Chair for Human Resources and Work Process Management

Institute for Applied Work Science

Research Profile

The research at the Chair for Human Resources and Work Process Management focuses on the relationship between organizational competitiveness and individual employability against the background of flexibilization tendencies in the world of work.

Current research projects focus particularly on flexible employment relationships and their associated psychological and implicit contracts, as well as the measurement and development of competencies as a basis for achieving organizational and individual goals. The aspects of change management and organizational renewal dynamics are also considered.

Current Projects

• Integrating heterogeneity in IPS²
• Trust and Competence Management as A System for Balance between Flexibility and Stability Requirements (CCM²)
• Implicit Contracts of different Employee Groups in the Light of changing Employment Contracts Forms – Reciprocity in Exchange Relationships from Content and Process Perspective