Walter Volpert

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Walter Volpert (* 27. August 1942 in Munich ) is a German psychologist and emeritus working scientists at the TU Berlin. Volpert is best known as a critical assessor of working conditions in Germany and through his contributions to action regulation theory.

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Volpert studied psychology in Munich and Berlin . He received his doctorate in Berlin in 1969. From 1975 he was a professor at the Technical University of Berlin . There he headed the department of work psychology and work pedagogy at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has been an emeritus since September 2007 .

Volpert is primarily interested in working conditions and their effects. Volpert has critically examined the historical development of work psychology in many works. The action regulation theory first presented by Winfried Hacker received decisive impulses from Volpert. The procedure he helped to develop for the determination of regulatory requirements in work activity (VERA) is an application of the theory of action regulation to the analysis of work activities. Walter Volpert was also theoretically active in the field of training for work at computer workstations and the design of computer workstations.

Fonts (selection)

  • Sensorimotor learning: on the theory of training in industry and sport , Limpert, Frankfurt am Main 1971; 4th edition at: Fachbuchhandlung für Psychologie, Frankfurt am Main 1983 ISBN 3-88074-222-7
  • (with Peter Groskurth ): wage labor psychology: professional socialization - emancipation for adaptation , Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1975, ISBN 3-436-02151-2
  • Sorcerer's apprentices: The dangerous love of computers , Beltz, Weinheim 1985, ISBN 3-407-85054-9

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  1. ↑ TUB: Personnel . uni-protocol.de, accessed on January 9, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Volpert, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich