University of Amsterdam The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
(Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week
Job description
"Cooperation vs. Conflict Mental-set and Creativity: Cognitive Load versus Motivated-Focus"
When in conflict people adopt a conflict-mental-set - they expect hostility and seek relative gain - or a cooperation-mental-set - they expect collaboration and seek fairness and joint gain. The widely accepted threat-rigidity hypothesis is that people in a conflict-set become less creative than people in a cooperation-set. Because of inconsistent research evidence, we develop a motivated-focus hypothesis: compared to a cooperation-set, in a conflict-set people focus their cognitive resources to cope with the aversive situation, and therefore become more creative when conflict-related thinking and behavior is considered, but less flexible and creative when conflict-unrelated thinking and behavior is considered. We test specific predictions in 8 experiments. A full description of the project is available upon request. Please contact Carsten de Dreu (c.k.w.dedreu@uva.nl; telephone 020 525 6860) or Bernard Nijstad (b.a.nijstad@uva.nl; telephone 020 525 6863) for further information.
Tasks
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100 employees at the Faculty department, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: See below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a maximum period of four years (an initial period of twelve months, followed by a further three years subject to a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation. Based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week), the gross monthly salary will range from €2000 in the first year to a maximum of €2558 in the fourth year, according to the Dutch salary scale for PhD students.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Carsten de Dreu
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 6860
E-mail address: c.k.w.dedreu@uva.nl
Or Bernard Nijstad
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 6863
E-mail address: b.a.nijstad@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
You can apply for this job before 08-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Afdeling Psychologie
J. Verduijn
Roetersstraat 15
1018 WB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: J.Verduijn@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-2020.
Job description
"Cooperation vs. Conflict Mental-set and Creativity: Cognitive Load versus Motivated-Focus"
When in conflict people adopt a conflict-mental-set - they expect hostility and seek relative gain - or a cooperation-mental-set - they expect collaboration and seek fairness and joint gain. The widely accepted threat-rigidity hypothesis is that people in a conflict-set become less creative than people in a cooperation-set. Because of inconsistent research evidence, we develop a motivated-focus hypothesis: compared to a cooperation-set, in a conflict-set people focus their cognitive resources to cope with the aversive situation, and therefore become more creative when conflict-related thinking and behavior is considered, but less flexible and creative when conflict-unrelated thinking and behavior is considered. We test specific predictions in 8 experiments. A full description of the project is available upon request. Please contact Carsten de Dreu (c.k.w.dedreu@uva.nl; telephone 020 525 6860) or Bernard Nijstad (b.a.nijstad@uva.nl; telephone 020 525 6863) for further information.
Tasks
- In close collaboration with the supervising team design and conduct (laboratory) experiments, analyze data and write academic journal articles that, together, provide the basis for a PhD thesis to be completed within four years after starting date
- Follow courses and participate in track meetings of the Kurt Lewin Institute, the national graduate school for social and organizational psychology
- Assist senior faculty members in teaching courses and seminars at the BA- and MA-level (maximum of 10% of the time).
Required education/skills:University Graduate
- MA in Psychology (preferably a Research Masters Degree)
- Experience with, and interest in experimental methods, paradigms, and techniques
- Excellent analytical, writing and computer programming skills
- Ambitious team player
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)
Organization
University of Amsterdam
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100 employees at the Faculty department, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: See below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a maximum period of four years (an initial period of twelve months, followed by a further three years subject to a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation. Based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week), the gross monthly salary will range from €2000 in the first year to a maximum of €2558 in the fourth year, according to the Dutch salary scale for PhD students.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Carsten de Dreu
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 6860
E-mail address: c.k.w.dedreu@uva.nl
Or Bernard Nijstad
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 6863
E-mail address: b.a.nijstad@uva.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
- About the department (http://www.fmg.uva.nl/english/home.cfm)
- About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/CD772CF7-1321-B0BE-A4D28160A781ED92)
You can apply for this job before 08-06-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:
Afdeling Psychologie
J. Verduijn
Roetersstraat 15
1018 WB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: J.Verduijn@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-2020.
