New Research Project accepted by the Visegrad Grant
Starting June 1st, 2022, an international team composed of multidisciplinary focused experts, specifically in the field of health psychology and HR management, will conduct a project accepted by the strategic Visegrad grant for the cooperation of the V4 countries entitled “Supporting mental health in the organization: development of future business leaders”. On behalf of the Faculty of International Relations, Prague University of Economics and Business, Mgr. Ing. Kamila Matysová, Ph.D., psychologist, and behavioral economist from the department of international business, and Ing. Jitka Volfová, Ph.D., coach, and behavioral economist from the department of international business who focus their research and academic activities on Sustainable HR Management and Social Taxonomy.
Project description
To develop innovative and cost-efficient solutions for mental health care in the post-covid times, we need to get the businesses involved. We address this issue by developing a series of workshops, focusing on mental health in organizations. To scale our initiative, we offer a ‘train the- trainer’ program, preparing future trainers to conduct workshops in other business schools in V4 countries, and we onboard stakeholders (academics, managers, entrepreneurs). As a result, we equip future leaders with the necessary skills and attitudes to respond to mental health challenges in organizations.
Applicant:
- University of Warsaw Polsko
Partners:
- Prague University of Economics and Business
- University of Pécs Maďarsko
- Comenius University Bratislava
Researchers from the Prague University of Economics and Business:
- Ing. Mgr. Kamila Matysová, Ph.D., Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of International Relations, Department of International Business
- Ing. Jitka Volfová, Ph.D., Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of International Relations, Department of International Business
Visegrad Grant
Grant Type: Strategic Grant
Identification Number: 22210016
Implementation Period: 01/06/2022–31/05/2024
Mgr. Ing. Kamila Matysová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Ing. Kamila Matysová, Ph.D., received her master’s degree in Czech and German studies and psychology and a second master’s degree in international economic relations. In her doctoral thesis, she focused on intercultural training. Her scientific interests are cultural anthropology, organizational behavior, and behavioral economics. Her intercultural experience consists of studying and teaching abroad (Italy, Germany, Austria and Hungary, etc.) and her work with foreign students at VŠE. Based on her psychotherapeutic trainings in psychoanalysis, she has her private counselling practice.
Ing. Jitka Volfová, Ph.D.
Ing. Jitka Volfová, Ph.D., graduated from Prague University of Economics in International Trade and Commercial Communications. She is an Assistant Professor in the field of International Trade, a researcher, a lecturer in practice, and a certified coach. She focuses on international management, intercultural and commercial communication, communication and managerial skills, cross-cultural business negotiation, and self-development. She supervises courses on cross-cultural business negotiations and trading with Chinese taught in English for Czech as well as foreign students. She was one of the founding teachers of the minor specialization Chinese Studies and one of the founding members of the Center for Asian Studies. Among others, she is involved in teaching international management for Virginia Tech students and in the MBA program at Prague University of Economics. She has participated in full-time (Retail Marketing and Management, Business Negotiation Training) as well as a combined form of teaching, PR activities of Faculty of International Relations, and cooperation with the European Retail Academy. She has been active as a student, researcher, and visiting professor abroad (France, Germany, Ireland, UK, China, USA, Russia, Austria). After coming back from her two-year research stay in China, she acquired her Ph.D. with her thesis on The Influence of Cultural Specifics on International Business Negotiation – Chinese Business Negotiation. She further deepened her professional experience e. g. by taking part in the Czech participation in EXPO 2010 in Shanghai.