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6 Years
20 Dec 2024
Accreditation DGES
Initial registry R/A-Cr 65/2015 de 17-06-2015
Update registry R/A-Cr 65/2015/AL02 de 01-03-2025
At this moment, all vacancies for this course are filled
Lectured in Portuguese and English
Teaching Type In person

Faculty for (2026/2027)

Virtual Teams and E-leadership 
Internship in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy
Digital Communication in People 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
Leadership Development, Decision Processes and Negotiation | Dissertation in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy | Seminar in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy
Ana Margarida Passos is Associate Professor with habilitation in the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at ISCTE-IUL Business School. She has a PhD in Social and Organizational Psychology. She has been investigating the drivers of team effectiveness and adaptability over time. Her research in this area began to focus on the characteristics of the team members (team diversity) and on team processes, as is the case of intragroup conflicts. More recently, she has been investigating the role of cognitions (team mental models and transactive memory systems), emotions, behaviors (e.g., team leadership, team learning behaviors) on team effectiveness and adaptation with a temporal focus. Areas of application include teams in the context of high education, banking, insurance and humanitarian action.
Ethics and Sustainability in Human Resources Management
Regulation and Labour Markets
Seminar in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy
António Lopes, Licenciate in Computer Science and Business Management (2002, ISCTE), MSc in Computer Engineering and Telecommunications (2006, ISCTE) and a PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies - Artificial Intelligence branch (2011, ISCTE-IUL), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology of the School of Technologies and Architecture at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon. Since 2015, he has been Director of ISCTE's Information Systems Development Services. His research activities began in 2000 at ADETTI's intelligent systems laboratory, where he participated in various national and international projects until the end of 2008. In January 2009 started his activities as researcher at IT-IUL (the research group of ISCTE-IUL's group at Instituto de Telecomunicações) until October 2025. Currently, he's a full member researcher at ISTAR_Iscte where he focuses on the application of Artificial Intelligence across other research areas. He is responsible for the Specialisation Seminar in Generative Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Research for training teachers and researchers at ISCTE and coordinator of the course Academic Work with Artificial Intelligence, dedicated to training students in the ethical and responsible use of Generative AI.
Human Resource Attraction, Selection and Development | Innovation and Organizational Change | Leading Digital Transformation & Innovation
Aristides I. Ferreira is an Associate Professor at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal. 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. 
Virtual Teams and E-leadership 
Leading Digital Transformation & Innovation
Consulting and Diagnosis Techniques
Internship in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy
1) Education:Bsc Social and Organizacional Psychology - ISPA 1989 Msc Organizational behaviour - ISPA 2003 Phd Management - HRM ISCTE IUL 2010 2) Professional Activity's (non academic): 1990-1991 Training and Recruitment chief - LAR Regional airlines1991-1993 Human Resources manager - Lar Regional airlines 1992-1993 Training manager - ODS Iberica 1993 Human Resources manager - Euroair SA 1993 Human Tesources manager - SERVICE AIR SA 1993-1997 Trainer - ICL, HCL, Hotel Roma, Páteo Alfacinha, Hotel do Mar, Hospital de São José, Hospital de vila Franca, Group A. Robalo, Centro de medicina física e reabilitação de Alcoitão, ARS Norte, ISSS, Sta Casa Misericordia. 1993-1997 HRM consultant 2000-2002 Consultant - Fernave1997-2008 - Manager - DSHO Lda 3) Academic work2020 - until now:  ECTS coordenator Dept RHCO IBS2005- until now - Researcher at Business Research Unit (BRU) ISCTE IUL 1996 - until now:  Teatcher at ISCTE IUL (senior teacher assistant since 2010) - IBS RH&CO Department  2009 - 2019:  Languages and soft skills lab director ISCTE IUL 2002-2004 Guest speaker - IADE Photography department 1996-2004 Lecturer FCUL Lisbon 1993 a 1996 Assistant ULHT Psychology Department and HRM department 1994-1995 Guest speaker - ESE Lisbon 1995-1996 Lecturer - ESSS, Lisbon 1994-1996 Lecturer- ESCS Lisboa 1991-1995 Guest speaker - ISPA 1990-1993 Lecturer ISHT Lisbon
Strategic and International Human Resource Management
Seminar in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy | Human Resource Systems and Rewards Management
Is professor at ISCTE since 2000. In the present moment is full 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.
Regulation and Labour Markets
Innovation and Organizational Change
Healthy Organizational Cultures
With more than 20 years' experience in promoting psychological health and organisational well-being. With a double Master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology (FP UL) and Human Resources Management (ISCTE-IUL) and holds an Advanced Speciality in Occupational Health Psychology from the OPP. Currently Managing Partner of Bound.Health, a member of the OPP's National Executive Board and Executive Board Director of the EAEF - Employee Assistance European Forum. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilianadias/ 
Human Resource Management Research: Quantitative Data Analysis
I joined ISCTE in 1996 after obtaining a first degree in Business Administration. I also hold a master´s degree in Business Administration from ISCTE and a Ph.D in Organisational Psychology from Manchester Business School, England, where I was a mentor of related student-sponsor projects on the Full-Time MBA. Since 1996 I have taught statistics and data analysis using statistical software at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I have also supervised master and doctoral thesis in the fields of organizational psychology and management science. Prior to beginning my academic career, I worked for consultancy and insurance organisations in Portugal. My primary research interest encompasses cross-cultural studies, gender and diversity in organizations, and organizational behaviour. My main research focus in these areas relates to issues concerning global mobility and expatriation, migrants' skills recognition and integration into the labour market, women in management, and team performance management. A second strand of my research is concerned with (big) data analytics and text analysis using R. I have published in the area of Organisation Studies, most recently in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, International Journal of Public Administration, and International Journal of Conflict Management.
Strategic and International Human Resource Management
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.
Consulting and Diagnosis Techniques
Working in the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior from ISCTE Business School, develops research focused on the topics of organizational leadership, governance and political behavior, emotions in organizations, competencies and attitudes towards technology. Has experience in managing university knowledge transfer units since 2009 and has coordinated several projects and studies (both executive and scientific coordination) bridging with the community and business, both in national and international settings. These projects have been targeting mostly applied research and organizational intervention in the area of organizational behavior (Organizational diagnosis and innovation) and HRM (professional selection, competencies profiling, team building). Supervises master dissertations and doctorate theses in management some within a joint program with Southern Medical University (Guangzhou, China) and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (Chengdu). Acted as jury member in several public officer selections (middle management and executive positions) for Portuguese governmental and public institutions.  
Human Resource Analytics and Internal Auditing
Sandra Costa is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at ISCTE-IBS. She holds a PhD in Management from Nova SBE. She teaches a variety of courses in HRM, OB, Organizational and Occupational Psychology, and Quantitative Research Methods at different universities: University of Liverpool (UK), Nova SBE (PT), Universidade Europeia (PT) and IPAM (PT). She published in academic journals such as the  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, British Journal of Management and Work & Stress. She is now Principal Investigator in a Foundation for Science and Technology -funded project and Associate Editor in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
Healthy Organizational Cultures | Seminar in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy | Project in Human Resource Management and Organizational Consultancy
Sílvia Agostinho Silva is Professor (Professora Catedrática) at the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior. Her main research interests lie in the field of work psychology applied to safety, health and wellbeing at work. Her work has been published in several books and international journals, as for instance "Journal of Occupational Health Psychology", "Risk analysis", "Safety Science", "British Journal of Health Psychology", "Accident analysis and Prevention", "Journal of Organizational Behavior". Between February 2013 and January 2017 she was the Director of the Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL). She has been a Member of several scientific associations and international networks. Between May 2011 and May 2017 she was in the Executive Committee of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. She coordinated several research national and international projects and collaborated with several companies aiming workplace safety and health promotion. In July 2023, she was appointed as coordinator of the Coordinator of the "Committee on the Green Paper on the Future of Safety and Health at Work".   In June 2024 she was appointed to the Executive Committee of EAOHP – European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology as Chair of the Research Forum.  
Organizational Intervention Techniques
PhD in Social and Organizational Psychology (Specialization in Organizational Behavior) at ISCTE-IUL in 2009. Faculty in ISCTE-IUL since 1997, she is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior of ISCTE Business School. She has been lecturing several courses in the undergrad, master and doctoral degrees in OB-HR. She was political adviser for the Portuguese Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security and for the Portuguese Secretary of State for International Trade and Foreign Investment. She has several publications in national and international chapters in books and scientific journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior; European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and British Journal of Health Psychology among others. She investigates on creativity at work and innovation in organizations, well-being, organizational identification, leadership, work-family interface and entrepreneurship.
Human Resource Attraction, Selection and Development