The general objective of the group is to promote quality, relevant and rigorous research on individual and collective behaviour in organisations. Specifically, and given the vast field of existing topics in this area, this group focuses its objectives on the following:

1. To investigate the main aspects related to the well-being of people at work and their productivity and performance, paying attention to individual and social aspects.
2. To investigate the main phenomena relevant to the analysis and prevention of psychosocial risks at work such as work-related stress and the factors of positive psychology related to this issue.
3. To investigate the main processes of human capital management and development in organisations and the strategies for its development and career enhancement of people, especially young people.
4. To investigate the group processes that affect the design, operation and results of work units and groups in organisations.

• Psychosocial factors of occupational health

  This line of work is a complementary development of the line described above. It stands out as a differentiated line because it deals with a very important technological field of organisational behavioural psychology, paying special attention to R&D for the analysis and prevention of psychosocial risks in organisations. Phenomena such as stress and psychosocial risk factors at work are investigated. Attention is also paid to various positive aspects of occupational health such as engagement, flow, and other related aspects. Finally, psychosocial interventions to prevent psychosocial risks at work are developed and evaluated.

• Psychosocial analysis of organisational units

  The study of group behaviour and work units makes a significant contribution to the psychosocial understanding of the structural and processual aspects of these units and the results they produce for their members, the unit itself and its constituents ("stakeholders"). Phenomena such as the climate and culture of these units, the leadership and interaction between their members and the various cognitive-affective-emotional phenomena at the group level are the main aspects investigated in this line of work.

• Human capital, employability and career development

  This line focuses on the study of the incorporation of human capital into organisations (the integration of young people into the labour market), the waste of human capital due to unemployment or over-qualification and strategies to improve the career development of individuals. These questions require basic, often interdisciplinary research, and at the same time are of great practical, personal and social relevance. Therefore, in our research we have set up observatories on young people's entry into the labour market and strategies for career development in the early stages of their careers. In this area we not only analyse processes related to employment, but also self-employment and entrepreneurial behaviour and initiatives.

• Well-being and job performance

  This line of research pays special attention to the study of employee well-being and its relationship with performance and productivity at work. It therefore investigates two fundamental components of the relationship between people and organisations: the well-being of people at work in its different facets and also their effective performance that contributes to the results of the organisation. Special attention is paid to the synergies and antagonisms between well-being and performance and to the antecedents that affect these two aspects of organisational behaviour and their interactions. The research is conducted from a multilevel, longitudinal approach, paying special attention to the most relevant antecedents of the different combinations of well-being and performance.