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Veronika Job, Dr. phil.
University of Zurich
Department of Psychology
Binzmuehlestrasse 14/6
8050 Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
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
Science Foundation), Department of Psychology, University of Zurich
2011 – 2014
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
(advisor: Carol S. Dweck)
2008 - 2010
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich
(advisor: Veronika Brandstätter)
2007 - 2008
Doktoral Student, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich
(Thesis advisors: Veronika Brandstätter)
2003 - 2007
Grants and Academic Awards
May 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
March 2015
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
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September 2011
Young Scholar Grant from the Jacobs Foundation
“Implicit Theories about Willpower: An Intervention Study”
Duration: 18 Months
CHF 34‘380
September 2010
Ambizione fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
(PZ00P1_131858)
“Implicit Theories about Willpower: Mechanisms, Replication, and
Application”
Duration: 36 Months
CHF 566‘454
June 2008
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.
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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, 12091238.
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.
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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.
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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-LaNeuve, 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.
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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
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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
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