Research Groups

Research Group: Organizational Behavior & Human Resources

Group Coordinator: Sílvia Silva

Associate Professor at the Department of Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour of ISCTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

           Office: D427
           Telephone: 217 650 472

           E-mail: silvia.silva@iscte-iul.pt

Organizational Behavior & Human Resources main areas of research: 

• Organizational Behavior 
• Human Resources 
• Well-being 
• Innovation 

The Organizational Behavior and Human Resources (OBHR) research group develops scientific knowledge to address social problems related to well-being and quality of working life, innovation and performance at work, while identifying potential intervention strategies for policy makers and organizational agents. It focuses on different levels of analysis: individual, team and organizational. 

i) Well-being, ageing and performance: studies person-organization fit and well-being, focusing on how organizations can be more productive and innovative while promoting employee well-being through different life stages. Attention is being given to organizational identification, support, wellbeing, job satisfaction, work-non work interface, presentism, creativity and performance. 

ii) Leadership, teamwork and networks: studies group processes and teams over time and contexts, analysing which team compositions variables and processes become critical to team ongoing performance and when. Team work performance, leadership, diversity, cognitions, affective-motivational processes, conflicts, negotiation and decision-making are relevant research topics. The dynamics of processes and states to explain team adaptation and performance trajectories are also studied. 

iii) HR Management and Organizational dynamics: studies how employees and human resource practices promote sustainable organizatio

leadership, health and safety, social responsibility, training, and entrepreneurship are among the main research topics. 

Main achievements 2013-2017: 

i) Research leading to the improvement of the quality of care and patient safety in European hospitals, to the prevention of psychosocial risks and to helping enterprises learn from accidents. This was the result of 3 European projects (ORCAB; QUASER; and RISKSINSMES), involving 10 universities and hospitals from 9 European countries; partners from 5 countries; and stakeholders from several organisations in 4 European Countries. 

ii) Computerised batteries and selection instruments with important implications in different fields of intervention were developed, namely the Computerised Multifactorial Memory Battery, and the Neuropsychological Battery for Multiple Sclerosis Assessment was adapted for the Portuguese population.

iii) Identification of practices that promote sustainable organizational development and performance, providing recommendations for job design and HRM practices that take into account age-related differences at work and help reduce presentism.

• Associate researcher without FCT funding
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  José Gonçalves das Neves

  jose.neves@iscte-iul.pt

  Associate Professor with "Agregação"

  Research and Teaching Interests: organizational climat and culture, human resources management and organizational behavior, corporate social responsibility, quality of service, work and welbeing

• Research Assistant / PhD Students
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  Ana Catarina de Almeida Correia Leal

  Ana_Catarina_Leal@iscte-iul.pt

  Assistant Researcher

  Research and Teaching Interests:

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  Ana Sousa Guedes Silva

  asgsa11@iscte-iul.pt

  Assistant Researcher

  Research and Teaching Interests:

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  Inês Carneiro e Sousa

  Ines_Carneiro_Sousa@iscte.pt

  Visiting Assistant Lecturer

  Research and Teaching Interests: Human Resources, Age management, Retirement, Age diversity

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  Maria Beatriz

  mb_bce@hotmail.com

  Assistant Researcher

  Research and Teaching Interests:

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  Maria Teresa Silva Féria de Almeida

  mtsfa@iscte-iul.pt

  Assistant Researcher

  Research and Teaching Interests:

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  Sara Lampreia Lopes

  Sara_Lampreia_Lopes@iscte-iul.pt

  Assistant Researcher

  Research and Teaching Interests:

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  Tatiana Iolanda Pires Marques

  m8127@iscte-iul.pt

  Assistant Researcher

  Research and Teaching Interests:

• Post-Doc
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  Ana Patrícia Pereira Duarte Baltasar

  patricia.duarte@iscte.pt

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  Research and Teaching Interests: Well-being at work (affective well-being, work engagement, job satisfaction), Corporate social responsibility and stakeholders responses (e.g. employees, consumers), Human resources management, business ethics and leadership (e.g ethical, authentic, responsible styles), Green behaviors at work, Studies in tourism and hospitality industry