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Participation at the AOWI25 in Lüneburg

From September 10–12, 2025, the Organizational Psychology team successfully participated in the 13th Conference of the Work, Organizational, and Economic Psychology Specialist Group of the German Psychological Society, held at Leuphana Universit?t Lüneburg.

Participation at the AOWI25 in Lüneburg

From September 10–12, 2025, the Organizational Psychology team successfully participated in the 13th Conference of the Work, Organizational, and Economic Psychology Specialist Group of the German Psychological Society, held at Leuphana Universit?t Lüneburg. With the theme “Changing Work Environments: Cooperation Between Humans and Technology”, the conference provided engaging insights into the latest research and opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange.

The team contributed through several presentations:

Dr. Julian Decius, together with Prof. Dr. Simone Kauffeld (TU Braunschweig), organized the double symposium “Learning in a Changing Work Environment”, consisting of Part 1: “Forms of Learning and Support Contexts” and Part 2: “Artificial Intelligence on the Rise”. Within the symposium, he also presented the conceptual paper “Rethinking Bandura: Developing the Human-AI Social Cognitive Theory”. In addition, he actively contributed to the practice forum “Connecting the Dots: How AI is Transforming Work-Related Learning – Insights from Science and Practice”, which he co-prepared with Dr. Laura Creon (HRpepper), Dr. Michèle Rieth (University Bremen), and Prof. Dr. Franziska Sch?lmerich (SRH Berlin).

Annelie Lorber presented on “Informal Workplace Learning and Employee Green Behavior: A Motivational Perspective” in the symposium “Psychological Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability at Work”, organized by Agnieszka Paruzel (University Bielefeld).

Hannah L. Krüger presented the paper “Work-Related Learning with GenAI: Development and Validation of Two Instruments Measuring Individual and Situational Influences on Learning Success” in the symposium “Successful Use of AI in Work and Health Contexts: Individual, Contextual, and AI-Related Influences”, organized by Lara Watermann (TH Augsburg) and Insa Schaffernak (TH Augsburg).

 

We sincerely thank the organizers of AOWI25, especially Prof. Laura Venz and Prof. Franziska K??ler, and all participants for the engaging discussions and the enriching interdisciplinary exchange!

Foto mit Annelie Lorber, Friederike Lindauer, Hannah Luisa Krüger und Dr. Julian Decius

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Joint working discussion.

Learning processes over time

This topic focuses on how (informal) learning behavior in organizations changes over days, weeks, and months. Moreover, we analyze the dynamics of work-related learning and how learning trajectories differ between employees.

A model of an assembly hall with the inscription “Technikstation”.

Designing work contexts

The goal of this thematic focus is to examine conducive conditions for work-related learning, employability, and organizational development, both by managers (e.g., shaping learning culture) and by employees (e.g., job crafting).

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New Work requires New Learning

This topic is dedicated to the question of how employees in dynamic work environments can be empowered to learn "what they really, really want" in a self-directed way. The "Learning Opportunities Perception Potential", which helps employees to grasp learning opportunities, is considered crucial here.