2004
Volume 38, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0921-5077
  • E-ISSN: 1875-7235

Abstract

Samenvatting

Een evolutionair-gerichte A&O-psycholoog kijkt naar eventuele mismatches tussen de manier waarop mensen nu werken en hoe onze verre voorouders werkten. Hoe sterker deze mismatch des te groter de kans op knelpunten in een organisatie. In dit artikel bespreek ik de kerntheorieën en kernprincipes uit de evolutionaire psychologie en hoe deze kunnen worden gebruikt in organisatiegedragsonderzoek en organisatie-advies. Fundamentele vragen, zoals waarom mensen werken, hoe samenwerking tot stand komt, en wat de primaire functies zijn van leiderschap, komen aan de orde. Een evolutionair-psychologisch perspectief kan leiden tot zowel een verdieping als verbreding van het onderzoek in de A&O-psychologie, en biedt ruimte voor vele nieuwe onderzoeksvragen, hypothesen en onderzoeksmethoden. Daarnaast levert deze kennis praktische inzichten op over de psychologie en het gedrag van mensen in organisaties. De weg naar een evolutionaire A&O-psychologie ligt open voor iedereen die zich erin wil verdiepen als onderzoeker of praktijkpsycholoog.

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