Wächtergasse 1
1010 Wien
Room: 506
T: +43-1-4277-47322
veronika.job@univie.ac.at
Key topics
- Determinants, processes, and outcomes of goal-striving, self-regulation, and self-control
- Management of effort and self-control: Effects of preceding tasks and learning history
- Lay theories/mindsets: How they affect self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, well-being
- Implicit and explicit motives and attitudes (assessment, incongruence)
Publications
Mlynski C, Goschke T, Korb FM, Job V. The motivational consequences of boredom. Cognition and Emotion. 2025 Oct 10. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2025.2568554
Kraus J, Mlynski C, Hartmann F, Clay G, Goschke T, Silani G et al. The pleasure of effort: Cognitive challenges trigger hedonic physiological responses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2025 Apr;1546(1):100-111. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15323
Roth LHO, Job V, Titz C, Meindl D, Mlynski C. And yet They Tire: Cognitive Fatigue Facilitates Task Disengagement and Worsens Performance. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/s5jmb_v1
Mlynski C, Clay G, Sik K, Jankowski J, Job V. Because it is fun! Individual differences in effort enjoyment belief relate to behavioral and physiological indicators of effort-seeking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2025 Mar 3. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000443
Mlynski C, Roth L, Loschelder D, Gieseler K, Job V, Friese M. Self-Control Following Prior Exertion: An Empirical Test of the Motivational Shift and Compensatory Effort Hypotheses. Collabra: Psychology. 2025 Jan 30;11(1):128616. doi: 10.1525/collabra.128616
Roth L, Job Sutnar V, Titz C, Meindl D, Mlynski C. And yet They Tire: Cognitive Fatigue Facilitates Task Disengagement and Worsens Performance. Motivation Science. 2025.
Job Sutnar V, Mlynski C, Bauer C. How rethinking difficulties can shape important life outcomes. Trends in Cognitive Science. 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.018
Job V, Mlynski C, Nikitin J. Challenging the law of least effort. Current Opinion in Psychology. 2024 Dec. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101881
Jankowski JM, Mlynski C, Job V. Just a drop in the ocean? How lay beliefs about the world influence efficacy, perceptions, and intentions regarding pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2024 Dec;100:102445. Epub 2024 Oct 1. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102445
Jankowski JM, Mlynski C, Prinz T, Job V. Saving the environment? That is beyond my (will)power! Motivation Science. 2024 Nov 18. doi: 10.1037/mot0000379
Sik K, Cummins J, Job Sutnar V. An implicit measure of growth mindset uniquely predicts post-failure learning behavior. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group). 2024 Feb 14;14(1):3761. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52916-5
Mlynski C, Mueller S, Napolitano C, Job Sutnar V. A backup plan for life? Alternative Life paths facilitate disengagement in an action crisis. Motivation and Emotion. 2024 Feb;48(1):66-74. doi: 10.1007/s11031-023-10052-z
Bauer C, Job Sutnar V. Double disadvantage: Female first-generation-students think of themselves as least talented, contributing to disproportionate disadvantage. Learning and Instruction. 2024.
Goschke T, Job Sutnar V. The Willpower Paradox: Possible and Impossible Conceptions of Self-Control. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 2023 Nov;18(6):1339-1367. doi: 10.1177/17456916221146158
Job Sutnar V, Bauer C, Hannover B. Who gets to see themselves as talented? Biased self-concepts contribute to first-generation students’ disadvantage in talent-focused environments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2023 Sept;108:104501. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104501
Jankowski JM, Job Sutnar V. The role of lay beliefs about willpower and daily demands in day-to-day pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2023 Jun;88:102024. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102024
Job Sutnar V, Bernecker K. Mindset-Theorie. In Sassenberg K, Vliek M, editors, Sozialpsychologie: Von der Theorie zur Anwendung: Mindset-Theorie. Cham. 2023. p. 195-207
Job Sutnar V, Francis Z, Weidmann R, Bühler J, Burriss R, Wünsche J et al. My willpower belief and yours: Investigating dyadic associations between willpower beliefs, social support, and relationship satisfaction in couples. European Journal of Personality. 2023.
Clay G, Mlynski C, Korb FM, Goschke T, Job V. Rewarding cognitive effort increases the intrinsic value of mental labor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022 Feb 1;119(5):e2111785119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2111785119
Primoceri P, Ramer N, Ulrich J, Job Sutnar V. The role of task similarity for ego depletion: A registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2021 Jul;95:104133. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104133