Djurre Holtrop

Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, School of Psychology.

Reporting to Prof. dr. Marylene Gagné and dr. Patrick Dunlop

Postdoctoral position to study strategies for volunteer retention and attraction. Some of my tasks are data collection/analyses, liaising with partner organisations, student supervision, and teaching I&O Psychology.
In addition to my core project I work on a wide range of side projects.

Please see my research profile: http://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/djurre-holtrop(a5f553fd-5d7f-4274-855c-c578b4f851f9).html

2012-2016
PhD student at VU Amsterdam University, dep. of Social and Organizational psychology
Supervisors: Prof. dr. Marise Ph. Born, Prof. dr. Reinout de Vries and dr. Remko van den Berg
Title: Improving personality and interest measurement for purposes of selection and assessment in a multiethnic population.
Link: http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/54398
The first part of the project focused on using situational description in personality inventories and how such modifications may influence responses of cultural groups. The second part of the project focused on the relation between vocational interest, personality and prestige. The project financially supported by the NOA foundation. Successfully defended 17 May 2016.

2008-2016
Consultant, psychologist and test developer at NOA (assessment company and online test distributer)
Main activities: Leading large scale assessment projects, advising clients on selection matters, developing tests, studying and reporting the effectiveness of selection and coaching interventions, sales, and training.

Scouts UWA Research project: http://uwascoutsresearch.com

The BNHCRC project: https://www.facebook.com/sesresearchuwa/

I am interested in a wide range of I/O psychology and personality assessment topics:
-Psychological measurement for purposes of selection and assessment
-Vocational interests assessment
-Why faking occurs and how people do it
-Predicting and preventing volunteer engagement and turnover
-Workforce engagement and interventions to improve engagement