2012

November 2012

The new "Swiss HR-Barometer 2012: Misconduct and courage" based on data from this summer is now available online. external page Full report (in German only)

October 2012

Fabio Bergamin interviewed Dr. Michaela Kolbe for ETH Life: "speaking up improves anaesthesiological treatment".

September 2012

September 11 to 14, 2012, Sopot, Poland: conference Working on Safety WOS2012. Prof. Grote talks as keynote speaker about Promoting safety by increasing uncertainty. WOS is an international network of decision-makers, researchers and professionals responsible for the prevention of accidents at work. 

June 2012

• June 12, Event "Career Transitions": Almost 100 people, mainly MBA alumni, participated in an event where we presented and discussed some initial results from our research project „Beyond organization and self: The importance of reference groups in career transitions“:
  - Chance events in managerial careers (Martin Gubler)
  - Work-related networks (Cécile Tschopp)
  - Career success (Wiebke Doden)
  Finally, Professor Douglas T. Hall showed how individuals can pursue a "career with a heart", i.e. a truly satisfying career, in today's world of work.

• The new book of Gudela Grote and Sabine Raeder is now available: external page "Der psychologische Vertrag; Analyse und Gestaltung der Beschäftigungsbeziehung", Hogrefe Verlag.

May 2012

• We congratulate Cécile Tschopp and Nadine Bienefeld on their successfully passed doctoral examinations: On May 7 Cécile Tschopp defended her dissertation "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Career Intentions in the Context of Preferences, Success, Insecurity, and Work Experience", and on May 30, Nadine Bienefeld defended her dissertation "Leadership, boundery-spanning, and voice in high-risk muslti-team systems".

• We moved to our new offices - you will find us now at Weinbergstrasse 56/58, 8006 Zurich (postal address: 8092 Zurich)

March 2012

• New external page Podcast on DRS 2 in the Simulation Centre USZ and our SNF study "Combined technical and non-technical skills training for managing unanticipated difficult intubations": "Die Puppe im Operationssaal" (in German only).

• On 19th March, a report based on findings from our project “Beyond organization and self: The importance of reference groups in career transitions” was published in the „Tages Anzeiger“, a major Swiss newspaper. The article highlights the – sometimes unexpected – benefits of post-graduate management programmes. 

• From March until summer Michaela Kolbe will be working as Visiting Research Scholar at the external page Center for Medical Simulation in Cambridge, Mass, USA.

February 2012

Sifra Corver is working in exchange with the London Imperial College, Department Centre for Transport Studies, Dr. Arnab Majumbar during February 2012. She's working with Dr. Kohei Nonose from Japan on the development of measurement instruments for cognitive aspects (team situation awareness and team mental model) for ATC Enroute Control teams.

January 2012

Gudela Grote was awarded the Best Paper Award 2011 by the journal Die Unternehmung for her paper "Risk management from an organizational psychology perspective: A decision process for managing uncertainties". Download Article (PDF, 2 MB)