Ing. Jakub Michulek, PhD.

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Education and Academic Growth:

PhD.      Full-time doctoral studies, University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, study field 6213 Economics and Management. Dissertation title: Pathological Relationships in the Workplace in an Enterprise – Occurrence, Consequences, Elimination, 2024.

Ing.        University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, study field 3.3.16 Business Economics and Management. Master’s thesis title: Internal Marketing Communication of a Selected Company, 2021.

Research Focus:

The research interests of Ing. Jakub Michulek, PhD. include marketing communication and issues related to pathological relationships in the workplace. He completed his entire academic education at the Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications at the University of Žilina in the field of Business Economics and Management. His master’s thesis focused on internal marketing communication within a selected company. His dissertation examined pathological workplace relationships and proposed a methodological approach for monitoring, eliminating, and preventing such relationships in medium and large enterprises operating in the Slovak Republic. In his scientific research, he focuses on interdisciplinary research related to the dynamics of organizational behavior, digital transformation, behavioral performance factors, and ethical aspects of business within changing socio-economic conditions. He has participated in several scientific research projects within VEGA projects, as well as in structural projects. He is a co-author of more than thirty original scientific papers, most of which have been published in foreign peer-reviewed journals or as outputs of international scientific conferences. Among the most significant journals in his field where he has published are Agriculture, Frontiers in Psychology, Administrative Sciences, Stats, and the Journal of International Studies. His works have received more than 100 citations. He currently works at the Department of Economics as an assistant professor. During his tenure at the Department of Economics, he teaches seminars and practical classes in the following subjects: Financial Analysis and Planning, Marketing, International Business, Organization of Managerial Work, Corporate Planning, and Strategic Marketing.

Most Significant Scientific Publications:

Gajdosikova, D., & Michulek, J. (2025). Artificial Intelligence Models for Bankruptcy Prediction in Agriculture: Comparing the Performance of Artificial Neural Networks and Decision Trees. In: Agriculture, 15(10), 1077. (2024: 3.6 - IF, Q1 - JCR, Q1 - SJR).  https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15101077

Michulek, J., Gajanova, L., Sujanska, L., Tesarova, E. N. (2024). Understanding How Workplace Dynamics Affect the Psychological Well-Being of University Teachers. In: Administrative Sciences, 14(12), 336. (2023: 3.0 - IF, Q2 - JCR, Q2 - SJR). https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14120336

Michulek, J., Gajanova, L., Krizanova, A., Blazek, R. (2024). Why Do Companies Cook the Books? Empirical Study of the Motives of Creative Accounting of Slovak Companies. In: Administrative Sciences, 14(7), 158. (2023: 3.0 - IF, Q2 - JCR, Q2 - SJR). https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14070158

Michulek, J., Gajanova, L., Krizanova, A., Nadanyiova, M. (2023). Determinants of improving the relationship between corporate culture and work performance: Illusion or reality of serial mediation of leadership and work engagement in a crisis period?. In: Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1135199. (2022: 3.8 - IF, Q1 - JCR, Q2 - SJR). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1135199

Blazek, R., Durana, P., Michulek, J. (2023). Renaissance of Creative Accounting Due to the Pandemic: New Patterns Explored by Correspondence Analysis. In: Stats, 6(1), 411-430. (2022: 1.3 – IF). https://doi.org/10.3390/stats6010025

Scientometric Data:

Projects:

VEGA 1/0469/25, Emergentný prístup v prostredí behaviorálnej ekonómie zameraný na udržateľné nákupné správanie prostredníctvom marketingového manažmentu - spoluriešiteľ

VEGA 1/0409/23, Forenzný marketing ako fundament objektívnej empirickej podpory manažérskych rozhodovacích procesov - spoluriešiteľ

VEGA 1/0032/21, Marketing engineering ako progresívna platforma optimalizácie manažérskych rozhodovacích procesov v kontexte súčasných výziev marketingového riadenia - spoluriešiteľ

VEGA 1/0064/20, Behaviorizmus v spoločensky zodpovednej komunikačnej stratégii podniku - spoluriešiteľ