Jiří Mudrák
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jiří Mudrák |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jiří |
| FAMILY NAME | Mudrák |
| SIGNATURE | MUDRÁK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Czech Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9457-566X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Psychological capital in an integrative JD–R model of teacher burnout: Evidence from a nationwide sample of Czech lower-secondary teachers
Psychometric validation of the Czech Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (Copsoq III): Long, middle, and screening versions in a nationwide sample
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Crafting Cumulative Advantage: A Systemic Approach to the Career Development of Highly Productive Researchers
Despite a meritocratic discourse prevalent in higher education, academic careers appear to be deeply influenced by structural inequalities. In this study, we employed a systemic perspective that merged organizational theories of cumulative advantage and job crafting to explore the career development of highly productive researchers. Our focus was on the dynamic relationship between the researchers’ agency and the organizational structure of their…
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Department heads are central in the university setting as an important buffer between university leadership and academic staff. However, taking on a middle management role can lead to significant disruptions in academic careers. To investigate the career trajectories of 31 academics in middle management roles, two waves of semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2015-16 (N = 31) and 2021 (N = 26). By exploring (dis)continuity in academic car…
Early career researchers as active followers: Perceived demands of supervisory interventions in academic workplaces
Academic institutions are characterized by specific dynamics between leaders and followers. Academics prefer work autonomy but expect quality leadership. In this article, we explore how early career researchers (ECRs) constructed followership identities through their expectations of supervisory interventions. We used thematic analysis to analyze 39 interviews. The identified themes of ECR followership identity constructions were as follows: 1) Fo…
Competing values at public universities: Organisational cultures and job demands‐resources in academic departments
Diverse influences on national higher education (HE) systems result in variability in organisational cultures in academic workplaces. We implemented the competing values model of organisational culture to explore the departmental cultures at Czech public universities and the workplace perceptions of academics from different cultures. The participants ( n = 2,229) completed an electronic questionnaire including the Organizational Climate Measure (…
Why I don’t want to be an academic anymore?” When academic identity contributes to academic career attrition
A Self-determined Profession? Perceived Work Conditions and the Satisfaction Paradox among Czech Academic Faculty
While the Czech academic profession faces a range of challenges and problems, quantitative surveys indicate a relatively high level of high job satisfaction among academic faculty. This article addresses this ‘satisfaction paradox’ by exploring the perceived work conditions of Czech academics based on their own reports. The data for this study included academics’ (N = 1202) qualitative responses to open-ended questions regarding the main problems…
Occupational Well-being Among University Faculty: A Job Demands-Resources Model
Keeping Marketisation at Bay: The Quality of Academic Worklife in Czech Universities
This study examines quality of academic worklife in Czech public universities to assess the extent to which the global drive towards marketisation in higher education has affected Czech academic staff. A total of 2229 academics (men = 57.1%) completed a survey measuring their job satisfaction, job stress, and work environment perceptions. Findings revealed high levels of overall job satisfaction (83.6% satisfied with their jobs) and relatively lo…
Workplace bullying as sensemaking: An analysis of target and actor perspectives on initial hostile interactions
This study explores the micro-level processes sustaining hostile workplace behaviour at the level of interactions between targets and actors. Drawing on Weick’s [1995. Sensemaking in Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage] sensemaking theory, the study examined how targets and actors of workplace bullying made sense of each other’s behaviours during first occasions of hostility. An analysis of collective biography stories of hostility in academia…
Sprinters in the Course of a Marathon: Withdrawal from Elite Competitive Sport in Adolescence
This paper attempts to explain, using a multi-case study approach, why some young elite athletes, who have shown extraordinary talent in childhood, leave competitive sport in adolescence. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five young elite athletes who decided to withdraw from elite sport. Interview data were analyzed using the interpretive phenomenological framework developed by Smith and Osborne (2008). A paradoxical relationship wa…
Why I don’t want to be an academic anymore?” When academic identity contributes to academic career attrition
A Self-determined Profession? Perceived Work Conditions and the Satisfaction Paradox among Czech Academic Faculty
While the Czech academic profession faces a range of challenges and problems, quantitative surveys indicate a relatively high level of high job satisfaction among academic faculty. This article addresses this ‘satisfaction paradox’ by exploring the perceived work conditions of Czech academics based on their own reports. The data for this study included academics’ (N = 1202) qualitative responses to open-ended questions regarding the main problems…
Workplace bullying as sensemaking: An analysis of target and actor perspectives on initial hostile interactions
This study explores the micro-level processes sustaining hostile workplace behaviour at the level of interactions between targets and actors. Drawing on Weick’s [1995. Sensemaking in Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage] sensemaking theory, the study examined how targets and actors of workplace bullying made sense of each other’s behaviours during first occasions of hostility. An analysis of collective biography stories of hostility in academia…
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Department heads are central in the university setting as an important buffer between university leadership and academic staff. However, taking on a middle management role can lead to significant disruptions in academic careers. To investigate the career trajectories of 31 academics in middle management roles, two waves of semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2015-16 (N = 31) and 2021 (N = 26). By exploring (dis)continuity in academic car…
Keeping Marketisation at Bay: The Quality of Academic Worklife in Czech Universities
This study examines quality of academic worklife in Czech public universities to assess the extent to which the global drive towards marketisation in higher education has affected Czech academic staff. A total of 2229 academics (men = 57.1%) completed a survey measuring their job satisfaction, job stress, and work environment perceptions. Findings revealed high levels of overall job satisfaction (83.6% satisfied with their jobs) and relatively lo…
Sprinters in the Course of a Marathon: Withdrawal from Elite Competitive Sport in Adolescence
This paper attempts to explain, using a multi-case study approach, why some young elite athletes, who have shown extraordinary talent in childhood, leave competitive sport in adolescence. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five young elite athletes who decided to withdraw from elite sport. Interview data were analyzed using the interpretive phenomenological framework developed by Smith and Osborne (2008). A paradoxical relationship wa…
Workplace bullying as sensemaking: An analysis of target and actor perspectives on initial hostile interactions
This study explores the micro-level processes sustaining hostile workplace behaviour at the level of interactions between targets and actors. Drawing on Weick’s [1995. Sensemaking in Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage] sensemaking theory, the study examined how targets and actors of workplace bullying made sense of each other’s behaviours during first occasions of hostility. An analysis of collective biography stories of hostility in academia…
Keeping Marketisation at Bay: The Quality of Academic Worklife in Czech Universities
This study examines quality of academic worklife in Czech public universities to assess the extent to which the global drive towards marketisation in higher education has affected Czech academic staff. A total of 2229 academics (men = 57.1%) completed a survey measuring their job satisfaction, job stress, and work environment perceptions. Findings revealed high levels of overall job satisfaction (83.6% satisfied with their jobs) and relatively lo…
Occupational Well-being Among University Faculty: A Job Demands-Resources Model
A Self-determined Profession? Perceived Work Conditions and the Satisfaction Paradox among Czech Academic Faculty
While the Czech academic profession faces a range of challenges and problems, quantitative surveys indicate a relatively high level of high job satisfaction among academic faculty. This article addresses this ‘satisfaction paradox’ by exploring the perceived work conditions of Czech academics based on their own reports. The data for this study included academics’ (N = 1202) qualitative responses to open-ended questions regarding the main problems…
Competing values at public universities: Organisational cultures and job demands‐resources in academic departments
Diverse influences on national higher education (HE) systems result in variability in organisational cultures in academic workplaces. We implemented the competing values model of organisational culture to explore the departmental cultures at Czech public universities and the workplace perceptions of academics from different cultures. The participants ( n = 2,229) completed an electronic questionnaire including the Organizational Climate Measure (…
Why I don’t want to be an academic anymore?” When academic identity contributes to academic career attrition
Early career researchers as active followers: Perceived demands of supervisory interventions in academic workplaces
Academic institutions are characterized by specific dynamics between leaders and followers. Academics prefer work autonomy but expect quality leadership. In this article, we explore how early career researchers (ECRs) constructed followership identities through their expectations of supervisory interventions. We used thematic analysis to analyze 39 interviews. The identified themes of ECR followership identity constructions were as follows: 1) Fo…
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Department heads are central in the university setting as an important buffer between university leadership and academic staff. However, taking on a middle management role can lead to significant disruptions in academic careers. To investigate the career trajectories of 31 academics in middle management roles, two waves of semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2015-16 (N = 31) and 2021 (N = 26). By exploring (dis)continuity in academic car…
Crafting Cumulative Advantage: A Systemic Approach to the Career Development of Highly Productive Researchers
Despite a meritocratic discourse prevalent in higher education, academic careers appear to be deeply influenced by structural inequalities. In this study, we employed a systemic perspective that merged organizational theories of cumulative advantage and job crafting to explore the career development of highly productive researchers. Our focus was on the dynamic relationship between the researchers’ agency and the organizational structure of their…
Psychological capital in an integrative JD–R model of teacher burnout: Evidence from a nationwide sample of Czech lower-secondary teachers
Psychometric validation of the Czech Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (Copsoq III): Long, middle, and screening versions in a nationwide sample
non-applicable
Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Higher education (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Career development (4 works) · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions (4 works) · Economics (4 works)