Work and Organizational Psychology

Work and Organisational psychology deals with behaviours and experiences ofpeople at work; as well as the interaction between work and private life.The main interest of researchers and experts in the field follows twoquestions. The first issue of interest are factors that may influence theperformance and productivity of individuals, work groups and organisations.Second, factors that may contribute to the well-being and personaldevelopment in and through work are of great interest. Hence, work design, experience of stress, change within organisations,leadership, work in an increasing context of globalisation, teamwork, andall aspects of Human Resource Management are central issues in Work- andOrganisational psychology.

All students enrolled in the Diplom-degree Psychology are introduced to Workand Organisational psychology within the first part of their undergraduatedegree. Afterwards, Work and Organisational psychology can be chosen asspecialisation.

Main areas of research interest within the department are creativity,innovation and proactive behaviour at work; work and health; HRM; as well aswork analysis. In order to increase the link between research in the fieldand its implications for the organisational setting we are stronglyinterested in co-operations with businesses.

Until March 2007, Prof. Dr Metz was the group leader of then Occupational and Organizational Psychology