Research
Research
The Hogan Research Division (HRD) is comprised of doctorate- and master-level professionals in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and is unparalleled in the industry. Grounded in over 30 years of research and scientific prediction, HRD plays a central role in developing and applying the Hogan assessments to employee selection and development. Rene Kusch heads the R&D department at Metaberatung GmbH to conduct research for European clients, to coordinate norm development with Hogan in the US, and to run joined research projects for academia and clients.
HRD serves four vital functions, product development, domestic client research, international client research, and academic research collaborations. Within HRD, product development efforts are focused on maintaining Hogan’s current products as well as using sound research practices to develop new products for clients. Recently, HRD has developed the Hogan Safety Report, Hogan Express Report, Hogan Potential Report and Hogan Advantage Report.
The HRD domestic and international research teams primarily design and implement client research studies. Depending on client needs, there are a variety of study options that are available, including validity generalization studies, criterion-related validity studies, and competency based studies, among others. In conducting this work, HRD adheres to rigorous legal guidelines to provide clients with reliable solutions and assessments programs. The Hogan archive houses validation studies on more than 400 job titles as well as evidence from over 250 criterion-related validation studies. In addition to client research, the international research team provides extensive international support with new translations, equivalence analyses and international norms for the use of our assessments around the world.
Collaboration with students and academics is also an important HRD activity. Through these collaborations, Hogan obtains objective validation evidence for our assessments, while students and professors increase the generalizability of their research by using valid, widely used tools. Hogan has long-standing ties with the academic community and is committed to providing ongoing support for student researchers.