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

    Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness

    Mula, S., Di Santo, D., Resta, E., Bakhtiari, F., Baldner, C., Molinario, E., Pierro, A., Gelfand, M. J., Denison, E., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R., Chobthamkit, P., Choi, H. S., Cristea, M., Csaba, S., Damnjanovic, K., Danyliuk, I., Dash, A., Douglas, K. M., Enea, V., Faller, D. G., Fitzsimons, G. J., Gheorghiu, A., Gómez, Á., Hamaidia, A., Han, Q., Helmy, M., Hudiyana, J., Jeronimus, B. F., Jiang, D. Y., Jovanović, V., Kamenov, Ž., Kende, A., Keng, S. L., Kieu, T. T. T., Koc, Y., Kovyazina, K., Kozytska, I., Krause, J., Kruglanski, A. W., Kurapov, A., Kutlaca, M., Lantos, N. A., Lemay, E. P., Lesmana, C. B. J., Louis, W. R., Lueders, A., Malik, N. I., Martinez, A., McCabe, K. O., Mehulić, J., Milla, M. N., Mohammed, I., Moyano, M., Muhammad, H., Muluk, H., Myroniuk, S., Najafi, R., Nisa, C. F., Nyúl, B., O'Keefe, P. A., Olivas Osuna, J. J., Osin, E. N., Park, J., Pica, G., Rees, J. H., Reitsema, A. M., Rullo, M., Ryan, M. K., Samekin, A., Santtila, P., Sasin, E., Schumpe, B. M., Selim, H. A., Stanton, M. V., Stroebe, W., Sultana, S., Sutton, R. M., Tseliou, E., Utsugi, A., van Breen, J. A., van Lissa, C. J., Van Veen, K., vanDellen, M. R., Vázquez, A., Wollast, R., Yeung, V. W. L., Zand, S., Žeželj, I. L., Zheng, B., Zick, A., Zúñiga, C. & Leander, N. P., 01.01.2022, In: Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. 3, 8 p., 100028.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Career Services zur Steigerung von Karriere-Ressourcen

    Hirschi, A., 2010, In: Das Hochschulwesen. 58, 6, p. 193-197 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Career engagement: Investigating intraindividual predictors of weekly fluctuations in proactive career behaviors

    Hirschi, A. & Freund, P. A., 05.03.2014, In: The Career Development Quarterly. 62, 1, p. 5-20 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Career Decision Making, Stability and Actualization of Career Intentions: The Case of Entrepreneurial Intentions

    Hirschi, A., 11.2013, In: Journal of Career Assessment. 21, 4, p. 555-571 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Career-choice readiness in adolescence: Developmental trajectories and individual differences

    Hirschi, A., 10.2011, In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. 79, 2, p. 340-348 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Callings in career: A typological approach to essential and optional components

    Hirschi, A., 08.2011, In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. 79, 1, p. 60-73 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Callings and work engagement: Moderated mediation model of work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy

    Hirschi, A., 07.2012, In: Journal of Counseling Psychology. 59, 3, p. 479-485 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Boosting and sustaining passion: A long-term perspective on the effects of entrepreneurship training

    Gielnik, M. M., Uy, M. A., Funken, R. & Bischoff, K. M., 01.05.2017, In: Journal of Business Venturing. 32, 3, p. 334-353 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Berufswahl im Spannungsfeld von Person, sozialem Umfeld und Arbeitsmarkt

    Hirschi, A., 2011, Zukunftsfeld Bildungs- und Berufsberatung: neue Entwicklungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. Hammerer, M., Kanelutti, E. & Melter, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: WBV Bertelsmann Verlag, p. 99-104 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Berufswahlfreiheit als Selbstgestaltung beruflicher Entwicklung. Neue Forschungen aus dem angelsächsischen Raum

    Hirschi, A., 2011, Berufswahlfreiheit – Ein Modell im Spannungsfeld zwischen Individuum und Umwelt. Zihlmann, R., Marty, R. & Jungo, D. (eds.). Dübendorf: SDBB, p. 99-110 12 p.

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