Dana Unger
Job description
My name is Dr. Dana Unger. I am the International Programme Coordinator at UiT's Department of Psychology and Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology. Thus, I know the basics of impression management at work (Ellis et al., 2002). Let me apply them for you:
Self-promotion:
I am a Work and Organizational Psychology scholar publishing in the best journals of my field (e.g., Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Occupational Health Psychology). After having given birth to two beautiful children, I got my second associate professorship by the age of 36. My research and teaching are award-winning.
Ingratiation:
The term ‘award-winning’ makes me laugh out loud; the term ‘award-worthy’ even more so. Indeed, you will find some nice publications on my record. But you will also understand that I worked together with amazingly bright people.
Defense:
You are not convinced, that this is the profile of a great academic? I hope you reconsider when you learn that I have a working-class background. The life of working mothers is quite tough, which makes direct comparisons with my male and childfree colleagues hard.
Ellis, A. P. J., West, B. J., Ryan, A. M., & DeShon, R. P. (2002). The use of impression management tactics in structured interviews: A function of question type? Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(6), 1200-1208. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.87.6.1200
Students and staff who are interested in international exchange with our Department of Psychology, either inbound or outbound, get in touch with me.
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Research interests
Work-nonwork interface of individuals and couples
Occupational health and well-being
Precarious careers
Teaching
At UiT, I am teaching Work & Organizational Psychology (PSY-1706, PSY-3029) with a special focus on occupational health, stress, and well-being. Furthermore, I am a keen supervisor of review papers (PSY-3000) and dissertations (PSY-3900). In the autumn semester of 2023, I taught with Prof. Dr. Sarah Martiny the seminar "A psychological perspective on socioeconomic inequalities at work, home, and school" (PSY-3036). In the spring semester of 2024, I will teach Work and Organizational Psychology in the Bachelor program (PSY-2034).
Before coming to UiT, I have taught the following topics:
Building Strengths at Work (Bachelor)
Managing Across the Globe (Master)
Leading Teams (Master, MBA)
Occupational Health Psychology (Bachelor, PhD)
Organisational Behaviour (Bachelor)
Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Business and Management/Applied Social Science (PhD)
Training and Learning Processes (Bachelor)
Work and Organizational Psychology (Bachelor)
Work Attitudes and Affect (Bachelor)
Work Design and Organisational Change (Master, MBA)
Work Motivation (Bachelor)
Work Performance (Bachelor)
Work-Life Interface (Master)
Member of research group
CV
Education
September 2017 – February 2020
University of East Anglia (UK): Studies in Higher Education Practice (awarded degree: Postgraduate Certificate)
April 2009 – July 2013
University of Konstanz (Germany): Doctorate in Work and Organisational Psychology (awarded degree: Dr. rer. nat.)
Title of dissertation: “Self-Regulation as a Linking Mechanism between Job Stressors and Experiences in Romantic Relationships”
October 2003 – April 2009
University of Konstanz (Germany): Studies in Psychology (awarded degree: Diplom-Psychologin)
February – June 2007
National Taras Shevchenko University Kyiv (Ukraine): Studies in Sociology and Russian Language
Career
Since August 2021
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Psychology: Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology
October 2020 – April 2021
Maternity leave
September 2018 –July 2021
University of East Anglia (UK), Norwich Business School: Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour
May 2017 – September 2018
University of East Anglia (UK), Norwich Business School: Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour
May 2014 – April 2017
ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Department of Management, Technology, and Economics: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer
September 2016 – January 2017
Maternity leave
July 2015 – September 2015
University of Edinburgh Business School (UK): Visiting Scholar
September 2010 – March 2014
University of Mannheim (Germany), Department of Psychology: Research Associate
April 2009 – August 2010
University of Konstanz (Germany), Department of Psychology: Research Associate