doc. PaedDr. Zuzana Birknerová, PhD., MBA, KcS
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email: zuzana.birknerova@unipo.sk
Consultation hours:
Friday: 9:30 - 11:00
During the experienced period of the given semester, the student arranges individual consultations with the teacher by email.
Room:
room no. 303A - old building
Title PaedDr. she received her PhD in 2000. in 2007 at the PF PU in Prešov. She was awarded the scientific-pedagogical title of docent on January 14, 2015 at the FM PU in Prešov. Since 2006, she worked externally at the Faculty of Management of the PU in Prešov, at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management. From 2008 to 2014, she worked as an assistant professor and from 2015 as a docent at the FM PU in Prešov. On August 1, 2011, she was appointed to the position of head of the Department of Managerial Psychology at the FM PU in Prešov, which she currently holds at the KMP FMEO PU in Prešov.
As part of his teaching activities, he teaches the following subjects: Organizational behavior, Coaching, Coaching in business management, Social psychology, Coping with difficult situations in human resource management, Coping with difficult situations in business, Business psychology and business behavior, Methodology and methods of social research, Business behavior.
So far, she has been the supervisor of 47 bachelor's theses, 85 diploma theses, and 8 dissertations. She is an annual member of the commission for state final bachelor's exams and state final master's exams. She was the leader of 6 research projects, the representative of 9 research projects and the successful solver of 3 research projects.
List of research projects:
SCIENTIA-ARS-EDUCATIO. SAE-Gr.-12/10-P.SK. International grant agency. Kraków. Creation of a working team with the help of SVID classification in the context of a holistic approach - co-researcher (beginning 2008, completed 2010).
1/0831/10 – VEGA Social intelligence and perception of the teacher in the social context of the school - head of the grant (beginning 2010, successfully completed 2011).
1/0876/10 – VEGA Research of marketing price strategies of sellers in the Slovak Republic and the perception of the value of the euro and inflation in the Slovak Republic at the time of the global financial crisis in different social strata - co-investigator (beginning 2010, successfully completed 2011).
2/0139/09 – VEGA Employed women in the environment of work and family - deputy head of the grant (beginning 2010, successfully completed 2011).
Czech-Slovak international research grant of scientific and technical cooperation MVTS APVV (SK-CZ-0173-11) Examination of social phenomena in a cultural context - comparisom of Czech and Slovak university students - head of the research team of the project: 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2013 (successfully completed in 2013).
Internal grant agency FM PU in Prešov:
GAMA/11/5 (2012): Identification of the consumer profile in a selected region of the Slovak Republic - project leader.
GAMA/11/2 (2012): Logical errors in employees' thinking after workload and their effect on cognitive, affective and conative limitations in the work process - project representative.
1/0142/12 – VEGA Research on development trends and key determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the common European space - co-researcher: 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2013 (successfully completed in 2013).
1/0637/12 – VEGA Possibilities of conceptualization and operationalization of social intelligence as a performance personality characteristic - co-researcher (1.1.2012 - 31.12.2012), project representative (1.1.2013 - 31.12.2014). Successfully completed 2014.
028PU-4/2014 – KEGA Basics of coaching in management - innovation of the content and method of teaching the subject, university textbook and methodical texts - head of the research team (January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2016). Successfully completed 2016.
1/0706/14 – VEGA Cognitive errors in thinking, their identification and evaluation in management - co-researcher (1.1.2014 - 31.12.2014), project representative (1.1.2015 - 31.12.2016). Successfully completed 2016.
1/0909/16 – VEGA Research of decision-making determinants within business management, sales management, while taking into account personnel and psychological aspects of business and analysis of possible implications in neuromarketing - project representative (January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016). Successfully completed 2018.
003PU-4/2017 - KEGA Coping with challenging situations - subject innovation and preparation of a university textbook - project representative (January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019). Successfully completed 2019.
033PU-4/2017 - KEGA Implementation of the teaching of interpersonal skills in the context of the subject Business Psychology - innovation of the content and teaching of the subject - project representative (January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019). Successfully completed 2019.
1/0807/19 – VEGA Research on the determinants of business behavior and the effects of marketing in the field of neuromarketing and the relationship to neurolinguistic programming - project representative (January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2022). Successfully completed 2022 - the project achieved excellent results.
012PU-4/2020 – KEGA Business behavior - creation of a subject and a textbook for non-economic study programs - project leader (January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022). Successfully completed 2022.
Current scientific research projects:
018PU-4/2023 – KEGA Creation of a training program for the development of entrepreneurial skills and metacognitive abilities in the context of the elimination of the Dunnig-Kruger effect - project leader (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2025).
1/0428/23 – VEGA Research of subconscious reactions of customers using eye-tracking and other tools forming neuromarketing instrumentation - project representative (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2026).
She is a member of commissions and editorial boards:
Advisor of the Faculty Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Higher Education and Research in Zlín - assessment of projects of the Internal Grant Agency for Higher Education Research. Member of the International Scientific Committee for publishing publications of the R Movement (since 16.6.2011). Member of the Slovak Academy of Management, o.z., member of the editorial board of the scientific-professional, peer-reviewed journal Management of Business and Public Affairs – Dialogues (since 2009). Member of the editorial board: Editorial Board American International Journal of Contemporary Research. ISSN 2162-139X. Member of the international editorial board of the peer-reviewed collection of scientific works: management of business and public affairs no. 2, Vol. II, 2012. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board: Journal of Corporate Governance Research (since 2016). Member of the Editorial Board: American International Journal of Contemporary Research (since 2017). Member of the editorial board: AD ALTA: Journal of interdisciplinary Research (since 2018).
Editorial Review Board member:
International Journal of Recent Advances in Organizational Behavior and Decision Sciences: An Online International Research Journal (since 2018). She was a member and head of the organizing committees: Member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference Management of non-profit organizations in the environment of the public sector (KU in Ružomberok, PF in Poprad, 25.9.2009). Member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference UPV FHS UTB in Zlín (October 2011). Head of the organizing committee of the work-professional seminar KMP FM PU in Prešov: Theoretical and methodological concepts of determining social intelligence in the context of related fields of knowledge (December 2, 2011). Head of the organizing committee of the non-conference scientific collection of peer-reviewed studies with international participation KMP FM PU in Prešov: Social intelligence in school management and in the work process (2011). Head of the organizing committee of the work-professional seminar KMP and KMaMO FM PU in Prešov: Socio-economic factors and consumer purchasing behavior (November 23, 2012).
Head of the organizing committee of the scientific seminar KMP FM PU in Prešov: Social competencies of the manager: theoretical, methodological and practical concepts (December 3, 2012). Head of the organizing committee of the non-conference scientific collection of peer-reviewed studies with international participation KMP FM PU in Prešov: Social phenomena in cultural and personality context (2013). Head of the organizing committee of the non-conference scientific collection of peer-reviewed studies of KMP FM PU in Prešov: Coaching as a method of education in management (2014). Head of the organizing committee of the non-conference scientific collection of peer-reviewed studies KMP FM PU in Prešov: Managerial decision-making in the context of situational and personality characteristics (2015). Head of the organizing committee of the KMP FM PU workshop: Coping with difficult situations and stress in management (June 22, 2017). Head of the organizing committee of the KMP FM PU professional seminar in Prešov: Managerial skills and abilities in a psychological context (January 10, 2018). Head of the organizing committee of the professional seminar KMP FM PU in Prešov: Business behavior and related areas of knowledge (September 17-18, 2020). Head of the organizing committee of the KMP FM PU workshop: Selected characteristics of business behavior and related areas of knowledge (June 29, 2021). Head of the organizing committee of the professional seminar KMP FMEO PU in Prešov: Assessment of determinants of business behavior (11-12 May 2022). Head of the organizing committee of the KMaMO and KMP FMEO PU workshop: A research perspective on neuromarketing tools in the context of business behavior and the development of entrepreneurial skills (October 25, 2023).
Publishing activity:
He has a rich publishing activity focused on social phenomena, entrepreneurial skills, undesirable forms of behavior, business, organizational behavior and their related constructs, which he deals with in the context of managerial work. Number of creative activity outputs: 438, of which registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 66. Number of responses to creative activity outputs: 739, of which registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases: 120. Number of invited lectures at the international and national level : 5, implemented foreign Erasmus+ mobilities (teaching/training): 5. Actively participated in international scientific conferences:
- International scientific conference RELIK 2022: Reproduction of Human Capital – Mutual links and connections – Prague, Czech Republic, 10-11 November 2022;
- 19th Annual International Conference on SΜΕs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Management – Marketing – Economic – Social Aspects – Athens, Greece, 25.-28.7.2022;
- 6th International Conference on Business, Management and Economics - Nice, France, June 17-19, 2022;
- 29th EBES Conference – Lisbon; 10.-12. October 2019; Lisbon, Portugal;
- 4th ICEBSS – International Conference on Economics, Business Management and Social Sciences; 4.-8. September 2019, Budapest, Hungary;
- IPN-ICS Conference 2018 – Moscow, Russia; 3.-5. May 2018; Moscow, Russia (Best Presenter Award);
- 2nd Academic International Conference on Interdisciplinary Business Studies – AICIBS 2017 Oxford Conference; 16.-18. October 2017; Oxford, England, UK;
- 6th European Academic Research Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences - EAR17 Italy Conference in Rome, Italy; 1.-3. July 2017; Rome, Italy (Best Paper Award);
- 5th Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking - ME16 Dubai October Conference at Dubai, UAE; 14.-16. October 2016; Dubai, UAE (Best Paper Award).
A selection of important publication outputs for 2023
Scientific article in a journal indexed in Current Contents: Assessing manifestations of bossing in the context of personality traits of business managers / Štefko, R.; Birknerová, Z.; Zbihlejová, L.; Nebeský, Ľ.; WOS CC; SCO; CCC. In: Frontiers in psychology. Lausanne. Switzerland: Frontiers Media. ISSN 1664-1078. 2023. 14, 14.
Foreign scientific monograph: Coaching for human capital development / Birknerová, Z.; Benková, E.; Lajčin, D.; Newcastle upon Tyne. Great Britain: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023. 120 p. ISBN 978-1-5275-0470-7.
Chapter in the foreign scientific monograph: Creation of business competency model for manager / Birknerová, Z.; Zbihlejová, L. In: Social and economic studies within the framework of emerging global developments (Volume 3) Kaya, Muhammed Veysel; Bayrakdar, Seda [eds.]. Berlin. Germany: Peter Lang, 2023. ISBN 978-3-631-90121-2. with. 255-268.
Chapter in the foreign scientific monograph: Losing sleep: Examining struggles for value and counterproductive work behaviors in an era of globalization / Birknerová, Z.; Zbihlejová, L. In: Globalization, human rights and populism: reimagining people, power and places / Akande, Adebowale [ed.]. Cham. Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2023. ISBN 978-3-031-17202-1. ISBN 978-3-031-17203-8, p. 265-288.
Conference contribution: Assessment of engagement and managerial skills in terms of placement in the organization: an empirical study / Birknerová, Z.; Tomková, A.; Zbihlejová, L.; IBIMA Conference 2023, 41 Granada, Spain. In: Proceedings of the 41st International business management association conference Soliman, Khalid S. [ed.]. Norristown. USA: International business information management association, 2023. ISBN 979-8-9867719-2-2. ISSN 2767-9640, p. 1298-1305.
Foreign monograph: Assessment of commitment, entrepreneurial skills and personal development from the point of view of the breed of entrepreneurs / Tomková, A.; Birknerová, Z.; Prague: Druckvo, 2023. 92 p. ISBN 978-80-87668-57-3.
Domestic monograph: Experimental verification of soft skills assessment of managers through coaching / Birknerová, Z.; Vojtilová, V.; Miško, D.; Prešov: Bookman, 2023. 107 p. ISBN 978-80-8165-514-2.
Home university textbook: Basics of neurolinguistic programming and coaching for managers and entrepreneurs / Birknerová, Z.; Benková, E.; Prešov: Bookman, 2023. 113 p. ISBN 978-80-8165-518-0.
Home university textbook: Birknerová, Z.; Zbihlejová, L.; Janovská, A. 2023. Training program for the development of business skills: University textbook. Prešov: Bookman s.r.o.
Non-conference scientific collection of peer-reviewed studies: Birknerová, Z.; Zbihlejová, L. (Eds.). 2023. Development of soft skills in a business environment. Prešov: Bookman s.r.o.
Awards:
2024: Silver medal from the rector of the University of Prešov in Prešov, Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Petra Kónya, PhD. for a significant contribution in the field of science for the year 2023. 2019: Bronze medal from PU rector Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Petra Kónya, PhD. for a significant contribution to the development of PU in Prešov. 2019: Rector's Award Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Petra Kónya, PhD. for a significant contribution in science, for scientific work in the field of economic and managerial sciences for the year 2018.
2017: Memorial medal from PU rector Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Petra Kónya, PhD. on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the PU in Prešov. 2015: Rector's Award Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Petra Kónya, PhD. for a significant contribution to science, for scientific work in the field of economic and management sciences for 2014.