Mgr. Kateřina Machovcová, Ph.D.

Institute of Psychology
The Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143/4, 182 00 Prague 8
Phone: +420 266 053 844
E-mail: machovcova@praha.psu.cas.cz

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Current research interests

Working environment in academia
Workplace diversity, work-life balance, intersectional approach
Support to early career researchers – mentoring
Qualitative research

Education

2005 – 2010 Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
1998 – 2005 MA in Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Employment

2014 - present Researcher Institute of Psychology CAS, Department of Methodology, Organizational Studies in Higher Education (OSHE) team
2015 - present Researcher, lecturer, Faculty of Education, Charles University
2009 - present Senior lecturer UJOP UK - CIEE

Research grants - cooperation

2020 - 2022 Excellent research between an individual, institution, and discourse: Collaborative construction of research productivity at research institutions. The Czech Science Foundation Grant (PI dr. Kateřina Zábrodská)
2017 - 2019 Developing academic excellence: A systemic approach to high achievement in early career academics. The Czech Science Foundation Grant (PI doc. Jiří Mudrák)
2014 - 2016 Quality of Work Environment and Employee Well-Being in Public Higher Education (principal investigator). The Czech Science Foundation Grant (PI dr. Kateřina Zábrodská)

International fellowships

1/2017 Department of Sociology, School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Graz University, prof. L. Oates-Indruchová – Sociology of Gender Chair (Program Aktion, Charles Uni)
1/2016 Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norsko. Supervize: prof. Agnes Andenæs (EEA Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism Funds, Charles Uni)
2008/9 Danish University of Education – Aarhus Uni, Kodaň, Dánsko. Supervize: prof. Dorte Staunaes (5 months, Danish Governmental Award, Masaryk Uni)
2007 Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norsko. Supervize: Dr. Agnes Andenæs. (4 měsíce, EEA Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism Funds, Masaryk Uni)
2004 Utrecht University (4 months, SOCRATES/ERASMUS, Masaryk Uni)

Recent publicatins in English - selection

Chapter in monography

Zábrodská, K. Mudrák, J., Květon, P., Machovcová, K., Blatný, M., & Šolcová, I. (2017, ebook). Satisfied but not equal: Working conditions of women and men faculty in Czech universities. In Vohlídalová, M., Linková, M. (Eds.), Gender and neoliberalism in Czech academia. Praha: SLON.

Journals with impact factor

Machovcová, K., Mudrák, J. Cidlinská, K., Zábrodská, K. (2022). Early career researchers as active followers: perceived demands of supervisory intervention in academic workplaces. Higher Education Research & Development, online first: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2022.2040447
Cidlinská, K., Nyklová, B., Machovcová, K., Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K. (2022). “Why I don’t want to be an academic anymore?” When academic identity contributes to academic career attrition. Higher Education, online first: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00826-8
Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K., Machovcová, K., Cidlinská, K., Takács, L. (2021). Competing values at public universities: Organizational cultures and job demands-resources in academic departments. Higher Education Quarterly, 76(1), 153-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12311
Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K., & Machovcová, K. (2020). A self-determined profession? Perceived work conditions and the satisfaction paradox among Czech Academic Faculty. Sociologicky Casopis, 56(3), 387-418. https://doi.org/10.13060/csr.2020.023
Mudrak, J., Zabrodska, K., & Machovcová, K. (2020). Psychological constructions of learning potential and a systemic approach to the development of excellence. High Ability Studies, 31(2), 181-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2019.1607722
Machovcová, K., Zábrodská, K., & Mudrák, J. (2019). Department heads negotiating emerging managerialism: The Central Eastern European context. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 47(5), 712-729. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143217753193
Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K., Machovcová, K. (2019). Kumulace výhod nebo utváření práce? Organizační a psychologické podmínky rozvoje výzkumné excellence u výzkumníků na začátku kariéry [Cumulative advantage or job crafting? Organizational and psychological conditions of the development of research excellence in early career researchers]. Československá psychologie 64(4): 445-465. http://cspsych.psu.cas.cz/result.php?id=1076
Blatný, M., Šolcová, I., Květon, P., Jelínek, M., Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J., Machovcová, K. (2018). The influence of personality traits on life satisfaction through work engagement and job satisfaction among academic faculty members. Studia Psychologica 60(4): 274 – 286.
Machovcová, K., Zábrodská, K. Mudrák, J. (2018). Department heads negotiating emerging managerialism. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. First published 28 January 2018.
Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K., Květon, P., Jelínek, M., Blatný, M., Šolcová, I., Machovcová, K., Occupational well-being among university faculty: A job demands-resources model. Research in higher education. 59/3/2017.
Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J. Šolcová, I., Květon, P., Blatný, M. Machovcová, K. Burnout among university faculty: the central role of work-family conflict. Educational psychology, 38(6) 2017.
Zábrodská, K. Mudrák, J., Květon, P., Machovcová, K., Blatný, M., & Šolcová, I. (2016). Keeping marketization at bay: The quality of academic worklife in Czech universities. Czech Sociological Review, 3.
Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J., Květon, P., Blatný, M., Machovcová, K., & Šolcová, I. (2014). Work environment and well-being of academic faculty in Czech universities: A pilot study. Studia Paedagogica, 19(4), 121-144.

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