Hendrik (Henk) van der Flier (born 1945) is a Dutch

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

, and Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the

Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

Amsterdam and at its Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI), known for his work on comparability of

psychological test Psychological testing is the administration of psychological tests. Psychological tests are administered by trained evaluators. A person's responses are evaluated according to carefully prescribed guidelines. Scores are thought to reflect individ ...

performances.

Biography

Van der Flier studied Psychology at the

, 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

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, 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

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

Publications

Van der Flier has authored and co-authored numerous publications in his field of expertise.Publications Flier
at ''psy.vu.nl''. Books, a selection: * 1980. ''Vergelijkbaarheid van individuele testprestaties.'' Thesis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Lisse : Swets en * 1991. ''Selectieresearch in de praktijk''. H. van der Flier, P.G.W. Jansen, J.N. Zaal (eds.) Amsterdam : Swets & Zeitlinger * 1993. ''Werk maken van loopbanen : ontwikkeling en begeleiding''. J.G. Boerlijst, H. van der Flier, A.E.M. van Vianen (eds.) Utrecht : Lemma Articles, a selection: * Van Der Flier, Henk. "Deviant response patterns and comparability of test scores." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 13.3 (1982): 267-298. * Flier, H. van der, Mellenbergh, G.J., Ader, H.J. & Wijn, M. (1984) "The iterative item bias selection method." ''Journal of Educational Measurement'', 21, 131-145. * Hooft, E. A. V., Born, M. P., Taris, T. W., Flier, H. V. D., & Blonk, R. W. (2004). Predictors of job search behavior among employed and unemployed people. Personnel Psychology, 57(1), 25-59. * Hoogervorst, Jan, Henk van der Flier, and Paul Koopman.
Implicit communication in organisations: The impact of culture, structure and management practices on employee behaviour
" Journal of Managerial Psychology 19.3 (2004): 288-311.

References

External links

Henk van der Flier
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam {{DEFAULTSORT:Flier, Henk van der 1945 births Living people Dutch psychologists Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam faculty