Jelena Brcic
Assistant Professor
school of buisiness
University of the Fraser Valley
Canada
Biography
Dr. Jelena Brcic joined UFV in January of 2016. She obtained her PhD in Social and Personality Psychology at University of British Columbia and completed her postdoctoral work at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Her PhD dissertation examined how small, skilled, mission-oriented teams cope with working and living in extreme and unusual environments such as the International Space Station, field of combat, or tops of the world's highest mountains
Research Interest
Human Resource Management Recruitment and Selection Training and Development
Publications
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Brcic, J. (2016). Coping and motive imagery of highly skilled groups. Paper presented at the 77th Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Victoria, BC.
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McNeil, R., & Brcic, J. (2017). Coping with the subterranean environment: A thematic content analysis of the narratives of cave explorers. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments. 13. DOI: 10.7771/2327-2937.1089
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Suedfeld, P., Brcic, J., & Legkaia, K. (2009). Coping with the problems of space flight: reports from astronauts and cosmonauts. Acta Astronautica, 65(3-4), 312-324. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.02.009