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Paul Irwing was first appointed as an organisational psychologist, in 1977, at the Ulster Polytechnic. In 1982, this became the University of Ulster at which he continued to work until he joined UMIST, in 2003, as a lecturer in organisational psychology. In 2004, at what is now the University of Manchester, he was promoted to senior lecturer and in 2007 to Reader. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Intelligence, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. His D.Phil. was awarded in 1992, and integrated goal-setting, job characteristics and self-concept theories of work motivation.

Heis the co-founder of the developmental theory of sex differences and has recently pioneered work on the General Factor of Personality, which is conceived of as a generic predictor of life outcomes, including work performance, closely analogous to the General Factor of Human Cognitive Ability. His work has been presented in six articles in Intelligence (Impact Factor (IF) 3.76), two articles in the British Journal of Psychology (IF: 2.28), two articles inTwin Research and Human Genetics (IF:2.14), three articles in the British Journal of Educational Psychology (IF: 2.13), nine articles in Personality and Individual Differences (IF: 1.98), while single articles have appeared in the Journal of Research in Personality (IF: 2.82), European Journal of Personality (IF: 2.79), and in the pre-eminent science journal Nature (IF: 31.2). He currently has a total of over 70 publications including 31 journal articles, and has presented 35 conference papers/lectures. His work has been quoted over 300 times in learned journals. He has given over 40 media interviews on TV and radio and has credit for more than 50 newspaper articles referencing his work, in every major newspaper in the UK and internationally.

Research interests

Dr Paul Irwing is a psychometrician(a psychologist and statistician) with over 30 years achievement in research specialising in Individual Differences and quantifiable measurement through psychometrics.
 
Dr Paul Irwing is the co-founder of the developmental theory of sex differences and has pioneered work on the General Factor of Personality, which is a general predictor of success in life including job success. He currently has a total of over 70 publications including 31 articles in leading scientific journals, and has presented 35 conference papers. He is an editor of Intelligence which is the leading international journal for the study of individual differences. His work has been quoted over 300 times in learned journals. He has given over 40 media interviews on TV and radio and has credit for more than 50 newspaper articles referencing his work, in every major newspaper in the UK and internationally.
 

Dr Paul Irwing's current research is comprised of five strands: (1) sex differences; (2) the structure of personality; (3) the relationship of personality to financial behaviour; (4) the relationship of working memory, general cognitive ability and knowledge and their implications for employee performance; and (5) inter-group behaviour.

He would consider supervising any project related to the above interests.

Example projects:
 
1. A selection programme for leadership positions in global financial organizations: the role of knowledge, cognitive abilities, and personality.
 
2. Development of a dark-side personality measure for identifying individuals at risk of defaulting on service contracts.
 
3. Big five and cognitive predictors of consumer behaviour in the consumption of services.
 
4. Factors which influence consumer behaviour in services: fair implementation of contracts, customer support, efficiency, quality, reliability and value, company image and ethics.
 
5. Measuring the relationship between profitability and human capital in UK organizations.
 
6. Development of a new measure of human cognitive abilities.
 
7. Labour market participation and achievement as a function of sex differences in personality and cognition.
 
8. Participation and achievement in science as a function of sex differences in personality and cognition.
 
9. Factors which underpin the superiority of women in educational achievement.
 
10. Measuring the heritability of sex differences in personality and cognition.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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