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Sandra Engelkemeier (M.Sc.) Influence Analysis of Noise Cancellation and Functional Sound on Sustainable Employee Performance and Mental Health. An empirical study in warehouse and warehouse environments
Daniel Freitag (M.Sc.) Development of a tool for the combined analysis of visual and motor parameters
Fabian Fritsch (M.Sc.) Evaluation and improvement of human reliability in the concept phase of a system development
Elisa Klose (M.Sc.) Human Factors in the mobile use of augmented reality data glasses in modern industrial working environments
Daniel Knickmeier (M.Sc.) Reinforcement learning in exoskeleton simulation to improve motion sequences
Katrin Kulkowski (M.A.) Organizational knowledge management and company-internal knowledge transfer under the aspect of digitalization
Dipl.-Ing. Dieter Zöll Digitalization of guidelines for high-risk organizations to increase human performance using the example of the railroad

Here you can access the publication series of our specialist area:Publications at kup , Publications on KOBRA


Completed doctorates and habilitations in the department (2008-2025)

2025

Dipl.-Ing. Torsten WelzImplementation of a prevention culture in small and medium-sized enterprises as part of a holistic production system - symbiosis and synergy effects (University of Siegen; second reviewer)
Sumona Sen (M.Sc.)Analysis of the predictive capability of standardized robot movements in human-robot collaboration - in cooperation with the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2025053111194
Dipl.-Ing. Mehrach Saki (M.Sc.)Influence of the trajectory in human-robot collaboration - comparison of point-to-point and individualized trajectories with regard to distance behavior, trust and efficiency, https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2025060411198

2024

Jonas Wehrmann (M.Sc.)Stressors and resources in interaction work - consideration of specific stress factors in risk assessment, https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2025033011004
Leander Schweiger (M.Sc.)Multi-Level Modeling of Haptic Perception Based on Physical Properties (two-author), https://kobra.uni-kassel.de/items/96ffc9f7-57a5-4312-a9fb-09e950e7d9ee
Lisa Seidel (MBA)Resilience in management systems as a prerequisite for system integrity in large-scale projects using the example of site selection for a repository for highly radioactive waste, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2024121010742
Friedrich Englisch (M.Sc.)

Diagnostics for the design of influencing factors on individual and collective biases in strategic decision-making processes,

Publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-202403269876

Korinna Grimmelbein (M.Sc.)

The willingness of middle management to change as a success-critical parameter in change processes,

Series of publications on work and organizational psychology, https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-2024091810834

Niklas Grabbe (M.Sc.)The Contribution of Automated Driving to Road Traffic Safety - A Resilience Engineering Approach (TU Munich; second reviewer), https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1720274/1720274.pdf
Jonas Tarekegne (M.A.)The role of playfulness during the ideation process in the early stages of innovation in organizations (Université de Lorraine; Rapporteur)
Nils Darwin Abele (M.Sc.)Development and evaluation of a knowledge-based cyber-physical production system for the support of industrial manufacturing processes under consideration of ergonomic and user-centered aspects (University of Siegen; member of the doctoral committee), http://dx.doi.org./10.25819/ubsi/10476
Karen Eilers (M.Sc.)Agile Mindset - Why it Matters, What it is, How to Measure it (member of the doctoral committee)

2023

Bernd Dewitz (M.A.)The multi-resistant society - citizen participation as a central component of a multi-resistant society?, publication series Work and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-202401179383
Julia Osterland (M.Sc.)The design of healthy and effective digitally mediated communication in the context of remote leadership, , publication series Work and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-202304117795
Kristin Raabe (M.Sc.)Resolution of conflicting goals in strategic decision-making situations in a multimedia environment; Publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-2024070410456
Andre Salzmann (M.Sc.)Personnel development: an empirical analysis of the use of a web-based personnel development measure; publication series innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, https://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-339-13756-2.htm
Dipl.-Ing. Christian KahlReinforcement of plastics with regenerated glass and cellulose fibers under consideration of different fiber-matrix adhesions (member of the doctoral committee), doi:10.17170/kobra-202403189792

2020

Dipl.-Psych. Markus UngerPersonality traits of good observers - an experimental study using direct and indirect measurement methods, Schriftenreihe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, doi:10.17170/kobra-202011252272;

2019

Dipl.-Oec.

Stephanie

Schmidt (M.A.)

Leadership of employees in times of digital transformation processes, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-20191210858
Nadja Fischer (M.Sc.)Methods for the design of human-robot cooperation, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-20191217880
Torsten Burghardt (M.Sc.)Egonomic assistance - Development and evaluation of assistance concepts in the visual, auditory and tactile modality to improve ergonimic behavior, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.17170/kobra-20190524536

2018

Dipl.-Ing.

Marco Jennerich

Proactive support of personnel actions: Capturing situational context through marker classification of biometric movement data, Schriftenreihe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, doi:10.17170/kobra-2018120643

Dr. Jürgen

Klippert (Habilitation)

Holistic ergonomics analysis and evaluation
Timo Marks (M.Sc.)Derivation of a model for the optimization of organizational resilience in value chains, publication series Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-662-59803-0.pdf

2017

Pfisterer, Henning (M.Sc.)European Regulation of Aerodrome Safety Management Systems in the EASA System, Publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.19211/KUP9783737603515
Marcus Arenius (M.Sc.)Development of a method for uncovering of performance variability in Human reliability assessment, Schriftenreihe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, doi:10.19211/KUP9783737603577
Marc Schneider (M.Sc.)Gaze-based stress - Development and evaluation of a calibration system for the individual assessment of mental stress in human-technology interaction (second reviewer), file:///C:/Users/WIMI/Downloads/10.5445IR1000070025.pdf

2016

Dipl.-Psych.

Georgios

Athanassiou

Mariner's Adaptive Performance under Stress (MAPS Project-Dissertation), Publication Series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.19211/kup9783737601955

M.B.A. Jennifer

Sarah Geffers

German co-determination as a success factor in the automotive industry in international comparison, Schriftenreihe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, doi:10.19211/KUP9783737601316

Dipl.-Hdl./Dipl.-

Oec. Ariane

Jäckel

Healthy trust in organizations - an empirical study of the trust relationship between managers and employees, Schriftenreihe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 10.1007/978-3-658-19253-2
Dipl.-Oec. Meike Siebert-AdzicLeadership challenges in organizations, Publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.19211/KUP9783737601672

2015

Dipl.-Ing.

Werner Diedrich

Usability of software, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.19211/KUP9783737601436

Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.

Benjamin Dörr

Influence of mental workloads on product and production quality using the example of the gearbox assembly of a car manufacturer, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, https://www.uni-kassel.de/ub/publizieren/kassel-university-press/verlagsprogramm?h=9783737650014

Dipl.-Wi.-Ing., Ing.-Manag.

Daniela Grancharova (M.Sc.)

Influence of demographic change on work organization - age-appropriate design of work organization taking into account individual personnel development, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, https://www.uni-kassel.de/ub/publizieren/kassel-university-press/verlagsprogramm?h=9783737650076
Dipl.-Ing. Michael MayerManagement systems for high-reliability organizations - integration and effectiveness, publication series Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, urn :nbn:de:hebis:34-2015062448581
Dipl.-Psych. Daniela RöslerEffects of outplacement measures, publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology, doi:10.19211/KUP9783862199891

2014

Dipl.-Ing. Sandra DierigProfessionalizing project management in the company
Daniel Kotzab (M.Sc.)Comparison of ergonomic assessments with the subjective well-being of employees at assembly line workstations in the automotive industry, doi:10.19211/KUP9783862199570; publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Nataliya MoglesAgent-Based Analysis and Support of Human Functioning in Complex Socio-Technical Systems (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Reading Committee), https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/agent-based-analysis-and-support-of-human-functioning-in-complex-

2013

Heidi Mäkelä

Tampere University of Technology, Tampere/Finland Safety Management System in Air Navigation Services and Airport Operations (Tampere University of Technology, Tampere/Finland; Pre-examination)

2012

Dipl.-Ing. José Alonso Enriquez DiazErgonomic evaluation of holistic production systems in a German automotive company in aggragate assembly (with RWTH Achen), http://www.shaker.de/Online-Gesamtkatalog-Download/2024.09.11-12.14.33-141.51.238.147-rad2D9CF.tmp/3-8440-1264-8_INH.PDF
Henning Bilhuber (M.A.)Ability to work of professional firefighters - A question of age? (second reviewer), urn :nbn:de:0002-32213
Dipl.-Psych. Julia WeichelResources and stress in the occupational biography (second reviewer), urn :nbn:de:0002-31338

2010

Dipl.-B.päd. Thomas FölschCompetence development and demography: Company competence development taking into account the demographic development of the Federal Republic of Germany and its impact on the personnel development of organizations, urn :nbn:de:0002-9395; publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Dipl.-Psych. Stefan SandrockHuman-related impairing effects of road traffic noise during informational work - a laboratory experimental study, urn :nbn:de:0002-8758; Publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Dipl.-Ing. Sanjin StanicFinal vehicle assembly - a challenge for demographic change, urn :nbn:de:0002-9150
Dipl.-Ing. Malte HammerlAnalysis of human factors and reliability in rail transportation, Technische Universität Carlo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (second reviewer)
Dissertation
Saleh GhamdiHuman Performance in Air Traffic Control Systems and its Impact on System Reliability and Safety, An Analytical Study based on the ATC System in Saudi Arabia City University London (External Supervisor)

2009

Dipl.-Kfm.

Michael Hamann

Process-oriented structures in the automotive organization . An empirical analysis from an organizational and industrial science perspective, urn :nbn:de:0002-7014; Publication series Industrial and Organizational Psychology

2008

Dr. Ralf Neuhaus

(Habilitation)

Evaluation and benchmarking of the implementation of production systems in Germany

Habilitations

2000

  • Schütte, Dr., Martin
    Stress and strain analysis in information technology work (second reviewer)
  • Oppholzer, Dr., Alfred

 

Doctorates

2008

  • Gudehus, Thomas
    Development of a method for the ergonomic evaluation of assembly activities using motion capturing
  • Potzner, Christiane
    Opportunities and risks of work in e-business. Ergonomic investigation of organizational forms and task contents at B2B workplaces
  • Wölk, Monique
    Participative work design - new perspectives for knowledge management
  • Zick, Jürgen
    IT system and network management - from large to small companies

2007

  • Graf, Alexander
    Mobbing. Theoretical and empirical investigation of conflicts in the vocational school sector and derivation of recommendations for action for schools and individuals
  • Reuter, Matthias
    Person-oriented design of processes to reduce stress and strain in work situations in cooperative networks
  • Weber, Ulrich
    Design potentials for the hypermedia realization of an occupational health and safety management system

2006

  • Klippert, Jürgen
    Stress and strain caused by computer-mediated communication - Explorative empirical studies and contributions to the development of an empirical research toolkit
  • Krüger, Doreen
    Change processes in work and personnel policy against the background of demographic development: approaches for company practice
  • Matthay, Dieter
    Status of labor science research in the skilled crafts sector (second reviewer)
  • Selke, Astrid
    Information management in fast-growing companies (second reviewer)
  • Zabel, Jürgen
    Systematic, employee-oriented demarcation and integration of maintenance processes within the framework of cross-company structures

2005

2004

  • Potzner, Christiane
    Analysis and design of models of human-centered work in e-business
  • Schallehn, Andrea
    Acceptance and motivation in self-regulated learning using new media in in-service training

2003

  • Freiling, Thomas
    Quality development in self-organizing systems - A contribution to the development of organizational quality in independent childcare facilities (parents' initiatives)

2002

  • Raabe, Sabine
    Analysis of the living situation of older people and development of a transportation and walking aid

2001

  • Bárcenas, Alberto
    Occupational health and safety in Nicaragua. Approaches to improving occupational health and safety in Nicaragua, taking into account the German occupational health and safety system
  • Kreher, Stefan
    Telelearning in personnel development. - An empirical analysis of company experiences and expectations

2000

  • Hausotter, Hubertus
    Differentiated employee-related design approaches for work organizations using the example of a medium-sized metal company
  • Lieser, Jürgen
    Development and implementation of a quality management system for the recycling of technical thermoplastics

1999

  • Kauffeld, Simone
    Team diagnosis (second reviewer)
  • Wattendorff, Frank
    Qualification of the self-administration of the statutory accident insurance to fulfill the prevention mandate

1998

  • Großmann, Annett
    Flexible quality management system for small and medium-sized enterprises

1997

  • He, Xiaowen
    User-oriented method generator and method administration for General Individual Business Application Software (AIBAS)
  • Mengedoht, Friedrich-Wilhelm
    Experience-based quality and process management in small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Siodla, Thorsten
    Work organization design of CAD-supported product development in mechanical engineering

1996

  • Nawroth, Kerstin
    Prerequisites for the introduction of group work models in small and medium-sized production companies in the new German states
  • Oppermann- Brandenburg, Uwe
    Mental stress and strain of plant operators in the mechanized final assembly of an automobile company

1995

  • Striebe, Sören
    Technology value determination on CNC machine tools: Requirements for technical support during program creation and running-in - override logging
  • Süß, Michael
    Development and introduction of the integral planning and production structure (IPF) in the context of the organizational reorientation of production areas using the example of a die casting foundry (second reviewer)
  • Vollmer, Thomas
    Stresses and strains at workplaces with CNC machines

1993

  • Bolte, Annegret
    Planning through experience - work planning and program design as experience-led activities of skilled workers with CNC machine tools
  • Lehmann, Rainer
    Decentralized production control according to work-oriented design principles
  • Reuter. Dieter
    Approaches to situational vocational training in Zimbabwe
  • Rienäcker, Horst
    Investigation of qualification and work organization factors influencing the introduction of CAD/CAM systems in large companies in the metalworking industry
  • Schnause, Rüdiger
    Elementary experience in the mechanization of information technology processes
  • Yu, Jinxiang
    The development of an ergonomic knowledge base for a CAD system

1992

  • Lay, Gunter
    Changes in work organization and job content when using CAD

1989

  • Derisavi-Fard, Foad
    Determination of stress and strain during computer-aided design, taking into account the change in activity (second reviewer)
  • Döbele-Berger, Claudia
    Scope for design in the use of personal computers in offices and industrial administrations
  • Kiegeland, Peter
    Requirements, stresses and traffic-relevant attitudes of professional drivers - an occupational science and traffic psychology field study (second reviewer)
  • Nohl, Jörg
    Procedures for safety analysis - A prospective method for analyzing and evaluating hazards (second reviewer)

1988

  • Martin, Peter
    CAD in the design process - Effects of computer-aided design on design work and possibilities for human-centered design

1986

  • Jungkind-Butz, Wilfried
    Development of an application-oriented procedure for the analysis of work environment factors and its operational implementation - illustrated using the example of noise

1984

  • Kannheiser, Werner
    Recording of potentially stress-relevant organizational-technical condition structures of work activities (second reviewer)
  • Mittler, Hans
    Humanization of industrial work through organizational development

Habilitations

2005

  • Kauffeld, Dr., Simone
    Measuring, evaluating, developing competencies - a process-analytical approach for groups

2000

  • Schütte, Dr., Martin
    Stress and strain analysis in information technology work

1995

  • Kiegeland, Dr., Peter
    Fatigue, driving behavior, ecological aspects and perspectives of the workplace of truck drivers

1992

  • Rothe, Dr., Heinz-Jürgen
    Acquisition and modeling of expert knowledge as a basis for the development of expert systems

 

Doctorates

2008

  • Morell, Stefan
    Remote Management - Methods for determining efficiency in distributed collaboration using self-efficacy in the automotive industry

2007

  • Grohmann, Otto
    Integration of information technology in the context of post-merger management of medium-sized industrial companies, https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:0002-2802
  • Niederl, Tanja
    Studies on cumulative psychological and physiological effects of flying personnel on short-haul flights - illustrated by the flying activities of the Boing 737 fleet of Deutsche Lufthansa, https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2008010919922

2006

  • Bigalk, Debora
    Conduciveness of workplaces to learning - a reflection of the organization? A comparative analysis of companies with highly and less conducive workplaces, https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:0002-2273
  • Selke, Astrid
    Information and communication in fast-growing companies. An evaluation study of information and communication systems in fast-growing companies and their influence on competence development on employees, https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:0002-2302
  • Denison, Katrin
    Networks as a form of continuing education - success factors for individual benefit, https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:0002-2041
  • Schäfer, Ellen
    Company competence development - analysis, design options and optimization approaches, https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:0002-2116
  • Matthay, Dieter
    Status of labor science research in the skilled crafts sector

2004

  • Eckard, Jochen
    Provision of early detection information for companies - development and use of a software tool

2003

  • Gottschalk, Arnd
    Intraorganizational networks - conception, determinants, evaluation

2002

  • Buch, Markus
    Stressors from organizational conditions - Development and evaluation of a person-unspecific work analysis module
  • Keita, Basel
    The concept of an integrative education center as a model for non-industrialized countries using the example of the Gaza location

2001

  • Grote Sven
    The flexible employee
  • Neuhaus, Ralf
    Holistic and participative office space design
  • Schütte, Carl Nicolaus
    On the efficiency of group work - a meta-analysis

2000

  • Nagiah, Abdulhakim
    Globalization and competence development for specialists and managers in the context of globalization processes and multi-local management systems
  • Komischke, Tobias
    Identification of cross-industry core processes in industrial process management and derivation of user-oriented design solutions
  • Durstewitz, Markus
    Experience-Based Decision Support in Aircraft Design and Engineering
  • Adeye, Mouléro
    Design of adapted vocational training, small(est) business and craft promotion for West African francophone countries using the example of the Latin African Quarter: The Republic of Benin

1999

  • von Kienlin, Emanuel
    Evaluation of work structures
  • Goyk, Rüdiger
    Activity design as organizational development
  • Kauffeld, Simone
    Team diagnosis
  • Finkenzeller, Dominique
    Determination of future qualification requirements for master craftsmen in various sectors in small, medium-sized and large companies (the work was awarded the DM 5,000 science prize by the Kassel Chamber of Crafts)
  • Schiedner, Felix
    Modernization without organizational development? - Ways to an integrative development of organizational potentials in German administrative modernization
  • von Schwartz, Alexander
    Teleworking in practical application with special consideration of economic aspects
  • Bernard, Heike
    Corporate flexibility - a cross-sectional analysis of nine industries

1998

  • Freiboth, Michael
    Empirical comparison of forms of work organization in the automotive industry - group work in production and assembly
  • Pfuhl, Klaus
    Organizational and technical design of work structures in the woodworking industry - an ergonomic study on the physical and psychological situation of employees in the woodworking industry

1997

  • Pastowsky, Marc
    Changes in cooperation and communication during the introduction of group work at the process transition between development and assembly
  • Saager, Carsten
    Evaluation of European assembly systems in the automotive industry - empirical study based on selected examples
  • Algedri, Jamal
    Development of a KQVP management concept and preparation of the implementation methods with special consideration of labor science findings

1996

  • Vittur, Eckard
    Introduction of CAD technology in the construction industry and the changing demands on vocational schools. An empirical study on initial vocational training for construction workers - development and evaluation of a prospective curriculum construct
  • Lohbeck, Bernd
    Computer-assisted training for the diagnosis of complex disorders

1995

  • Schulz-Kröhnert, Uwe
    Perceptual-psychological aspects of the development of confusion-free color coding for CAD applications
  • Lieberei, Walter
    Troubleshooting under stress conditions in trainee industrial mechanics - Explorative study in the context of occupational psychological training research
  • Süß, Michael
    Development and introduction of the integral planning and production structure (IPF) as part of the organizational reorientation of production areas - using the example of a die casting foundry

1994

  • Schaper, Niclas
    The analysis of complex diagnostic tasks for training purposes using the example of troubleshooting in flexibly automated production processes
  • Bonitz, Dieter
    Evaluation of work systems. Two instruments for the evaluation of work activities and organizational structures
  • Pfitzmann, Jürgen
    Evaluation and design of CAD user interfaces taking into account application-oriented features

1993

  • Traidl, Christoph
    Development of a system for integrated production and personnel planning (SIFP)
  • Benedix, Joachim
    Development of a procedure for the processing of ergonomic problems with special consideration of the activity analysis inventory (TAI)
  • Cammerer, Peter
    Process chain and personnel development - using the example of optimizing the CAD process chain in an automotive company
  • Hormel, Roland
    Work-psychological support of operational planning and problem-solving processes: Development and application of work-analytical methods of the planning concept Technology-Work-Innovation (P-TAI)
  • Gall, Peter
    Process chain-oriented analysis of the CAD data flow in development cooperations of aggregate suppliers with an automobile manufacturer as a measure of preventive quality assurance
  • Henniges, Detlef
    Analysis and design of the use of CAD in CAx-supported process chains - using the example of product development process chains in an automotive company

1991

  • Heun, Dieter
    Development of a training concept for initial vocational training. Problem analysis and empirical study using the example of the occupational profile of industrial mechanic in production technology

1990

  • Klein, Helmut
    Limits of organizational development - systemic and strategic rethinking on the basis of case studies

1988

  • Sonntag, Karlheinz
    Work-psychological training research - on the psychology of work-related learning processes with changed job content