Assessment of Individual Differences Lab – Research Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest

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The Assessment and Individual Differences Lab (AID-Lab) is an integral part of the Department of Psychology at the University of Bucharest. We study the assessment of various psychological constructs relevant for a range of applied psychology fields, broadly defined.
Key Research Areas of the Lab

Assessment methods, the role of workplace-relevant individual differences, affect and emotions, job attitudes and performance in applied settings, occupational health assessment and interventions
Affiliation & Membership

Undergraduate and graduate students (Master’s and Doctoral Students) can become affiliate members. Researchers in other domains can become affiliated members;. The admission of affiliate members is done by invitation only and involves an interview with three full lab members.

About Research Group

The Assessment and Individual Differences Lab (AID-Lab) is integral part of the Department of Psychology at the University of Bucharest.

We study the assessment of various psychological constructs relevant for a range of applied psychology fields, broadly defined.

Our primary mission is to generate and apply psychological science to expand our understanding regarding design and application of psychological assessment in studying the functioning of various individual differences.

The lab is managed by the Lab Director and Executive Committee (three elected members) and it includes a team of established and early career researchers (full members) and affiliate members (undergraduate and masteral students).

The AID Lab will focus on:
– collaboration: building research-oriented alliances and partnerships with various national and international labs and organizations;
– funding: attract national and international research funding by assembling competitive of research teams;
– fostering research: supporting the design and dissemination of assessment-oriented empirical and theoretical investigations aimed at expanding the current scientific understanding of cognitive, motivational, affective and behavioral phenomena in the applied settings.

Latest Events

R – Atelier de programare

3 Jun 2021
Bucharest Early Intervention Project

11 May 2021
The AID Lab is officially founded

1 Feb 2020

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JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED

2

RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED

19

RESEARCH MEMBERS

Assessment and Individual Differences Lab

2 days ago

Cu toții ne dorim să obținem performanță la locul de muncă, însă uneori ajungem să exagerăm și să intrăm în faza de burnout. Experta Tammy Allen ne explică de ce și în ce mod presiunea pe care o punem asupra noastră la locul de muncă ne poate afecta serios sănătatea. ... See MoreSee Less

Working long hours could be more serious for your health than you realize

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We all know working long hours can be tiring, but newly released numbers from the World Health Organization show just how serious that can be for our health.

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Assessment and Individual Differences Lab

4 days ago

Ești făcut pentru telemuncă însă, spre dezamăgirea ta, trebuie să te întorci la birou? 😣 Uite câteva tips and tricks oferite de expertul Sertrice Grice, împreună cu cei de la SIOP, pentru a profita în continuare de beneficiile aduse de munca de acasă.👇 ... See MoreSee Less

Hoping to keep working remotely? Here’s how to convince your boss

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Here are some insights into how employees and bosses can agree on remote work arrangements that work for everyone involved.

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Assessment and Individual Differences Lab

5 days ago

Cercetările demonstrează că un mediu de lucru competitiv poate motiva angajații să investească mai mult efort și să obțină rezultate mai bune, întrucât acesta intensifică activarea psihologică și fiziologică. Totuși, angajații ajung la performanță în moduri diferite.Ce face diferența între competiția care stimulează creativitatea și cea care cauzează comportamente neetice? Se pare că modul în care aceasta îi face pe angajați să se simtă are o importanță considerabilă.Pentru a afla mai multe, vă invităm să accesați următorul link 👇https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-pros-and-cons-of-competition-among-employees ... See MoreSee Less

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Some Advice for Psychologists Who Want to Work With Computer Scientists on Big Data.

König, C. J., Demetriou, A. M., Glock, P., Hiemstra, A. M. F., Iliescu, D., Ionescu, C., Langer, Liem, C. S., Linnenbürger, A., Siegel, R., & Vartholomaios, I. (2020).

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Loneliness at Work and Job Performance: The Role of Burnout and Extraversion.

Sîrbu, A. A., & Dumbravă, A. C. (2019).

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Effectiveness of Job Crafting Interventions: A Meta-Analysis and Utility Analysis.

Oprea, B., Barzin, L., Virga, D., Iliescu, D., & Rusu, A. (2019).

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Personality and boredom at work: the mediating role of job crafting.

Oprea, B., Iliescu, D., Burtăverde, V., & Dumitrache, M. (2019).

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The Impact of Technology on Psychological Testing in Practice and Policy: What Will the Future Bring.

Iliescu, D., & Greiff, S. (2019).

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Dr. Andrei Ion

Associate Professor @ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest

Biography

Andrei Ion coordinated the implementation of various research projects. Andrei’s key research interest resides in investigation the role and importance of individual differences in the workplace. This line of research led to non-trivial contributions to the field of I/O psychology and individual differences. In several investigations, Andrei explored the construct or predictive validity of personality constructs in predicting job-relevant outcomes, such as job performance or organizational citizenship behaviors (e.g. Iliescu, Ilie, Ispas, & Ion, 2012; Ion, Iliescu, Ilie, & Ispas, 2016). First and foremost, these studies led to the conclusion that the current understanding of the personality-job performance relationship is limited. First, this limitation stems from relying exclusively on the five-factor personality traits in explaining job performance. Second, the current understating of the personality job performance relationship is based exclusively on the view that personality dimensions are static in nature.