Keynote Speakers
Natalie J. ALLEN
Professor
Department of Psychology
The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Date: Monday, June 29th 2020
Time: TBA
Place: Aula Magna
Transilvania University of Brasov
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Thinking about commitment in the workplace…and elsewhere
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Natalie J. Allen, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Western University in London, Canada where she directs The TeamWork Lab and is a member of Western’s Institute for Earth & Space Exploration. She is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology and of the Canadian Psychological Association and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Her work appears in numerous academic and practitioner journals and she is the co-author, with John Meyer, of Commitment in the Workplace: Theory, Research and Application. Natalie’s current research focusses on the psychology and management of teams and on methodological issues associated with team research.
Jose Maria PEIRO
Professor
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology
University of Valencia
Date: Tuesday, June 30th 2020
Time: TBA
Place: Aula Magna
Transilvania University of Brasov
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Disentangling the relationships between
well-being and performance at work.
Does workers' orientation to happiness matter?
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José M. Peiró is Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia and Founding Director of the Research Institute of Human Resources Psychology, Organizational Development and Quality of Working life (IDOCAL; 2009-2018). He is senior researcher of the Valencia Institute of Economics Research (IVIE). He was President of the International Association of Applied Psychology (2011-2014) and President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (1995-97). He is Fellow member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) and of the Spanish Academy of Psychology. Dr. Peiró has served as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (1995-2001). He has researched on the Meaning of work, youth unemployment, work socialization of youth, stress and wellbeing and climate and culture in organizations. He is Doctor Honoris Causa by the Methodist University of São Paulo, the University Miguel Hernandez (Elx, Spain) and the University of Maastricht. He has been awarded the Aristotle Prize by the European Federation of Psychology Associations (2015), the Advanced International Research and Service Award by the International Council of Psychologists (2013), and the Life time award of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (2013).