243.

2021

• Willing, M. D., C Gerlitz, E. H., M Smith, M. B., C Guess, T. H., & U Schinzel, S. (2021). Behavioral responses to a cyber attack in a hospital environment. Scientific Reports, 11, 19352–19352. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98576-7.
• Groening, C, B., & C (2021). The More, the Merrier? - How Adding and Removing Game Design Elements Impact Motivation and Performance in a Gamification Environment. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 37 (12), 1130–1150. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2020.1870828.

2019

• Groening, C. B. (2019). “Achievement unlocked!” - The impact of digital achievements as a gamification element on motivation and performance. Computers in Human Behavior, 97, 151–166. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.026.
• Ott, Anna, R. H., & Binnewies, C. (2019). Negative work reflection, personal resources, and work engagement: The moderating role of perceived organizational support. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2019 (28), 110–123. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2018.1550076.

2018

• Brosch, E.-K., & Binnewies, C. (2018). Work demands and resources in the work-life interface mediated by positive affective states: A daily diary study. Management Revue, 29 (1), 55–78. doi: 10.5771/0935-9915-2018-1-55.
• Hildenbrand, K., Sacramento, C., & Binnewies, C. (2018). Transformational leadership and burnout: The role of thriving and followers’ openness to experience. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23 (1), 31–43. doi: 10.1037/ocp0000051.
• Binnewies, C. (2018). Die Rolle von Führungskräften für die Work-Life-Balance ihrer Mitarbeiter. Personal Quarterly, 70, 32–37.

2017

• van Dreden Carina, B. C. (2017). Choose your lunch companion wisely: The relationships between lunch break companionship, psychological detachment, and daily vigour. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26, 356–372. doi: 10.1037/t03569-000.

2016

• Dormann, C., Binnewies, C., Koch, Anna, R., van, A. I., Clausen, M., Preisendörfer, P., Schmidt, U., & Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O. (2016). Transferring best evidence into practice: Assessment of evidence-based school management. Journal for Educational Research Online, 2016 (8), 14–38.
• Binnewies, C. (2016). Current perspectives on work-life balance: Moving toward a resource-oriented framework. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 224 (1), 1–2. doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000232.

2015

• Koch, A. R., Binnewies, C., & Dormann, C. (2015). Motivating innovation in schools. School principals’ work engagement as a motivator for schools’ innovation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24 (4), 505–517. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.958471.
• Koch, A. R., Binnewies, & Carmen (2015). Setting a good example. Supervisors as work-life friendly role-models within the context of boundary management. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 20 (1), 82–92. doi: 10.1037/a0037890.

2014

• Hahn, V. C., Binnewies, C., & Dormann, C. (2014). The role of partners and children for employees' daily recovery. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85 (1), 39–48. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.03.005.
• Van Gelderen Benjamin R., B. A., & Konijn, E. B. (2014). Daily deliberative dissonance acting among police officers. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 29 (6), 884–900.

2013

• van Ackeren Isabell, B. C., Clausen Marten, D., Denise, D. C., Koch Anna Rosa, L. B., Preisendörfer Peter, P. D., Rosenbusch Christoph, S. U., & Stump Martin, Z.-T. O. (2013). Welche Wissensbestände nutzen Schulen im Kontext von Schulentwicklung? Theoretische Konzepte und erste Befunde des EviS-Verbundprojektes im Überblick. Die Deutsche Schule, 12, 51–73.
• Koch, A. R., Binnewies, C., & Dormann, C. (2013). Fostering teachers' trust in scientific evidence. Journal of International Scientific Publication: Educational Alternatives, 11 (1), 26–38.
• Sonnentag, S. B. (2013). Daily affect spillover from work to home: Detachment from work and sleep as moderators. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83 (2), 198–208. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.03.008.
• van, A. I., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Binnewies, C., Clausen, M., Dormann, C., Preisendörfer, P., Rosenbusch, C., & Schmidt, U. (2013). Evidenzbasierte Schulentwicklung. Ein Forschungsüberblick aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. Die Deutsche Schule, 2013 (12. Beiheft), 170–184.

2012

• Binnewies, C. G. (2012). Creativity and innovation at work: the role of work characteristics and personal initiative. Psicothema, 24 (1), 100–5.
• Ilies, R. D., & Lim, S. B. (2012). Attributed causes for work-family conflict: Emotional and behavioral outcomes. Organizational Psychology Review, 2 (4), 293–310. doi: 10.1177/2041386612452288.
• Volmer, J., Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Niessen, C. (2012). Do social conflicts with customers at work encroach upon our private lives? A diary study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17 (3), 304–315. doi: 10.1037/a0028454.
• Hahn, V. C., Frese, M., Binnewies, C., & Schmitt, A. (2012). Happy and proactive? The role of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in business owners’ personal initiative. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 36 (1), 97–114. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00490.x.
• Hahn, V. C., Binnewies, C., & Haun, S. (2012). The role of partners for employees' recovery during the weekend. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80 (2), 288–298. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.12.004.

2011

• Binnewies, C. W. (2011). What makes a creative day? A diary study on the interplay between affect, job stressors, and job control. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32 (4), 589–607. doi: 10.1002/job.731.
• Hahn, V. C., Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Mojza, E. J. (2011). Learning how to recover from job stress: Effects of a recovery training program on recovery experiences, recovery-related self-efficacy and well-being. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 16 (2), 202–216. doi: 10.1037/a0022169.

2010

• Sonnentag, S., Binnewies, C., & Mojza, E. J. (2010). Staying well and engaged when demands are high: the role of psychological detachment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95 (5), 965–76. doi: 10.1037/a0020032.
• Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Mojza, E. J. (2010). Recovery during the weekend and fluctuations in weekly job performance: A week-level study examining intra-individual relationships. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83 (2), 419–441. doi: 10.1348/096317909X418049.
• Niessen, C., Binnewies, C., & Rank, J. (2010). Disengagement in work-role transitions. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83 (3), 695–715. doi: 10.1348/096317909X470717.
• Mojza, E. L., & Sonnentag, S. B. (2010). Daily recovery experiences: the role of volunteer work during leisure time. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 15 (1), 60–74. doi: 10.1037/a0017983.

2009

• Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Mojza, E. J. (2009). Feeling recovered and thinking about the good sides of one's work. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 14 (3), 243–56. doi: 10.1037/a0014933.
• Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S., & Mojza, E. J. (2009). Daily performance at work: Feeling recovered in the morning as a predictor of day-level job performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30 (1), 67–93. doi: 10.1002/job.541.

2008

• Sonnentag, S., Binnewies, C., & Mojza, E. J. (2008). "Did you have a nice evening?" A day-level study on recovery experiences, sleep, and affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93 (3), 674–84. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.674.
• Sonnentag, S., Mojza, E. J., Binnewies, C., & Scholl, A. (2008). Being engaged at work and detached at home: A week-level study on work engagement, psychological detachment, and affect. Work and Stress, 22 (3), 257–276.
• Binnewies, C., Ohly, S., & Niessen, C. (2008). Age and creativity at work: The interplay between job resources, age and idea creativity. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 23 (4), 438–457. doi: 10.1108/02683940810869042.

2007

• Binnewies, C., Ohly, S., & Sonnentag, S. (2007). Taking personal initiative and communicating about ideas: What is important for the creative process and for idea creativity? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 16 (4), 432–455. doi: 10.1080/13594320701514728.

Research Article (Book Contributions)

2016

• Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Zimmer, L. M., Mater, O., Laier, Bastian, Koch, A. R., Binnewies, C., Dormann, C., van, A., Isabell, Clausen, M., Preisendörfer, P., Schmidt, U., Demski, D. P., & Stump, M. (2016). Schulische und individuelle Einflussfaktoren auf das evidenzbasierte Handeln von Lehrkräften und Schulleitungen – eine mehrebenenanalytische Studie. in Bundesministerium, f. B. (ed.), Steuerung im Bildungssystem : Implementation und Wirkung neuer Steuerungsinstrumente im Schulwesen. (pp. 8–38).

2013

• Koch, A. R., Hahn, V. C., & Binnewies, C. (2013). Recovery from work stress as an opportunity to foster well-being and performance. in Burke, J., Fox, S., & Cooper, C. (ed.), Human Frailties: Wrong Choices on the Drive to Success (pp. 227–241). Gower.
• Binnewies, C. S. (2013). The application of diary methods to examine workers' daily recovery during off-job time. in Bakker, A. B., & Daniels, K. (ed.), Current Issues in Work and Organizational PsychologyA Day in the Life of a Happy Worker (pp. 72–84). Psychology Press.

2012

• Sonnentag, S., Binnewies, C., & Ohly, S. (2012). Event-sampling methods in occupational health psychology. in Sinclair, R., Wang, M., & Tetrick, L. (ed.), Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology (pp. 208–228). Routledge.

2010

• Binnewies, C. F. (2010). Affective states and affect regulation as antecedents of dynamic work engagement. in Albrecht, S. (ed.), Handbook of Employee Engagement (pp. 245–252). Edward Elgar Publishing.

2008

• Binnewies, C. S. (2008). Recovery after work. Unwinding from daily job stress. in Burke, R., & Cooper, C. (eds.), The Long Work Hours Culture - Causes, Consequences and Choices (pp. 275–293). Emerald Publishing.

2006

• Binnewies, C. S. (2006). Arbeitsbedingungen, Gesundheit und Arbeitsleistung. in Leidig, S., Limbacher, K., & Zielke, M. (ed.), Arbeitsbedingungen und psychische Stressreaktionen: Betriebliche und Klinische Schnittstellen (pp. 39–58). Pabst Verlag.

Non-Scientific Contributions (Journals)

• Binnewies, C. D. (2010). Emotionen und Coaching. Coaching Magazin, 2010 (2), 46–50.
• Binnewies, C. H. (2010). Arbeiten und ausruhen: Leistungsfähig durch Erholung in der Freizeit. Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell, 17 (2), 58–60.

Books (Edited Collections)

2016

• Binnewies, C. (ed.) (2016). Work-Life Balance (Special Issue of Journal of Psychology, 224 (1)). Hogrefe.

2013

• Hertel, G., Binnewies, C., Krumm, S., Holling, H., & Kleinmann, M. (eds.) (2013). Imagine the future world: How do we want to work tomorrow? Abstract proceedings of the 16 th EAWOP Congress 2013. miami.