Heinrich Wottawa

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Heinrich Wottawa (* 1948 in Mödling , Austria ) is an Austrian psychologist and entrepreneur . From 1977 to 2013 he was professor for psychological methodology , diagnostics and evaluation at the Ruhr University Bochum . In addition, he was the founder and managing director of a company for psychological personnel software.

Life

Wottawa studied psychology in connection with mathematics at the University of Vienna . In 1971 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna, and in 1974 he completed his habilitation in psychology at the University of Heidelberg . He worked at the Ford Institute in Vienna in the field of traffic psychological diagnostics, was head of the computer center of the Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV) in Vienna and the computer center of the German Institute for International Educational Research in Frankfurt / Main.

At the University of Heidelberg Wottawa was in 1975 Scientific Council and Professor. In 1977 he was appointed to the chair for psychological methodology, diagnostics and evaluation at the Ruhr University in Bochum . Since 2002, one focus has been on training business psychologists for bachelor and master degrees . Wottawa has also been advising administrations and companies on issues of data analysis, aptitude diagnostics , personnel and organizational development since 1983 . He has written books, book chapters and articles in specialist journals on these topics. He retired in 2013 .

In addition to his professorship, from 1990 he was the scientific director of the "Personnel Developer" course at the German Employees Academy (DAA) in Dortmund. In 1999 he became head of the business psychology department with a focus on aptitude diagnostics, personnel and organizational development at the newly founded Akademie der Ruhr-Universität gGmbH, a provider of academic training organized under private law . In the same year he became managing partner of the ELIGO psychologische Personalsoftware GmbH, which he founded, who developed the software for personnel selection processes and for the choice of subjects for school leavers, among other things. After retiring from the management, Wottawa remained in the company as a Scientific Advisory Board.

Publications

Books

  • Manual of business psychological test procedures. Volume II: Organizational Psychological Instruments. Lengerich: Pabst, 2010 (with W. Sarges, C. Roos)
  • Manual of business psychological test procedures. Volume I: Personal psychological instruments (2nd, revised and expanded edition). Lengerich: Pabst, 2005 (with W. Sarges).
  • Recruiting and assessment on the Internet. Tools for optimized personnel selection and recognition of potential . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004 (with C. Kirbach, C. Montel, S. Oenning)
  • Textbook Evaluation (2nd, fully revised edition). Bern: Huber, 1998 (with H. Thierau)
  • Fields of application of psychological diagnostics. Göttingen: Hogrefe, 1997 (with R. Hossiep)
  • Psychological theories for companies. Göttingen: Verlag für Angewandte Psychologie, 1995 (with I. Gluminski)
  • Citizens as customers: how to bring reform concepts for the public service to life. Frankfurt / Main, New York: Campus-Verlag, 1995 (with I. Stratemann)
  • Evaluation textbook. Bern: Huber, 1990 (with H. Thierau)
  • Psychological methodology. An orientation introduction . Weinheim: Juventa, 1988
  • Basics of psychological diagnostics. An introduction. Göttingen: Hogrefe, 1987 (with R. Hossiep)
  • Strategies and Models in Psychology. Munich: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1984
  • Test theory floor plan. Munich: Juventa, 1980

Book chapters (selection)

  • Wottawa, H. (2012). Use of personal power: commonplace yet taboo. In B. Knoblach, T. Oltmanns, I. Hajnal & D. Fink (eds.), Power in companies. The forgotten factor (pp. 223–233). Wiesbaden: Gabler.
  • Wottawa, H. (2013). Formalization of judgment formation. In W. Sarges (Ed.), Management Diagnostik (pp. 911-917). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
  • Wottawa, H. (1996). Methods of evaluation research. In E. Erdfelder, R. Mausfeld, T. Meiser & G. Rudinger (eds.), Manual of Quantitative Methods (pp. 551-566). Weinheim: Psychology Publishing Union.
  • Wottawa, H. (1996). Multivariate methods of property analysis. In K. Pawlik (Ed.), Fundamentals and Methods of Differential Psychology (pp. 807–831). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Journal articles (selection)

  • Wottawa, H. (2012). Intercultural HR work - a challenge in recruiting and HR development . Business Psychology Current, 19 (4), 46–49.
  • Wottawa, H. & Oenning, S. (2002). From requirements analysis to suitability assessment: How practicable is the new DIN 33430 when selecting applicants? Business Psychology, 4 (3), 43–56.
  • Miesen, J., Stratemann, I., Sonnenberg, H.-G. & Wottawa, H. (2000). MAP - a method for recording the management profile . Business Psychology, 7 (1), 3–13.
  • Miesen, J., Schuhfried, G. & Wottawa, H. (1999). ELIGO: A preliminary answer to the basic problems of test-based aptitude diagnostics . Business Psychology, 6 (1), 16–24
  • Wottawa, H. (1990). Some reflections on (mis) developments in psychological methodology. Psychologische Rundschau, 41 (2), 84–97.
  • Wottawa, H. (1987). Hypotheses Agglutination (HYPAG): A method for configuration-based analysis of multivariate data. Methodika, 1 (1), 68-92.
  • Wottawa, H. (1983). Newer methods of analysis and evaluation of diagnostic judgment and their application to selection procedures of the Bundeswehr . Defense psychological studies, 18 (3), 1–158.
  • Wottawa, H., Krumpholz, D. & Mooshage, B. (1982). Explicit recording of the decision rules as a basis for improving diagnostic judgment . Diagnostica, 28 (2), 185-194.
  • Wottawa, H. (1981). The Art of Manipulative Reporting in Evaluation Research . Journal of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology, 13 (1), 45–60

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honorary Members . Bochum Business Psychologists Association (Bowip). Retrieved February 17, 2020
  2. ↑ a b Heinrich Wottawa . Author profile on lovelybooks.de, accessed on February 17, 2020
  3. ↑ a b Heinrich Wottawa . In: Karin Sternberg, Manfred Amelang (editor): "Psychologists at work: requirements, opportunities and perspectives".
  4. ↑ Scientific further education at the Ruhr University Bochum . Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Research Center, August 2007, accessed on February 17, 2020. Page 15
  5. ↑ Hans-Christian Riekhof (editor): strategies of personnel development . Page 398
  6. ↑ history . Eligo GmbH, accessed on February 18, 2020
  7. ↑ Help for choosing a course of study . Zabergäu-Gymnasium Brackenheim, accessed on February 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ Services . Eligo GmbH, accessed on February 17, 2020
  9. ↑ team . Eligo GmbH, accessed on February 17, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Wottawa, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian psychologist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Mödling