Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Roland Pepermans

Vrije Universiteit Brussel - AROR (WOEPs)
Pleinlaan 2
B - 1050 Brussels
Belgium

phone: +32-2-629 25 19
fax: +32-2-629 24 89
office: 3C251
email: roland.pepermans@vub.ac.be

Career

Education

• Licentiate in Psychological Sciences, Industrial and Experimental Psychology,Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1978.

• Postgraduate Diploma in Human Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1979.

• Master of Science in Work Design and Ergonomics, University of Birmingham (UK), 1980.

• Ph.D. Psychological Sciences, Work and Consumer Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1985.

Industrial career

• 1978-1979 - Belgian Gendarmerie, Center for Recruiting and Selection, Brussels. Selection Psychologist

• 1980 (3 months) - Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsautomatisierung, Stuttgart (Germany), Research associate.

• 1984-1986 - Generale Bank, Social Department, Brussels. Internal research associate.

• 1986-1988 - Generale Bank, Center for Selection and Recruitment, Brussels. Internal research associate.

• 1988-1990 - Himont International Services, Brussels, Staffing and Development Manager (Northern Europe).

• 1990-1993 - Himont International Services, Brussels, Human Resources Manager (Belgium, France, Switzerland).

Academic career

• 1978-1979 - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centre for Leisure Education, Assistant Lecturer (part-time).

• 1980-1984 - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Centre for Work and Organizational Psychology, Research assistant (National Fund for Scientific Research).

• 1987-1992 - Universitaire Instelling Antwerp, part-time lecturer, various subjects in Postgraduate degrees.

• 1990-1994 - Vesalius College (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), part-time lecturer in Human Resources Management.

• 1991- ... - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences, part-time senior lecturer in Human Resources Management

• 1993- ... - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences, Professor, Head of the Center for Work, Organizational and Economic Psychology.

Teaching

• Work and Organizational Psychology (introduction)

• Work and Personnel Psychology

• Practical Research in Work and Personnel Psychology

• Managerial Psychology

• Organizational Psychology

• Practical Research in Organizational Psychology

• Human Resources Management/Personnel Management

• Case studies in Human Resource Management

• Case studies in Economic and Consumer Psychology

Services

The department of Work, Organizational and Economic Psychology offers a broad range of consulting services to profit- and non-profit organizations, related to the field of Human Resource Management, Organizational Development and Behavior, and Personnel Psychology.

In the past, external consulting has been provided on the following subjects:

• Job analyses - Competency analyses

• Social audits

• Personnel selection and assessment

• Team building

• Individual career development/counseling

• Performance appraisal systems

• Total quality management

• Organizational stress diagnosis

Research interests

Work and Organizational Psychology

• Managerial motivation and behaviour

• Personnel selection and assessment

• Job satisfaction

• Total Quality Management

• Social surveys

• Non-profit organisations

• Work stress

Economic Psychology

• Financial management behaviour

• Electronic banking

• The Euro

• Poverty/affluence

Publications

List of publications

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