Professorship for Psychology, in particular Entrepreneurship

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

Michael Gielnik is Professor of Psychology, in particular Entrepreneurship. His research and teaching activities focus on understanding psychological success factors in the entrepreneurial process.

Main research areas

The research particularly focuses on entrepreneurship trainings. The unit developed action-oriented training programs that have been implemented in several regions in Africa, South-East-Asia, and Latin America. The trainings are evaluated using randomized controlled trials to get a better theoretical understanding of the short- and long-term effects of the training programs.

Furthermore, Michael Gielnik teaches several modules on undergraduate-, graduate-, and PhD-level. He is the program-coordinator of the Master program “International Joint Master in Research in Work and Organizational Psychology (IJMRWOP)”.

  1. Editor of journals
  2. Journal of Business Venturing (Journal)

    Gielnik, M. (Editorial Board)

    01.202012.2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  3. Conferences
  4. 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association - APA2008

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    16.08.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association - 2009

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    08.08.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 1st Masters and Doctoral Students Congress of the Psychological Department of the University of Zurich

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    26.06.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 25th Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology - 2010

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    08.04.201010.04.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 8th Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology 2003

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    14.10.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Vocational Psychology 2009

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    29.06.200930.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology - SSP 2007

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    13.09.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Global Conference of the National Career Development Association 2008

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    11.07.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. IAEVG International Conference - 2007

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    07.09.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. International Counseling Psychology Conference - icpc 2008

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    08.03.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. National Career Development Organization Conference - 2009

    Hirschi, A. (presenter)

    01.07.200903.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Guest lectures
  16. Berufswahl im Spannungsfeld von Person, sozialem Umfeld und Arbeitsmarkt

    Hirschi, A. (Lecturer)

    2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  17. Steigerung von Karriere-Ressourcen

    Hirschi, A. (Lecturer)

    2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Tagesrückblick

    Hirschi, A. (Speaker)

    2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  19. Veränderte Karriereverläufe – Implikationen für Individuen und Organisationen

    Hirschi, A. (Lecturer)

    2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  20. Academic councils, panels and committees
  21. International Conference: "Vocational designing and career counseling: Challenges and new horizons" 2011 (Event)

    Hirschi, A. (Member)

    09.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  22. Learned societies and special interest organisations
  23. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Hirschi, A. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  24. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (External organisation)

    Hirschi, A. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

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