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. Published

    Entrepreneurship Training and Transfer

    Weers, J. & Gielnik, M., 2021, The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives. Gielnik, M. M., Cardon, M. S. & Frese, M. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 282-304 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Entrepreneurship as a Tool to Tackle Graduate Youth Unemployment in Developing Economies: The Role of Action-Oriented Entrepreneurship Training

    Dash, A. & Gielnik, M., 01.04.2022, Promoting Entrepreneurship to Reduce Graduate Unemployment. Katono, I. W. (ed.). IGI Global Publishing, p. 1-24 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    Entrepreneurship and Aging

    Funken, R. & Gielnik, M. M., 27.02.2017, Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Pachana, N. A. (ed.). Singapore: Springer, Vol. 1. p. 806-811 6 p. (Springer reference).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Entrepreneurship

    Gielnik, M. M., Frese, M. & Rauch, A., 01.2017, The Sage encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Rogelberg, S. G. (ed.). 2 ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 409-410 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Entrepreneurship

    Gielnik, M. M. & Zacher, H., 2023, Work, organizational and business psychology: an introductory textbook . Zacher, H. & Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. (eds.). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, p. 360-376 16 p. 21

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Engagement in adolescent career preparation: Social support, personality and the development of choice decidedness and congruence

    Hirschi, A., Niles, S. G. & Akos, P., 02.2011, In: Journal of Adolescence. 34, 1, p. 173-182 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Effort and Success as Predictors of Passion

    Lex, M., Gielnik, M. M. & Frese, M., 2019, Passion for Work: Theory, Reseach, and Applications. Vallerand, R. J. & Houlfort, N. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 227-259 33 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Effects of orientations to happiness on vocational identity achievement.

    Hirschi, A., 06.2011, In: The Career Development Quarterly. 59, 4, p. 367-378 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Creativity and entrepreneurship: A process perspective

    Lex, M. & Gielnik, M. M., 17.07.2017, The Wiley Handbook of Entrepreneurship. Ahmetoglu, G., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., Klinger, B. & Karcisky, T. (eds.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 139-172 34 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries

    Keng, S. L., Stanton, M. V., Haskins, L. A. B., Almenara, C. A., Ickovics, J., Jones, A., Grigsby-Toussaint, D., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Lemay, E. P., vanDellen, M. R., Abakoumkin, G., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Berisha Kida, E., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R., Chobthamkit, P., Choi, H. S., Cristea, M., Csaba, S., Damnjanovic, K., Danyliuk, I., Dash, A., Di Santo, D., Douglas, K. M., Enea, V., Faller, D. G., Fitzsimons, G., Gheorghiu, A., Gómez, Á., Hamaidia, A., Han, Q., Helmy, M., Hudiyana, J., Jeronimus, B. F., Jiang, D. Y., Jovanović, V., Kamenov, Ž., Kende, A., Kieu, T. T. T., Koc, Y., Kovyazina, K., Kozytska, I., Krause, J., Kruglanski, A. W., Kurapov, A., Kutlaca, M., Lantos, N. A., Lesmana, C. B. J., Louis, W. R., Lueders, A., Maj, M., Malik, N. I., Martinez, A., McCabe, K. O., Mehulić, J., Milla, M. N., Mohammed, I., Molinario, E., Moyano, M., Muhammad, H., Mula, S., Muluk, H., Myroniuk, S., Najafi, R., Nisa, C. F., Nyúl, B., O'Keefe, P. A., Osuna, J. J. O., Osin, E. N., Park, J., Pica, G., Pierro, A., Rees, J., Reitsema, A. M., Resta, E., Rullo, M., Ryan, M. K., Samekin, A., Santtila, P., Sasin, E. M., Schumpe, B. M., Selim, H. A., Stroebe, W., Sultana, S., Sutton, R. M., Tseliou, E., Utsugi, A., van Breen, J. A., Van Lissa, C. J., Van Veen, K., Vázquez, A., Wollast, R., Yeung, V. W. L., Zand, S., Žeželj, I. L., Zheng, B., Zick, A., Zúñiga, C. & Leander, N. P., 01.06.2022, In: Preventive Medicine Reports. 27, 8 p., 101764.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review