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.

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Pilar González-Navarro is PhD in Psychology cum laude (Univ. of Valencia, 1994). She is associate Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology in Dpt. of Social Psychology. University of Valencia. Teaching in the area of Social Psychology and Work and Organizational Psychology, in the Chair of Family Business of the Universitat de València of Economy Faculty, and in Erasmus Mundus Master in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology. Member of the Research Unit on Work and Organizational Psychology of the University of Valencia. Member of the IDOCAL (Research institute in Human Resources Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Work). Prof. González-Navarro has published numerous research studies in the discipline in books and international scientific journals such British Journal of Health Psychology, Psychology & Health, International Journal of Conflict Management, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, etc. Many WOP researchers around the world cite her publications. She has participated as researcher in 10 research projects funded by different official organizations, some of them granted to research excellence groups. She has received three positive evaluations of the research activity in the periods 1998-2006, 2007-2012, 2013-2018 and 5 positive evaluations of the teaching activity. She coordinates several research projects about the impact of organizational and work processes (emotions at work and work conflict) on behaviors and external reactions of employees (satisfaction, quality of life).

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Ana Hernández got her PhD in Psychology in 1998 at the University of Valencia, where she has been associate professor since 2003. She has a double affiliation with the department of Methodology, and the Research Institute for Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development, and Quality of Working Life (IDOCAL).

Her main methodological research interests are related to validity of measurement instruments, in general, and scale and item functioning, in particular. She has published about these topics in journals such as Multivariate Behavioral Research, Journal of Applied Psychology and Structural Equation Modeling. She has represented Spain in the EFPA commission for the European accreditation of test users and is member of the Spanish Test Commission within the Spanish Psychological Association. She is current secretary of the AEMCCO (Spanish Association of Methodology of Behavioral Sciences), and member of the executive committee of the EAM (European Association of Methodology). 

Regarding WOP-P Psychology, her main research interests are related to team climate, leadership, and underemployment. She has recently published on these topics in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and the book Underemployment: Psychological, Economic, and Social Challenges, among others. 

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Vicente Martinez-Tur is a full Professor in Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia. He is member of the IDOCAL (Research Institute of Personnel Psychology, Organisational Development, and Quality of Working Life). He has published numerous research studies in the discipline in books and international scientific journals. He coordinates several research projects about the impact of organizational and work processes (justice, climate, emotional labor) on external reactions of customers (satisfaction, quality of life). He is also interested in the investigation of inter-group relationships. One of his main research contexts is the sector of services for individuals with intellectual disability and processes and interventions to improve quality of life of service users.

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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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[José Ramos, graduate (1988) and doctor in Psychology (1993, University of Valencia), is full professor of Work and Organizational Psychology.  He has been the Director of Social Psychology Department (2015-2021), further Dean of the Faculty of Psychology (2006-2012) and Vicedean of Academic Affairs (1999-2006) in the same University. Dr Ramos has been member of the  Executive Committee member of EAWOP (European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2015-2019). From 2010 chairs the National Award Committee of EuroPsy (European Certificate in Psychology) awarded by the Spanish Psychology Association(COP) on the behalf of EFPA (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations). Dr Ramos belongs to the academic staff of the Erasmus Mundus Master on Work, Organizations and Personnel Psychology, the Master on Human Resources Management, and the doctoral program on Human Resources Psychology. He's member of IDOCAL (Research Institute of Organizational Development, Human Resources Psychology and Quality of Working Life, UV) and IVIE (Valencian Institute of Economic Research). His research interests include topics as job analisys of managerial roles and leadership, women's management and glass-ceiling, stress and psychosocial risks at work, service quality and user's satisfaction, pyshcological contract between employees and their employers, job search and labour insertion processes, and overqualification.]

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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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Núria Tordera Santamatilde has a doctorate in psychology and is a senior lecturer at the Social Psychology Department at the University of Valencia. She teaches undergraduate and graduate classes, mainly in organizational psychology, and is co-director of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P). She is also participating in other postgraduate programs such as the International Joint Master in research in Work and Organizational Psychology (IJRWOP), the Master in Human Resource Management, and the doctoral program in Psychology of Human Resources. Within the Unit of Work and Organizational Psychology and Human Resources, she has participated in various research projects. She occasionally collaborates doing research in other research centers. She has published in various Spanish and international scientific journals (eg. Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychology, and Health; European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; European Psychologist; Journal of Health and Social Behavior). Her areas of interest mainly lie in the analysis of organizational climate and leadership, service quality, the study of well-being and quality of work-life, and age and work.  

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Rosario Zurriaga Llorens. PhD in Psychology and PhD extraordinary award from the University of Valencia. She is currently Associate Professor of the Department of Social Psychology of the University of Valencia. She is a member of IDOCAL (Research Institute of Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development and Quality of Working Life (IDOCAL).

Her teaching activity has been developed at the University of Valencia, mainly in the Faculty of Psychology and the Faculty of Physiotherapy. She has been a professor in the Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in Work, Organizational and Human Resources Psychology and is a professor in the Master in Human Resource Management of the University of Valencia.
She has participated in various research projects on leadership, work climate, emotional work, quality of service and psychological well-being, some of them granted to excellent research groups such as CONSOLIDER or PROMETEO. His current research focuses on emotions at work.
She is the author of several publications on health psychology and organizational psychology, published in journals with a high impact factor. As a result of the research carried out, she has presented papers to national and international scientific conferences. She is also the author or co-author of papers publised in national and international scientific journals. She has published  scientific book chapters, has directed 2 monographs and is a co-author of 3 complete books.
Regarding her teaching activity outside the university, she has taught numerous courses on social and managerial skills, in public and / or private organizations, such as the Andalusian School of Public Health, the National Institute of Public Administration and in banking institutions training managers .
She has received 4 positive evaluations of the research activity and 7 positive evaluations of the teaching activity.
She has been director of the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Valencia from December 2003 to January 2009.