Lea Besser

Dr. Lea Besser serves as Assistant at the Department of Work, Organizational and Social Psychology within the Faculty of Philosophy I at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since August 2019, while concurrently providing management consultancy through the Institute for Work Design and Organizational Development (INAGO) since 2023.

Her educational foundation includes both Bachelor's (2012-2016) and Master's (2016-2019) degrees in Psychology from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Dr. Besser's research program centers on work and organizational psychology with specialized expertise in vocational education systems, where she develops innovative job analysis methodologies like TAG-MA to dissect work characteristics of vocational school teachers.

Her work investigates critical moderation effects—particularly how competencies like boundary-setting abilities and social communication skills influence relationships between job demands (e.g., work intensity, dialogic-interactive requirements) and health/performance outcomes. This research directly informs human resource development practices and personnel selection frameworks within educational contexts.

Dr. Besser actively supervises bachelor's, project, and master's theses through structured email-based consultation, focusing on competency-job characteristic interactions. Her peer review contributions to the International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology demonstrate engagement with broader psychological research communities despite her specialized vocational education focus.