Gerold Mikula

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Gerold Mikula (born July 14, 1943 in Graz ) is an Austrian social psychologist .

biography

Gerold Mikula completed his studies in psychology (minor in zoology ) in 1966 with a doctorate. The subject of the dissertation was “To motivate sociometric elections. A factor-analytical study in final classes of higher schools ”. He started his university career immediately after completing his doctorate as a university assistant, having already worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Psychology at the Karl-Franzens University Graz a year before his doctorate . In 1972 he qualified as a professor in psychology. The subject of the habilitation thesis was "Investigations into the division of jointly achieved profits in performance situations". Shortly afterwards he received two calls for a professorship in social psychology, one at the University of Marburg / Laan and one at the Free University of Berlin . He refused both of them because he was appointed university professor in Graz in 1973 . As such, he subsequently set up the Department of Social Psychology, which he headed until the transition into retirement in 2008. During this time he was several times (1989–1993 and 1999–2001) head of the Institute for Psychology.

Research priorities

Gerold Mikula's research is particularly concerned with the psychology of justice , as well as with questions about close relationships and interpersonal attraction. As early as the 1970s and 1980s, he made a significant contribution to the fact that " interpersonal attraction " and "personal relationships" as well as " justice " were recognized and taken up as important research topics in German-speaking psychology. In justice research he establishes and develops an empirical-experimental approach to research. Among other things, in 1980 he published the first international anthology with contributions by the most important justice researchers such as Melvin J. Lerner, Elaine Hatfield and Leo Montada , which was published in a German-language edition by Huber (Bern) and an English-language edition by Springer (New York) is. Furthermore, he organized one of the first international conferences on justice in Graz in 1982 and played a key role in the founding of the International Society for Justice Research in the 1990s. The international recognition of his research is best reflected in the invitations to contributions in well-known international encyclopedias and edited volumes.

Prizes / awards

  • 2000: Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • 2009: Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology
  • 2010: Honorary member of the Austrian Society for Psychology
  • 2014: Honorary Member of the Polish Society of Social Psychology

Memberships / activities in scientific societies

Gerold Mikula has played a major role both nationally and internationally in the development of scientific associations that represent (social) psychological interests. From 1980 to 1982 he was a founding member of the spokesperson's group for the Social Psychology Working Group (forerunner of the Social Psychology Section) in the German Society for Psychology . From 1984 to 1987 he was a board member and secretary of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (now the European Association of Social Psychology). From 1987 to 1990 he was president of the aforementioned association. During this time he made a special effort to promote and integrate social psychologists from Eastern European countries into the association's activities. In recognition of this commitment, he was awarded honorary membership of the Polish Society of Social Psychology in 2014. From 1993 to 1995 he was a founding member and board member of the Austrian Society for Psychology. He also held the presidency of this society (1997–1999). After all, Gerold Mikula was a founding member and board member of the International Society for Justice Research from 1997 to 2002. He has also been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Alps Adria Psychology Symposia since 1991 and of the Wilhelm Wundt Society since 1997.

Fonts (selection)

  • Mikula, G. (2001). Justice: Social-psychological perspectives . In NJ Smelser & PB Baltes (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. (pp. 8063-8067). Oxford: Elsevier.
  • Mikula, G., Scherer, KR, & Athenstaedt, U. (1998). The role of injustice in the elicitation of differential emotion . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 769-783. doi : 10.1177 / 0146167298247009
  • Mikula, G. (1993). On the experience of injustice . In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.) European Review of Social Psychology (vol. 4, pp. 223-244). Chichester: Wiley. doi : 10.1080 / 14792779343000077
  • Mikula, G., Petri B. & Tanzer, N. (1990). What people regard as unjust: Types and structures of everyday experiences of injustice . European Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 133-149. doi : 10.1002 / ejsp.2420200205
  • Mikula, G. (Ed.) (1980). Justice and social interaction , Bern: Huber, New York: Springer. doi : 10.1177 / 000169938102400111
  • Kazemi, A., Törnblom. K., & Mikula, G. (2015). Justice: Social Psychological Perspectives . In JD Wright (ed. In chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.), Vol. 12, pp. 949-955. Oxford: Elsevier.
  • Mikula, G. (2012). Perceived justice in the division of domestic labor: Antecedents and consequences . In E. Kals & J. Maes (eds.). Justice and conflict. Theoretical and empirical contributions (pp. 153–167). Berlin: Springer.
  • Mikula, G., Riederer, B., & Bodi, O. (2012). Perceived justice in the division of domestic labor: Actor and partner effects . Personal Relationships, 19, 680-695.
  • Mikula, G., Schoebi, D., Jagoditsch, S., & Macher, S. (2009). Roots and correlates of perceived injustice in the division of family work . Personal Relationships, 16, 553-574.
  • Mikula, G. (2005). Some observations and critical thoughts about the present state of justice theory and research . In S. Gilliland, D. Steiner, D. Skarlicki, & K. van den Bos (Eds.), What motivates fairness in organizations (pp. 197-209). Greenwich, CN: Information Age Publishing.
  • Mikula, G. (2003). Testing an attribution-of-blame model of judgments of injustice . European Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 793-811.
  • Kluwer, E., & Mikula, G. (2002). Gender-related inequalities in the division of family work in close relationships: A social psychological perspective . European Review of Social Psychology, 13, 185-216.
  • Mikula, G. & Wenzel, M. (2000). Justice and social conflicts. International Journal of Psychology , 35, 126-135.
  • Mikula, G. (1998). Division of household labor and perceived justice: A growing field of research . Social Justice Research, 11, 215-241.
  • Lerner, MJ & Mikula, G. (Eds) (1994). Entitlement and the affectional bond: Justice in close relationships . New York: Plenary.
  • Mikula, G. & Schlamberger, K. (1985). What people think about an unjust event: Toward a better understanding of the phenomenology of experiences of injustice . European Journal of Social Psychology, 15, 37-49.
  • Mikula, G. (1984). Justice and fairness in interpersonal relations: Thoughts and suggestions . In H. Tajfel (Ed.). The social dimensions: European development in social psychology. (pp. 204-227). Cambridge University Press.
  • Lujansky, H. & Mikula, G. (1983). Can equity theory explain the quality and the stability of romantic relationships? The British Journal of Social Psychology, 22, 101-112.
  • Mikula, G. (1980). On the role of justice in allocation decisions . In G. Mikula (Ed.): Justice and Social Interaction. (pp. 127-166). Bern: Huber; New York: Springer.
  • Mikula, G. & Schwinger, T. (1978). Intermember relations and reward allocation: Theoretical considerations of affects . In H. Brandstätter, JH Davis & H. Schuler (Eds): Dynamics of group decisions. (pp. 229-250). Beverly Hills: Sage.
  • Mikula, G. & Stroebe, W. (Eds.) (1977). Sympathy, Friendship, and Marriage: Psychological Foundations of Interpersonal Relationships . Bern: Huber.
  • Mikula, G. (1974). Nationality, performance, and sex as determinants of reward allocation . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 29, 435-440.

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personal data
SURNAME Mikula, Gerold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian social psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz