Veronika Job, Dr. phil. University of Zurich Binzmuehlestrasse 14/6 Department of Psychology 8050 Zurich, Switzerland E-mail: v.job@psychologie.uzh.ch Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, May 2007 Doctoral Dissertation: Antecedents and Consequences of Motive-Goal Congruence Summa Cum Laude (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. V. Brandstätter) Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Zurich, Dept. of Psychology, June 2003 Master s Thesis: Development of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) for the Achievement and Affiliation Motive (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. F. Wilkening) Professional Positions Senior Teaching and Research Associate (Oberassistenz) Department of Psychology, University of Zurich February 2014 present Research Scientist (Ambizione grant awarded by the Swiss National 2011 2014 Science Foundation), Department of Psychology, University of Zurich Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Stanford University 2008-2010 (advisor: Carol S. Dweck) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich 2007-2008 (advisor: Veronika Brandstätter) Doktoral Student, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich 2003-2007 (Thesis advisors: Veronika Brandstätter) Grants and Academic Awards May 2015 March 2015 Project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) On the role of mental effort in ego depletion Malte Friese (PI), Veronika Job & David Loschelder Duration: 36 Months Euro 212 825 Project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (100014_159395) Effects of Implicit Theories About Willpower on Self-Regulation, Goal Striving, and Well-Being: A Life-Span Perspective Veronika Job (PI) Duration: 30 Months CHF 249 697 1
September 2011 September 2010 June 2008 Young Scholar Grant from the Jacobs Foundation Implicit Theories about Willpower: An Intervention Study Duration: 18 Months CHF 34 380 Ambizione fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (PZ00P1_131858) Implicit Theories about Willpower: Mechanisms, Replication, and Application Duration: 36 Months CHF 566 454 P.I. Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (PBZHP1-123313) Implicit Theories on Willpower: What do Lay Theories about Self-Control Strength Matter? Duration: 22 Months CHF 72 147 Publications Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V., & Job, V. (in press). Implicit theories about willpower predict subjective well-being. Journal of Personality. Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (in press). Beliefs about willpower moderate the effect of previous day demands on next day s expectations and effective goal striving. Frontiers in Psychology. Job, V., Bernecker, K., Miketta, S., & Friese, M. (in press). Implicit theories about willpower predict self-regulation and grades in everyday life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2015). Beliefs about willpower are related to therapy adherence and psychological adjustment in patients with type 2 diabetes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 37, 188-195. Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2015). Implicit theories about willpower predict self-regulation and grades in everyday life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 637-647. Brandstätter, V., Giesinger, L., Job, V., & Frank, E. (2015). The role of deliberative vs. implemental mindsets in time prediction and task accomplishment. Social Psychology, 46, 104-115. Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2013). Beliefs about willpower determine the impact of glucose on self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(37), 14837 14842. Job, V., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C.S. (2012). Are implicit motives the need to feel certain affect? Motive-affect congruence predicts relationship satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1552-1565. Miller, E.M., Walton, G.M., Dweck, C.S., Job, V., Trzesniewski, K.H., McClure, S.M. (2012). Theories of willpower affect sustained learning. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38680. Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2011). Assessing implicit motives with an online version of the picture story exercise. Motivation and Emotion 35, 251-266. 2
Job, V., Dweck, C. S, & Walton, G. M. (2010). Ego-depletion Is it all in your head? Implicit theories about willpower affect self-regulation. Psychological Science, 21, 1686-1693. Job, V., Oertig, D., Brandstätter, V., & Allemand, M. (2010). Discrepancies between implicit and explicit motivation as antecedents of unhealthy eating behavior. Journal of Personality, 78, 1209-1238. Job, V., Langens, T. A., & Brandstätter, V. (2009). Effects of achievement goal striving on well-being: The moderating role of the explicit achievement motive. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 983-996. Job, V. & Brandstätter, V. (2009). To get a taste of your goals: Creating motive-goal congruence by affect-focus goal-fantasy. Journal of Personality, 77, 1527-1560. Schüler, J., Job, V., Fröhlich, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2009). Dealing with a hidden stressor : Emotional disclosure as a coping strategy to overcome the negative effects of motive incongruence on health. Stress and Health, 25, 221-233. Schüler, J., Job, V., Fröhlich, S., & Brandstätter, V. (2008). A high implicit affiliation motive does not always make you happy: A corresponding explicit motive and corresponding behavior are further needed. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 231-242. Allemand, M., Job, V., Christen, S., & Keller, M. (2008). Forgivingness and action orientation. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 762-766. Conference Presentations Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. (2014, September). Implizite Theorien über Willenskraft sagen Selbstregulation im Alltag und Noten vorher [Implicit theories about willpower predict self-regulation in everyday life and grades]. Paper presented at the 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS), Bochum, Germany. Job, V., Bernecker, K., Miketta, S., & Friese, M. (2014, June). Implicit theories about willpower predict rest-goal-activation following self-control exertion. Paper presented at the 17th general meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Job, V., Bernecker, K., & Friese, M. (2013, September). That was exhausting, I need a break! : A limited theory of willpower predicts rest-goal-activation following self-control exertion. Paper presented at the 13th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society, Basel, Switzerland. Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2013, August). Beliefs about willpower determine the impact of glucose on self-control. European Social Cognition Network Meeting (ESCON), Vilnius, Lithunia. Job, V., Bernecker, K., & Friese, M. (2013, May). That was exhausting, I need a break! : A limited theory of willpower predicts rest-goal-activation following self-control exertion. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, DC. Brandstätter, V., & Job, V. (2013, May). Motive satisfaction and well-being at the workplace: person-job fit and burnout. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, DC. 3
Job, V., Bernecker, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2013, May). Are implicit motives the need to feel certain affect? Motive-affect congruence predicts relationship satisfaction. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation (SSM), Washington, DC. Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker K., & Dweck, C. S. (2012, October). Does glucose really boost willpower? Implicit theories vs. glucose as determinants of self-control. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), Austin, TX. Job, V., Walton, G. M., Bernecker K., & Dweck, C. S. (2012, September). Implizite Theorien vs. Glucose als Determinanten von Selbstkontrolle [Implicit theories vs. glucose as determinants of self-control]. Paper presented at the 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS), Bielefeld, Germany. Brandstätter, V. & Job, V. (2012, September). Motivbefriedigung und arbeitsbezogenes Befinden [Motive satisfaction and work related well-being]. Paper presented at the 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS), Bielefeld, Germany. Bernecker, K., Job, V., Dweck, C. S., & Walton, G. M. (2012, September). Veränderung von Impliziten Theorien der Willenskraft verbessert Selbstregulation unter Stress [Changing lay theories about willpower improves self-regulation under stress]. Paper presented at the 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS), Bielefeld, Germany. Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2012, September). Exploring the mechanism of implicit theories about willpower. Paper presented at the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Meeting, Estoril, Portugal. Bernecker, K., Job, V., Dweck, C. S, & Walton, G. M. (2012, January). Changing lay theories about willpower improves self-regulation under stress. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. Job, V., Dweck, C. S, & Walton, G. M. (2011, September). Ego-depletion Is it all in your head? Implicit theories about willpower affect self-regulation. Paper presented at the 12th Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology (SSP), Freiburg, Switzerland. Job, V. (2011, April). Implicit theories about willpower: Effects on adolescents self-regulation and goal striving. Poster presented at the Jacobs Foundation Conference, Marbach, Germany. Job, V., Dweck, C. S, & Walton, G. M. (2011, January). Ego-depletion Is it all in your head? Implicit theories about willpower affect self-regulation. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX, 2011. Bernecker, K., Job, V., & Dweck C. S. (2010, January). Which emotions create relationship satisfaction? Poster presented at the 11th Annula Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NE. Job, V., Brandstätter, V., & Stieger, M. (2009, May). Motive-Congruence and Progress in Personal Goals. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, CA. Brandstätter, V., Job, V., & Oertig, D. (2009, May). Motive incongruence as hidden stressor: Relationships to work and health related issues. Poster presented at the 2nd Annula Meeting of the Society for Study of Motivation (SSM), San Francisco, CA. Job, V. & Huber, I. (2009, January). Implicit Theories on Willpower. Poster presented at the 10th Annula Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. 4
Schüler, J., Job, V., Fröhlich, S.M., & Brandstätter, V. (2008, July). Emotional disclosure buffers the negative effect of motive-incongruence on health. Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany. Job, V., Oertig, D., & Brandstätter, V. (2008, June). Motive-discrepancies as antecedents of problematic eating behavior. Paper presented at the 15th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija, Croatia. Kovjanic, S., Job, V., & Brandstätter, V. (2008, June). Implicit motive dispositions as regulators of social behaviour: Two prominent measures in comparison. Poster presented at the 15th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija, Croatia. Job, V., Langens, T. A., & Brandstätter, V. (2006, September). Discrepancies between explicit motives and goals and their relation to well-being. Poster presented at the 10th International Conference on Motivation, Landau, Germany. Schnelle, J., Job, V., & Stieger, M. (2006, September). Construction and Validation of a goal conflict scale. Poster presented at the 10th International Conference on Motivation, Landau, Germany. Job, V., & Brandstätter, V. (2006, September). Motiv-Ziel-Kongruenz: Die Rolle eines gedanklichen Fokus auf motivspezifische Affekte bei der Zielwahl [Motive-goal congruence: The role of focusing on motive specific affects in goal choice]. Paper presented at the 45th Conference of the German Psychological Society, Nürnberg, Germany. Job, V. & Brandstätter, V. (2006, May). Motive-goal congruence: the influence of a cognitive focus on specific emotions. Paper presented at the 2nd European Conference on Emotion, Louvain-La- Neuve, Belgium. Job, V. & Brandstätter, V. (2005, September). Motivkongruenz leistungsthematischer Ziele: Die Rolle eines motivspezifischen gedanklichen Fokus bei der Zielwahl [Motive-goal congruence in achievement: The role of a specific cognitive focus in goal selection]. Paper presentd at the 10th Conference of the Section Social Psychology (German Psychological Society), Jena, Germany. Schüler, J. & Job, V. (2005, August). How affiliation-motive-congruence and emotional disclosure work together in predicting well-being. Poster presented at the Conference of European Health Psychology (EHPS), Galway, Ireland. Invited Talks and Colloquial Presentations Job, V. (2015, May). Effects of Beliefs about Willpower on Self-Control. Invited talk at the UoC Forum Motivation, Self-Control, and Economic Behavior, Center for Social and Economic Behavior, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Job, V. (2015, March). Effekte impliziter Theorien der Willenskraft auf Selbstregulation, Zielstreben und Wohlbefinden [Effects of theories about willpower on self-control, goal striving and academic performance]. Invited talk at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Job, V. (2014, November). Implicit theories about willpower predict the activation of a rest goal following self-control exertion. Invited talk at the Division of Social Neuropsychology and Social Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 5
Job, V. (2014, October). Effekte impliziter Theorien der Willenskraft auf Selbstregulation, Zielstreben und Wohlbefinden [Effects of theories about willpower on self-control, goal striving and academic performance]. Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Job, V. (2014, May). Effekte impliziter Theorien der Willenskraft auf Selbstregulation, Zielstreben und Wohlbefinden [Effects of theories about willpower on self-control, goal striving and academic performance]. Invited talk at the Department of General Psychology II, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany. Job, V. (2014, March). Implizite Theorien der Willenskraft: Effekte auf Selbstkontrolle und akademische Leistung [Effects of theories about willpower on self-control, goal striving and academic performance]. Invited talk at the School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany. Job, V. (2013, November). Effects of theories about willpower on self-control. Invited talk at the Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Job, V. (2013, January). Implizite Theorien der Willenskraft als Determinanten der Selbstkontrolle [Implicit theories about willpower as determinants of self-control]. Invited talk at the Division of Social Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Job, V. (2012, November). Effects of theories about willpower on self-control. Invited talk at the Geneva Motivation Lab, Université de Genève, Switzerland. Job, V. (2012, July). Implizite Motive als Bedürfnisse nach spezifischem Affekt. Motiv- Affekt Kongruenz bestimmt Beziehungs- und Arbeitszufriedenheit [Implicit motives as needs for certain affect: Motive-affect congruence predicts relationship and work satisfaction]. Invited talk at the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. Job, V. (2011, October). Ego-depletion Is it all in your head? Implicit theories about willpower affect self-regulation. Invited talk at the Social, Organisational, and Economic Psychology, Erfurt University, Erfurt, Germany. Job, V. (2011, March). Ego-depletion Is it all in your head? Implicit theories about willpower affect self-regulation. Invited talk at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Job, V. (2009, Oktober). Implicit theories about willpower: Their effect on ego-depletion and selfregulation in everyday life. Talk in the Social Lab, Department of Psychology, Stanford University. Courses Taught Master Seminars Social Cognition (2014) Development of Motives and Motivation (2014 Self-control (2008) Psychology of Emotion (2005, 2007) Social Motivation (2004) Goal-Striving (2003) Research Seminars Methods in Motivation Research I: Diagnostic Tools (2006) Methods in Motivation Research II: Data Analysis (2007) Experimental Research Methods (2004, 2005, 2006) Co-Teaching 6
Other Courses Training of Social Competencies (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Co-Teaching Praxisrelated Basic Competencies (2007) Co-Teaching (Main responsibility for a training of 192 Bachelor Students) Research group Applied Psychology: Life-management (2014 present) Research group Motive- and Goal-Constellations (2003 2008) Co-Teaching Students Supervised PhD Students Advising Since 2011 Master Students Advising Since 2006 Katharina Bernecker Constantin Held, Anita Huonder, Rebecca Boesch, Tina Stäheli, Sandra Wymann, Denise Portmann, Alice Stähli, Beatrice Hongler, Petra Meier, Vanda Sieber, Sarah Whitehouse, Katharina Bernecker, Isabelle Huber, Miriam Stoffel, Karin Diener, Annina Scherrer, Martin Pletscher, Snjezana Kovjanic, Bettina Matzinger, Daniela Oertig, Barbara Senn, Caroline Brändli, Miriam Stieger, Barbara Casanova Student Assistants Supervision Since 2008 Rebecca Wheeler, Yousuf Haqu, Ariane Wepfer, Alessandro Baia, Sarah Schoch, Vanda Sieber, Petra Meier, Beartice Hongler Professional Affiliations Association for Psychological Science (APS) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS), Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie Föderation Schweizer Psychologen (FSP) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Social Psychology Network (SPN) Schweizer Gesellschaft für Psychologie (SGP) Ad Hoc Reviewer for Basic and Applied Social Psychology, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Educational Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Research in Personality, Perspectives on Psychological Science, PLoS ONE, Psychological Review, Psychological Science, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Motivation and Emotion, Social Cognition, Social Psychology, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Swiss Journal of Psychology 7