doc. Mgr. Kateřina Zábrodská, 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: zabrodska@psu.cas.cz

Research Interests

• Research Methodology
• Higher Education Studies
• Occupational Health Psychology
  o Job satisfaction
  o Job stress
  o Burnout
  o Workplace bullying and destructive organizational behavior
• Gender Research
  
  

Academic qualification

• 2009: Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University,
  Czech Republic
• 2005 - 2009: Ph.D. Studies in Social Psychology , Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University,
  Czech Republic
• 2005: MA in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, CR
• 1999 - 2005: Masters Studies in Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, CR

Academic positions

• Since 2020: Head of the Department of Methodolog y and the Organizational Studies in Higher Education
  (OSHE) team , Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
• Since 2019: Member of the Evaluation Expert Panel P407 (Psychology, Pedagogy), Czech Grant Agency
• 2018 - 2019: Member of the Atestation Comittee , Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences,
  Prague
• Since 2018: Member of the Academic Senate, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

Research projects funded by Grant agencies

• 2020 - 2022: Excellent research between an individual, institution, and discourse:
  Collaborative construction of research productivity at research institutions
  (principal investigator), Czech Sciences Foundation (GAČR 20-13732S)
• 2017 - 2019: Developing academic excellence: A systemic approach to high achievement in early career
  academic (team member),
  Czech Sciences Foundation (GAČR 17-20856S)
• 2014 - 2016: Quality of Work Environment and Employee Well-Being in Public Higher Education
  (principal investigator ), Czech Sciences Foundation (GA14-02098S)
• 2014 - 2015: Resistance to workplace bullying in higher education:
  Exploring differences between neoliberal and post-state-socialist workplaces
  (principal investigator), Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship,
  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
• 2010 - 2012: Workplace Bullying in Tertiary Education:
  Qualitative Methodology as a Research and Intervention Tool (principal investigator),
  Czech Sciences Foundation (GA10 P407/10/P146)
• 2009 - 2011: Transformation of Gender Culture in Czechoslovakia 1948-1989 (team member),
  Czech Science Foundation (GA403/09/1502)

Awards and recognition

• 2014: The Otto Wichterle Award for Excellent Young Scientists (Czech Academy of Sciences)
• 2014: Fulbright/Masaryk Scholarship 2014/2015
• 2010: The Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Dissertation Thesis (Masaryk University)
• 2009: Postdoctoral Scholarship Award (University of Western Bohemia)
• 2008: Award Supporting the Internationalization of Doctoral Students (Masaryk University)
• 2007 - 2008: The Chancellor’s Award Supporting Outstanding Dissertation Thesis (Masaryk University)

INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

• 2014 - 2015: Fulbright/Masaryk Scholarship 2014/2015 , The Department of Communication.
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Host: Professor Dennis K. Mumby.
• 2011: Collective Biography Training , Sydney. Host: Professor Bronwyn Davies.
• 2010: EEA Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism Funds : Visiting Researcher with
  The Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway. Host: Dr. Agnes Andenæs.
• 2007 - 2008: Endeavour Europe Award 2007/2008 , University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  Visiting Fellow with the 'The Narrative Discourse and Pedagogy' Research Node.
  Host: Prof. Bronwyn Davies.
• 2006 - 2007: The Danish Governmental Award, The Danish University of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  Visiting Researcher with the 'Gender, Diversity and Subjectification' Research Group.
  Host: Prof. Dorte Marie Söndergaard.
• 2003: Socrates/Erasmusm Program. Master's Studies in Psychology.
  The Department of Psychology, Århus University, Århus, Denmark (two semesters).

Teaching

• Research Methodology in SSH
  Research Methodology in Education I., II., Dept. of Education, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (2018-2020)
  Introduction to Educational Research Methodology, Dept. of Education, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (2018-2020)
  Qualitative Methodology in Psychology Research, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (2010 – 2012)
  Data Analysis – Qualitative Research , Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (2012)
  Qualitative Research , Dept. of Gender Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles Uni. (2012)
  Qualitative Research Projects, Dept. of Sociology,Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia (2009)
  Methods of Discourse Analysis , Dept. of Gender Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University (2006 – 2010)
  
  
• Social, General, and Clinical Psychology
  Psychopathology, Dept. of Education, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (2018-2020)
  General Psychology , Dept. of Education, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (2018-2019)
  Personality Psychology, Dept. of Education, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (2018-2019)
  Social Psychology Theories , Dept. of Psychology,Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (2010 – 2012, participation in teaching)
  Subjectivity and Discourse Analysis , Dept. of Psychology,Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (2006 – 2009)
  
  
• Occupational Health Psychology
  Work, stress a well-being, Dept. of Psychology,Faculty of Arts, Charles Uni. (2017 – 2018)
  Work and Organizational Psychology, Dept. of Psychology,Faculty of Arts, Charles Uni. (2018, participation in teaching)
  
  
• Gender
  Gender Theories, Dept. of Sociology,Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia (2009)

Professional associations

• The International Association on Workplace Bullying & Harassment (IAWBH) - Member
• The National Contact Centre for Women and Science, Czech Academy of Sciences - Member
• The Czech-Moravian Psychological Society (CMSP) - Member
• Human Affairs. Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly - Editorial Board Member
• Conference on Qualitative Approach and Methods in Human Sciences - Program Committee Member

Recent publications (selection)

Zabrodska, K., Mudrak, J., Kveton, P., Machovcova, K., Blatny, M., & Solcova, I. (in press). Satisfied but not equal: Working conditions of women and men faculty in Czech universities. In M. Vohlidalova & M. Linkova (Eds.), Gender and neoliberalism in Czech academia . Prague: SLON.

Zabrodska, K., Ellwood, C., Zaeemdar, S., & Mudrak, J. (2016). Workplace bullying as sensemaking: An analysis of target and actor perspectives on initial hostile interactions. Culture and Organization , 22, 136-157.

Machovcová, K., & Zábrodská, K. (2016). Vedení akademických pracovníků: teoretické přístupy a aktuální problémy. Československá psychologie, 60 (2), 137-152.

Zabrodska, K. & Kveton, P. (2015). The Czech Republic: Workplace abuse in a post-transitional country. In M. Omari, & M. Paull (Eds.), Workplace Abuse, Incivility and Bullying: Methodological and Cultural Perspectives. London: Routledge (pp. 124-142).

Mudrak, J., & Zabrodska, K. (2015). Childhood giftedness, adolescent agency: A systemic multiple-case study. Gifted Child Quarterly, 59, 1, 55-70.

Zábrodská, K., Mudrák, J., Květon, P., Blatný, M., Machovcová, K., & Šolcová, I., (2014). Work environment and well-being of academic faculty in Czech universities. Studia Paedagogica, 19, 4, 121-144.

Zabrodska, K. (2014). Between femininity and feminism: Negotiating the identity of a 'Czech socialist woman' in women's accounts of state socialism. In H. Havelkova & L. Oates-Indruchova (Eds.), The Politics of Gender Culture under State Socialism: An Expropriated Voice. London: Routledge (pp. 109-132).

Janošová, P., Kollerová, L., Zábrodská, K. (2014). Školní šikana v současnosti - Její definice a operacionalizace. Československá psychologie, 58, 4.

Vitková, M., &, Zábrodská, K. (2014). Coping a rezistencia voči mobbingu v kontexte paradigmatického prístupu. Československá psychologie, 58, 254-269.

Zabrodska, K., & Kveton, P. (2013). Prevalence and forms of workplace bullying among university employees. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal , 25, 89-108.

Zabrodska, K. & Petrjánošová, M. (2013). Metody diskurzivní analýzy [Methods of Discourse Analysis]. In I. Čermák, T. Řiháček, & R. Hytych (Eds.), Čtyři přístupy ke kvalitativní analýze [Four Approaches to Qualitative Analysis] . Brno: Masaryk University Press (pp. 105-139).

Mudrák, J., & Zábrodská, K. (2013). Lidský potenciál jako psychologický konstrukt. Československá psychologie, 57, 201-217.

Zábrodská, K., & Květon, P. (2012). Šikana na pracovišti v prostředí českých univerzit: výskyt, formy a organizační souvislosti. [Workplace bullying in Czech universities: prevalence, forms and organizational context]. Czech Sociological Review , 48, 641-668.

Zabrodska, K., Linnell, S., Laws, C. & Davies, B. (2011). Bullying as intra-active process in neoliberal universities. Qualitative Inquiry, 17 (8), 709-719.

Zábrodská, K. (2011). Mobbing ve vysokoškolském prostředí: zkušenosti ze zahraničního výzkumu [Mobbing in higher education: An overview of international research]. Czechoslovak Psychology, 55 (4), 333-345.

Zabrodska, K. & Ellwood, C. (2011). Subjectivity as a play of territorialization: Exploring affective attachments to place through collective biography. Human Affairs. Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly, 21 (2), 180-191.

Zábrodská, K. (2010). Diskurzivní analýza v soudobé sociální psychologii: teorie, koncepty a aplikace. [Discourse analysis in contemporary social psychology: Theories, concepts, and applications]. Československá psychologie, 54(3), 249-262.

Davies, B. & Gannon, S. (Eds.), with Ellwood, C., Camden-Pratt, C., Zabrodska, K., & Bansel, P. (2009). Pedagogical Encounters . New York: Peter Lang.

Zábrodská, K. (2009). Variace na gender. Poststrukturalismus, diskurzivní analýza a genderová identita [ Variations on the theme of gender. Poststructuralism, discourse analysis and gender identity] . Prague: Academia.

Selected conference presentations

Zabrodska, K., Machovcova, K., & Mudrak, J. (2015). From academic oligarchy to market exploitation? Destructive organizational cultures in transforming higher education. 1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Communication in Professional Contexts . Allborg, Denmark.

Machovcova, K., Zabrodska, K., & Mudrak, J. (2015). Leadership and well-being among academic staff in Czech universities. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) Conference , Oslo, Norway.

Zabrodska, K., Ellwood, C., Zeamdaar, S., & Mudrak, J. (2014). Workplace bullying as sensemaking: An analysis of target and actor perspectives on initial hostile interactions. The 9th International Conference on Workplace Bullying and Harassment, 17.-20.6.2014, Milan, Italy.

Zabrodska, K., & Machovcova, K. (2012). Working under a dream boss? An intersectional analysis of the gendered nature of workplace bullying. Gender, Work and Organization 7th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference , Keele, UK.

Zabrodska, K. (2012). Forms of resistance to workplace bullying. The 8th International Conference on Workplace Bullying and Harassment , Copenhagen, Denmark.

Zabrodska, K. (2012, January). Šikana a zneužívání moci na pracovišti optikou kolektivní biografie [Bullying and abuse of power at work: A collective biography]. Kvalitatívny prístup a metódy vo vedách o človeku XI., January 23-24, 2012, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Zabrodska, K. (2011, October). Změny pracovní dráhy v důsledku mobbingu: příběhy z vědy i odjinud [Effects of mobbing on targets' work trajectories: stories from science and elsewhere]. Životní dráhy z kvantitativní a kvalitativní perspektivy , October 20-21, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

Zabrodska, K. & Kveton, P. (2011, July). Workplace bullying in academe: Findings from universities in the Czech Republic. The 12th European Congress of Psychology , July 4-8, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.

Zabrodska, K. (2011, May). On thin ice: Academic mobbing and strategies of resistance. Paper presented at the Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry , May 17-21, 2011, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.

Zabrodska, K., Ellwood, C., Zaeemdaar, S. & Mudrak, J. (2011, May). Beyond the interview: Exploring different perspectives and methodologies in workplace bullying research. Paper presented at the Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry , May 17-21, 2011, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.

Davies, B., Zabrodska, K., Linnell, S., & Laws, C. (2011, May). Bullying as intra-active process in neoliberal universities. Paper presented at the Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry , May 17-21, 2011, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.

Zábrodská, K. (2010, July). Agency and resistance to change in Czech popular discourse: Examples from research on gender identity and gender-related bullying. Paper presented at the Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference 2010 , BPS, Windsor, UK.

Zábrodská, K. (2010, January). Diskurzy, pozice, ideologie: utváření genderových identit v rozhovoru [Discourses, subject positions, and practical ideologies: Constructing gender identities in talk]. Paper presented at the Conference on Qualitative Approach and Methods in Human Sciences , Brno, CR.

Ellwood, C. & Zábrodská, K. (2009, May). Desires for the other place. Paper presented at The Fifth Congress of Qualitative Inquiry , Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Zábrodská, K. (2009, February). Captives of gender determinism? Poststructural discourse analysis as an analytical and transformative practice. Paper presented at the Feminist Research Methods Conference , Stockholm University, Sweden.

Selected publications

Photo: Jan Jirkovský