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Professor Staab
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences

Sociology of Future of Labour

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Prof. Staab's research combines topics of labor, social structure analysis, sociology of technology and political economy in a contemporary analytical perspective. Currently, Prof. Staab is particularly involved with questions of the political shaping of digital capitalism, the connection between digitalization and sustainability, as well as the role of critical infrastructures for the future viability of modern societies. The professor pursues a theory-oriented, present-diagnostic sociology in the context of social change, conflict, and inequality, which always seeks dialogue with the public.

Scientific Services
  • consulting,
  • drafting of studies and
  • policy papers as well as presentations

 

on important current topics in the areas of society, politics and economics, in particular digitalization and sustainability as well as work. The focus is on future developments of society as well as political and economic options for action.

  • Organizing and conducting several conferences with a large political foundation
  • Writing a policy study for a large labor union
  • Advising members of parliament, ministries as well as the European Commission
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Prof. Danilov
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Management

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Professor Danilov is engaged in empirical human resource management research, as well as the identification of causal relationships of the effect of human resource management tools on employee motivation and productivity. She also conducts research in organizational and human resource economics, in the field of empirical human resource management (HRM), and in the course of this she works with Big Data and People Analytics using machine learning.

 

Scientific Services
  • randomized studies (A/B tests) on incentive setting
  • work design and employee motivation
  • analysis of data (accounting, personnel, etc.)
  • "Delegation of decision making and productivity and employee satisfaction" at a world-leading energy company.
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Profilbild Professor Ziegler
Faculty of Life Sciences
Department of Psychology

Psychological Diagnostics

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Prof. Ziegler's expertise and that of his team lies in the field of psychological diagnostics and deals with all topics of personnel diagnostics in the HR life cycle. They focus on personality, intelligence and situational awareness. Ziegler and his team develop solutions to measure these in relation to requirements and to use them for performance or learning prediction. Therefore they use the full range of qualitative (e.g. interviews) and quantitative methods (e.g. tests, questionnaires, machine learning).
Prof. Ziegler has already carried out several successful projects with well-known companies in this area, involving the creation of competency models, employee surveys, annual appraisals or job aptitude diagnostics.  Prof. Ziegler's working group also trains individuals or teams on topics of personnel diagnostics (e.g. assessment centers or interviews). In addition, Prof. Ziegler develops customized diagnostic processes or evaluates them.

Scientific Services
  • PC lab with 10 workstations and various performance and personality tests
  • Online surveys
  • Data analysis
  • Consulting
  • Trainings - wide range of topics
  • Competence model development - Prof. Ziegler and his team have developed competence models for different professions for various clients and made them measurable

  • Accor Hotellerie Deutschland GmbH: Development of competence models

  • SHS VIVEON AG: Implementation of interviewer trainings

  • International headhunting company for executives: Development of a customized personality test

  • Evaluation and optimization - In these projects Prof. Ziegler looks at existing personnel processes, evaluates their quality from a psychological point of view and develops optimizations.

     

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Prof. Hoppe
Faculty of Life Sciences
Department of Psychology

Occupational Health Psychology

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Prof. Hoppe’s research is focused on Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) especially on the analysis of work activities to maintain employee health and performance as well as to provide learning and development opportunities. OHP integrates occupational and health psychology with occupational medicine and traditional labor safety, which is insufficient for today’s flexible employment situation. Prof. Hoppe also examines the psychosocial characteristics of a specific workplace, e.g. work requirements or the level of influence on and control over tasks as well as the social working environment. She also studies the effects of these characteristics on employee health and his/her well-being. She investigates how psychosocial work characteristics influence an employee’s motivating factors like job satisfaction and commitment. Particular attention is paid to the situation of migrant and low-skilled workers and the analysis of the impact their workplaces and work environments may have on their health and well-being. Moreover, Prof. Hoppe studies multi-ethnic and -lingual workforces and the effects of diversity on employee health.

Scientific Services
  • risk assessment methods for workplace conditions
  • employee surveys regarding the promotion of health at workplace
  • interventions to promote health at work
  • postal operators, logistics companies, professional care providers, manufacturing companies: execution of employee surveys to gather data on psychosocial strain and resources in the workplace and to analyse effects of stress, job satisfaction and work performance
  • public institutions (e.g. universities, federal ministries), consulting companies, self-employed persons: development of health-related interventions and training sessions via mobile devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets) to facilitate recovery strategies and self-management
  • Michel, A. & Hoppe, A. (2022). Handbuch Gesundheitsförderung bei der Arbeit: Interventionen für Individuen, Teams und Organisationen (1. Aufl. 2022 Aufl.). Berlin: Springer.
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