Archive for August, 2008
Why psychologists need to understand research
From time to time I get asked by psychology students I lecture why they need to learn about research and statistics, as after all “I am studying psychology because I want to help people.”
The answer is threefold:
1. We need to legitimise Psychology as a proper profession. Maybe you have a friend who is [...]
What is Research
Knowledge and information have always been seen as resource that could change the course of a war, generate great fortunes, lead to important development in medicine and so on. It is easy to take for granted the access to information and knowledge we have today in the age of Internet and computers. But while [...]
Psychological testing and recruitment
I was once asked whether psychological testing (cognitive/aptitude/intelligence/personality tests) is of any use for recruitment purposes. Seeing the popularity of these measures, the easy answer is yes, psychological testing or evaluation has its merits. But it depends on the purpose behind its use.
In general I would say
The more candidates the more cost effective it becomes [...]
Topics of this blog
My background as an organizational psychologist and the title of this blog, business psychology, should give a good clue as to what this blog will be about. However, it won’t necessarily be about the concept business psychology alone. Let’s have a closer look at the title Business Psychology. It actually consists of two independent concepts; [...]
Welcome to the Business Psychology blog
Hi and thank you for finding time to visit this blog of mine. In this first blog entry I will try to answer maybe the two most fundamental questions asked of any blog:
Who are you (well in this case, me)
What will you be blogging about
Without much ado, let’s answer the questions at once.
My name is [...]
