In the article it is tried to substantiate further developments in human resource management with reference to the competency approach in work and organisational psychology. First the objectives of scientific and applied research in work and organisational psychology are lined out. Then the...

Human Resource Management as an academic discipline needs to be theoretically grounded, i.e. it requires support through theories, theory-driven empirical research and critiques. In doing so, different theoretical perspectives are addressed suggesting a problem-orientated theory selection which...

In personalwirtschaftlich motivierten Umfragen oder Studien müssen oftmals Persönlichkeitsmerkmale der Probanden berücksichtigt werden. Die validierten Standardinstrumente der Persönlichkeitspsychologie sind aufgrund ihres Umfangs nur bedingt für diesen Zweck geeignet. Wir berichten über...

Positive psychological state of development helps the individual to put in the necessary efforts in challenging situations. And to be able to strike a balance between work and life beyond work is nothing less than a challenge for every working individual and more so for police officers. The...

This study aims to explore the contribution of psychological contract and psychological empowerment towards employee engagement with in Indian IT sector. Research hypotheses were evaluated using multiple regression analysis. Findings indicated that both the variables i.e. psychological contract...

Purpose – Employee engagement and retention is a promising area in management as well as psychology. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of employee engagement (EE) on their retention (ER). We proposed a theoretical framework modifying (M. Gupta, 2018) model explaining how...