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Stajkovic graduated with a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from University of Nebraska- Lincoln in December 1996. Luthans was Stajkovic's dissertation chair |
Stajkovic graduated with a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from University of Nebraska- Lincoln in December 1996. Luthans was Stajkovic's dissertation chair. Stajkovic also earned a Master of Arts in Management from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln in 1993. |
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Alex Stajkovic is an Organizational Behavior (OB) professor who has conducted research on confidence and goal priming.[1][2] He is the M. Keith Weikel Distinguished Chair in Leadership in the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. His research bears on self-efficacy, confidence, and primed goals.[3][4] Stajkovic co-authored papers with Albert Bandura, Edwin Locke, and Fred Luthans.[5][4][6][7][8]
Early life
Born in 1965 to Serbian (Yugoslavian) parents, Alex grew up in Belgrade. Alex enrolled in the University of Belgrade in 1985.[9] In college, Stajkovic studied economics. He was president of Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (AIESEC) for the Economics Faculty in Belgrade in 1987-1988.[citation needed]
Education
Stajkovic graduated with a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from University of Nebraska- Lincoln in December 1996. Luthans was Stajkovic's dissertation chair. Stajkovic also earned a Master of Arts in Management from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln in 1993.
Academia career
In 1999 Stajkovic became an assistant professor at the Wisconsin School for Business.[10] In 2006 he became an associate professor.[10] From 2008 - 2013 Stajkovic held the Procter and Gamble Chair in Business, and from 2013 - 2015 he was the M. Keith Weikel Professor in Leadership. He has held the M. Keith Weikel Distinguished Chair in Leadership since 2015.[10]
Theories
Core Confidence
Stajkovic developed core confidence theory to help better understand employee motivation.[1] The theory holds that ability and motivation to some extent predict performance. Other factors need to be taken into account. Stajkovic (2006) explains:
"What I try to add to the literature is a suggestion that skill and desire need to be joined with confidence, a personal certainty belief that one can handle what one desires to do or needs to be done at work" (p. 1209)
Stajkovic states that confidence resides deep within individuals - at their core - and is not directly observable. Instead, we see it manifest in people through their hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and resilience.[1] He advanced the view that hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and resilience represent one common core, namely, confidence, and that core confidence predicts job performance, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with life.[11]
Interaction of Primed Subconscious and Conscious Goals
In an experiment published in 2006 Stajkovic and colleagues examined the relationship between primed subconscious goals and conscious goals.[12]. Conscious goal setting theory asserts that consciously setting specific, difficult goals explains and predicts work performance.[1][2] The study of conscious goal setting has been largely confined to the study of organizational behavior.[2] Subconscious goal theory asserts that motivational goals can be activated (primed) through stimulating the subconscious mind.[2] The study of subconscious goal activation has been the work of social psychology researchers. Stajkovic and his collaborators designed the first experiment to attempt to connect these two theories.[2]
The subjects in the experiment set conscious goals in three conditions: easy goals, do your best goals and specific difficult goals.[2] The subjects were then subconsciously primed using achievement related words.[2] Subjects were then given the task of listing possible uses for a coat hanger. [2] The experiment showed that both subconscious priming and conscious goal setting had a significant effect on achievement of the difficult and do your best goals.[2] Neither had a significant effect on attainment of an easy goal.[2] The results also showed a significant two-way reaction between subconscious and conscious goals.[2]
Academic honors
- Journal of Applied Psychology, Editor nomination by the American Psychological Association, 2013
- Gaumnitz Distinguished Research Award, Wisconsin School of Business, 2007
- Mabel Chipman Excellence in Teaching Award, Wisconsin School of Business, 2005
- Full-time MBA Honors Board, Wisconsin School of Business, 2004-2007
- Early Career Contribution to Industrial/Organizational Psychology, nominated by Division 14, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), of the American Psychological Association, 2001
- Excellence in Teaching Award, voted by students, University of California - Irvine, 1998
References
- ^ a b c Stajkovic, A.D. (2006). "Development of a Core Confidence-Higher Order Construct". Journal of Applied Psychology. 6: 1208–1224.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Stajkovic, A.D., Locke, E.A., & Blair, E.S. (2006). "A First Examination of the Relationships Between Primed Subconscious Goals, Assigned Conscious Goals, and Task Performance". Journal of Applied Psychology. 5: 1172–1180.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, A. D., & Luthans, F. (1998). "Self-Efficacy and Work-Related Performance: A Meta-Analysis". Psychological Bulletin. 2: 240–261.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Latham, G. P., Stajkovic, A.D., & Locke, E.A. (2010). "The relevance and viability of subconscious goals in the workplace". Journal of Management. 36: 234–255.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, A.D., Bandura, A., Locke, E.A., Lee, D., & Sergent, K. (2018). "Test of three conceptual models of influence of the big five personality traits and self-efficacy on academic performance". Personality and Individual Differences. 120: 238–245.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, A. D., & Luthans, F. (2003). "Behavioral management and task performance in organizations: Conceptual background, meta-analysis, and test of alternative models". Personnel Psychology. 56: 155–194.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, A.D., & Luthans, F. (2001). "Differential effects of incentive motivators on work performance". Academy of Management Journal. 44: 580–590.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, A.D., & Luthans, F. (1997). "A meta-analysis of the effects of organizational behavior modification on task performance, 1975-95". Academy of Management Journal. 40: 1122–1149.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, A. D. "Alex Stajkovic CV" (PDF). Alex Stajkovic's Personal Webpage.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b c "WSB Faculty Profile".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Stajkovic, A.D., Lee, D., Greenwald, J., & Raffiee, J. (2015). "The role of trait core confidence higher-order construct in self-regulation of performance and attitudes: Evidence from four studies". Organizational behavior and Human Decision Processes. 128: 29–58.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stajkovic, Alexander D.; Locke, Edwin A.; Blair, Eden S. (2006). "A first examination of the relationships between primed subconscious goals, assigned conscious goals, and task performance". Journal of Applied Psychology. 91 (5): 1172–1180. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.5.1172. ISSN 1939-1854.