Lecturing in the MSc in Applied Psychology

• Modul Mixed-Methods-Forschungsdesigns in the spring semester
• Supervision of master theses and Research Workshops
  

My research focuses on flexible and agile work, especially the necessary organizational and psychological developmental processes. Current and recently finished projects are:

• “Transformation Journey Agility”: Implementation of a new, agile mode of work in a SME in the engineering industry; scientific evaluation of the organizational and leadership development.
• “pragmatic solutions gmbh as developmental organization”: Effects of personal learning and development on entrepreneurial success at the organizational level; qualitative process evaluation.
• “Employee union of the future in the flexible world of work”: Analysis of the needs of flexibly working employees regarding union representation; interview study.
• «FlexWork phase model»: Development and operation of an online self-assessment for organizational conditions for mobile and flexible work.

since November 2013
Senior Researcher at the School of Applied Psychology FHNW

2013
Specialist for organizational development (part-time) at Helsana Versicherungen AG

2007–2012
Researcher at the Organization, Work and Technology Group (org.ar.t) of Prof. Dr. Gudela Grote, ETH Zurich. Doctoral thesis on "Rules and Routines in Organizations and the Management of Safety Rules"

2005–2009
Professional training for counseling, coaching and supervision in the Integral Gestalt Approach at the Gestaltzentrum Göttingen

1999–2006
Studies in psychology (University diploma) at the Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute for Psychology, University of Göttingen, Germany. Main foci: Work and organizational psychology, educational psychology.

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Selected publications:

Willms, J., & Weichbrodt, J. (2019). Mobiler, flexibler, selbstorganisierter: Führungstransformation als Voraussetzung für erfolgreichen Wandel. In O. Geramanis & S. Hutmacher (Eds.), Der Mensch in der Selbst-Organisation (pp. 161–175). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27048-3_10

Weichbrodt, J. (2018). Spannbreite der Flexibilisierung von Arbeit: Entscheidungen sind gefragt. Personalführung, (3), 24–29. Verfügbar unter http://hdl.handle.net/11654/26612

Konkol, J., Schanné, F., Lange, S., Weichbrodt, J., Degenhardt, B., Schulze, H., … Windlinger, L. (2017). Gesundheitsförderliche Büroräume und Workplace Change Management – ein Leitfaden. Bern und Lausanne: Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz. Verfügbar unter https://gesundheitsfoerderung.ch/betriebliches-gesundheitsmanagement/projekte/offices-change-health/standard-titel.html

Meissner, J. O., Weichbrodt, J., Hübscher, B., Baumann, S., Klotz, U., Pekruhl, U., Gisin, L. & Gisler, A. (2016). Flexible neue Arbeitswelt: Eine Bestandsaufnahme auf gesellschaftlicher und volkswirtschaftlicher Ebene. (Zentrum für Technologiefolgenabschätzung TA-SWISS, Hrsg.). Zürich: vdf Verlag. https://doi.org/10.3218/3771-5