Dr. Dina Van Dijk

Dr. Dina Van Dijk Profile

Senior lecturer
M.D., PhD, 2003

Department : Health Systems Management
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Email : dinav@bgu.ac.il
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work motivation, health care workers

Education

  • M.D., Ph.D. 2003

Research Interests

  • Work motivation, prevention vs. promotion motivation, feedback effects.

Research Topics

  • Work Motivation
  • Regulatory Focus Theory
  • Leadership and Motivation Well-Being

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Van Dijk, D., Seger, T., & Heller D. (2012). Life threatening event reduces subjective well-being through activating avoidance motivation: A longitudinal study . Emotion , forthcoming December , 2012
  • Van Dijk, D., & Kluger, A. N. (2011). Task type as a moderator of positive/negative feedback effects on motivation and performance: A regulatory focus perspective. Journal of Organizational Behavior , 32, 1084-1105.
  • 2009-2011: NIHP (The Israel National Institute for Health Policy) grant to Van Dijk Dina, Kushnir Talma and Bin-Nun Gabi for the research on "Physicians' leaving the health system in Israel" – a total of 195,000 NIS for two years. iv. 2007 – 2010: ISF (Israel Science Foundation) grant to Kark Ronit and Van Dijk Dina for the research on "Motivation to lead, motivation to follow" – a total of 285,000 NIS for three years.

Existing collaborations

  • Avraham Kluger and Michal Schodl - Theoretical and empirical considerations in regulatory focus measurement
  • Ronit Kark – Motivation to lead: regulatory focus and leadership.
  • Abigail Scholer – success and failure feedback: what is the best technique?

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Regulatory focus effect on health and well-being