Dr. Marcel Herrmann, MAS
Dr. Marcel Herrmann, MAS
ZHAW
School of Applied Psychology
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8037 Zürich
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Deputy Head of the Division of Academic Affairs
- Head of Teaching Development
- Co-Head of the BSc Programme in Applied Psychology
Focus
- Teaching Development
- Reading and Writing Skills
- Rhetoric and Debate
Teaching
- UEK 2: Writing Workshop
- UEK 5: Debate Club
Experience
- research and teaching
University of Zurich
10 / 2013 - 06 / 2019 - senior project manager
Link qualitative AG
10 / 2015 - 09 / 2018
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Dr. phil. / Psychology
University of Zurich
10 / 2010 - 09 / 2013 - Master of Science (MSc) / lic. phil. / Psychology
University of Zurich
09 / 2004 - 09 / 2010
Continuing Education
- Master of Advanced Studies (MAS)
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
05 / 2022 - ZRM-Trainer (Zurich Resource Model Training, certificate program)
Institut für Selbstmanagement und Motivation Zürich (ISMZ)
05 / 2016
Network
Membership of networks
Social media
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Kreibich, A. et al. (2022) 'How self-awareness is connected to less experience of action crises in personal goal pursuit', Motivation and Emotion, 46(6), pp. 825–836. doi: 10.1007/s11031-022-09942-5.
- Bettschart, M. et al. (2021) 'Age-related development of self-regulation : evidence on stability and change in action orientation', Journal of Research in Personality, 91(104063). doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104063.
- Bettschart, M. et al. (2021) 'Investigating the Unified Motive Scales : the predictive validity of the achievement motive subscale', European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37(2), pp. 118–122. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000571.
- Ghassemi, M. et al. (2021) 'The dynamics of doubt : short-term fluctuations and predictors of doubts in personal goal pursuit', Motivation Science, 7(2), pp. 153–164. doi: 10.1037/mot0000210.
- Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V. and Wrosch, C. (2019) 'Downgrading goal-relevant resources in action crises : the moderating role of goal reengagement capacities and effects on well-being', Motivation and Emotion. doi: 10.1007/s11031-019-09755-z.
- Bettschart, M. et al. (2019) 'The seed of goal-related doubts : a longitudinal investigation of the roles of failure and expectation of success among police trainee applicants', Frontiers in Psychology, 10(2151). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02151.
Books, peer-reviewed
Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) (2026) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis : ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
Book chapters, peer-reviewed
- Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (2026) 'Lese- und Schreibkompetenzen : Schreiben als Grundlage für Denken und Verstehen', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 35–72. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
- Bettschart, M. and Herrmann, M. (2026) 'Künstliche Intelligenz : Werkzeug, Schreibbegleitung und Sparringpartnerin', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 729–816. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
- Herrmann, M. (2026) 'Präzision, Eleganz und Überzeugungskraft : das stilistische Rückgrat aller Textformen', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 249–412. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
- Herrmann, M. (2026) 'Wissenschaftliches Schreiben : die Königsdisziplin der Komplexitätsreduktion', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 575–728. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
- Herrmann, M. (2026) 'Der Schreibprozess : von der ersten Idee bis zum Meisterwerk', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 73–248. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
- Herrmann, M. (2026) 'Kreative Schreibübungen : Schreiben für gedankliche Klarheit, innere Balance und persönliches Wachstum', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 413–484. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
- Herrmann, M. and Bucher, C. (2026) 'Business Writing : Argumentieren und Präsentieren im Beruf', in Herrmann, M. and Schmugge, B. (eds) Schreiben in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Ein Handbuch für Lehre, Studium und Beruf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 485–574. doi: 10.5771/9783748960379.
Other publications
- Rey, R., Wallimann, S. and Herrmann, M. (2023) 'Herausforderungen und Ressourcen bei der Bewältigung des Sehverlusts', Tactuel, 2023(3). doi: 10.21256/zhaw-28649.
- Bettschart, M. et al. (2020) 'Zweifelsfrei in den Polizeidienst: Eine Studie zu Zweifeln am Berufsziel «Polizist*in» im Bewerbungs- und Ausbildungsprozess', format magazine : Zeitschrift für Polizeiausbildung und Polizeiforschung, 9, pp. 11–17. Available at: https://www.institut-police.ch/06-wissen/06-04-format-magazine/2019-09/inhalt-2019-09/2%20Bettschart%20et%20al.pdf.
- Herrmann, M. et al. (2018) 'Mehr Motivation im CATI-Center', Planung & Analyse, 2018(5), pp. 56–58.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Brandstätter, V., Herrmann, M., & Schüler, J. (2013). The struggle of giving up personal goals: Affective, physiological, and cognitive consequences of an action crisis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(12), 1668–1682. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167213500151
- Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2013). Overcoming action crises in personal goals – Longitudinal evidence on a mediating mechanism between action orientation and well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(6), 881–893. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.09.005
- Herrmann*, M., Baur*, V., Brandstätter, V., Hänggi, J., & Jäncke, L. (2014). Being in two minds: The neural basis of experiencing action crises in personal long-term goals. Social Neuroscience, 9(6), 548–561. [*shared first authorship] https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2014.933715
- Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2015). Action crises and goal disengagement: Longitudinal evidence on the predictive validity of a motivational phase in goal striving. Motivation Science, 1(2), 121–136. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000016
- Koletzko, S. H., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2015). Unconflicted goal striving - Goal ambivalence as a mediator between goal self-concordance and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(1), 140–156. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167214559711
- Brandstätter, V., & Herrmann, M. (2016). Goal disengagement in emerging adulthood: The adaptive potential of action crises [Special section]. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(2), 117–125. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025415597550
- Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., Brandstätter, V., & Job, V. (2017). Implicit theories about willpower predict subjective well-being. Journal of Personality, 85(2), 136–150. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12225
- Ghassemi, M., Bernecker, K., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2017). The process of disengagement from personal goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(4), 524–537. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216689052
- Wolf, B. M., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2018). Self-efficacy vs. action orientation: Comparing and contrasting two determinants of goal setting and goal striving. Journal of Research in Personality, 73(1), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.11.001
- Wolf*, B. M., Herrmann*, M., Zubler, I., & Brandstätter, V. (2018). Action crises in personal goals compromise recovery during physical therapy. Motivation Science, 5(2), 179–184. [*shared first authorship] https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000106
- Kreibich, A., Wolf, B. M., Bettschart, M., Ghassemi, M., Herrmann, M., & Brandstätter, V. (2022). How self-awareness is connected to less experience of action crises in personal goal pursuit. Motivation and Emotion, 46(6), 825–836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09942-5
- Brandstätter, V., & Herrmann, M. (2017). Goal disengagement and action crises. In N. Baumann, M. Kazén, M. Quirin, & S. L. Koole (Eds.), Why people do the things they do: Building on Julius Kuhl’s contributions to the psychology of motivation and volition (pp. 87–108). Hogrefe. https://doi.org/10.1027/00540-000
- Brandstätter, V., & Herrmann, M. (2022). Die Handlungskrise [Action crisis]. In M. Storch, F. Krause, & J. Weber (Eds.), Selbstmanagement – ressourcenorientiert: Theoretische Grundlagen und Trainingsmanual für die Arbeit mit dem Zürcher Ressourcen Modell (ZRM®) (7th ed., pp. 108–120). Hogrefe. https://doi.org/10.1024/86214-000
- Schmidt, S., & Herrmann, M. (2018). „Mine the Mind“ für ein Customer Insights 4.0 [„Mine the Mind“ for Customer Insights 4.0]. In vsms (Ed.), Jahrbuch: Markt- und Sozialforschung Schweiz (pp.30–31). vsms. https://www.vsms-asms.ch/files/6215/2992/7057/Gesamtausgabe_MAFO_2018_1.pdf