Dr Paul Dobson

Senior Lecturer

Bayes Business School, Faculty of Management

Contact

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Postal address

Bayes Business School
106 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TZ
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Paul Dobson joined the Business School after postgraduate research in occupational psychology at Birkbeck College. As a Chartered Psychologist, he has specialist expertise in the field of applied psychometrics and acts as an assessor and external verifier for the British Psychological Society in this area. His current research interests include the assessment and development of the interpersonal skills of managers, and cross-cultural psychology.

Qualifications

BSc (London) and PhD (City).

Visiting appointments

  • Psychologist Assessor, Civil Service Selection Board (Fast Stream entry), Jan 1988 – Jan 1996

Fellowships

  • Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society, 1999 – present

Memberships of committees

  • Verifier for training of psychological assessors, British Psychological Society, Level A Verifiers Steering Committee

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Chartered Scientist, The Science Council, 2009 – present
  • Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society, Jan 1999 – present
  • Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society, Jan 1989 – present

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Management Learning
  • Organisational Psychology
  • Organizational Culture

Additional topics

  • Management Development
  • Mathematical & Quantitative Methods

Research

Research topics

Identification of management talent

Design and evaluation of 360 tools for the identification of effective middle and senior managers

Management development

Use of experiential workshops to develop the key skills of managers

Cross cultural psychology

See publications

Web 2.0

Use and impact of Web 2.0 technology in the workplace

Gas Discharge Visualization

Investigation into the relationship between GDV and human personality

Research students

Mohammed Dirbas

Attendance: Oct 1996 – Mar 2007, full-time

Thesis title: The human resource based value of the firm: the development of a model and its empirical evaluation in the commercial banking industry of Bahrain

Role: 1st Supervisor

Dean Drysdale

Attendance: 1995 – 1999, full-time

Thesis title: The Canadian Military

Role: 1st Supervisor

Publications

Books (2)

  1. Williams, A.P.O., Woodward, S. and Dobson, P. (2002). Managing Change Successfully: Integrating Theory and Experience. Thomson Learning (now Cengage Learning). ISBN 978-1-86152-981-7.
  2. Williams, A., Dobson, P. and Walters, M. (1993). Changing culture. Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. ISBN 978-0-85292-533-1.

Chapters (6)

  1. Dobson, P. and O'Keeffe, E. (2011). Cognition as a moderator of GDV emission: past research, a current expanation and some ideas for the future. In Korotkov, K. (Ed.), Energy Fields: Electrophotonic Analysis in Humans and Nature (pp. 177–190). Saint Petersburg: SPIFO. ISBN 978-5-91014-022-0.
  2. Williams, A.P.O. and Dobson, P. (1997). Personnel Selection and Corporate Strategy. In Anderson, N. and Herriot, P. (Eds.), International Handbook of Selection and Assessment; Assessment and Selection in Organizations: Methods and Practice for Recruitment and Appraisal, Volume 2 (pp. 219–245). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-96638-8.
  3. Williams, A.P.O. and Dobson, P. (1996). Culture Change Through Training: The Case of Sainsbury. In Brian Towers, (Ed.), The Handbook of Human Resource Management Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-19851-2.
  4. Dobson, P. and Williams, A.P.O. (1992). Culture Change through Training: the Case of Sainsbury. In Towers, B. (Ed.), The Handbook of Human Resource Management London: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-19851-2.
  5. Dobson, P. (1989). Reference Reports. In Herriot, P. (Ed.), Assessment and Selection in Organizations (pp. 455–468). Wiley.
  6. Dobson, P. (1989). Self and Peer Assessment. In Herriot, P. (Ed.), Assessment and Selection in Organizations (pp. 421–432). Wiley.

Conference papers and proceedings (22)

  1. Dobson, P.M. (2013). Developing Teams in Management Education: practice and lessons from Cass Business School's MSc Management and MBA programs. 2013 International Conference on Creative Education (ICCE 2013) 21-23 September, Beijing, China.
  2. Dobson, P. and Daems, H. (2010). Building High Performance Teams: Team Builder and lessons from its use in Hitachi Europe. CIPD/CMI Forum: Adapt or Die - Knowing what it takes to be a high performing team in a changing complex world Manchester.
  3. Dobson, P. (2010). Building High Performance Teams: The Nature of Team Builder. CLLC Research Seminar Cass Business School.
  4. Dobson, , P, and O'Keeffe, (2010). Measuring Human Personality by Machine: Could it be true? Annual Division of Occupational Psychology Conference, British Psychological Society Brighton, UK.
  5. Dobson, P. (2010). The story of the development of a tool and process for building high performance teams. International HR Conference of the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM) Kingdom of Bahrain.
  6. Dobson, , Paul, and O'Keeffe, E. (2009). Human Personality and Gas Discharge Visualization: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Study. Towards a Science of Consciousness Annual Conference: Brain, Mind & Technology 11-14 June, Hong Kong.
  7. Dobson, , P, and O'Keeffe, (2007). An investigation into the GDV technique and personality. International Scientific Conference on Measuring Energy Fields 13-14 October, Kamnik, Slovenia.
  8. O'Keeffe, E. and Dobson, P. (2005). The efficacy of the Gas Discharge Visualisation technique as a measure of physical and mental health. 18th IEEE symposium of computer based medical analysis, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Dublin.
  9. Dobson, P. (2004). Developing the leadership skills of managers: integrating teaching, training and research. CLLC Research Seminar Cass Business School.
  10. Nadeem, S., Hendry, C. and Dobson, P. (2004). Organisational choice in adopting work-life policies. European Academy of Management Conference St. Andrews, UK.
  11. Dobson, P. (2004). Some lessons gained from the evolution of a Developmental Assessment Centre used to enhance the group working skills of managers. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Trier, Germany.
  12. Barrie, I. and Dobson, P. (2004). The Evaluation of the Selection Procedural Justice Scale in a UK Assessment Centre. British Psychological Society Annual Occupational Psychology conference Stratford-upon-Avon.
  13. Sonnak, C. and Dobson, P. (2004). The impact of a Developmental Assessment Centre on self-ratings and the rating accuracy of managerial competence. British Psychological Society Annual Occupational Psychology conference Stratford-upon-Avon.
  14. Nadeem, S. and Dobson, P. (2004). The impact of workgroup climate on the use of flexible working. British Academy of Management St Andrews, UK.
  15. Williams, A.P.O., Woodward, S. and Dobson, P. (2002). A General Model for Guiding the Implementation of Change: an integration of 15 case studies and theory. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology Singapore.
  16. Williams, A., Woodward, S. and Dobson, P. (1998). Implementing Change Successfully: a learning strategy for integrating theory and practice. 24th ICAP: International Congress of Applied Psychology August, San Francisco.
  17. Krapljan Barr, P., Vielba, C. and Dobson, P. (1998). An Evaluation of Validity and Fairness of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) Used for MBA Selection. Occupational Psychology Conference Eastbourne, January.
  18. Dobson, P. (1998). Use of Psychological Tests for Selection in Higher Education. Seminar for the Teaching and Learning Committee City University, London.
  19. Vielba, C., Krapljan Barr, P. and Dobson, P. (1997). Selecting an Elite: The Use of GMAT in MBA Recruitment. British Academy of Management Conference Warwick, October.
  20. Dobson, P. and Williams, A.P.O. (1992). Personal Competence and Development Planning. Employment Department Workshop on Managerial Competences West Bromwich.
  21. Dobson, P. (1992). Personality test usage: A recent survey and implications for practice. IIR Conference London.
  22. Williams, A.P.O. and Dobson, P. (1991). A Developmental Assessment Centre based upon peer and self-assessment. West European Conference on Work and Organizational Psychology Rouen.

Journal articles (16)

  1. Dobson, P. (2012). Building Semi-Virtual Teams: a case study from Cass Business School's Modular Executive programmes. Studies in Higher Education.
  2. Dobson, P. and Rosen, A. (2012). The Nature, Use and Misuse of 360 Degree Feedback. International Journal of Selection and Assessment.
  3. Dobson, P. and Gelade, G.A. (2012). Exploring the Roots of Culture Using Spatial Autocorrelation. CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH, 46(2), pp. 160–187. doi:10.1177/1069397111430460.
  4. Dobson, P. and Gelade, G. (2011). The Organization of National Culture within Geographical and Eco-Social Space. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology.
  5. Gelade, G.A., Dobson, P. and Auer, K. (2008). Individualism, masculinity, and the sources of organizational commitment. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39(5), pp. 599–617. doi:10.1177/0022022108321308.
  6. Gelade, G.A. and Dobson, P. (2007). Predicting the comparative strengths of national football teams. Social Science Quarterly, 88(1), pp. 244–258. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00456.x.
  7. Gelade, G.A., Dobson, P. and Gilbert, P. (2006). National differences in organizational commitment - Effect of economy, product of personality, or consequence of culture? JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, 37(5), pp. 542–556. doi:10.1177/0022022106290477.
  8. Dobson, P. (2000). An Investigation into the Relationship between Neuroticism, Extraversion and Cognitive Test Performance in Selection. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 8(3), pp. 99–109. doi:10.1111/1468-2389.00140.

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  9. Dobson, P. and O'Keefe, E. (2000). Research into the Efficacy of the Gas Discharge Visualisation Technique as a Measure of Physical and Mental Health. International Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine, (February).
  10. Dobson, P., Krapljan‐Barr, P. and Vielba, C. (1999). An Evaluation of the Validity and Fairness of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) Used for MBA Selection in a UK Business School. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 7(4), pp. 196–202. doi:10.1111/1468-2389.00119.

    [publisher’s website]

  11. Dobson, P. (1996). A Case of when Fair is Unfair. Selection and Development Review, 12(2), pp. 3–5.
  12. Dobson, P. (1996). The Darkside of Competence: Building Cultures in the Air. Journal of Professional Human Resource Management, 1(2), pp. 3–9.
  13. Dobson, P. and Williams, A.P.O. (1993). The Use of Developmental Assessment Centres on MBA Programmes. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 1(4), pp. 233–240. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2389.1993.tb00118.x.
  14. Dobson, P. and Williams, A. (1989). The validation of the selection of male British Army officers. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 62(4), pp. 313–325. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1989.tb00502.x.

    [publisher’s website]

  15. Dobson, P. (1988). The correction of correlation coefficients for restriction of range when restriction results from the truncation of a normally distributed variable. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 41(2), pp. 227–234. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8317.1988.tb00898.x.

    [publisher’s website]

  16. Dobson, P. (1988). Changing Cultures. Employment Gazette.

Education

Course Directorship

- 2012 - present, MEMBA, Director
- 1998 - 2001, FT MBA (HRM), Director

Subject/Academic Leadership

- 2006 - 2011, Centre for Leadership, Learning & Change, Deputy Director

Professional activities

Consultancy

  1. Cedar Talent Management (Private Sector) (Jan 2010 – present)
    Development of Team Builder 360

Editorial activity (3)

  1. Asia-Pacific Review, Referee, 2008 – present.
  2. British Journal of Management, Referee, 1998 – present.
  3. International Journal of Assessment and Selection, Referee, 1995 – present.

Events/conferences (27)

  1. Conference on Creative Education. (Conference) Beijing, PRC (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Developing Teams in Management Education: practice and lessons from Cass Business School's MSc Management and MBA programs
    Author: Dobson P
  2. Recent developments in Gas Discharge Visualization: Masterclass with Prof. Konstantin Korotkov. (Conference) Cass (2010). Chair.
  3. HR Summit 2010. (Conference) Kingdom of Bahrain (2010). Chair.
  4. CLLC Research Seminar. (Seminar) Cass Business School (2010).
    Paper: Building High Performance Teams: The Nature of Team Builder
    Author: Dobson P
  5. HR Summit 2010. (Conference) Kingdom of Bahrain (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The story of the development of a tool and process for building high performance teams
    Author: Dobson P
  6. CIPD/CMI Forum: Adapt or Die - Knowing what it takes to be a high performing team in a changing complex world. (Conference) Manchester (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Building High Performance Teams: Team Builder and lessons from its use in Hitachi Europe
    Author: Dobson P
    Co-authors: Daems, H
  7. Annual Division of Occupational Psychology Conference, British Psychological Society. (Conference) Brighton, UK (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Measuring Human Personality by Machine: Could it be true?
    Author: Dobson P
    Co-authors: O'Keeffe
  8. Towards a Science of Consciousness - Brain, Mind & Technology. (Conference) Hong Kong (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Human Personality and Gas Discharge Visualization: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Study
    Author: Dobson Paul
    Co-authors: Elena O'Keeffe
  9. Annual CIPD HRM&D conference. (Conference) Olympia, London (2008). Session/Day Chair.
  10. International Scientific Conference on Measuring Energy Fields. (Conference) Kamnik, Slovenia (2007). Invited speaker.
    Paper: An investigation into the GDV technique and personality
    Author: Dobson P (invited)
    Co-authors: O'Keeffe
  11. CLLC Research Seminars. (Conference) Cass (2006). Organising Committee.
  12. 18th IEEE symposium of computer based medical analysis, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Dublin (2005).
    Paper: The efficacy of the Gas Discharge Visualisation technique as a measure of physical and mental health
    Co-authors: O'Keeffe, E.
  13. CLLC Research Seminar. (Seminar) Cass Business School (2004).
    Paper: Developing the leadership skills of managers: integrating teaching, training and research.
    Author: Dobson P
  14. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Trier, Germany (2004).
    Paper: Some lessons gained from the evolution of a Developmental Assessment Centre used to enhance the group working skills of managers
  15. European Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) St. Andrews, UK (2004).
    Paper: Organisational choice in adopting work-life policies
    Co-authors: Nadeem, S., & Hendry, C.
  16. British Psychological Society Annual Occupational Psychology conference. (Conference) Stratford-upon-Avon (2004).
    Paper: The Evaluation of the Selection Procedural Justice Scale in a UK Assessment Centre
    Co-authors: Barrie, I
  17. British Psychological Society Annual Occupational Psychology conference. (Conference) Stratford-upon-Avon (2004).
    Paper: The impact of a Developmental Assessment Centre on self-ratings and the rating accuracy of managerial competence.
    Co-authors: Sonnak, C.
  18. British Academy of Management. St Andrews, UK (2004).
    Paper: The impact of workgroup climate on the use of flexible working
    Co-authors: Nadeem, S
  19. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology. Singapore (2002).
    Paper: A General Model for Guiding the Implementation of Change: an integration of 15 case studies and theory.
    Co-authors: Williams A.P.O & Woodward S.
  20. 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology. San Francisco, August. (1999).
    Paper: Implementing Change Successfully: A Learning Strategy for Integrating Theory and Practice
    Co-authors: Williams, A. and Woodward, S.
  21. Seminar for the Teaching and Learning Committee. (Seminar) City University, London (1998).
    Paper: Use of Psychological Tests for Selection in Higher Education
  22. Occupational Psychology Conference. (Conference) Eastbourne, January (1998).
    Paper: An Evaluation of Validity and Fairness of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) Used for MBA Selection
    Co-authors: Krapljan-Barr, P. and Vielba, C
  23. International Congress of Applied Psychology. San Francisco, August (1998).
    Paper: Implementing Change Successfully: a learning strategy for integrating theory and practice
    Co-authors: Williams A. and Woodward,S
  24. British Academy of Management Conference. (Conference) Warwick, October (1997).
    Paper: Selecting an Elite: The Use of GMAT in MBA Recruitment
    Co-authors: Vielba, C. and Krapljan-Barr, P.
  25. Employment Department Workshop on Managerial Competences. (Workshop) West Bromwich (1992). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Personal Competence and Development Planning
    Author: Dobson P
    Co-authors: Williams A.P.O.
  26. IIR Conference. (Conference) London (1992). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Personality test usage: A recent survey and implications for practice.
    Author: Dobson P
  27. West European Conference on Work and Organizational Psychology. (Conference) Rouen (1991). Invited speaker.
    Paper: A Developmental Assessment Centre based upon peer and self-assessment
    Author: Williams A.P.O.
    Co-authors: Dobson P

Media appearances (4)

  1. Corporate leadership: What an EMBA can teach you. (2014) City AM (newspaper).
  2. Why perfectionism at work does not pay. (2008) Training Journal.
  3. Insoddisfatti, nevrotici, mediamente cinici, I lavoratori italiani sono cosi? (2007) Il Sole 24 Ore (newspaper).
  4. Research reveals insight into the characteristics of our top directors. (2007) www.director.co.uk (website).