Associate Professor

PhD Tamara Jovanović

tamara.jovanovic@dgt.uns.ac.rs

Date and place of birth: August 10, 1984, Novi Sad. She graduated in 2007 (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad), master’s degree in 2008 (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad) and defended her doctoral thesis entitled “The significance of individual values and destination personification for the choice of holiday destination and content” on 13.06.2014. at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad.

Contact:

Phone: +381 21 485 2845 | email: tamara.jovanovic@dgt.uns.ac.rs
Office: 13, first floor of the blue building

Titles:

  • Since 2010 – assistant at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
  • Since 2015 – assistant professor at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
  • From 2020 – associate professor at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad

Field of scientific research:

  • Applied psychology
  • Psychology in tourism
  • Psychology of education

Courses:

  • Developmental and educational psychology
  • Psychology in tourism
  • Psychology of education
  • Psychology of learning

Other important information:

  • Languages: English, German and Hungarian
  • Membership in organizations: Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, University of Novi Sad (from 2004 to 2011)
  • Projects: Fundamental cognitive processes and functions, Ministry of Science and Technological Development (2009-2011) and Geotransformation of Serbia’s space – past, present problems and proposed solutions (2012-2014)
  • Completed advanced course of Rational Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT)

Other relevant jobs:

  • 2008-2009 Engaged as a technical assistant at the European Master in the Field of Children’s Law.
  • 2009-2010 Engaged as a doctoral researcher of the Ministry of Science and Technological Development on the project Fundamental cognitive processes and functions 149039D

Selected references:

  • Čikić, J. & Jovanović, T. (2015). Diffusion of knowledge and development of rural tourism in Vojvodina. Faculty of Science and Mathematics: Novi Sad.
  • Ivkov, M., Blešić, I., Popov-Raljić, J., Ivkov-Džigurski, A., Pivac, T. & Jovanović, T. (2015). Visitors’ motives for attending a hybrid event: a case study of agricultural fair. Economics of Agriculture, 62 (1), 9 – 28.
  • Bodroža, B. & Jovanović, T. (2016). Validation of the new scale for measuring behaviors of Facebook users: Psycho-Social Aspects of Facebook Use (PSAFU). Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 425 – 435.
  • Božić, S., Jovanović, T., Tomić, N. & Vasiljević, Đ. (2017). An analytical scale for domestic tourism motivation and constraints at multi-attraction destinations: The case study of Serbia’s Lower and Middle Danube region. Tourism management perspectives, 23, 97 – 111.
  • Jovanović, T., Božić, S., Dinić, B. & Majstorović, N. (2017). Serbian adaptation of the brand personality scale (BPS): An application to tourism destinations, Applied Psychology, 10 (1), 37 – 61.
  • Marković, V., Vasiljević, Đ., Jovanović, T., Lukić, T., Vujičić, M., Kovačević, M., Ristic, Z., Marković, S., Ristanović, B., Sakulski, D. ( 2017) The effect of natural and human-induced habitat conditions on number of roe deer: case study of Vojvodina, Serbia, Acta geographica Slovenica, 57 (2), 58 – 69.
  • Čikić, J., Jovanović, T. & Nedeljković, M. (2018). Business and/or Pleasure – Gender (In)Equalities in Rural Tourism in Vojvodina. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 20, 1341-1352.
  • Dragin, A., Jovanović, T., Mijatov, M., Majstorović, N. & Dragin, V. (2018). Types and Factors of Ethical Climate Perception in Serbian Tourism Industry. Journal of East European Management Studies, Special Issue, 63-99.
  • Stankov, U., Jovanović, T., Pavluković, V., Kalinić, C., Drakulić Kovačević, N. & Cimbaljević, M. (2018). A regional survey of current practices on destination marketing organizations’ Facebook Pages: the case of EU and U.S. Geographica Pannonica, 22 (2), 81-96.
  • Jovanović, T., Dragin, A., Ivanović-Bibić, Lj., Ivkov-Džigurski, A. & Ristanović, B. (2018). Pupils’ Perception of Cognitive Advantages of Internet Usage while Teaching Geography in Primary and Secondary Schools. Proceedings of the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, 5-22.
  • Vasiljević, Dj., Vujičić, M., Božić, S., Jovanović, T., Marković, S., Basarin, B., Lukić, T. & Čarkadžić, J. (2018). Trying to underline geotourist profile of National park visitors: Case study of NP Fruška Gora, Serbia (Typology of potential geotourists at NP Fruška Gora). Open Geosciences, 10 (1), 222-233.
  • Božić, S., Jovanović, T., Dragin, A., Spasojević, B. & Lukić, T. (2018). The Perception of Unethical Issues in Selected Thailand Tourist Areas: Measuring the Attitudes of Foreign Tourism Students. Proceedings of the “Jovan Cvijić” Geographical Institute, 68, 85-100.
  • Rokvić, N. & Jovanović, T. (2018). Alexithymia measured with the TAS-20 questionnaire: Determining the validity of the factor structure and its relation to life satisfaction and the Big Five personality traits. Psychological investigations, 21(1), 23-40.