Scientific studies
Striving for quality
In our pursuit of quality, we have done various scientific studies with our instruments and optimized them accordingly over time.
To measure is to know
In various collaborations with renowned institutions such as the RUG, TNO and the Leeuwendaal Institute, we investigated the validity of our analyses and their practical value.
“A one-size-fits-all approach misses the mark”
Merle Blok, TNO
What is Personal Profiler®?
TNO came to the conclusion that Profile Dynamics drives can be used to predict whether people will embrace or reject an important change such as remote work.
And that is important for organizations that first invested a lot in hybrid working and are now considering letting their employees come back to the office.
With knowledge of the local driving culture, organizations can therefore make decisions that are better countries and are more effective.
The personal characteristics of the BIG-5, which was also included in the study, did not or hardly predict HNW behavior.
The study was conducted in 23 organizations (profit and non-profit) among 1,691 participants.
One out of three is positive
In the average profile of all respondents, yellow and orange accounted for 32% of the drivers, i.e. around 1/3. People with a preference for these drivers are positive about HNW and actually use HNW facilities.
The average score on the purple and blue drivers was 28% of the total. People with a preference for these drivers are negative about HNW and make less or hardly any use of HNW facilities.
Drivers that are less pronounced or neutral about HWN and use the facilities moderately to moderately (red, green, and turquoise) account for 40% of the total.
The positive opinion of the COTAN is the culmination of our years of research cooperation with the RUG and our focus on quality.
Hans de Jong, CEO Profile Dynamics
15 years of validation research
And we're going to keep going! We are working on additional validation research and on research about the role of motives in specific employment issues. This is why we employ a researcher, Burkhard Wörtler, who has a PhD in the field of work psychology.
2006 - Establishment
2010-11 - Psychological Institute Leeuwendaal
2013-14 - TONS
2017-23 - University of Groningen
2023-25 - COTAN
2025 - And we're going to keep going!
2006 - Establishment of Profile Dynamics
Since our inception, we have been continuously working on the quality of our instruments. Our questionnaire is the basis for this.
2010-11 - Psychological Institute Leeuwendaal
Instituut Leeuwendaal surveyed 124 respondents and found our questionnaire reliable and stable over time.
2013-14 - TONS
Large-scale study by TNO among 1,691 respondents into motives and HNW. Reliability and Comprehensive Validity (BIG5, Biographical: m/f and age).
2017-23 - University of Groningen
1688 respondents. Validation research. Reliability. Stability (test-retest). Comprehensive validity (BIG-5) et al.) Criterion validity. Biographical features.
2023-25 - COTAN
Judgment. Quality. University of Groningen questionnaire and research.
2025 - And we're going to keep going!
Additional research. Comprehensive and criterion validity
