Ms M.Sc. Lenke Roth

Biography

Lenke Roth, M.Sc. has been at the UNESCO-Chair for Entrepreneurship and Intercultural Management of Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann since September 2026 where she is primarily involved in the AI for Sustainability Project. Before joining the chair she studied psychology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at the University of Marburg and data science (M.Sc.) at the University of Giessen. Currently she is pursuing her doctorate on the topic of “How Psychopathy Drives Dysfunctional Workplace Dynamics” in work- and organisational psychology. 

Research Areas and Topics for Bachelor- and Mastertheses:

• AI-based sustainability assessment
• Role of personality of founders (u.a. die ‘Dark Triad’)
• Personnel selection
• Impression management and signaling in the workplace and investment context

Zusätzlich sind auch eigene Themenstellungen, nach Absprache, möglich.

Publications

Roth, L., & Klehe, U.-C. (2025). Competing with psychopaths: Insights from a personality trait-based interactionist model of counterproductive work behaviour. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 35(4), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2025.2594498

Roth, L., & Klehe, U.-C. (2025). The enemy within one’s own ranks: Meta-analysis on the effects of psychopathy on workplace-related behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 110(7), 906–929. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001248

Roth, L., Klehe, U.-C., & Willhardt, G. (2021). Liar, liar, pants on fire: How verbal deception cues signal deceptive versus honest impression management and influence interview ratings. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 7(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2021.01.007

Diller, S. J., Gruda, D., Jonason, P. K., Harms, P., Dietl, E., Roth, L., ... & Burns, G. (2025). Shadows in the office: Understanding the effects of dark triad personalities in the workplace. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025). https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.13326symposium