Biographical Profile

Arne Evers obtained his masters in 1971 in Work Psychology at the University of Amsterdam . Following, he worked for two years on a dissertation grant on the construction and validation of a vocational interest inventory. In 1973 he took for 12 years the position of research manager at the Institute of Social and Industrial Psychology of the University of Amsterdam . After changing in 1985 to the Unit of Work and Organizational Psychology, he finished his dissertation in 1987. Since 1975 Arne Evers is the representative of the Department of Psychology of the University of Amsterdam in the Dutch Committee on Testing, which he chaired from 1987 to 1993. In 1996 he was appointed as the Dutch representative in the International Test Commission and in 1998 he became a member of the Task Force on Test and Testing of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations.

Research Interests

Arne has specialized in topics that have to do with test use and test quality, and with test construction in the field of work and organizational psychology. Related fields of interest are fairness issues in personnel selection and research on work stress.

Key publications

• Evers, A., Braak, M. S. L., Frima, R. M., & Vliet-Mulder, J.C. van (2009-2011). COTAN Documentatie . Amsterdam: Boom test uitgevers.
• Sijtsma, K., & Evers, A. (2011). Validiteit als Tweezijdig Probleem. De Psycholoog, 46 , 40-46.
• Evers, A., Sijtsma, K., Lucassen, W., & Meijer, R. R. (2010). The Dutch review process for evaluating the quality of psychological tests: History, procedure and results. International Journal of Testing, 10, 295-317 .  
• Sackett, P. R., Shen, W., Myors, B.,   Lievens, F., Schollaert, E., Van Hoye, G., Cronshaw, S. F., Onyura, B., Mladinic, A., Rodríguez, V., Steiner, D. D., Rolland, F., Schuler, H., Frintrup, A., Nikolaou, I., Tomprou, M., Subramony, S., Raj, S. B., Tzafrir, S., Bamberger, P., Bertolino, M., Mariani, M., Fraccaroli, F., Sekiguchi, T., Yang, H., Anderson, N.R., Evers, A., Chernyshenko, O., Englert, P., Kriek, H. J., Joubert, T., Salgado, J. F., König, C. J., Thommen, L. A., Chuang, A., Sinangil, H. K., Bayazit, M., Cook, M., & Aguinis, H. (2010). Perspectives from twenty-two countries on the legal environment for selection. In J. L. Farr & N. Tippins (Eds.), Handbook of Employee Selection (pp. 651-676 ). New York : Taylor & Francis.
• Dijkstra, M.T.M., De Dreu, C.K.W.,Evers,A., & van Dierendonck, D. (2009). Passive responsesto interpersonal conflict at work amplify employee strain. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology , 18, 405-423.
• Evers, A., Rasche, J., & Schabracq, M.J. (2008). High Sensory-Processing Sensitivity at Work. International Journal of Stress Management, 15 , 189-198.
• Voskuijl, O. F., & Evers, A. (2008). Job analysis and competency modeling. In S. Cartwright & C. L.   Cooper (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology (pp. 139-162). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Evers, A., Anderson, N., & Voskuijl, O. F. (Eds.) (2005). The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection . Oxford , England : Blackwell.
• Evers, A., Te Nijenhuis, J., & Van der Flier, H. (2005). Ethnic bias and fairness in personnel selection: Evidence and consequences. In A. Evers, N. Anderson, & O. F. Voskuijl (Eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection (pp. 306-328). Oxford , England : Blackwell.
• Voskuijl, O. F., Evers, A., & Geerlings, S. (2005). Is the obvious obvious? Considerations about ethical issues in personnel selection. In A. Evers, N. Anderson, & O. F. Voskuijl (Eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection (pp. 98-118). Oxford , England : Blackwell.
• Te Nijenhuis, J., De Jong, M-J., Evers, A., & Van der Flier, H. (2004). Are cognitive differences between immigrant and majority groups diminishing? European Journal of Personality , 18 , 405-434.