Welcome to the website of the Work and Organisational Psychology group
The field of work and organisational psychology is part of the discipline of psychology and addresses psychological aspects of work and organisations. Led by Christian Korunka, the group investigates, among others, the following issues:
- What are new demands in our modern world of work?
- What are the opportunities and challenges arising from flexible forms of work?
- How do new forms of work (new office concepts, crowd work, etc.) affect employees?
- How should new forms of work be organized?
- What are the characteristics of a healthy workplace?
- How can work become safer?
For further information on our key research areas and current projects, please refer to the Research section on our website.
Current Topics
COVID-19 and the working world
As part of participation in the COVID-19 Future Operations Plattform several "Expert Opinion" documents have been produced that address the COVID-19 epidemic and its impact on the workplace, as well as its psychosocial consequences:
- Empfehlungen und Grundregeln für den Infektionsschutz gegen die Übertragung von SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 in Schulen
- Szenarien für Herbst/Winter 2022 - und darüber hinaus
- Über die Kurzfristigkeit hinaus: Gemeinsam kontrollieren wir das Virus und NICHT das Virus uns!
- COVID-19 und die Arbeitswelt: Psychosoziale Bedingungen, Entwicklungen und Effekte
- Erste Standortbestimmung der Arbeitsgruppe Gesellschaft/Psychosoziales
- Psycho-soziale Rahmenbedingungen für eine hohe Beteiligung an den COVID-19 Maßnahmen "Monitoring" und "Impfung"
- SARS-CoV-2-PCR-Monitoring an Österreichs Schulen: Implementierungskonzept
- SARS-CoV-2-PCR-Monitoring an Österreichs Schulen: Abschlussbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Pilotprojekts September 2021
- Weiterentwicklung des Monitorings der COVID-19-Pandemie an Österreichs Schulen
- Menschen schützen und unterstützen: warum Solidarität weiterhin gefragt ist in der Pandemie
Further contributions about COVID-19 and the world of work:
- Mitwirkung bei der Konferenz "Resilience – Learnings from the Pandemic"
- Mitwirkung bei einem Projekt der Ludwig-Boltzmann Gesellschaft: Reden Sie mit! Was macht Corona mit unserer psychischen Gesundheit?
- Keynote Vortrag im Rahmen eines IHS Symposiums: Leben mit Corona
Home Office in changing times
A central research topic of our working group is the development of work in the home office. A longer-term study is currently ongoing to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work in the home office. First results of this study were presented at a "Vienna Lecture" and are also available in written form:
Flexible Work
In cooperation with Deloitte Austria and the University of Graz, we have been conducting regular expert surveys since 2017 to assess the status quo of flexible working in Austrian companies.
- You can download the report of the 2022 study here
- You can download the report of the 2020 study here
- You can download the report of the 2017 study here
Book Publications about Flexible Work:
- Korunka, C. (2021) (Ed.). Flexible Working Practices and Approaches: Psychological and Social Implications of a Multifaced Phenomenon. New York: Springer Publishers.
- Korunka, C. (2020). Arbeiten im Home Office. Lernen aus der Krise. in U. Guerot, C. Korunka, B. Prainsack, & G. Psota (Hrsg.), Protokolle der Krise. Wie Corona unser Leben verändert (S. 77-92). Picus Verlag.
- Gerdenitsch, C., & Korunka, C. (2019). Digitale Transformation der Arbeitswelt. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- Korunka, C., & Kubicek, B. (2017). Job demands in a changing world of work. New York/Amsterdam: Springer Publishers.
- Korunka, C., & Hoonakker, P. (Eds.). (2014). The impact of ICT on quality of working life (pp. 205-219). Dordrecht: Springer.
Current Projects
For further information please click on the respective project:
Completed Projects
You can find earlier projects here