Essential training and further education
1985: One-year voluntary training, current rank: Captain of the higher military technical service
1992 Study of psychology with focus on test construction and development, University of Vienna
1999 Training as a clinical and health psychologist, BÖP Vienna
2000 Doctorate, new mathematical model for measuring changes and training effects, Vienna
2002 Training as an occupational psychologist, BÖP Vienna
2003 Training as a biofeedback therapist (focus on stress management strategies and burnout), Liechtenstein

Professional experience
2020 - ongoing: Health insurance psychologist province of Burgenland/South
2019 - ongoing: Personnel selection of academics for the Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government
2014 - ongoing: Funding assessments at VAMED & KPMG
2013 - ongoing: Evaluation of mental stress in the workplace
2012 - ongoing: Opening of a competence center for gambling addiction / responsible gaming
1998 - ongoing: Contract psychologist AMS Burgenland, support for people seeking advice, career choice diagnostics
2008 - ongoing: University lecturer at Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt and Sigmund Freud University Vienna: personality theories, diagnostics, test development and personnel psychology
2002 - ongoing: Independent personnel consultant, managing director of IR&C: Consulting, personnel consulting,

Personnel development, test development
2005 - 2009 Head of Psychology at Hogrefe Verlag, test development, test consulting (Vienna)
2003 - 2004 Human Resource Manager at Hotwell (petroleum industry)
1995 - 2002 Head of Psychology at Schuhfried Verlag, test development, test consulting (Mödling)
1992 - 1995 Psychologist at BBRZ Vienna

Core competencies
• IRT Modells & Test Construction: development of several new psychological ability tests
• Excellent Statistic & Software Knowledge: Statistic Software (SPSS, STATISTIKA, LPCMWIN, BILOG, Winmira, Lisrel), Datamining
- Work psychology surveys/interventions: Job satisfaction, burn out, bullying, innovation resistance, corporate identity, communication, stress behavior...
- Stress management: diagnostics ("testing under load"), biofeedback (HRV measurements, stress test and therapy, breathing training), relaxation training

Extract: Reference companies from consulting
AMS - AUVA - Bavarian Red Cross - BFI - AUDI - MEWA - STANTONCHASE - HOFMANN Personal - KRAGES - Austrian Armed Forces - FORD - Austrian Federal Police - Universities (Vienna, Klagenfurt, Lima, Banares) - CPRD South Africa (HR Mines) - Saville Consulting UK - Hogrefe Publishers BRD - KPMG - SARL C.R.A.P. (Algeria) - VAMED

Excerpt from the list of lectures and literature:
Rothmeier-Kubinecz, S., Blattner, A., Brandstetter, R., Kremla, A., Prieler, J.A., Weger, G.,, Geresdorfer, S., & Kisyma S., (2018): Eignet sich das Tätigkeitsbewertungssystem zur Analyse von Arbeitsplätzen mit hohem Automatisierungsgrad? Psychometrie der Industrie 4.0. Psychologie des Alltagshandelns, Vol. 11 / No. 1
Prieler, J.A. (2015): Arbeitspsychologische Untersuchungen. Lecture at the „Forum Praevention“ Congress, Vienna, Austria
Prieler, J.A. (2012): Der Einfluss von Persönlichkeitsvariablen auf die Dauer von Arbeitslosigkeit. Lecture at DGP Congress, Bielefeld, Germany
Prieler, J.A. (2012): The Hierarchical Structure of Personality & Performance. Symposium at the ITC Conference, Amsterdam, NL
Hartmann, P., West, F., Stewart-Ferrer, C. & Prieler, J.A. (2011). The psychometric properties of the Parents‘ Preference Test (PPT) revisited. Nordic Psychology, Vol.63(4), 4-17
Lord, W. & Prieler, J. A. (2011). The ever-changing talent needs of organisations; how best can psychometrics contribute going forwards? Workshop at Annual Conference, Division of Occupational Psychology, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
Lord, W. & Prieler, J. A. (2010). The Utility of Psychometric Testing for predicting bus driver behaviour. In: L. Dorn (Ed): Driver Behaviour and Training, pp 269-274, Ashgate.
Prieler, J.A. & Raven, J. (2009): The Measurement of Change in Groups and Individuals with Particular Reference to the Value of Change Scores: A New IRT-Based Methodology for the Assessment of Treatment Effects. International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment. Vol 3, pp. 38-74
Prieler, J. A. (2009). Leistungstests bei der Personalauswahl der JetAlliance und bei National Rail. Lecture at the 2nd Hogrefe-Congress about Personaldiagnostik, Frankfurt, Germany.
Prieler, J. A. (2008). Einsatz neuer Technologien in der psychologischen Diagnostik. Lecture at the Second Austrian Symposium for Military Psychology, Vienna, Austria.
Prieler, J. A. (2007). So wrong for so long; The importance of changing our approach to the measurement of change. The Psychologist. December 2007, vol. 20, no 12, pp. 730-732
McKinzey, R.K. , Prieler, J.A. & Raven, J. (2003). Detection of children’s malingering on Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices. British journal of clinical psychology (2003), vol. 42, pp. 95 – 99
Schuhfried, G. & Prieler, J. A. (2002). Qualitätsmanagementsystem nach EN ISO 9000 und die DIN 33430. In: Hornke L. & Winterfeld, U. (Hrsg.) Eignungsbeurteilungen auf dem Prüfstand: DIN 33430 zur Qualitätssicherung, 263-273.
Prieler, J. A. (2002). Practical Issues and Advances in Computer-Aided Assessment: Computer-Aided Testing, new Trends and Developments. Lecture & Chair at the International Conference on Computer-Based Testing and the Internet, Winchester, England
Prieler, J.A., Langer, C. & Mikas, M. (2001). A modern Aviation Test Battery for the Selection of Pilots and ATC staff. Vortrag im Rahmen des 11th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio (USA).
Prieler, J. A., Mikas, M. & Langer, C. (2000). ‘State of the Art’ of a modern procedure for Psychological Selection. Lecture at the 24th Conference of the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP), Crieff (Scotland).
Prieler, J. A. (1999). Flugpsychologische Testbatterie Österreich. Mödling: Schuhfried Eigenverlag.
Prieler, J.A. (1999). Validation of personnel selection of noncommissioned officer in the Austrian Army. Paper presented at the 20th Congress of Applied Psychology, Berlin.