Henk van der Flier

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Hendrik (Henk) van der Flier (born 1945) is a Dutch psychologist, and Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and at its Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI), known for his work on comparability of psychological test performances. [1] [2]

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Biography

Van der Flier studied Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit, where he received his BA and his MA in the 1960s. Later in 1980 he there also received his PhD in Psychology with the thesis entitled "Vergelijkbaarheid van individuele testprestaties" (Comparability of individual test performance).

After his graduation late 1960s he started working in industry at the Dutch Railways, where he eventually became head of the department of Industrial Psychology. From 1990 he left for the Arbo Management Group, where he was Product Development and Quality manager. In 1998 he returned to the academia, where he was appointed Professor at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and chair of the department. [3]

Van der Flier's research interests are in the fields of "Working Conditions, Safety, Personnel Selection, Psychometrics and Cross-Cultural Psychology... [more specifically] in studies concerning the use of selection tests for immigrant groups in the Netherlands (ability tests, personality tests and computerized psychomotor tests)" [4]

Publications

Van der Flier has authored and co-authored numerous publications in his field of expertise. [5] [6] Books, a selection:

Articles, a selection:

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References

  1. ↑ Van Der Flier, Henk. "Deviant response patterns and comparability of test scores." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 13.3 (1982): 267-298.
  2. ↑ Van de Vijver, Fons JR. Methods and data analysis for cross-cultural research. Vol. 1. Sage, 1997.
  3. ↑ Arne Evers, Neil Anderson, Olga Smit-Voskuijl (2009) The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection. p. xix
  4. ↑ Henk van der Flier Archived 2014-01-28 at the Wayback Machine , at psy.vu.nl. Accessed 8 October 2013.
  5. ↑ List of publications at National Library of the Netherlands.
  6. ↑ Publications Flier Archived 2014-08-06 at the Wayback Machine at psy.vu.nl.
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