Tobias Söldner
Personality and Cross-Cultural Psychology
Since February 2014
(Senior Research Fellows, February 1, 2014 - February 1, 2019)Dr. Tobias Söldner holds a doctor’s degree in natural sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin. His dissertation thesis centers on acculturation-induced changes in personality structure and personal values among young sojourners and expatriates in Japan, Germany, and the US. During a research visit to The University of Tokyo funded by the German National Academic Foundation, he became aware of the unique opportunities Japan offered for the re-examination of several theories about human nature, most of which were originally developed and tested only in the so-called “western” context.
Since February 2014, Dr. Söldner continues his inquiries into the intricate relation between human universals and cultural specifics at the DIJ, and contributes to the institute’s manifold research projects with an expertise in cross-cultural research methods and psychology.
DIJ Projects
Work-related Diversity in Japan: New Risks and Opportunities for Whom?
Effective Multinational Teamwork in the Japanese Context (EMTJ Study)
Completed DIJ Projects
Sexism and career aspirations of Japanese university students
Happily Different? On Happiness and Norm Deviation in Japan
Happiness in Japan: Continuities and Discontinuities
Memberships
- International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)
- Academy of Management (AOM)
- European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
Selected Publications
Books
2018
[With: Söldner, Tobias; Bachmann, Julia] Bouncing Back After Failure: Perceived and Actual Similarity as a Coping Resource in Multinational Work Teams. Working Papers | Reports. Tokyo: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien.
[With: Söldner, Tobias; Bachmann, Julia] Bouncing Back After Failure: Perceived and Actual Similarity as a Coping Resource in Multinational Work Teams. Working Papers | Reports. Tokyo: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien.
2013
[With: Söldner, Tobias] Personality, values, and cultural perceptions in the sojourner context: A new perspective on acculturation in Germany, Japan, and the US. 162 p.
[With: Söldner, Tobias] Personality, values, and cultural perceptions in the sojourner context: A new perspective on acculturation in Germany, Japan, and the US. 162 p.
Editorship
2016
[With: Heinrich, Steffen] Contemporary Japan 28, No. 2. Contemporary Japan. de Gruyter. 228 p.
[With: Heinrich, Steffen] Contemporary Japan 28, No. 2. Contemporary Japan. de Gruyter. 228 p.
Articles
2014
National Identities in a Globalized World
In: Korea Forum.
National Identities in a Globalized World
In: Korea Forum.
Presentations
August 13, 2018
Effects of Leader/Member Similarity on Resilience in Multinational Work Teams.
Academy of Management Conference (AOM), Chicago, USA.
July 4, 2018
Effects of Leader/Member Similarity on Resilience in Multinational Work Teams.
Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Guelph, Canada.
November 30, 2017
Personality Factors Influencing Multinational Team Success.
DIJ International Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
August 31, 2017
Sexism, Gender Role Ideals, Competency Perceptions, and Career Ambitions of Japanese University Students.
European Association for Japanese Studies Conference (EAJS), Lisbon, Portugal.
July 12, 2017
Sexism, Gender Specific Work Competency Perceptions, and Career Aspirations of Japanese University Students.
European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
July 9, 2017
Interrelations Between Sexism, Gender Role Ideals, Gender Specific Leadership Competency Perceptions, and Career Aspirations of Japanese University Students.
Asian Studies Conference (ASC), Tokyo, Japan.
March 24, 2017
Gender Role Perceptions, Sexism, and Work Ambitions of Japanese University Students.
Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences (ACP), Kobe, Japan.
August 3, 2016
Changes in the Perception of National Character after Cross-Cultural Contact.
Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Nagoya, Japan.
August 1, 2016
The Culturally Intelligent Leader: How Experience, Personality, and Multicultural Identity Affects Leadership of Multinational Teams.
Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Nagoya, Japan.
July 27, 2016
Cross-Cultural Contact as a Predictor For Perceived National Differences in Personality and Values.
International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Yokohama, Japan.
July 6, 2016
The Influence of Foreign Country Experience on National Character Stereotypes.
European Congress on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (ECP), Brighton, UK.
November 8, 2015
Hammered Stakes? The Influence of Autonomy and Deviation from Value Norms on Well-Being in Japan, Germany and the US.
日本医学哲学倫理学学[Congress of the Japanese Association for Philosophical/Ethical Researches in Medicine], Niigata, Japan.
October 8, 2015
Autonomy and Deviation From Value Norms as Risk Factors for Well-Being in Germany, Japan and the US.
Meeting of the German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences (GJSSS), Tokyo, Japan.
July 8, 2015
Autonomy and Deviation From Value Norms as Predictors for Well-Being in Germany, Japan, Germany, and the US.
European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Milan, Italy.
June 29, 2015
Autonomy and Values Congruence as Predictors for Well-Being in Germany, Japan, and the US.
Biennial Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), Bergen, Norway.
June 13, 2015
Autonomy and Deviation From Value Norms as Predictors for Well-Being in Germany, Japan, Germany, and the US.
Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS), Kobe, Japan.
March 27, 2015
Hammered Stakes? The Influence of Autonomy and Deviation from Value Norms on Well-Being in Japan, Germany and the US.
Asian Conference on Psychology (ACP), Osaka, Japan.
September 17, 2015 - September 18, 2015
Autonomy and Deviation From Value Norms as Predictors of Well-Being in Japan, Germany and the US.
100 Years of “Risikopolitik” and Risk Paradoxa. Joint Conference of the Japan Risk Management Society (日本リスクマネジメント学会JARMS) and the German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo (DIJ), Tokyo, Japan.
September 25, 2012
Die anderen, wir, und ich: Selbstwahrnehmung, Fremdwahrnehmung und Akkulturation junger Austauschstudenten in und aus Deutschland, Japan und den USA [The others, we, and I: Self-perceptions, other-perceptions and acculturation of young exchange students in and from Germany, Japan, and the US].
48. Congress of the German Association for Personality (DGPs), Bielefeld, Germany.
July 12, 2012
Evidence for host/origin culture specific patterns of sojourner personality and values development.
16. European Conference on Personality (ECP), Trieste, Italy.
March 29, 2011
The Sojourner and Expatriate Acculturation (SEA) Project.
PhD Workshop 2011 of the Department for Differential and Personal Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DPPD), Landau, Germany.
September 29, 2009
New language, new peers – new personality?.
10th Conference of the Department for Differential and Personal Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DPPD), Landau, Germany.
Curriculum Vitae
2016 -
University Lecturer, Keio University, Japan
2014 -
Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo
2013
PhD thesis on cross-cultural personality research (magna cum laude)
2011-2012
Lecturer for Cross-cultural Psychology at Humboldt Universität
2010-2011
Special research student at University of Tokyo
2009-2012
Dissertation Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation
2008-2009
Research assistant at imedo GmbH, Berlin
2004-2008
Advanced studies of Psychology, minor subjects Japanese Studies and Sociology, at Humboldt Universität (Diploma)
2003-2004
Studies of Comparative Culture at Sophia University, Tokyo
2001-2003
Basic studies of Psychology at Trier University