Dr. Ann-Kathrin Torka

09/2024
Promotion zur Dr. phil.
Sozial-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Technische Universität Dortmund

seit 10/2018
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Lehrstuhl für Sozial-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie (Prof. Dr. Joachim Hüffmeier)
Technische Universität Dortmund

2018
Forschungspraktikum
Lehrstuhl für Sozial-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Technische Universität Dortmund

2018
Studentische Hilfskraft
Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung
Technische Universität Dortmund

2016-2018
Studentische Hilfskraft
Lehrstuhl für Sozial-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
Technische Universität Dortmund

2016-2018
M. A. Erziehungswissenschaft
Schwerpunkt: Empirische Bildungsforschung
Technische Universität Dortmund

2013-2016
B. A. Erziehungswissenschaft
Schwerpunkt: Psychologie
Technische Universität Dortmund

• Motivation in Teams
• Open Science

Zeitschriftenartikel (peer-reviewed)

• Torka, A.-K.*, Hüffmeier, J.*, Fischer, S., & Braun, C. (accepted). Social comparison, social indispensability, or both? On the psychological mechanisms underlying effort gains in swimming relays. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology.
• Wallrich, L., Torka, A.-K., & Hüffmeier, J. (Registered Report – accepted in principle). Estimating the replicability of research and the prevalence of selective reporting in Industrial, Work, and Organizational Psychology: A registered report. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.
• Keener, S. K.*, Kepes, S.* & Torka, A.-K.* (2023) The trustworthiness of the cumulative knowledge in iIndustrial/organizational psychology: The current state of affairs and a path forward. Acta Psychologica, Article 104005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.104005
• Torka, A.-K., Mazei, J., Bosco, F., Cortina, J., Götz, M., Kepes, S., O’Boyle, E., & Hüffmeier, J. (2023). How well are Open Science Ppractices implemented in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Management? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(4), 461-475. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2023.2206571
• Torka, A.-K., Mazei, J., & Hüffmeier, J. (2023). Are replications mainstream now? A comparison between support for replications expressed in the policies of social psychology journals in 2015 and 2022. Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.9695
• Hüffmeier, J., Torka, A.-K., Jäckel, E., Schäpers, P. (2022) Open Science Practices in IWO Psychology: Urban Legends, Misconceptions, and a False Dichotomy. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 15(4), 520–524. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2022.69
• Mazei, J., Mertes, M., Torka, A.-K., & Hüffmeier, J. (2022) Why We Sometimes Need Different Measures. Personality Science, 3, 57-60.
• Hüffmeier, J., Hertel, G., Torka, A.-K., Nohe, C., & Krumm, S. (2021) In Field Settings Group Members (Often) Show Effort Gains Instead of Social Loafing. European Review of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1959125
• Torka, A.-K., Mazei, J., Hüffmeier, J. (2021). Together, everyone achieves more—Or, less? An interdisciplinary meta-analysis on effort gains and losses in teams. Psychological Bulletin, 147(5), 504–534. doi.org/10.1037/bul0000251
• Buttrick, N., Aczel, B., Aeschbach, L., Bakos, B., Brühlmann, F., Claypool, H., Hasselman, F., Hüffmeier, J., Kovacs, M., Schuepfer, K., Szecsi, P., Szuts, A., Szoke, O., Thomae, M., Torka, A.-K., Walker, R., Wood, M. (2020). Many Labs 5: Registered Replication of Vohs and Schooler (2008), Experiment 1., Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3, 429–438. doi:10.1177/2515245920917931
• Ebersole, C.R. […] Torka, A.-K. […] Nosek, B.A. (2020). Many Labs 5: Testing Pre-Data-Collection Peer Review as an Intervention to Increase Replicability. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3, 309–331. doi:10.1177/2515245920958687

* The asterisk denotes a shared first authorship.

Onlinepublikationen

• Hüffmeier, J. & Torka, A.-K. (2022). Leidet die Motivation bei der Arbeit im Team? Forschung & Lehre. Can be retrieved from https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/leidet-die-motivation-bei-der-arbeit-im-team-4659
• Torka, A.-K., Mazei, J., & Hüffmeier, J. (2022). Why some teams boost motivation while others totally sap it. Psyche. Can be retrieved from https://psyche.co/ideas/why-some-teams-boost-motivation-while-others-totally-sap-it

2019
Travel Grant: Konstanz International School on Motivation Science in Konstanz, Germany
Universitätsgesellschaft Konstanz e.V. (UGK)

2019
Travel Grant: Research Synthesis 2019 in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Leibniz‑Institut für Psychologie (ZPID)