CURRICULUM VITAE DR. PHIL. MATTHIAS STRASSER Work address Technische Universität München D- Tel: +49 89 289 24323 Email: strasser@.wi.tum.de Web: http://www.psy.wi.tum.de/mitarbeiter/matthias_strasser CURRENT POSITION 10/2013 - Lecturer, Postdoctoral Researcher Technische Universität München TUM School of Management Chair of Psychology (Prof. Dr. Hugo M. Kehr) Teaching and Research in Motivation Psychology, Work & Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology 10/2009-9/2013 Lecturer, PhD student Technische Universität München PhD Project Social Motives and Relational Models Empirical Studies on Drivers and Structures of Social Interaction Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hugo M. Kehr (Technische Universität München); Associate Prof. Dr. Steffen Giessner (Rotterdam School of Management) Research Interests Interpersonal Relationships Motivational drivers: The Big3 social motives Interpersonal structures: Relational Models Theory Emotional contagion: Relational structures as moderators Flow Positive and negative consequences of optimal experience Motivation Motivation, volition, and self-regulation in applied settings 1
CURRENT NON-UNIVERSITY POSITIONS 10/2008 - CampusCheck, Munich, Germany Career counseling, potential analyses for students, interns, and professional beginners 11/2008- Career coaching and counseling for young professionals (Freelancer) ACADEMIC EDUCATION 10/2010-10/2013 PhD program at Technische Universität München, Germany. Title of thesis: Social Motives and Relational Models Empirical Studies on Drivers and Structures of Social Interaction. Grade: 1,0 (summa cum laude, with honors) 10/2004-9/2008 Diploma, Psychology at University of Regensburg, Germany. Major areas of studies: Work and Organizational Psychology and Experimental Psychology. Minor: Research methods 10/2008 Diploma (Master equivalent). Grade: 1,0 (with honors) 08/2008 Diploma thesis Release from Directed Forgetting: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence. Grade: 1,0 (with honors) 2003-2004 Study of General Linguistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. Minors: Psychology and Phonetics. Grade: 1,2 WORK EXPERIENCE 11/2008-1/2011 Freelancer at Institute for Personality and Communication, Dr. Stephan Lermer, Munich, Germany. Psychological diagnostics, career counseling, coaching, seminars, marketing 06/2008-08/2008 Conceptualization, development, and evaluation of potential analyses for CampusCheck Career Counseling, Munich, Germany 02/2008-05/2008 Internship at MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Munich, Germany. Main areas of work: recruiting, personnel development, personnel marketing 2
11/2007-09/2008 Student Assistant at Institute for Personality and Communication, Dr. Stephan Lermer, Munich, Germany. Development and evaluation of management trainings, team assistance 02/2007-01/2008 Internship at Psychiatric Clinic Regensburg. Main area of work: clinical psychodiagnostics 2003-2007 Part-time work in production and administration departments at Anton Kiser GmbH, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany 09/2002-06/2003 Civil Service at Johanniter Unfallhilfe, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING Languages Professional Memberships Professional Coaching and Training Further training: Teaching Further training: Research Other qualifications Work-life balance German (proficient); Bavarian (native speaker); English (proficient); French (good working knowledge); Portuguese (basic knowledge) APS (Association for Psychological Science, since 03/2011) DGPs (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.v., since 09/2010) EAWOP (European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, since 04/2013) SSM (Society for the Study of Motivation, since 04/2012) Education and certification: Career counseling and coaching (CoBeCe, Regensburg, Germany, 11/2008-09/2009) Education and certification: FdM -Trainer (Kehr Management Consulting, Munich, Germany, 06/2011) ProLehre Intensiv: Two-year training for Zertifikat Hochschullehre Bayern - Profistufe Further courses and seminars: Teaching in English, learning transfer, humor in transfer of knowledge, consumer psychology, theory and application of assessment centers Performance diagnostics, academic writing, online research, multilevel analyses using Mplus, polynomial regression and response surface analyses using R Expert scorer TAT/ Picture Story Exercise (Winter Scoring System) MS Office, SPSS, AMOS, Adobe Photoshop, Authorware 7.0 Tae-Kwon-Do, Soccer, Fitness Mountaineering Music: Piano, Organ (D-certificate) 3
RESEARCH VISITS 01/2011-03/2011 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands: Department of Management of Technology and Innovation Research projects: a. Experimental research on group processes: flow, regulatory focus, and creative performance (with Daan Van Knippenberg, Wendy van Ginkel, Steffen Giessner, and Daan Stam) b. Experimental research on emotional consequences of relational model framings (with Steffen Giessner) TEACHING Summer term 2014 Winter term 2013/14 Summer term 2013 Winter term 2012/13 Summer term 2012 Winter term 2011/12 Communication, Interaction, and Conflict Resolution at School (Lecture and workshop, German) Introduction to Social and Communication Psychology (Lecture, German) Organizational Psychology (Lecture, English) Social Psychology (Lecture, German) Communication, Interaction, and Conflict Resolution at School (Lecture and workshop, German) Communication and Leadership (Lecture, German) Developmental and Educational Psychology (Lecture, German) Organizational Psychology (Lecture, English) TUM Kolloquium on Motivation Research and Practice (Series of talks of researchers and practitioners in the field of motivation) Communication, Interaction, and Conflict Resolution at School (Lecture and workshop, German) Leadership by Motivation (Seminar at Carl von Linde-Academy, TUM) Communication and Leadership (Lecture, German) Communication and Conflict Resolution in Organizations (Seminar, German) Organizational Psychology (Lecture, English) 4
Summer term 2011 Winter term 2010/11 Summer term 2010 Winter term 2009/10 Communication, Interaction, and Conflict Resolution at School (Lecture and workshop, German) Communication and Conflict Resolution in Organizations (Seminar, German) Communication and Conflict Resolution in Organizations (Seminar, German) Incentive Systems, Performance Measurement, and Compensation (Lecture, German) Organizational Psychology (Lecture, English) Communication and Conflict Resolution in Organizations (Seminar, German) Communication, Interaction und Conflict Resolution at School (Workshop, German) Introduction to Leadership (Seminar, English) Organizational Psychology (Lecture, English) FURTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Since 09/2009 Specialist contact person for business students: course guidance; management of studies abroad; organization and execution of final examinations; assistance in aptitude assessment tests for prospective students 08/2010 - Implementation and maintenance of web-based platform for psychological experiments: planning of experiments, recruiting of subjects, implementation of modular online surveys 09/2013-07/2014 Main organizer of the 4 th Munich Symposium on Motivation. International interdisciplinary conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Conference topic: Motivation = Motives x Incentives (http://www.psy.wi.tum.de/msm/2014/) 08/2010-08/2011 Organization of the national conference 31. Motivationspsychologisches Kolloquium (www.psy.wi.tum.de/mpk) 06/2010-08/2010 Assistance in organizing the 2 nd Munich Symposium on Motivation. International interdisciplinary conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 5
05/2012-07/2012 Assistance in organizing the 3 rd Munich Symposium on Motivation. International interdisciplinary conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Since 01/2011 Coordination of communication with business students concerning the research group Marketing, Strategy and Leadership (TUM School of Management): Design and maintenance of websites, information on guidelines for students, corporate identity (http://www.wi.tum.de/forschung/kompetenzfelder/marketing-strategy-leadership/), Since 10/2010 Supervision of bachelor theses (3), master theses (4), and diploma theses (11) in the field of motivation psychology, social psychology, and organizational behavior Selected topics: Effects of Relational Models and Social Motives on Team Performance Workplace Health Promotion - Positive and Negative Consequences of Flow at Work Transfer Success Evaluation of Internal Personnel Trainings at Siemens CIT Attractiveness of the graduate program of BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group The Power of Big Law Firms An Analysis of the Motivational Bases of Law Students in Internships Effects of Intrapersonal Relational Model Similarity on Perceived Team Satisfaction and Conflict in Student Work Groups Positive Effects of Relational Models Congruence on Perceived Team Performance Motivation by gamification: Employing the COMPANDME social enterprise software for incentivization Supervision of project studies (student work teams, cooperation with companies): Selected Topics: Burdens and Blessings During Exams Activity Prioritization and Flow Conceptualization of a University Marketing Strategy for P+Z Engineering Effects of Relational Models on Perceived Leadership 6
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, FINAL THESES Strasser, M., & Giessner, S.R. (2014). Relationally infected: Contagion of affective states is moderated by perceived relationship type. Manuscript submitted for publication. Strasser, M., Strasser, A., & Giessner, S.R. (2014). Through different glasses: Relational models affect the perception of social and physical attractiveness. Manuscript in preparation. Strasser, M., Giessner, S.R., & Kehr, H.M. (2014). Achieving powerful affiliations: The reciprocal influence of social motives and relational models. Manuscript in preparation. Strasser, M., Giessner, S., & Kehr, H.M. (2014, July). Achieving powerful affiliations: The reciprocal influence of social motives and relational models. Presentation at the 4 th Munich Symposium on Motivation (MSM), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Strasser, M. (2013). Social motives and relational models: Empirical studies on drivers and structures of social interaction {Doctoral dissertation}. http://d-nb.info/1043317252 Kehr, H.M., & Strasser, M. (2013). Motivierende Mitarbeiterführung - Gezielt motivieren mit dem 3K-Modell. In K. Haering & S. Litzke (Eds.), Führungskompetenzen lernen (pp. 267-287). Stuttgart: Schaeffer-Poeschel. Strasser, M. & Giessner, S. (2013, May). Relational models and social motives. Presentation at the 16 th congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. Muenster, Germany. Strasser, M. & Kehr, H.M. (2013). Implicit motives at work in organizations. Chair at the 16 th congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. Muenster, Germany. Strasser, M., & Kehr, H.M. (2012). Die 3K-Prüfung. In: C. Rauen (Ed.). Coaching-Tools III, (pp. 161-168. Bonn: Managerseminare Verlag. Strasser, M., Birk, B., Zureck, E., & Kehr, H.M. (2012, July). Activity-related flow mediates effects of perfectionism on burnout. Poster presented at the 3 rd Munich Symposium on Motivation (MSM), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Strasser, M., & Giessner, S.R. (2012, May). Motivated affiliations social motives predict interest and implementation of relational models. Poster presented at the 5 th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, Chicago, Illinois. Strasser, M., Strasser, A., & Giessner, S.R. (2012, June). Through different glasses - relational models affect perception of physical attractiveness. Poster presented at the 25 th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois. 7
Strasser, M., & Kehr, H.M. (2012). Motivation gezielt fördern. In. C. Rauen (ed.): Coaching- Magazin, 1/2012. Strasser, M., Strasser, A., Giessner, S.R., van Ginkel, W., & Stam, D. (2011, September). Effekte von Flow, regulatorischem Fokus und Aufgabentyp auf die Kreativität von Kleingruppen. Presentation at the 13. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie, Hamburg, Germany. Strasser, M., & Gerstenberg, F.X.R. (2011, September). Symposium: Motivationale Grundlagen sozialpsychologischer Prozesse. Chair at the 13. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Hamburg, Germany. Strasser, M.. & Strasser, A. (2011, March). Effects of flow, self-regulatory focus, and task type on group creativity. Invited Presentation at the Department for Innovation and Co-creation, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Strasser, M., & Kehr, H. M. (2010, July). The dark side of flow negative consequences of optimal experience. Poster presented at the 2nd Munich Symposium on Motivation (MSM), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Strasser, M., & Kehr, H. M. (2010, July). Negative Konsequenzen optimaler Erfahrungen Flow und Risikoverhalten im Sport. Poster presented at the 30. Motivationspsychologisches Kolloquium (MPK) [Colloquium on Motivational Psychology], Mannheim, Germany. Strasser, M. (2010, July). Self-Regulation and Self-Control. Chair at the 2nd Munich Symposium on Motivation (MSM) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Strasser, M. (2008). Release from directed forgetting: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Unpublished diploma thesis, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. 8