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Franz W. Mönke, M.Sc.

Research Associate
Group Psychology of Entrepreneurship
apl. Prof. Dr. Philipp Schäpers

Room 71c
Fliednerstraße 21
48149 Münster

+49 251 83 34103
E-Mail: franz.moenke@uni-muenster.de
 

Research focus

  • Cybervetting: Social media assessments in personnel selection
  • Personnel selection and psychological assessment
  • Political psychology
  • Psychology of entrepreneurship
  • Engineering psychology
  • Curriculum Vitae

    Education

    since 04/2022
    University of Münster: Ph.D. student in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    10/2019 – 09/2021
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Master of Science – Psychology – Top 3 Student
    Thesis: "Politics in Cybervetting and Hireability Judgments - Testing a Similarity-Bias and Advancing the Political Affiliation Model in the Multi-Party Society of Germany" (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Schäpers, Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess)

    10/2016 – 09/2019
    Freie Universität Berlin: Bachelor of Science – Psychology – Top 3%
    Thesis: "Führungskräfte zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit: Der Einfluss von Impliziten Führungstheorien auf Einflusserwartungen im Führungskontext" (Supervisors: Dr. Liebermann, Dr. May, Prof. Dr. Kerschreiter)

    09/2015 – 08/2016
    Deutscher Bundestag / Office of Steffi Lemke MP: Voluntary Service in Politics / Democracy

    08/2009 – 06/2015
    Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde: A-Levels (High School) – Top of the Year

    Professional Experience

    since 11/2021
    University of Münster: Research Associate in Psychology of Entrepreneurship, apl. Prof. Dr. Schäpers

    11/2022 – 09/2025
    University of Münster: Exchange Coordinator and Student Council, Department of Psychology

    09/2016 – 10/2021
    Steffi Lemke MP: Student Assistant

    04/2021 – 10/2021
    nextmove / CYX mobile KG: Assistant in rental service, Berlin branch

    03/2020 – 09/2021
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Student Assistant in Engineering Psychology, Prof. Dr. Onnasch

    01/2019 – 10/2019
    Freie Universität Berlin: Student Assistant in Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Prof. Dr. Mussel

  • Publications

    Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

    Mönke, F. W., & Schäpers, P. (2025). From niche to norm: Toward greater consideration of environmental sustainability in research via impact sections. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 18(4), 523–527. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2025.10041

    Vesper, D., Mönke, F. W., Regh, T. S. D., Schäpers, P., & König, C. J. (2025). Evaluating potential political bias in recruitment: Effects of extreme vs moderate party affiliation. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-025-10096-7
    Recognized with an JBP Editor Commendation 2025.

    Heinemann, H., Williamson, G., Gras, D., Weldert, M., Mönke, F. W., & Schäpers, P. (2025). Warnings warranted? Psychometric evaluation of a self-classification measure of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 24, Article e00583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2025.e00583

    Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., Steinbrecher, J., Heinemann, H., Prüßmeier, P. L., & Schäpers, P. (2025). When less is not more: Incomplete information in LinkedIn assessments and the moderating role of applicants‘ résumé. Journal of Business and Psychology, 40, 1465–1491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-025-10032-9

    Schäpers, P.*, Mönke, F. W.*, Frieler, C.-M., Roulin, N., & Basch, J. (2025). Attitudes toward cybervetting in Germany: Impact on organizational attractiveness depends on social media platform. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 33(1), Article e70003. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.70003

    Schäpers, P., Guntermann, T., Heinemann, H., & Mönke, F. W. (2025). Are good leaders also green leaders? Differentiating established and environmental leadership styles, their antecedents, and predictive validity for corporate environmental responsiveness. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 34(4), 2034–2047. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12752

    Mönke, F. W., Roulin, N., Lievens, F., Bartossek, M. T., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Validity of social media assessments in personnel selection: A systematic review of the initial evidence. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 40(6), 445–460. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000835

    Schäpers, P., Heinemann, H., Pañellas Alvarez, D., Nohr, L., & Mönke, F. W. (2024). Different culture, same situation? Translating and applying a situational judgment test from Germany in Cuba. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 5(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000066

    Sallach, T., Mönke, F. W., & Schäpers. P. (2024). Cybervetting of organizational citizenship behavior expectations: Profile summary as a key in LinkedIn-based assessments. Computers in Human Behavior, 154, Article 108113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108113

    Mönke, F. W., Lievens, F., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001124
    Recognized as the Editor's Choice.

    Mönke, F. W., & Schäpers, P. (2022). Too early to call: What we do (not) know about the validity of cybervetting. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 15(3), 334-341. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2022.51

    *shared authorship

    Book Chapters

    Mönke, F. W., Lüdemann, H., & Schäpers, P. (2023). Cybervetting: Valide Personalauswahl mit sozialen Netzwerken? [Cybervetting: Valid personnel selection with social media?]. In K. P. Stulle & R. T. Justenhoven (Eds.), Personalauswahl 4.0: KI, Machine Learning, Gamification und andere Innovationen in der Praxis (pp. 55–71). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42142-7_4

    Magazine articles

    Mönke, F. & Schäpers, P. (2022). Cybervetting: Wie Social Media die Personalauswahl verändert [Cybervetting: How social media changes personnel selection]. Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell, 29(3), 20-24. [LINK]

    Chaired Symposia

    Ohlms, M. L. (Co-Chair), & Mönke, F. W. (Co-Chair) (2025, September 10-12). Schöne neue Assessment-Welt: Digitale Instrumente in der Personalauswahl II [Symposium]. 14th Congress of the German Psychological Society, Section for Work, Organizational and Business Psychology, Lüneburg, Germany.

    Mönke, F. W. (Chair), & Levashina, J. (Discussant) (2024, April 17-20). How (not) to cybervet: New insights from social media in selection [Symposium]. 39th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

    Conference presentations

    Mönke, F. W., Sternberg, S., Wolf, C., & Schäpers, P. (2025, September 10-12). LinkedIn im Blick: Eine Eyetracking-Studie zu Red Flags im Cybervetting. In M. L. Ohlms & F. W. Mönke (Chairs), Schöne neue Assessment-Welt: Digitale Instrumente in der Personalauswahl II [Symposium]. 14th Congress of the German Psychological Society, Section for Work, Organizational and Business Psychology, Lüneburg, Germany.

    Mönke, F. W., Sternberg, S., Wolf, C., & Schäpers, P. (2025, July 25-29). What catches a recruiter‘s eye? Eye-tracking insights from LinkedIn screenings [Poster]. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.10577poster

    Mönke, F. W., Sternberg, S., Wolf, C., & Schäpers, P. (2025, May 21–24). All eyes on LinkedIn: Eyetracking insights into social media assessments [Conference presentation]. 22nd European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.

    Mönke, F. W., Reimann, L.-E., Moldenhauer, M., & Schäpers, P. (2025, April 2-5). With or without a rater error training: Political similarity-attraction persists in hiring decisions. In D. Vesper & C. J. König (Chairs), Impact of political affiliation on workplace dynamics and hiring decisions [Symposium]. 40th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

    Vesper, D., Schäpers, P., Mönke, F. W., Regh, T. S. D., & König, C. J. (2025, April 2-5). Effects of extreme party affiliations on hireability in a multi-party system. In D. Vesper & C. J. König (Chairs), & C. C. Rosen (Discussant), Impact of political affiliation on workplace dynamics and hiring decisions [Symposium]. 40th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

    Heinemann, H., Williamson, G., Weldert, M., Mönke, F. W., Gras, D., & Schäpers, P. (2025, February 10-14). Social entrepreneurs everywhere? Biases in self-Reports of social entrepreneurship [Interactive Presentation] Australian Consortium for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence, Melbourne, Australia.

    Mönke, F. W., Kooshani, H. F., Mankel, R., Simha, A., & Schäpers, P. (2024, September 16–19). Religion in Social Media: Bias in der Personalauswahl? [Religion in social media: Bias in personnel selection; Conference presentation]. 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Vienna, Austria.

    Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., & Schäpers, P. (2024, April 17-20). When less is not more: The incomplete information bias in cybervetting. In F. W. Mönke (Chair) and J. Levashina (Discussant), How (not) to cybervet: New insights from social media in selection [Symposium]. 39th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

    Schäpers, P., Sallach, T., & Mönke, F. W. (2024, April 17-20). Profile summary as a key in LinkedIn-based OCB assessments. In F. W. Mönke (Chair) and J. Levashina (Discussant), How (not) to cybervet: New insights from social media in selection [Symposium]. 39th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

    Mönke, F. W., Kooshani, H. F., & Schäpers, P. (2024, April 17-20). (Not) Believing in hireability: Religious similarity bias in cybervetting [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

    Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., & Schäpers, P. (2023, September 12-15). (K)ein Like aus der Personalabteilung? Fehlende Informationen und Entscheidungsprozesse in Cybervetting. In J. Basch & H. Lingel (Chairs), Digitalisierung in der Personalauswahl [Symposium]. 13th Congress of the German Psychological Society, Section for Work, Organizational and Business Psychology, Kassel, Germany.

    Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., & Schäpers, P. (2023, May 24–27). No profile, no job? The role of missing information and recruiter perceptions in cybervetting [Conference presentation]. 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland. 

    Mönke, F. W., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2022, September 10–15). Judging applicants by their political cover: The role of interests, experience, and multi-party context in cybervetting similarity biases. In J. Basch & S. Krumm (Chairs), Assessment in new ways: Technology in personnel selection [Symposium]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim, Germany.

    Mönke, F. W., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2022, May 9–13). Knowing me, hiring you: Multiparty context, political interest, and recruiter experience influence political similarity biases in personnel selection [Conference presentation]. XII Encuentro Internacional de Estudiantes de Psicología [12th International Meeting of Psychology Students], La Habana, Cuba.

  • Awards and Grants

    01/2026
    Journal of Business and Psychology: Editor Commendation 2025.
    This initiative recognizes outstanding contributions to JBP, with papers nominated at the editors’ discretion (16 paper in 2025).

    Vesper, D., Mönke, F. W., Regh, T. S. D., Schäpers, P., & König, C. J. (2025). Evaluating potential political bias in recruitment: Effects of extreme vs moderate party affiliation. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-025-10096-7

    03/2024
    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – Mick Marchington Applied Research Grant: £6000

    Social Media Assessments in Selection: Toward a Better Understanding of the (In)Validity of Cybervetting
    PI: Franz W. Mönke; Collaborators: Philipp Schäpers, Filip Lievens, & Jana Holtmann

    03/2024
    Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology – SIOP Student Travel Award: $500

    01/2024 – 02/2024
    Lim Kim San Fellowship in Leadership: Faculty for Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. Research stay with Prof. Dr. Lievens.

    01/2024
    Journal of Applied Psychology 109(1): Editor’s Choice
    As part of this initiative, the Editor-in-Chief of JAP recognizes outstanding papers (one per issue).

    Mönke, F. W., Lievens, F., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001124

    11/2022
    3rd prize in the poster award: Science to Start-up Convention, REACH Euregio Start-Up Center

    06/2022
    Honorable mention: Top-3 graduate from the master's program in Psychology (Class of 2021)
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    05/2022 – 05/2025
    Various travel grants: University of Münster, such as Santander Mobilitätsfonds, SAIL Mobility Fund, ERASMUS Staff Mobility (DAAD), ~7.300€

    02/2017 – 09/2021
    Scholarship for academic excellence from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
    (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)

    06/2015
    Top of the year award at Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde, awarded by Dahme-Spreewald County
    Humboldt price of the Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde's association