Alessandro Pinheiro holds a degree in Business Administration (a 4-year course, pre-Bologna), a postgraduate degree in Marketing, a master's degree in Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology (ISCTE-IUL) and an Assistant Professor in the undergraduate programs in Management Informatics, Game Development, and Computer Engineering (European University). An education enthusiast, he believes in the transformative power of knowledge and is passionately dedicated to promoting learning.    

Álvaro Rosa is a professor of Management. His areas of research and study are Strategy, Governance and Cross-Cultural Management. In addition, he is also a researcher and teacher of Chinese Studies, namely Contemporary China. Currently, he is the Director of Master Degree in Chinese Studies, a joint program of University of Aveiro and ISCTE - IUL. Professionally, he is a coach and trainer in negotiation techniques.

Alzira Duarte, MBA/Master in Business Administration at ISCTE-IUL. Since 2001 she is Assistant in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior at ISCTE-IUL. PhD student, she is working in The Paradoxical Management of Corporate Social Responsibility. She has collaborations on journals, with papers and book chapters published. Prior to joining ISCTE-IUL, she was HRM Specialist and she worked as consultant on Organizational Development and HRM. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility and family business, and e-HRM and healthcare management.

PhD in Human Resources Management at ISCTE-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal. Her main research interests are well-being, daily micro-events at work, mindfulness, positive organizational behaviour and the intersection of pets with organizational life. She has published more than 40 papers in International Journals such as Personality and Individual Differences, Journal of Happiness Studies, Social Indicators Research, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology or International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. She has published diverse book chapters and presented studies at different International Conferences, such as: European Congress on Work and Organizational Psychology and; International Seminar on Positive Occupational Health Psychology, among others. Contact: ana_luisa_silva@iscte-iul.pt

Andrea Fontes is an invited teacher, a psychologist, a coach and a consultant in Human Resources. She holds two degrees, respectively in the areas of Organization and Business management and Psychology, a Master in Psychology, Counseling and Psychotherapy and a Phd in Organizational Psychology in ISCTE. She has  20 years experience in multinational companies practice field, in several areas, from Marketing&Sales to Consumer Research and Human Resources. Publications in scientific journals and book chapters have been mainly within the coaching topic. Her researches were also presented in several national and international conferences. Research interests revolve around HR practices for development and positive interventions at the workplace.  

Aristides I. Ferreira is an Associate Professor at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal, where he is the Director of the Master programme in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consulting. He is also a member of the Scientific Board and a researcher at the Business Research Unit in the same institute. He earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Minho (Portugal) and had a Postdoctoral in Management at the Free University of Berlin (Germany). He has been teaching courses related with Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Change Management in several Undergraduate Degrees, Master and PhD, mainly in Management Degrees. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Psychological Assessment since 2018. His research interests include psychological assessment, leadership, creativity, change management and presenteeism. In recent years, he has been a researcher in several funded research projects and has collaborated with several private organizations. His research work has appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Project Management, the Journal of Business Research, the British Journal of Management and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. 

Mariza Alpoim Motta Queiroz is an economist with more than 30 years of experience in a public transport operator. She has also a MSc in Transportation and a PhD in Transportation Systems at CERIS, in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. Mobility Expert at URBACT. Vice-chair of the Research in Mobility UITP Committee. Presently, she is an Invited Assistant Professor at the ISCTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and a member of the U-Shift Lab (IST - Instituto Superior Técnico). She has publications as author and she is also reviewer of Journals publications. Certified in Project Management (PMP). Certified in Product Owner (CSPO).

Catarina Marques is an Associate Professor at the Department of Quantitative Methods for Management and Economics (DQMME) of Iscte Business School and a researcher of BRU-Iscte'’s Data Analytics Research Group. She has a BSc in Applied Mathematics, a MSc in Business Administration and a PhD in Quantitative Methods with a specialisation in Statistics and Data Analysis. Her main research has been centred on structural equation modelling. More recently she has used her experience and competencies to research in Data Science. Catarina participated in the development of the undergraduate programme in Data Science at Iscte, having been Director of the BSc in Data Science (2019-2023). Since November 2023, she has coordinated the Data Science specialisation of the PhD in Management. She has been a member of the PhD in Tourism Management Scientific Committee since February 2017. She was a member of Iscte'’s Pedagogical Council (2019-2021), and during 6 years, Catarina coordinated the 2nd year of the BSc in Management. She is currently an alternate member of Iscte’'s Scientific Council.

She holds a PhD in Economics from Iscte-IUL and the University of Bourgogne (France), a Master's degree in Economics and Human Resources Management and a degree in Sociology (ISCTE-IUL). She is full professor at the Department of Political Economy of ISCTE-IUL, and an integrated researcher at the Centre for Studies on Socioeconomic Change and Territory (DINÂMIA'CET). She is director of the Master's Degree in Human Resources Development Policies and deputy director of DINÂMIA'CET. She was coordinator of the FCT project, 'Flexible pay for flexible contracts? The dynamics of the relationship between wage policy and employment contracts at the firm level' between 2009-2013 (PTDC/EGE-ECO/108547/2008) and the FCT project 'Bringing Higher Education, Training and Quality of Employment Closer', between 2018-2022 (PTDC/SOC-SOC/30016/2017). She is the coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory (DINAMIA-Iscte-IUL). Her main study and research interests include skills demand, compensation policies and labour market segmentation.

PhD in Management, specialized in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, by ISCTE-IUL. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at ISCTE Business School. She is Director of the LIA Iscte - Laboratory for Innovation in Academia. She is Director of the Executive Master in Healthcare Services Management. She is Director of the Executive Master in Strategic People Management and Leadership, of the Executive Master in Healthcare Services Management and of the Post-Graduation at ISCTE Executive Education. The main areas of research are healthcare management and strategic people management. She has been a member of boards of directors (or advisor) and has extensive consulting experience in Strategic People Management, Healthcare Services Management and Organizational Change in multiple organizations, private, public and social economy, across different business sectors.

Is professor at ISCTE since 2000. In the present moment is associated professor in the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior (HROB). Has the Agregation degree in Human Resources (ISCTE 2020); PhD in Organizational and Social Psychology (ISCTE 2007), related to Cooperation and Free-riding on organizations; Master in Organizational and Social psychology about Ethics and Responsibility (ISCTE 2001) and graduated in Management (ISCTE 1991). During his professional career he had participated in the evaluation of EU programs, had been human resource manager at a financial institution (1993-1998) and assumed a technical HRM job at a major company in the car sector (1990-1993). His research interests are subordinated to uncertainty,cooperation and counter-productive behaviors in teams, as well to the relationships between HR practices and the establishment of power asymmetries and trust on organizations.

Inês C. Sousa is a postdoctoral researcher in the POIESIS project at CIES-Iscte. Additionally, she serves as an Invited Assistant Professor at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, where she teaches courses on Work and Organizational Psychology, Safety and Health at Work, and Organizational Behavior. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and completed her Master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology. In 2020, she earned her Ph.D. in Management with a specialization in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior from Iscte. Her doctoral thesis is entitled “Leveraging an aging workforce: Contributions to longer and better working lives”. Inês's research interests span aging at work, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, retirement, science communication, and public involvement in science. She has published her work in reputable journals such as Current Psychology, Work, Aging and Retirement, Journal of Managerial Psychology, and Frontiers in Psychology.

Isabel Duarte de Almeida is an assistant professor with 27 years of experience in higher education and is the coordinator of Research Lines in Sustainable Development. She teaches at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal, and at Universidade Lusíada and participates in academic activities abroad, including at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) at the University of Cambridge, the University of Palermo (UniPa), Sicily, Italy, and the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) in Germany. Isabel Duarte de Almeida holds a 5-year degree in Biology from the University of Lisbon (UL/FC, Portugal) and earned her first PhD in Biology at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science. She also holds a second PhD in Sociology and Sustainability Management from the Nova University of Lisbon (UNL/FCSH, Portugal), a postgraduate degree in Circular Economy from the University of Berkeley, a postgraduate degree in Sociology from UNL, and a Field Epidemiology – Outbreak Investigation course from the National Health Institute Dr. Ricardo Jorge. She was a researcher at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science for 12 years. She has published in Q1 and Q2 journals (Scientific SCOPUS index), in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and acts as a reviewer for AoM and EurOMA conferences and Springer. Her research interests include Sustainable Development, Circular Economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Sustainability, and Green Supply Chains. Ongoing research projects:   Project I: The EM@IPLeiria project from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria aims to address the challenges of the digital and green transition in the Leiria and Oeste regions, promoting deeper cooperation between education, research, companies, and society. Focused on transforming academic knowledge into regional value, the Mission Structure (launched in March 2023) brings together key actors from the region to, in a participatory way, drive strategic and operational development, promoting resilience, sustainability, and the creation of wealth in the local ecosystem. Project II: INOVMINERAL 4.0 - Advanced Technologies and Software for Mineral Resources. The main objective of this project is to redirect innovative industrial models for the extractive industry, developing advanced technologies, new products, and software for the entire value chain: upstream processes, mineral resource valorisation, and market. The project has a strong focus on the Circular Economy. Project III: Business students’ perceptions of ethics and sustainability in business. This research area explores business students’ perceptions of corporate ethics and sustainability management.

As an Invited Assistant at ISCTE Business School within the Bachelor's program in Human Resource Management and a Research Assistant at BRU-IUL, Luís Miguel Simões is currently pursuing a PhD in Management at ISCTE, specializing in human resources and organizational behavior. The professional journey began in international recruitment and selection, followed by a transition into a role related to Human Resources Technician within a medical devices company. In this position, responsibilities included new member training and development, training the entire EMEA team on new software, administrative support, purchase orders, HR analytics, and internal project coordination and leadership.   Additionally, contributions have been made as a consultant to international projects focused on social and educational training programs and program development.   A position is also held as Human Resources and Marketing Director at a Portuguese film festival.   As a researcher, focus lies in projects pertaining to leadership and its impact on employee attitudes and behaviors.

MARIA HELENA PESTANA has been a professor at ISCTE since 1982. She holds a PhD in Quantitative Management Methods in the area of Market Research. She is a researcher in Statistics, Econometrics, and Data Analysis applied in the fields of Demography, Economics, Finance, Gerontology, Management, Psychology, Health, Sociology, and Tourism. She is the author of books and scientific articles in national and foreign publications. She is a researcher at Unifai-Universidade do Porto and researcher-collaborator at Dinamia_ISCTE and CEPCEP_UCP. CINTESIS, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP), www.cintesis.eu. Helena received a certificate from the PSE company that represents in Portugal the IBM-SPSS for having pioneered in Portugal the first books of statistics and data analysis complemented with SPSS and its applications (1998, 2005, 2009, 2014). In the last 20 years, research interest has been directed essentially towards the application of multivariate analysis (quantitative/qualitative), scientometrics/bibliometrics, programming, big data, social networks, and the like with applications in the field of health and social sciences.

Maria João Velez  is Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior. Her research interests include ethical leadership, destructive leadership, followership, emotions in the workplace, occupational stress, coping strategies, having some of her work published in international journals such as Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, European Review of Applied Psychology or The Leadership Quarterly. Furthermore, she has also participated in several national and international research projects.

Graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, whith a Master's degree in Business Law, in the area of ​​Labor Law, from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, she has a PhD in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Corunha (Spain) and from NOVA School of Law (Lisbon-Portugal). In addition to complementary training courses, he has participated in numerous National and International Congresses and Seminars, often as a lecturer. He has been teaching at several university institutions, with special emphasis on ISCTE - IUL – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, where he teaches several courses in the Master’s Degree in Business and Labor Law, as well as in the Master’s in Labor Sciences and Labor Relations and in the Master in Human Resources Development Policies. She was an invited Lecturer in postgraduate courses at the Lisbon and Porto Law Faculties. She has supervised numerous dissertations, in addition to participating, as Arguente, in several Masters juries. She is the author of several essays and articles published in books and national and international magazines on Employment Law topics.

Marjan S. Jalali is Associate Professor at the ISCTE Business School of the University Institute of Lisbon, and researcher at the Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL). She holds a BA in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford; a MA in Organisation Studies from the university of Warwick; and a PhD in Management from the University of Sydney. Some of her works have been published nationally and internationally, in journals such as the Journal of Business Research and the International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making.  Her research interests include CSR and sustainability, diversity and inclusion, social marketing, consumer ethics, and strategy.

Diversified professional experience in multinational companies of the pharmaceutical, retail and technology sectors, holding the positions of Sales and Marketing Director. Strong skills in design, implementation and development of businesses and partnerships, in the opening of new sales channels and sales units. Experience in the design and launch of new products and integrated solutions for the business (B2B) and individual (B2C) segments. Doctoral Student in Management