The German dual vocational education system and professional further education, which is also practiced in Austria and Switzerland, is a cornerstone for high quality and practice-orientated education and a key factor for the global competitiveness of German firms. The system […]
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Digital transformation has a huge impact on all parts of society and work. A public debate, which is highly emotional driven, sets the focus on the fear of workers getting substituted by robots and machines – the […]
The demographic change is a phenomenon that is observed in a lot of industrialized countries. Due to a continuous reduction of the birth-rate since the 1960s, the population in industrialized countries on average gets older and less. The competition […]
Personality traits and the implications on work (performance) has a long record in the field of IO psychology. The “big five“ of personality, meaning the five traits that were regarded as a sufficient description of personality are more or less […]
WHICH COMPETENCES AND SKILLS DO WORKERS NEED IN THE FUTURE? (1) This question is currently one of the hottest questions and topics in education. Prof. Dr. Tanja Bipp and two of her PhD students and researchers from other faculties of […]
Industrial-organizational (IO) psychology applies psychological theories and principles to organizations. Questions about workplace productivity, quality of work(-life), structure of work, leadership as well as the effect of personal traits are important research topics in this field. In this Podcast Session […]