Jan Corstjens is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at Nova School of Business and Economics. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at Singapore Management University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Ghent University in 2021. His research focuses on talent acquisition and assessment. He studies both the design features of selection methods—ensuring they are fair, valid, and strategically aligned—and the candidate experience, exploring how individuals process and respond to selection methods. His work has been featured in reputable journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology (ABS/AJG 4*). In teaching, he covers quantitative research methods and contemporary HRM topics, integrating practical insights from his previous experience as an HR consultant.

2021 – PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University

2012 – MSc in Work and Organizational Psychology (Cum Laude), Maastricht University

2011 – BSc in Cognitive Psychology (Cum Laude), Maastricht University 

Talent Acquisition & Talent Development, Cognitive/Affective Processes in Assessment Performance, Role of Context in Assessment Procedures, Using Technology in Assessments

• Xi, Liyan, Weng, Qingxiong, Corstjens, Jan, Wang, Xiujuan, Chen, Lixin (2024). Effects of a constructed response retest strategy on faking, test perceptions, and criterion-related validity of situational judgment tests. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 32 (4), 561-578.
• Lievens, Filip, Corstjens, Jan, Herde, Christoph N. (2023). Multiple, speeded assessments: Initial evidence on subgroup differences and applicant perceptions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31 (2), 240-251.
• Lievens, Filip, Lang, Jonas W.B., De Fruyt, Filip, Corstjens, Jan, Van de Vijver, Myrjam, Bledow, Ronald (2018). The predictive power of people's intraindividual variability across situations: Implementing whole trait theory in assessment. Journal Of Applied Psychology, 103 (7), 753-771.
• Lievens, Filip, Patterson, Fiona, Corstjens, Jan, Martin, Stuart, Nicholson, Sandra (2016). Widening access in selection using situational judgement tests: Evidence from the UKCAT. Medical Education, 50 (6), 624-636.
• Lievens, Filip, Corstjens, Jan, Ángel Sorrel, Miguel, Abad, Francisco José, Olea, Julio, Ponsoda, Vicente (2015). The cross-cultural transportability of situational judgment tests: How does a US-based integrity situational judgment test fare in Spain?. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 23 (4), 361-372.
• Papachristou, Harilaos, Nederkoorn, Chantal, Corstjens, Jan, Jansen, Anita (2012). The role of impulsivity and perceived availability on cue-elicited craving for alcohol in social drinkers. Psychopharmacology, 224 (1), 145-153.

• Lang, Jonas W.B., Corstjens, Jan (2022). Key episodes in the history of testing in Central Western Europe. International Histories of Psychological Assessment. Cambridge University Press, 111-133.
• Lievens, Filip, Corstjens, Jan (2018). New approaches to selection system design in healthcare: The practical and theoretical relevance of a modular approach. Selection and Recruitment in the Healthcare Professions. : Research, Theory and Practice. Springer International Publishing, 167-191.
• Corstjens, Jan, Lievens, Filip, Krumm, Stefan (2017). Situational judgement tests for selection. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention. Wiley-Blackwell, 226-246.