
M.Sc. Henrik Heinemann
Research Associate / PhD Student
Division Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Schäpers
Room 69a / IV
Fliednerstraße 21
48149 Münster
E-Mail: hheinemann@uni-muenster.de
Research Associate / PhD Student
Division Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Schäpers
Room 69a / IV
Fliednerstraße 21
48149 Münster
E-Mail: hheinemann@uni-muenster.de
Research Interests
Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Psychology
Selection & Assessment
Education
10/2019 – 09/2021
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster: Master of Science - Psychology
Thesis: "Curious enough to Start Up? Incremental Validity of Epistemic Curiosity for Predicting Entrepreneurship and the Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Alertness" (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Philipp Schäpers, Prof. Dr. Patrick Mussel)
10/2015 – 09/2019
Freie Universität Berlin: Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Thesis: "Diagnostics in Human Resources in Berlin: An assessment with DIN33430" (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Krumm, Dr. Sibylle Detel)
Certificates
DIN 33430 License E for Psychometric Assessment
Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
Mönke, F. W., Bürger, A. S., Steinbrecher, J., Heinemann, H., Prüßmeier, P. L., & Schäpers, P. (in press). When less is not more: Incomplete information in LinkedIn assessments and the moderating role of applicants‘ résumé. Journal of Business and Psychology.
Schäpers, P., Guntermann, T., Heinemann, H., & Mönke, F. W. (2024). Are good leaders also green leaders? Differentiating established and environmental leadership styles, their antecedents, and predictive validity for corporate environmental responsiveness. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12752
Heinemann, H. & Schäpers, P. (2024). Bridging the gap through innovation: Start-ups required to tackle the scientist-practitioner divide. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 17(4), 434-438. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2024.43
Schäpers, P., Heinemann, H., Pañellas Álvarez, D., Nohr, L., & Mönke, F. W. (2024). Different culture, same situation? Translating and applying a Situational Judgment Test from Germany in Cuba. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000066
Schäpers, P., Stolte, T., & Heinemann, H. (2023). On the influence of gender quotas on the employer attractiveness of companies: Do the means harm the ends? Gender in Management, 38(3), 357-372. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-05-2022-0181
Heinemann, H., Mussel, P., & Schäpers, P. (2022). Curious enough to start up? How epistemic curiosity and entrepreneurial alertness influence entrepreneurship orientation and intention. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1003866. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1003866
Reports
Heinemann, H.*, Weldert, M.*, Overwien, A., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Student Startup Monitor 2024. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/6VDYF
Overwien, A., Faller, F., Weldert, M., Heinemann, H., Münzberg, Tobias, & Leker, J. (2022). Student Startup Monitor: Momentaufnahme des studentischen Entrepreneurship-Ökosystems in Deutschland [Student Startup Report: The state of the student entrepreneur ecosystem in Germany]. Gründermagnet.
Conference presentations
Weldert, M.*, Heinemann, H.*, Chang, A., Zarea, F. & Schäpers, P. (2025, April 24-26). Social, successful and happy? Investigating the life satisfaction of social and commercial entrepreneurs [Presentation] 21st Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Mexico-City, Mexico.
Heinemann, H., Williamson, G., Weldert, M., Mönke, F. W., Gras, D., & Schäpers, P. (2025, February 10-14). Social entrepreneurs everywhere? Biases in self-Reports of social entrepreneurship [Interactive Presentation] Australian Consortium for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence, Melbourne, Australia.
Weldert, M., Heinemann, H., & Schäpers, P. (2025, February 10-14). Unmasking entrepreneurial life satisfaction: A deeper look at self-reported well-being [Interactive Presentation] Australian Consortium for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence, Melbourne, Australia.
Heinemann, H., Weldert, M., & Schäpers, P. (2024, September 16–19). Social Entrepreneure soweit das Auge reicht? Probleme mit Selbsteinschätzungsmaßen von Social Entrepreneurship [Social Entrepreneurs as far as the eye can see? Issues with self-assessment measures of social entrepreneurship]. In M. Landowski & L. S. Rinsdorf (Chairs), Entrepreneurship im Kontext: Forschung zu Unternehmensgründungen auf Umfeld-, inter- und intrapersoneller Ebene [Entrepreneurship in context: Research on business founding at environmental, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels; Symposium]. 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Vienna, Austria.
Heinemann, H., Weldert, M., & Schäpers, P. (2024, April 17-20). Social entrepreneurs everywhere? Biases in self-reports of social entrepreneurship [Poster]. 39th Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Heinemann, H., Weldert, M., & Schäpers, P. (2023, September 12-15). Verantwortung als kompetitiver Recruiting Vorteil für Start-ups. In J. Friedrich (Chair), Entrepreneurship [Symposium]. 13th Congress of the German Psychological Society, Section for Work, Organizational and Business Psychology, Kassel, Germany.
Heinemann, H., Weldert, M., & Schäpers, P. (2023, May 24–27). Applying for impact. Social and environmental responsibility as a competitive advantage for start-up talent acquisition [Conference presentation]. 21st Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland.
Heinemann, H., Mussel, P., & Schäpers, P. (2022, September 10–15). “Curious enough to start up?” Epistemische Neugier als Prädiktor für Unternehmensgründung [Epistemic curiosity as a predictor for business creation; conference presentation]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim, Germany.
Heinemann, H., Mussel, P., & Schäpers, P. (2022, May 9–13). Curious enough to start up? Using epistemic curiosity for predicting entrepreneurship and the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness [Conference presentation]. XII Encuentro Internacional de Estudiantes de Psicología [12th International Meeting of Psychology Students], La Habana, Cuba.
* indicates shared authorship