Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 3717
E-Mail:	fwit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Psychologie, Sociale en Organisatiepsychologie
Office Address:	Pieter de la Court gebouw Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden Room number 2A39
Personal Homepage:	www.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/​psychologie/​organisatie/​sociaalorganisatie/​witfrankde.jsp

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Frank de Wit is a PhD student in the Social and Organizational Psychology unit of Leiden University. He received an MSc degree in International Business at CentER Graduate School at Tilburg University and an MPhil degree in Social and Organizational Psychology at Leiden University

Research

His different master’s theses focused on the effects, perceptions, and management of conflict in humans and other primates, both on the group, and the individual level. His current research will be concerned with the antecedents and underlying cognitive mechanisms causing asymmetrical perceptions of conflict situations.

Teaching

• Social Psychology of Organizational Behavior (Professional Master Program S&O)

• Thesis Supervision (Master Program S&O) 

Publications

• De Wit, F. R. C., Greer, L. L., & Jehn, K. A., (in press). The paradox of intragroup conflict: A meta-analysis.  Journal of Applied Psychology.
• Scheepers, D., De Wit, F.R.C., Ellemers, N., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). Social power makes the heart work more efficiently: Evidence from cardiovascular markers of challenge and threat. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47.
• De Wit, F. R. C., Jehn, K. A., & Scheepers, D. (2011). Negotiation within groups: A psychophysiological approach. In J. Overbeck, M. Neale and B. Mannix (Eds.), Research on Managing Group and Teams, 14, 207-238.
• De Wit, F.R.C., & Greer, L.L. (2008). The black-box deciphered: A meta-analysis of team diversity, conflict, and team performance. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 68th annual meeting, Anaheim, USA

Conference Presentations

• De Wit, F. R. C., Jehn, K. A, & Scheepers, D. (2011, June). Task Conflict, Information Processing, and Decision-Making: The Deteriorating Effect of Relationship Conflict. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Istanbul, Turkey.
• De Wit, F. R. C., Jehn, K. A, Scheepers, D. & Van Mol, C. (2010, May). Negotiation in groups: A Psychophysiological Approach. Paper presented at the Research on Managing Groups and Teams Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA.
• De Wit, F. R. C., Jehn, K. A, & Scheepers, D. (2009, December). Physiological reactions to conflict: Effects on decision-making and on reported levels of conflict.  Paper presented at the second annual conference on asymmetries cognitions and emotions (FACE-2), London Business School, London, England.
• De Wit, F. R. C. & Jehn, K. A. (2009, August). Asymmetries in perceptions of conflict: The role of human physiology. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, USA.
• De Wit, F. R. C. (2009, August). Conflict management and team decision making: The role of power and the physiology of the human body. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, USA.
• De Wit, F. R. C., Jehn, K. A, & Scheepers, D. (2009, June). Coping with Conflict: How Cardiovascular Reactions to a Task Related Disagreement affect Decision-Making Quality.  Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Kyoto, Japan.
• Winner of the IACM 2009 Best Student Paper Award
• De Wit, F.R.C., Greer, L.L., & Jehn, K.A. (2008, November). “The effects of team member diversity and conflict on team performance: A meta-analysis.” Paper presented at the Association of Researchers in Work and Organizational Psychology, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
• De Wit, F.R.C. & Greer, L.L. (2008, August). The black-box deciphered: A meta-analysis of team diversity, conflict, and team performance. Accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, USA.
• Winner of the CMD Best Student Paper Award
• De Wit, F.R.C. & Jehn, K.A. (2008, August) Team member diversity and asymmetries in physiological reactions to conflict. Accepted for presentation at the Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, USA
• De Wit, F.R.C. & Greer, L.L. (2008, July). A field study on the antecedents of asymmetrical conflict perceptions: The impact of team diversity, communication frequency, and power.  Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Chicago, USA
• Jehn, K.A., De Wit, F.R.C., Baretto, M., & Rink, F. (2008, July). Conflict Asymmetries:  Effects on Motivation, Attitudes, and Performance.  Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Chicago, USA
• De Wit, F.R.C. & Jehn, K.A. (2007, July). “Why people perceive the same conflict differently: A cognitive perspective on intragroup conflict.” Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Budapest, Hungary.
• De Wit, F.R.C., Greer, L.L., & Jehn, K.A. (2007, July). “The black-box revisited: A meta-analysis of group-diversity, -conflict and -performance.” Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Budapest, Hungary.

Working papers (available upon request)

• De Wit, F.R.C. & Greer, L.L. (2008, August). The black-box deciphered: A meta-anslysis of team diversity, conflict, and team performance. Manuscript in preparation.
• De Wit, F.R.C., & Jehn, K.A. On the human nature of conflict management: How physiological reactions to conflicts affect team performance. Manuscript in preparation.
• De Wit, F.R.C., & Jehn, K.A. Why people perceive the same conflict differently: A cognitive perspective on intragroup conflict. Manuscript in preparation.
• Jehn, K.A., De Wit, F.R.C., Barreto, M. & Rink, F.A. Conflict asymmetries: Effects on motivation, attitudes, and performance. Manuscript in preparation.
• De Wit, F.R.C. (2007). The development of reconciliatory capacities in rhesus macaques: Inadequate role-models and long-term effects of social deprivation. Working paper (intership-thesis) in collaboration with M.M. Kempes & E.H.M. Sterck, Utrecht University.

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Academy of Management (AOM)
• Associatie Sociaal-Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO)
• European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP) 
• International Association of Conflict Management (IACM)
• Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI)
• Werkgemeensschap van Onderzoekers in de Arbeids- & Organisatiepsychologie [Association of Researchers in Work and Organizational Psychology] (WAOP) 

Other Academic Activities

Reviewer for the Academy of Management Conference, 2008, Anaheim, CA.

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