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[Translate to English:] Journal Cover Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Publication in the journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Annelie Lorber and Dr. Julian Decius (shared first authorship) have published a commentary in the journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Impact Factor: 4.3). The article responds to and complements the focal article by Clara Kühner, Joachim Hüffmeier, and Hannes Zacher by highlighting the…

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Practical Knowledge Transfer via WirtschaftsWoche

Dr. Julian Decius was interviewed by WirtschaftsWoche on the topic of knowledge management and artificial intelligence. In the coming years, many experienced employees will retire – and with them, valuable practical knowledge is at risk of being lost. In the interview, Dr. Decius explains how…

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Learning scales now easier and more accessible for practical use

Dr. Julian Decius (University of Bremen), together with Niclas Schaper and Andreas Seifert (Paderborn University) as well as Michael Knappstein (International University), has published two scales on informal learning in the workplace in GESIS’s “Collection of Social Science Items and Scales” (ZIS).…

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Participation at the AOWI25 in Lüneburg

From September 10–12, 2025, the Organizational Psychology team successfully participated in the 13th Conference of the Work, Organizational, and Economic Psychology Specialist Group of the German Psychological Society, held at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

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New Publication: Economic Stress Reduces Training Participation

Dr. Julian Decius, together with Katharina Klug (University of Bremen) and Dr. Anahí Van Hootegem (University of Canterbury, New Zealand; KU Leuven, Belgium), has published a new article in the Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.

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Dr. Julian Decius

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Learning processes over time

This topic focuses on how (informal) learning behavior in organizations changes over days, weeks, and months. Moreover, we analyze the dynamics of work-related learning and how learning trajectories differ between employees.

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Designing work contexts

The goal of this thematic focus is to examine conducive conditions for work-related learning, employability, and organizational development, both by managers (e.g., shaping learning culture) and by employees (e.g., job crafting).

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New Work requires New Learning

This topic is dedicated to the question of how employees in dynamic work environments can be empowered to learn "what they really, really want" in a self-directed way. The "Learning Opportunities Perception Potential", which helps employees to grasp learning opportunities, is considered crucial here.