Field of work Organizational Psychology

In March/April 2022, Dr. Julian Decius spent six weeks as a visiting scholar at Maastricht University (School of Business and Economics). The research stay took place at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Simon Beausaert. The main goals of the stay were to plan future research collaborations, to sit in on…

The German „Arbeitsgemeinschaft betriebliche Weiterbildungsforschung“ (ABWF) regularly publishes the ABWF Bulletin. For the current issue, Dr. Julian Decius has summarized the first two scientific articles of his PhD thesis on the measurement and promotion of informal workplace learning among…

As part of the anniversary event "50 Years Paderborn University" on March 13, 2022, Dr. Julian Decius was honored with the award for excellent dissertations of Paderborn University. The award was presented during the ceremony by Prof. Dr. Johannes Blömer, Vice President for Research and Young…

At invitation of the Aachen-Cologne Regional Group of Business Psychology of the Professional Association of German Psychologists (BDP), Dr. Julian Decius gave another talk on the topic "New Learning in the Company" on March 11, 2022. This was a continuation of the lecture from last November. In the…

Leadership research and organizational learning research seem to be still poorly linked. In order to contribute to this intersection, Dr. Julian Decius, together with a research team around Dr. Muhammed Qamar Zia from the University of Karachi (Pakistan), investigated the question of what role…

“New Work requires New Learning” – this claim appears repeatedly in academia and practice. But what exactly is New Learning? Until now, there has been no conceptual framework for the prerequisites and processes associated with New Learning. Together with Prof. Dr. Timo Kortsch, Dr. Hilko Paulsen and…

It is often a challenge to transfer new technological achievements from research into practice. Dr. Frederic Hilkenmeier, Christian Fechtelpeter and Dr. Julian Decius have empirically investigated how technology transfer can succeed, using data from the leading-edge cluster it's OWL. For this…

At invitation of the Aachen-Cologne Regional Group of Business Psychology of the Professional Association of German Psychologists (BDP), Dr. Julian Decius gave a talk on "New Learning in the Company – What is really 'new' about it?" on November 12, 2021. The virtual keynote covered the development…

Informal workplace learning is a multifaceted construct. According to the octagon model of informal learning, this includes, for instance, learning by doing, reflection, and feedback.  How can this variety be measured validly with a questionnaire scale? Together with his co-authors Dr. Michael…

How do students actually learn in times of Covid19? Predominantly virtually, of course – but not only in formally organized online courses, but also self-directed and informally through their own trial and error, feedback, and reflection. Together with Janika Dannowsky and Prof. Dr. Niclas Schaper,…