I obtained in 1995 the title of graduate in Psychology at the Universitat de València and in 2000 the title of Doctor in Psychology Psychology at the University of Valencia, (apt cum laude and P.E.).

In the year 2002, I obtained a position as Associate Professor.

My work as a researcher is part of the Research Unit of Work Psychology and Organizations (UIPOT) that has been integrated into the Research Institute in Psychology of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Quality of Work. Labor Life (IDOCAL), founded in 2008.

Throughout my academic career I have participated in various research projects, including the project Psychological contracts across employment situations (PSYCONES). Project funded by the Fifth Framework Program of the European Union. www.uv.es/~psycon In this project I specialize in the study of job insecurity, a topic that will leave many of the publications I have made.

I have also participated in different research projects funded by different official bodies. I am currently investigating in the project "New challenges in the study of work well-being in the scenario of exit from the crisis, international study of the quality of employment, personal, generational and socio-cultural factors".
 The results of these projects are specified in numerous presentations to scientific congresses, both national and international, in publications in journals and in different book chapters.

Vicente González-Romá is professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia (UV) and Director of the Research Institute of Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development and Quality of Working Life (Idocal) of the aforementioned university. He served as Director of the Graduate Employment Service (OPAL) of this university from 2009 to 2018.

He has served as Editor (2008-2011) and Associate Editor (2005-2008) of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (EJWOP). Currently, he is Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology, and member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Management, and EJWOP.

He has published articles in high-impact international journals such as Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Vocational Behavior, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Work & Stress, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Multivariate Behavioral Research, Structural Equation Modeling, and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

Some of his research topics are organizational and team climate, leader-member exchange, job burnout and engagement, work teams, graduate and youth employment, and research and measurement methods.

He has been the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI of nine research projects funded by national and regional research agencies. He has also been member of international research teams funded by European Union grants.

Francisco J. Gracia (Degree in Psychology -1992- and Doctor in Social and Organizational Psychology -1998- by the Universitat de València), is Associate Professor of the Department of Social Psychology at the Universitat de València. He teaches and coordinates the courses of Personnel Psychology in the Erasmus Mundus Master in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (https://www.erasmuswop.org/). He also teaches and coordinates the course Psychology of Human Resources in the Bachelor of Psychology. He also teaches in the Master in Management of Human Resources of the Faculty of Social Sciences, as well as in the Doctorate Program with Mention towards Excellence in Psychology of Human Resources.

His research activity is carried out within the framework of IDOCAL (https://www.uv.es/idocal), the Research Institute for Human Resources Psychology, Organizational Development and Quality of Working Life. Currently he has two main areas of research. On the one hand, safety culture and safety performance and the implementation of the characteristic processes of high reliable organizations for safety management in high-risk industries. On the other hand, the management of sustainable human resources, that is, the application of human resources policies and practices to achieve the corporate sustainability strategy, and to attract, develop, maintain and regenerate the human resources base. He has published his research in international journals such as Safety Science, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Risk Analysis, Journal of Safety Research, Sustainability, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and European Journal of Management, among others.

He has carried out human resources consulting activities in management training and development, personnel selection, performance management, competencies management, teamwork, innovation, and safety culture, to mention only the most important topics, and for both public and private organizations.

Mario Martínez-Córcoles is Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia. He has previously worked as professor in several universities: Autonomous University of Barcelona (2013-2014), Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) (2014-2018), and University of Valladolid (2018-2020). His research focuses on leadership, safety in critical infrastructures, proactivity, and the impact of information technology on work. He has published numerous research studies in top scientific journals such as Safety Science, Risk Analysis or Journal of Safety Research. Mario Martínez-Córcoles has also worked as consultant for international agencies such as the International Atomic Energy Agency of United Nations (IAEA), or the World Institute of Nuclear Security (WINS).

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Virginia Orengo Castellá is Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia, and she is member of the IDOCAL (Research institute in Human Resources Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Work). She has published numerous research studies in the discipline in books and international scientific journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Group Decision and Negotiation, Behavior and Information Technology, etc. She works in several research projects about the incidence of technology on group processes and outcomes (performance, trust, conflict, potency, coordination) and the characteristics of virtual collaboration (virtual teams, virtual communities).

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Associate Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia, and Vice-Coordinator at this University of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P). She is a member of the Research Institute of Human Resource Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Working Life (IDOCAL). Her research topics include work stress, burnout, and leadership and has been published in international scientific journals such as International Journal of Stress Management; Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal; Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, etc. She has coordinated a project about work stress and has directed several doctoral theses.

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Inés Tomás Marco is Professor in the Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Valencia. She has a PhD in social psychology and work and organizational psychology, and she is member of the IDOCAL (Research Institute of Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Working Life). She has published numerous research studies in the discipline in books and international scientific journals such as: Accident, Analysis & Prevention; International Journal of Testing; Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology; Journal of Safety Research; Journal of Vocational Behaviour; Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; Risk Analysis; Safety Science; Structural Equation Modeling: A multidisciplinary Journal; The Service Industries Journal, etc. She collaborates in different research projects about topics such as demographic diversity and work teams’ performance, safety behavior in high reliability organizations, leadership, organizational climate, employability and overqualification, job quality, and managing and preventing careless responding. In the field of methodology, her main research interests focus on test validity and test fairness, the study of differential item functioning (DIF), and how to improve the quality of data in the field of psychological research by preventing and managing careless responding. She is member of the Advisory Board of Methodology, the official organ of the European Association of Methodology (EAM).

Víctor Valls Royo (degree in Psychology -2007- and Ph.D. in Psychology of Human Resources -2015-, University of Valencia, Spain) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Institute on Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Working Life (IDOCAL). His doctoral dissertation was conducted under the direction of Prof. Vicente González-Romá and Prof. Inés Tomás, and examines the mechanisms linking the influence of work team diversity on team performance. In recent years, he has participated in several research projects and academic initiatives with different research topics (e.g., graduates’ overqualification). He has published his studies in the discipline in books and international scientific journals such as: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Journal of Vocational Behaviour.

Ana Zornoza Abad is a full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia. She is the coordinator of Doctorate Program in Psychology of Human Resources of Valencia University. Prof. Zornoza has published numerous research studies in the discipline in books and international scientific journals such as European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior, Group Decision and Negotiation, etc. Many WOP researchers around the world cite his publications. She coordinates several research projects about the incidence of technology on group processes and outcomes (performance, trust, conflict, potency, coordination) and the characteristics of virtual collaboration (virtual teams, virtual communities)

More information: https://www.uv.es/uvweb/idocal/es/investigacion/grupos/groupnit/presentacion-1286042654267.html