Lehre in der Ausbildung

• Betreuung von Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten
• Betreuung Modul "Werkstattarbeiten"

Lehre in der Weiterbildung
Dozentin

• Arbeit und Gesundheit
• Life Domain Balance
• Multiple Ziele
• Erschöpfung und Erholung
• Indirekte Steuerung

2008–2011
Doktorat in Psychologie, ETH Zürich, Prof. Dr. T. Wehner

1996–2004
Psychologiestudium an der Universität Zürich 

seit 2022
Professorin für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, Hochschule für Angewandte Psychologie (FHNW), Institut Mensch in komplexen Systemen

2016–2022
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Hochschule für Angewandte Psychologie (FHNW), Institut Mensch in komplexen Systemen

2011–2016
Postdoktorandin, Universität Zürich, Psychologisches Institut, Entwicklungspsychologie: Erwachsenenalter, Prof. Dr. A. M. Freund

2006–2011
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin , Universität Zürich, Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Abteilung Gesundheitsforschung und Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement

2005–2006
Mitarbeiterin Management Support , Credit Suisse

2003–2005
Projektmitarbeiterin, Unternehmensberatung, Prof. Dr. H. A. Mieg

2000–2005
Mitarbeiterin im Bereich Personalwesen, Credit Suisse

1996–1998
Teleoperatrice, Swisscom

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Krause, A., Deufel, A., Dorsemagen, C., Knecht, M., Mumenthaler, J., Mustafić, M. & Zäch, S. (2018). Betriebliche Interventionen zur gesundheitsförderlichen Gestaltung indirekter Steuerung. In M. Pfannstiel & H. Mehlich (Hrsg.), BGM – Ein Erfolgsfaktor für Unternehmen. Heidelberg: Springer.

Knecht, M., Meier, G. & Krause A. (2017). Endangering one’s health to improve performance? How indirect control triggers social momentum in organizations. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO). 48, 193-201. DOI:10.1007/s11612-017-0377-3

Krause, A., Schwendener, S., Berset, M., Knecht, M., & Bogusch, K. (2017). Team strategies for coping with time pressure. Psychology of Everyday Activity, 10(2), 4-21.

Knecht, M., & Freund, A. M. (2016). Boundary management: A time-sampling study on managing work and private life in middle adulthood. Research in Human Development, 13, 297-211. doi:10.1080/15427609.2016.1234307

Knecht, M., & Freund, A. M. (2016). The use of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC) in goal pursuit in the daily lives of middle-aged adults. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14, 350-366. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1207518

Freund, A. M., Napolitano, C. M., & Knecht, M. (2016). Life-management through selection, optimization, and compensation. In N. A. Pachana (Ed.), Encyclopedia of geropsychology. Singapore: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_130-1

Knecht, M., Wiese, B. S., & Freund, A. M. (2016). Going beyond work and family: A longitudinal study on the role of leisure in the work-life interplay. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 37, 1061-1077. doi:10.1002/job.2098

Wiese, B. S. & Knecht, M. (2015). Socialization into organizations and balancing work and family. In J. Vuori, R. Blonk, & R. Price (Eds.). Sustainable working lives - Managing work transitions and health throughout the life Course (pp. 87-105). Dordrecht, NL: Springer.

Freund, A.M., Knecht, M., & Wiese, B.S. (2014). Multidomain engagement and self-reported psychosomatic symptoms in middle-aged women and men. Gerontology, 60, 255-262. doi: 10.1159/000358756

Knecht, M., Bauer, G. F., Gutzwiller, F., & Hämmig, O. (2011). Persistent work-life conflict and health satisfaction. A representative longitudinal study in Switzerland. BMC Public Health, 11(271). doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-271.

Hämmig, O., Knecht, M. K., Läubli, T., & Bauer, G. F. (2011). Work-life conflict and muscoskeletal disorders: A cross-sectional study of an unexplored association. BMC Muscoskeletal Disorders, 12(60). doi:10.1186/1471-2472-12-60.

Klaghofer, R., Stamm, M., Buddeberg, C., Bauer, G. F., Hämmig, O., Knecht, M., et al. (2011). Development of life satisfaction in young physicians: results of the prospective SwissMedCareer Study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 84, 159-166.

Knecht, M., Bauer, G. F., Klaghofer, R., Buddeberg-Fischer, B., Stamm, M., & Hämmig, O. (2010). Work-life conflict and health among Swiss physicians - in comparison with other university graduates and with the general Swiss working population. Swiss Medical Weekly, 140, w13063.

Buddeberg-Fischer, B., Stamm, M., Buddeberg, C., Bauer, G. F., Hämmig, O., Knecht, M., & Klaghofer, R. (2010). The impact of gender and parenthood on physicians' careers - professional and personal situation seven years after graduation. BMC Health Services Research, 10(40). doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-40.

Knecht, M., Baumgartner, M., Krause, A., Mumenthaler, J., Vetter, A. & Vollmer, A. (May, 2019). The Association of Agile Methods, Team processes and Engagement. In C. Korunka & B. Kubicek (Chairs), The Merits and Paradoxes of Flexible Work (part I and II). Symposium conducted at the 19th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Turin, Italy.

Knecht, M., Mumenthaler, J. & Krause, A. (September, 2018). Self-Endangering Work Behavior and Daily Job Crafting - Daily diary study on the association between workload, active coping strategies and wellbeing. In M. Knecht & N. Deci. (Chairs), Why Do People Extend and Intensify Their Working Hours? Antecedents and Outcomes of Self-Endangering Work Behaviour. Symposium conducted at the 13th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference (eaoph), Lissabon, Portugal.

Knecht, M., Berset, M., Dorsemagen, C. & Krause, A. (May, 2017). The concept of self-endangering work behavior strategies. In M. Knecht (Chair), Indirect control and self-endangering work behavior. Symposium conducted at the 18th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Dublin, Ireland.

Knecht, M. & Freund A. M. (May, 2017) Boundary Management. A Time-Sampling Study on the interplay of Work and Private Life in Middle Adulthood. In R. Brauchli & M. Knecht (Chairs), How Can We Get It All And Stay Healthy? Boundary Management, Life-Domain Balance, And Wellbeing. Symposium conducted at the 18th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Dublin, Ireland.

Knecht, M., & Freund, A. M., (September, 2015). Selection, Optimization, and Compensation as response to goal conflict and facilitation. In. M. Richter (Chair), Motivational determinants of goal pursuit. Symposium conducted at the 14. biannual congress of the swiss psychological society (SSP), Geneva, Switzerland.

Knecht, M., & Freund, A. M. (August/Septemeber, 2015). Selection, Optimierung und Kompensation als Antwort auf Zielkonflikte und –bereicherungen im Alltag [Selection, optimization, and compensation as response to goal conflict and facilitation in everyday life]. In. M. Knecht (Chair), Multiple Ziele über die Lebensspanne [Multiple goals over the lifespan]. Symposium conducted at the 22. Fachgruppentagung Entwicklungspsychologie (EPSY), Frankfurt, Germany.

Knecht, M., Lachman, M., & Freund, A. M. (May, 2015). The role of perceived control in the interplay of life-domains. Paper presented at the 17th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Oslo, Norway.

Knecht, M., Freund, A. M., & Wiese, B. S. (September, 2013). Do conflicts between life-domains make us sick? Poster presentation at the Society for longitudinal and life course studies conference (SLLS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Knecht, M., Freund, A. M., & Wiese, B. S. (September, 2013). Selection, optimization and compensation in goal pursuit in the life domains work, family, and leisure. In. J. Rossier (Chair), Professional context and the potential for vulnerable situations: the resources to overcome. Symposium conducted at the 13. biannual congress of the swiss psychological society (SSP), Basel, Switzerland.

Freund, A. M., Knecht, M., & Wiese, B. S. (September, 2013). Managing the demands of multiple goals in everyday life. In J. Nikitin (Chair), Motivation and goals. Symposium conducted at the 13. biannual congress of the swiss psychological society (SSP), Basel, Switzerland.

Knecht, M., Wiese, B. S., & Freund, A. M. (May, 2013). Selection, optimization, and compensation in goal pursuit in the life domains work, family, and leisure. In B. S. Wiese & K. Samela-Aro (Chairs), Personal goals in the work context. Symposium conducted at the 16th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Munster, Germany.

Knecht, M., Wiese, B. S., & Freund, A. M. (May, 2013). Work as resource for family and leisure. In M. Knecht (Chair), Resources in an occupational context and their relations to measures of subjective well-being. Symposium conducted at the 16th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Munster, Germany.

Knecht, M., Wiese, B. S., & Freund, A. M. (October, 2012). The interplay of the life domains work, family, and leisure. In A. M. Freund (Chair), Personal adaptation to work challenges: the impact of individual resources and subsequent well-being outcomes. Symposium conducted at the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance Conference, Mannheim, Germany.

Knecht, M., Wiese, B. S., & Freund, A. M. (September, 2012).  Das Zusammenspiel der Lebensbereiche Beruf, Freizeit und Familie [The interplay of the life domains work, leisure, and family]. Paper presented at the 48th Meeting of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Bielefeld, Germany.

Freund, A. M., Knecht, M., & Wiese, B. S. (September, 2012). MyLife: Multiple Ziele in Beruf, Familie und Freizeit [MyLife: Multiple Goals in Work, Family, and Leisure]. Talk at the 48th Conference of the German Association of Psychology, Bielefeld, Germany.

Knecht, M., Brauchli, R. Bauer, G.F., Hämmig O. (May, 2011). Work-life conflict, work-life facilitation, and their correlates among blue collar workers in Switzerland. Poster presented at the 15th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Brauchli, R., Hämmig, O., Güntert, S., Bauer, G.F., Knecht, M., & Wehner, T. (May, 2011). Volunteering as a Psychosocial Resource Concerning Work-Life Conflict and Health. Paper presented at the 15th conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Maastricht, Netherlands.

Knecht, M., Brauchli, R., Bauer, G., Hämmig, O. (September, 2010). Langfristiger Work-Life Conflict und Gesundheit – Eine repräsentative Längsschnitt-Studie aus der Schweiz [Persistent work-life conflict and health. A representative longitudinal study in Switzerland]. Paper presented at the 47. German Psychological Association (DGPs), Bremen, Germany.

Knecht, M., Bauer, G., Klaghofer, R., Buddeberg-Fischer, B., Stamm, M., Hämmig, O. (March, 2010). Work-life conflict and health among Swiss physicians - in comparison with other university graduates and with the general Swiss working population. Paper presented at the 9th conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EA-OHP), Rome, Italy.

Hämmig, O., Brauchli, R., Knecht, M., Bauer, G.F. (March, 2010). Work-life imbalance and effort-reward imbalance as predictors of burnout. Paper presented at the EA-OHP Conference, Rome, Italy.

Hämmig, O., Knecht, M., Brauchli, R., Bauer, G.F. (March, 2010). Mangelnde Work-Life Balance und muskuloskelettale Beschwerden [Lacking work-life balance and musculoskeletal disorders]. Paper presented at the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften – Frühjahrkongress 2010, Darmstadt, Germany.

Hämmig, O., Knecht, M., Brauchli, R., & Bauer, G.F. (November, 2009). Work-life conflict and musculoskeletal disorders among employees in Switzerland. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Work, Stress & Health, Puerto Rico.

Knecht, M., Brauchli, R., Bauer, G., Hämmig, O. (September, 2009). Work-life conflict and health among employees in Switzerland. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Pisa, Italy.

Knecht, M., Bauer, G., Klaghofer, R., Buddeberg-Fischer, B., Stamm, M., Hämmig, O. (August, 2009). Work-Life Conflict und Gesundheit bei Schweizer Ärzten - und der Vergleich zu anderen Akademikern und der Erwerbsbevölkerung [Work-life conflict and health among Swiss physicians - in comparison with other university graduates and with the general Swiss working population]. Paper presented at the Swiss Public Health Conference, Zürich, Switzerland.

Brauchli, R., Knecht, M., Bauer, G.F., & Hämmig. O. (May, 2009). Work-nonwork conflict – association with job autonomy and risk for burnout among employees in Switzerland. Paper presented at the 14th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Hämmig, O., Knecht, M., Brauchli, R., & Bauer G.F. (March, 2009): Work-life imbalance and musculoskeletal disorders among employees in Switzerland. Paper presented at the 29th ICOH International Congress on Occupational Health: „Occupational Health: A Basic Right at Work – An Asset to Society“, Cape Town, South Africa.

Knecht, M., Brauchli, R., Läubli, T., Bauer, G., Hämmig, O. (November, 2008). Work-life conflict and musculoskeletal disorders among employees in Switzerland. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EA-OHP), Valencia, Spain.