Univ.-Prof. Dr. Veronika Job Sutnar
T: +43-1-4277-47322
Winter term 2026
200096 SE Psychotherapy Settings
200222 OV Orientation Course Psychology
200229 OV Orientation Course Psychology
200235 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
200248 OV Orientation Course Psychology
540002 SE Finalizing your PhD Retreat
540011 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Summer term 2026
200002 VO General Psychology II
200216 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540013 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Winter term 2025
200085 VU Social Psychology
200222 OV Orientation Course Psychology
200229 OV Orientation Course Psychology
200235 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540013 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Jankowski, J. M., & Job, V. (2023). The role of lay beliefs about willpower and daily demands in day-to-day pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 88, Article 102024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102024
Clay, G., Mlynski, C., Korb, F. M., Goschke, T., & Job, V. (2022). Rewarding cognitive effort increases the intrinsic value of mental labor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5), Article e2111785119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111785119
Primoceri, P., Ramer, N., Ulrich, J., & Job, V. (2021). The role of task similarity for ego depletion: A registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, Article 104133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104133
Francis, Z., Mata, J., Flückiger, L., & Job, V. (2021). Morning resolutions, evening disillusions: Theories of willpower affect how health behaviours change across the day. European Journal of Personality, 35(3), 398-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890207020962304
Francis, Z., & Job, V. (2021). Intended responses to romantic partners’ annoying behaviours vary with willpower beliefs. British Journal of Psychology, 112(2), 549-564. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12475
Gieseler, K., Loschelder, D. D., Job, V., & Friese, M. (2021). A preregistered test of competing theories to explain ego depletion effects using psychophysiological indicators of mental effort. Motivation Science, 7(1), 32-45. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000183
Compagnoni, M., Sieber, V., & Job, V. (2020). My Brain Needs a Break: Kindergarteners’ Willpower Theories Are Related to Behavioral Self-Regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 601724. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.601724
Maio, S. D., Keller, J., Job, V., Felsenberg, D., Ertel, W., Schwarzer, R., & Knoll, N. (2020). Health demands moderate the link between willpower beliefs and physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis. International journal of behavioral medicine, 27(4), 406–414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09865-w
K., G., Loschelder, D. D., Job, V., & Friese, M. (2020, Apr 30). A pre-registered test of competing theories to explain ego depletion effects using psychophysiological indicators of mental effort. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ufk52
Francis, Z., Sieber, V., & Job, V. (2020). You seem tired, but so am I: Willpower theories and intention to provide support in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(3), 738-757.
Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2020). Too exhausted to go to bed: Implicit theories about willpower and stress predict bedtime procrastination. British Journal of Psychology, 111(1), 126-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12382
Schreiber, M., Job, V., & Dohle, S. (2020). Is your health malleable or fixed? The influence of implicit theories on health-related attitudes and behaviour. Psychology & Health, 35(12), 1421-1439. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1761975
Allemand, M., Job, V., & Mroczek, D. K. (2019). Self-control development in adolescence predicts love and work in adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(3), 621–634. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000229
Sieber, V., Flückiger, L., Mata, J., Bernecker, K., & Job, V. (2019). Autonomous Goal Striving Promotes a Nonlimited Theory About Willpower. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1295-1307. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0146167218820921
Bernecker, K., Job, V., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Experience, Resistance, and Enactment of Desires: Differential Relationships With Trait Measures Predicting Self-Control. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.07.007
Job, V., Sieber, V., Rothermund, K., & Nikitin, J. (2018). Age differences in implicit theories about willpower: Why older people endorse a nonlimited theory. Psychology and aging, 33(6), 940-952. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000285
Napolitano, C. M., & Job, V. (2018). Assessing the Implicit Theory of Willpower for Strenuous Mental Activities Scale: Multigroup, across-gender, and cross-cultural measurement invariance and convergent and divergent validity. Psychological Assessment, 30(8), 1049–1064. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000557
Francis, Z., & Job, V. (2018). Lay theories of willpower. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 12(4), Article e12381. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12381
Friese, M., Frankenbach, J., Job, V., & Loschelder, D. (2017). Does Self-Control Training Improve Self-Control? A Meta-Analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(6), 1077-1099. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617697076
Savani, K., & Job, V. (2017). Reverse ego-depletion: Acts of self-control can improve subsequent performance in Indian cultural contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(4), 589–607. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000099
And yet They Tire: Cognitive Fatigue Facilitates Task Disengagement and Worsens Performance
Roth, L. (Speaker), Mlynski, C. (Contributor) & Job Sutnar, V. (Contributor)
25 Oct 2025
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Self-Fulfilling Implications of a "Hard-Work-is-Draining" Belief on Burnout
Job Sutnar, V. (Speaker), Roth, L. (Speaker), Mlynski, C. (Speaker), Bauer, C. (Speaker) & Savani, K. (Speaker)
17 Oct 2025
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
And yet They Tire: Cognitive Fatigue Facilitates Task Disengagement and Worsens Performance
Roth, L. (Speaker), Job Sutnar, V. (Contributor) & Mlynski, C. (Contributor)
16 Sept 2025
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Effort to Control
Roth, L. (Speaker), Mlynski, C. (Contributor) & Job Sutnar, V. (Contributor)
2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
What determines Performance
Roth, L. (Speaker), Mlynski, C. (Contributor), Job Sutnar, V. (Contributor) & Savani, K. (Contributor)
2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Truly implicit theories of intelligence? Implicit growth mindset uniquely predicts post-failure learning behavior
Job Sutnar, V. (Speaker), Sik, K. (Speaker) & Cummins, J. (Speaker)
13 Oct 2023
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Continuous Control: Predictors of Sustained Self-Control over Time
Roth, L. (Speaker), Mlynski, C. (Contributor) & Job Sutnar, V. (Contributor)
2023
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology
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