Doc. Mgr. Jiří Mudrák, Ph.D.

Mgr. Jiří Mudrák, 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: mudrak@praha.psu.cas.cz

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Systemic approach to the development of competence; Giftedness and talent; Achievement, performance, excellence; Achievement motivation; Work environment and occupational health; Quality of life and well-being; Higher Education

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2017
Habilitation in educational psychology. Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague.
2005 – 2009
Postgraduate studies in developmental psychology. Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno.
1999 – 2005
Master’s studies in psychology. Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2014 – present
Institute of psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences. Prague, Czech Republic. Research fellow.
2010 – present
Department of psychology, pedagogy and didactics, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University. Prague, Czech Republic. Associate professor.
2018 – present
Department of psychology/ KREAS, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Prague, Czech Republic. Key researcher.
2011 – 2013
Department of psychology, Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. Postdoctoral research fellow.
2011 – 2013
Prague College of Psychosocial Studies. Prague, Czech Republic. Lecturer.
2008 – 2010
Department of Social Sciences in Sport, Faculty of Sport Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Assistant professor.
2007 – 2008
Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno. Researcher.
2006
Elementary school Namesti 28. Rijna, Brno. School psychologist.

GRANT PROJECTS

2020 – 2022
Czech Science Foundation grant Excellent research between individuals, institutions, and discourses: Collaborative construction of research productivity at research institutions.” Grant no. 20-13732S. Research team member.
2020 – 2022
Charles University Grant Agency grant „Striking the balance: Towards an integrative model of achievement motivation, performance and well-being in competitive athletes.“ Grant no. 1088120. Project supervisor.
2018 – 2022
„Creativity and adaptability as conditions for the success of Europe in an interrelated world.“ Project no. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000734, Operational Programme Research, Development and Education. Key researcher.
2017 – 2019
Czech Science Foundation grant „ Developing academic excellence: A systemic approach to high achievement in early career academics.” Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences. Principal investigator.
2014 – 2016
World Anti-doping Agency grant „Doping in the Czech adolescents: Prevalence, correlates and experiences.” Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague. Co-investigator.
2013 – 2016
Czech Science Foundation grant „Work environment quality and employee well-being in public higher education.” Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences. Co-investigator.
2011 – 2013
Czech Science Foundation postdoctoral grant„ Constructs and practices in the education of gifted: Development of gifted children in the Czech educational context“. Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. Principal investigator.
04-05/2009
Grant EEA Grants Norway ‘Development of Human Resources’. Scholarship at Psykologisk Institutt, Universitetet i Oslo, Norway.
2007 – 2008
Grant of the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University „Supporting PhD students and postdocs as research team members“.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

2013 – 2014
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA. Dependent in the Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship Program.
2011
Collective biography internship, Sydney, Australia.
2009
Psykologisk institutt, Univerzitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norsko. Visiting researcher.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Monographs
  • Slepička, P., Mudrák, J., Slepičková, I. (2018). Rizikové chování ve sportu dětí a mládeže. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Mudrák, J. (2015). Nadané děti a jejich rozvoj. Praha: Grada.
  • Slepička, P., Mudrák, J., Slepičková, I. (2016). Sport a pohyb v životě seniorů. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Hašková, H., Saxonberg, S., Mudrák, J. (2013). Development of Czech Childcare Policies. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Hašková, H., Saxonberg, S., Mudrák, J. (2013). Péče o předškolní děti: boření mýtů. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.  
Book chapters
  • Zábrodská, K. Mudrák, J., Květon, P., Machovcová, K., Blatný, M., & Šolcová, I. (2018). 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.
Journal articles (WoS/ Scopus)
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12311
  • Dostálová, R., Stillman, C., Erickson, K. I., Slepička, P., & Mudrák, J. (2021). The Relationship between Physical Activity, Self-Perceived Health, and Cognitive Function in Older Adults. Brain Sciences, 11(4), 492. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040492
  • Mudrák, J., Slepička, P., Slepičková, I., Zábrodská, K., Knoblochová, M. (in press).  Motivational beliefs and subjective effort in adolescent athletes. International journal of sport psychology.  
  • Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J., Rozumová, E., & Takács, L. (2021). Očekávání úspěchu, hodnota výkonu a seberegulace: Typologie výkonové motivace studentů pedagogických oborů založená na klastrové analýze dotazníku Motivace k výkonu. Studia paedagogica, 26(1), 145-166. https://doi.org/10.5817/SP2021-1-6
  • 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
  • Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K., & Takács, L. (2020). Systemic approach to the development of reading literacy: Family resources, school grades, and reading motivation in fourth-grade pupils. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 37. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00037
  • Mudrak, J., Zabrodska, K., & Machovcova, 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
  • Takács, L., Kandrnal, V., Kaňková, Š., Bartoš, F., & Mudrák, J. (2020). The effects of pre-and post-partum depression on child behavior and psychological development from birth to pre-school age: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews, 9(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1267-2
  • 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 excelence u výzkumníků na začátku kariéry. Československá psychologie, 63(4), 445-465.
  • Mudrák, J., Slepička, P., Slepičková, I. (2018). Sport motivation and doping in adolescent athletes. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205222
  • Blatný, M., Květon, P., Jelínek, M., Šolcová, I., 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. https://doi.org/10.21909/sp.2018.04.767
  • Mudrak, J., Zabrodska, K., Kveton, P., Jelinek, M., Blatny, M., Solcova, I., & Machovcova, K. (2018). Occupational well-being among university faculty: A job demands-resources model. Research in Higher Education, 59(3), 325-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-017-9467-x
  • Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J., Šolcová, I., Květon, P., Blatný, M., & Machovcová, K. (2018). Burnout among university faculty: The central role of work–family conflict. Educational Psychology, 38(6), 800-819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2017.1340590
  • Mudrak, J., Slepicka, P., & Elavsky, S. (2017). Social cognitive determinants of physical activity in Czech older adults. Journal of aging and physical activity, 25(2), 196-204.  https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2015-0125
  • Mudrák, J., Slepicka, P., & Slepicková, I. (2016). Doping u českých adolescentů: Prevalence a postoje. Československá psychologie., 60(5), 441 - 454.
  • Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J., Květon, P., Blatný, M., Machovcová, K., Šolcová, I. (2016). Keeping marketization at bay: the quality of academic worklife in Czech universities. Czech sociological review, 52(3), 347-373.  http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2016.52.3.262
  • Mudrák, J., Štochl, J., Slepička, P., & Elavsky, S. (2016). Physical activity, self-efficacy, and quality of life in older Czech adults. European Journal of Ageing, 13(1), 5-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0352-1
  • Zábrodská, K., Ellwood, C., Zaeemdar, S., & Mudrák, J. (2016). Workplace bullying as sensemaking: An analysis of target and actor perspectives on initial hostile interactions. Culture and Organization, 22(2), 136-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2014.894514
  • Mudrák, J., Zábrodská, K. (2015). Childhood giftedness, adolescent agency: A systemic multiple-case study. Gifted Child Quaterly, 59(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/0016986214559602
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.5817/SP2014-4-6
  • Mudrák, J., Slepička, P., & Slepičková, I. (2014). Perceived health and motivation to physical activity in seniors. Kontakt, 16(1), e44-e50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2013.10.001
  • Mudrák, J., & Zábrodská, K. (2013). Lidský potenciál jako psychologický konstrukt. Československá psychologie, 57(3), 201-217.
  • Mudrák, J. (2011). He was born that way: Parental constructions of giftedness. High Ability Studies, 22(2), 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2011.622941
  • Mudrák, J., Slepička, P., Elavsky, S. (2011). Motivation for physical activity in Czech seniors. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Kinanthropologica, 47(2), 7-18.
  • Mudrák, J., Slepička, P., Šiška, P. (2011). Physical activity and life satisfaction in seniors participating in educational programs. ACTA UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINAE – Kinanthropologica, 47(1), 84-95.
  • Mudrák, J. (2010). Sprinters in the course of a marathon: Withdrawal from elite competitive sport in adolescence.  Gifted and Talented International, 25(2), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2010.11673576
  • Mudrák, J., Portešová, Š. (2008). Stabilní a proměnlivé faktory nadání: přehled některých determinant ontogeneze mimořádného výkonu. Československá psychologie, 52(1), 32-46.
  • Mudrák, J. (2007). Going all the way: Theories, models and determinants of high achievement development. The New Educational Review, 11(1), 127 – 146.

INVITED LECTURES

  • „Systemic approach to the development of excellence: evidence from multiple learning contexts.” International Congress of Psychology. 07/18/2021 – 07/23/21. www.icp2020.com
  • „Academic work life.”  Conference Higher Education Quality Assurance, Masaryk University. 05/05/2017, Telc. http://www.hkvs.muni.cz/hp2017/program/
  • “Development of Czech Childcare Policies.” Lecture at the workshop “Employment of Women and the Czech Family Policies”. 09/03/2013, Senate of the Czech Republic.

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