What can HR Managers Learn from Personnel and Behavioural Economics Research?

Speaker(s):

Professor Yannis Georgellis

Yannis is currently Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Bournemouth University Business School. Prior to joining Bournemouth, he was at Brunel University, where he served as Head of the Department of Economics and Finance.  He has held visiting teaching and research appointments in several universities and organisations, including the University of Kent, City University, NYU in London, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He has published widely in the areas of personnel economics, human resource management, well-being at work and behavioural economics.  His recent publications include articles in international reputation journals such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Economic Journal, Psychological Science, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. His work has been highly cited and attracted media coverage.  He is currently working on issues of personnel selection and assessment, organisational change, adaptation, intrinsic motivation, and social comparisons at work.

Event details: Managing people effectively within complex organisational structures requires an understanding of their motivations, decisions, and actions. By far the most promising way to gaining such an understanding is to draw upon theoretical arguments, empirical evidence and experience across disciplinary boundaries. The talk will explore how personnel and behavioural economics, founded on a successful synergy between economics and psychology, can inform the design of Human Resource Management policies in practice. The talk will discuss the implications of the latest research findings in the literature, including Professor Georgellis’ own research on adaptation, training, well-being at work, social comparisons, and decision utility, for employee selection and recruitment, developing and managing employee talent, managing organisational change, creating an engaged workforce and reducing staff turnover.

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