I juni samlades över 500 forskare och polischefer på BRÅ:s konferens The Stockholm Criminology Symposium. SCB:s Martin Lagerström bjöds in för att hålla föredraget ”Kultur äter strategi till frukost, lunch och middag” där han behandlar frågeställningar kring vad som driver en företagskultur. – Du kan inte förändra och förbättra något du inte förstår. För att Read more…

JobMatch Sweden continues to grow and sales increase by 20 per cent. Its major success factor is that more and more companies, municipalities and authorities choose to work with a DNV-GL certified test system, such as JobMatch Talent. “Our test tool JobMatch Talent became the first in Sweden in 2015 to be certified by DNV-GL Read more…

Dagens Nyheter draws attention to a new study conducted by the Police’s National Operations Department in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg and JobMatch Sweden. Dr Ann-Christine Andersson Arntén has led the study and tells DN that the results show that Sweden’s police chiefs fail in qualities related to social competence. “As a manager, you are Read more…

A new study shows that Sweden’s police chiefs rank lower than both business and public sector managers in trust, tolerance and relationship-building qualities. The three properties are linked to people’s social skills. “Social skills are important for well-functioning leadership. The fact that Sweden’s police chiefs have these shortcomings is serious,” says Dr Ann-Christine Andersson Arntén, Read more…

Statistics Sweden is using JobMatch Talent more than ever. Whether it is for recruitment, competence development or management support, the occupational psychology personality test is an important part of the authority’s strategic work. In addition, SCB, together with JobMatch Sweden, has trained four employees to use, interpret and analyse the results. “We have relied on Read more…

Researcher Ann-Christine Andersson Arntén presented her studies, conducted with the help of JobMatch Talent, on leadership in the police force during a panel session at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium from 19 to 21 June. Her lecture is based on both previous and future studies on police leadership, where the material consists of managerial responses to Read more…

In order to develop Sweden’s police organisation, the evaluation function at the Police’s National Operations Department, NOA, has carried out several part-studies on the leadership skills of Sweden’s police chiefs since 2012. In the latest study, three key leadership qualities of Swedish police chiefs – stress tolerance, internal drive and entrepreneurship – are measured by analysing Read more…

JobMatch Talent is one of two personality tests to have been certified by DNV-GL for the Swedish market. This has led to more and more of Sweden’s municipalities using the test for recruitment, skills development and leadership development. “We have used JobMatch Talent in our municipality for nearly ten years and it is an important Read more…

A scientific study conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg that analyses results from over 6789 completed JobMatch Talent tests has now been published in the scientific journal Clinical and Experimental Psychology. The study shows how younger and older managers differ and had now been approved for scientific publishing. The extent of the analytical material, Read more…