Among famous researchers, who started their scientific careers in Austria, one could mention F. Heider, L. Kreitler, W. Kintsch, K. Pawlik, P. Watzlawick, and even K. Popper. Psychology in Austria has a strong experimental and methodological branch, too. This is reflected by the fact that H. Rohracher's experimentally oriented introduction to psychology had been standard in German-speaking psychology for a long time. Except for Linz, all Austrian universities offer a major degree in psychology. The section of applied psychology in Graz has been renamed to work, organizational and environmental psychology, which reflects a new focus on work psychology.
Topics are stress, recovery, and burnout in different professions.
The development of methods to evaluate team quality, the quality of meetings, the quality of selection procedures, and work satisfaction are additional areas of research. The section of social and organizational psychology is currently headed by H. Wallbott. Research topics in Salzburg are media, interpersonal attraction, and nonverbal behavior as well as research in mobbing and leadership. In addition, the research institute for organizational behavior promotes research in applied settings. Linz H. Brandst tter is head of the department for social and economic psychology at the University of Linz.