Our Team
Our international team of collaborators includes researchers from over 60 countries and six continents. Among them are world-leading experts in work addiction, behavioral addictions, work and organisational psychology, and clinical psychology. They represent clinical and organisational approaches to compulsive overworking with broad background and experience in various methodological and theoretical perspectives.
One of the aims of this project is to develop a wide and integrated network of researchers and professionals systematically investigating work addiction, developing consensus agreements on its conceptual status and practical implications, and raising awareness of this counterproductive phenomenon worldwide.
Project leaders
Edyta Charzyńska, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute of Psychology, Institute of Pedagogy
University of Silesia in Katowice
Poland
She received her Ph.D. in psychology in 2016 from SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland. She also has an MA in philosophy. She is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Her research and teaching interests mostly involve substance and behavioral addictions, well-being, and spirituality. She has authored or co-authored many papers on addictions published in reputable journals (e.g., Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Addictive Behaviors, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Addiction Research and Theory, Journal of Religion and Health). She was leading several projects concerning addictions, including two financed by the National Science Centre in Poland.
Recently, she has co-authored the following papers concerning profiles of behavioral addictions:
Charzyńska, E., Sussman, S., & Atroszko, P. A. (2021). Profiles of potential behavioral addictions’ severity and their associations with gender, personality, and well-being: A person-centered approach. Addictive Behaviors, 119, 106941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Atroszko, P. A., Atroszko, B., Charzyńska, E. (2021). Subpopulations of addictive behaviors in different sample types and their relationships with gender, personality, and well-being: Latent profile vs. latent class analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8590. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168590
Paweł Atroszko, Ph.D.
Core team members
Aleksandra Buźniak
Stanisław Czerwiński, Ph.D. student
Zuzanna Schneider
Schneider, Z. & Moroń, M. (2022). Facial makeup and perceived likelihood of influence tactics use among women: A role of attractiveness attributed to faces with and without makeup. Current Psychology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03373-8
Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz
International Team
Toivo Aavik, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Institute of Psychology
University of Tartu
Estonia
I received my Ph.D. in psychology in 2006 from University of Tartu, Estonia. I am an associate professor of individual and social psychology in the Institute of Psychology, at the University of Tartu in Estonia. My research and teaching interests mostly involve personal values, positive psychology and human sexual behavior. I have authored or co-authored many papers in Evolution and Human Behavior, Frontiers in Psychology, Psychological Science and Scientific Reports. I am the Head of department of Personality and Health Psychology.
Mladen Adamovic, Ph.D.
Department of HRM & Employment Relations, King’s Business School, King’s College London
Australia
Dr Mladen Adamovic is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership at King’s College London. Mladen has great international experience. Before joining King’s College London, he worked at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and the University of Auckland. He also worked at the University of Toulouse, where he completed his PhD. He completed his bachelor and master studies in International Management at the Universities of Kiel, Lisbon, Rennes, and Belgrade.
His research and teaching are about social issues at work:
- Cross-cultural management (i.e., managing cultural differences at work, leading global teams, and cultural values)
- Well-being at work (i.e., resilience, stress management, and 4-day work week)
- Social inclusion of ethnic minorities (i.e., diversity management, discrimination in recruitment, managing diverse teams, and glass ceiling and glass cliff for ethnic minorities)
Byron G. Adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Department of Work and Organizational Psychology | University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Senior Research Associate | Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management | University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Visiting Professor | Department of Work, Organization, and Society | Ghent University, Belgium
Email: b.g.adams@uva.nl or bgadams22@gmail.com
President-Elect for the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood
Board Member Dutch Institute for Psychologists (NIP); Committee ‘Culture and Diversity’ www.psynip.nl
Marios Adonis, Ph.D.
Head of Department
Department of Social Sciences
University of Nicosia
Cyprus
Dr Marios Adonis is an associate professor of clinical health psychology and is currently the Head of the Social Sciences Department at the University of Nicosia. He holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Florida International University (USA), a Masters in Psychology from Adelphi University (USA), a Masters in Health Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University (USA), and a PhD in Clinical Health Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology & the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. During his clinical training among other hospitals, he has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY, USA) and at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia University (NY, USA). He is a board member of the Cyprus Mental Health Commission and of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Psychologists’ Registration Council. He has served two terms on the executive council of the Cyprus AntiDrug Council, a term as the National Delegate for the Republic of Cyprus at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and was the Substitute Member at the Management Board of theEuropean Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction for five years. Dr Adonis has also served as the vice president of the Cyprus Psychologists Association for two terms, served a term on the board of the Cyprus Psychologists Registration Council, and represented Cyprus in the Standing Committee on Ethics of the European Federation of Psychological Associations for two terms. He also works as a Clinician and is the Clinical supervisor for a substance dependence rehabilitation center in Cyprus. His research interests include psychosocial and cultural factors in cardiovascular, physical, and mental health, positive psychology, stress, and trauma.
Isabelle Albert, Ph.D.
Professeure assistante
UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG
Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Luxembourg
Isabelle Albert is an assistant professor at the University of Luxembourg in the Institute for Lifespan Development, Family and Culture. She received her PhD degree from the University of Konstanz (Germany) in the framework of the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary “Value of Children”-Project. Her main research interests are in the fields of (cross-)cultural, life-span developmental and family psychology. She has made major contributions to the areas of transgenerational family relations and transmission of values, cultural diversity, identity, belonging and subjective well-being in the context of migration and ageing. She is a consortium member of the key research area Migration and Inclusive Societies (MIS). She is associate editor of the journals Trends in Psychology as well as GeroPsych – The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, co-editor of the Human Development Series at IAP, member of the editorial board of the Sage Journal Culture & Psychology and of the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, as well as review editor within two Sections of Frontiers in Psychology (Cultural Psychology section as well as Personality and Social Psychology Section). She is president-elect of the ESFR (European Society on Family Relations).
Sami M. Al-Mahjoob, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Psychology Department
College of Arts
University of Bahrain
Bahrain
I am an assistant professor of Health Psychology in Department of Psychology at University of Bahrain, and I received my Ph.D. in Mental Health specialization Psychological and Education Counseling from Mansoura University in 2020, my research interests are related to Mental health and psychological counseling, Family and marital counseling, Positive psychology and Organization behavioral
Saad A.S Almoshawah, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Psychology Department
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Imam Mohammed Bin Saud
Saudi Arabia
I am a professor of Health Psychology in Department of Psychology at University of Imam Mohammed Bin Saud in Saudi Arabia, and I received my Ph.D. in psychology in 2006 from Hull University in U.K, school of Social Sciences, my research interests are related to Mental Health and related variables, Organizational behavioral, Work behavioural addictions, Personality and well-being, Organizational culture, and Counselling.
Jim Arrowsmith, Ph.D.
School of Management
Massey Business School Massey University Auckland
New Zealand
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Stephen Asatsa, Ph.D.
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Kenya
Dr. Stephen Asatsa is a practicing Counseling Psychologist and lecturer of Psychology at the Catholic university of Eastern Africa. He holds a PhD (Counseling Psychology) from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He is a member of Kenya Counseling and Psychological Association (KCPA); International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) and Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). His major research work focuses on Death studies, African Psychology and Addiction. He is one of the current researchers funded by Cultural Evolution Society and Templeton Foundation to study the impact of globalization on culture with his specific project being Luhya Traditional Mourning Rituals impact on community well-being.
Stéphanie Austin, Ph.D.
Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières
Canada
Stéphanie Austin is full professor in organizational behavior at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. She received her M.Sc. in epidemiology and her Ph.D. in psychology from Université Laval, Québec, Canada. Stéphanie’s research interests focus primarily on the organizational and motivational factors that can modulate the adjustment and functioning of employees, both at work and in personal life.
Arnold Bakker, Ph.D.
Arnold B. Bakker is professor of Work & Organizational Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is the chair of the Center of Excellence for Positive Organizational Psychology, and (distinguished) visiting professor at North-West University and the University of Johannesburg (both in South Africa). Bakker is fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the International Association of Applied Psychology, and the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. He is an expert in positive organizational psychology, and his research interests include JD-R theory, job crafting, playful work design, the work-family interface, burnout, and work engagement. Bakker is one of the most-cited scientists in the world (top-200 across all disciplines). Since 2014, he is included in Thomson Reuters’ list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”.
Cristian Balducci, Ph.D.
Balducci, C., Alessandri, G., Zaniboni, S., Avanzi, L., Borgogni, L., & Fraccaroli, F. (2021). The impact of workaholism on day-level workload and emotional exhaustion, and on longer-term job performance. Work & Stress, 35(1), 6-26.
Balducci, C., Spagnoli, P., Toderi, S., & Clark, M. (2021). A within-individual investigation on the relationship between day level workaholism and systolic blood pressure. Work & Stress. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2021.1976883
Sergiu Băltăţescu, Ph.D.
University of Oradea
Romania
Sergiu Băltăţescu is professor and doctoral supervisor in the field of Sociology at the University of Oradea, Romania. He received his doctorate from the University of Bucharest in 2007 with the thesis “Happiness in the social context of the post-communist transition in Romania” for which he received the “Dimitrie Gusti” award for sociology of the Romanian Academy. He coordinated nationally and internationally funded research projects in the field of quality of life and well-being. Author of numerous studies on the subjective quality of life and social indicators, he was for 10 years editor-in-chief of Romanian sociological journal (Sociologie Românească). He founded the Journal of Social Research & Policy and is also on the board of some of the most important journals in his field of research: Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Happiness and Development, Journal of Happiness and Well-Being, Calitatea vieții (Quality of life).
Dana Bdier, Ph.D. Student
An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
Milano Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
Dr. Dana Bdier is a PhD student at the University of Milano- Bicocca. She has a Master degree of Psychological and Educational Counseling from An-Najah National University, Palestine. She is interested in conducting researches that are related to the field of psychology and human sciences mainly in the Palestinian context. She has conducted several researches concerning Internet addiction and video game addiction, gender-based violence in the Palestinian context, mental health of affected populations by war, and since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, she has been conducted several researches examining the mental health status of Palestinians among different groups such as children adolescents, women, and mental health care providers. She worked for a year as a psychologist for Doctors Without Borders before being a PhD student.
Nitesh Bhatia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Business Administration
School of Management Sciences
Central University of Jharkhand
India
He has a PhD in Management (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India). He is a MBA in Human Resource Management (Major) and Marketing (Minor). He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Departhment of Business Administration at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. In past, he has been associated with AXIS Bank Limited (Previously UTI Bank Limited) as Deputy Manager and at BITEC-Mauritius as a faculty. His research and teaching interest mostly involve Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Family Business and Copreneurship. He has authored and co-authored several papers on Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual intelligence, employee’s intention to leave etc. in reputed journals and books published under banner of publishers like Springer, IGI Global, Sage, Bloomsbury etc. He has
Snezana Bilic, Ph.D.
International Balkan University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Harsha Bundhoo, Ph.D.
University of Mauritius
Mauritius
I am a lecturer at the University of Mauritius. I completed my Masters in Psychology in 2004 from the University Pune, India. My research interests are mental health, personality, family systems, cross-cultural studies and the impacts of Covid-19 on people. I have also participated in international projects. The most recent one being Covid-19, personality and quality of life: Self-enhancement in the time of pandemic. I also a member of the American Psychological Association.
Albana Canollari-Baze, Ph.D.
Senior lecturer
Schiller International University
Paris
France
Albana Canollari-Baze is a senior lecturer in psychology recognized as Chartered Psychologist from the British Psychological Society. Dr. Canollari-Baze has 16 years of expertise in lecturing psychology as well as conducting research and offering consultancy. She is continuously inspired to contribute to the development of higher education and research institutions as well as mental health related organizations. In her professional path she has shown passion for diversity, inclusion, and ethics, while helping individuals achieve personal and professional goals.
Albana’s career path started in Oxford where she obtained her joined honors in Psychology and Sociology from Oxford Brookes University (2004). Soon after she at the same university she completed her Master’s in Psychological Research (2005), as well as her PhD in Psychology (2013). Drawing from a developmental and cultural psychological approach Dr. Canollari-Baze’s research focused on youth cultural identity development as well as migrating parents’ social representations on their children’s education. Albana has engaged as national and international research expert in two major Council of Europe projects on the education systems in Albania and Kosovo.
Currently, Albana at Schiller International University as well as University of Paris and University of Dauphine-PSL, in Paris. She is also a vising professor at University of New York in Tirana. In addition, Albana is an affiliated member of the Parisian Social Psychology Laboratory (University Paris 8), Licensed Psychologist from the Albanian Psychologist Order, Certified Counselling Psychologist at Instahelp, COST Member of Pool of Expert, and former board member of the Albanian Institute of Sociology. She is an author and engages in scientific conferences, as well as acts responsibly in institutional accreditation process where she contributes.
Avner Caspi, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Education and Psychology
The Open University of Israel
Israel
Dr. Caspi is a senior faculty member at the Open University of Israel. He study the influence of information technologies on basic human cognition and behaviors as manifested in learning, communication and interpersonal relationships.
Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon
I am a lecturer in developmental psychology at Thammasat University, Thailand. My main research interests are based on developmental psychology, applied developmental psychology, applied cognitive psychology, and psychological well-being
Nasr Chalghaf, Ph.D.
Department of Human Sciences | High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Tunisia.
Postgraduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Tunisia
I received my Ph.D. in applied psychology in 2019 from the University of Manouba, Tunisia. I am an assistant professor at the Institute of Sport and Physical Education, at the University of Gafsa, Tunisia. My research interests involve mental health, well-being, and positive psychology. I have authored or co-authored many papers in Frontiers in Psychology, Plos medicine, and Frontiers in psychiatry. I am a review editor in frontiers in health psychology.
Connie I. M. Chan, Ph.D. student of Management
Department of Management and Marketing
University of Macau
Macau
Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Fort Hare
Business Management Department
University of Fort Hare
South Africa
Specializes in research on aspects of human and organizational capabilities and how they contribute towards the theme of development. This entails aspects such as: a) Human Resources Development (HRD) and Organisational Psychology covering sub-themes such as careers, employability, decent work, technology in HRD; and b) Interpretivist research methods within the management sciences.
Mathibe, M.S. & Chinyamurindi, W.T. (2021). Determinants of employee mental health in the South African public service: The role of organizational citizenship behaviours and workplace social support. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 19(3), 306-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2021.1938153
Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Ph.D.
I am Assistant Professor of Social Psychology and Head of Department of Psychology at Thammasat University, Thailand. My main research interests are based on social psychology and cross-cultural psychology including, but not limited to culture, identity, belief in a just world, well-being, and social psychological perspectives of compulsive buying.
Rajneesh Choubisa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Psychology)
6168-P, New Academic Building,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Pilani-333031 (Rajasthan)
India
(+91) 1596 255877
(+91) 8739994646
rajneesh.choubisa@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
rajneesh.choubisa@gmail.com
Dr. Rajneesh Choubisa is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, (BITS) Pilani, Pilani Campus. He is a behavioral scientist by training and specializes in Positive Psychology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has carried out meaningful research in the area of positive psychological measurement, positive organizational psychology, and wellness promotion. He has rendered his expertise in reviewing projects for the European Commission, Institute of Advance Studies, etc. He is actively rendering his expertise in the capacity of the reviewer and academic editor for many top-quality journals in the field. As an Indian collaborator to the Hope Barometer project, he has a keen interest in exploring positive psychological variables theoretically and also testing the practicability of these variables through customized, theory-driven, tailor-made programs, and interventions.
Chien, ChungJen (Chris), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Management, Yuan Ze University
Taiwan
EDUCATION
2018 Ph.D., Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Major: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
2009 M.S., Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Major: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
2005 B.S., Department of Psychology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Major: General Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-present: Assistant Professor, College of Management, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
2007-present: Senior consultant, Center for Industrial & Commercial Psychology Studies, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2019-present: Director, Taiwan Association of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (TAIOP)
2017-2018: Adjunct Lecturer, College of Management, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
2017-2018: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science
Marilyn Clark, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing
University of Malta
Malta
Marilyn Clark is a Professor with the Department of Psychology at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. She is a social psychologist with a criminological background and a particular in interest in addiction, criminal careers, victimization and the safety of journalists. She holds a doctorate from the University of Sheffield and is published internationally. Professor Clark is a member of the Board of Administrators of the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, a member of the National Addictions Advisory Board and an assistant to the Magistrate of the Juvenile Court. She is executive secretary of the Malta Chamber of Psychologists. Prof Clark is co-ordinator for the MSc in Addiction Studies offered by the University of Malta. Email: marilyn.clark@um.edu.mt
Đorđe Čekrlija, Ph.D.
Department of psychology, Faculty of philosophy, University of Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Đorđe Čekrlija is an associate professor at the Department of psychology, Faculty of philosophy at University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He leads courses of Personality psychology and Statistics. His current research interests includes personality models, humor and constructs from the domain of positive psychology. He currently leads the international study on the Inferiority and Superiority complex and collaborates in a couple of cross-cultural studies.
Zsolt Demetrovics, Prof.
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Zsolt Demetrovics is a professor of psychology, chair of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar, and head of the Addiction Research Group at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He obtained his MA degrees in psychology and cultural anthropology (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary) and he received his PhD in clinical and health psychology (addictive behaviours) at the same university. Formerly, he served as dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology (2014-2021) and director of the Institute of Psychology (2011-2021) at the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, where he also established the Department of Clinical Psychology & Addiction. He has published over 400 research papers on the epidemiology, assessment and psychological correlates of substance use behaviour and behavioural addictions including gambling, video game use, internet addiction, hypersexual behaviour, exercise addiction, work addiction, and compulsive buying. He is president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions and funding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Eglantina Dervishi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Pedagogy and Psychology Department
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Tirana
Albania
eglantina.dervishi@unitir.edu.al
ResearcherID: T-6964-2018
ResearcherID: A-9575-2019
Scopus Author ID: 57209500672
Associate Professor Eglantina Dervishi completed her doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology at Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy. Her thesis was focused on exploration of empowerment of a forensic mental health institution with a special focus on the faced challenges of staff and patients of the institution. She is currently lecturing Psychology for Master’s programs in School Psychology, Psychological Counseling and Professional Orientation. Her research focus dwells in the area of mental health, psychopathology and positive youth development. She is a member of the Association of Albanian Psychologists (2015), licensed member of the Order of Psychologists (2017), member of the editorial board Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology Research: Well-being, Empowerment and Affective Profiles from 2018. In addition, as from 2019, she has engaged as an external evaluation expert at the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASCAL). She is a partner in the international project “Positive Youth Development Cross-National Project” at the Department of Psycho-social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway (as from 2019). Profess Dervishi is an author of a series of articles published locally and internationally. She has participated as an organizer and participant in national and international conferences.
Sonya Dragova-Koleva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology
New Bulgarian University
Bulgaria
sonyadragova@nbu.bg
Sonya Dragova-Koleva is an assistant professor of Work and Organizational psychology at New Bulgarian University, Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in Work and Organizational psychology in 2004 from the Institute of Psychology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include personal initiative at the workplace, entitlement attitude, the role of the Dark Triad in organizational context. She has also some experience as a trainer and consultant in the field of human resource management. She has participated in several international projects: Narcissism(s) and self-esteem(s) in cross-cultural context; COVID-19, personality and quality of life: Self-enhancement in the time of pandemic; Just-war beliefs: Cross-cultural perspective; G-Guidance – Gamified Career Guidance: Promoting Meaningful and Participative Career Construction and Vocational Development through a Gamified Digital Platform, 2019-1-PT01-KA201-061342
George Dzimbiri, Ph.D.
Lecturer of Management in Business Administration Department, Researcher, Management and leadership consultant
Malawi
Nil Ean, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychology
Royal University of Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Email: ean.nil@rupp.edu.kh
ORCID: 0000-0003-0571-0039
Nil Ean got his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Vietnam National University in 2022. Dr. Ean has been giving lectures at the department of psychology of the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia since 2011 in both Master and Bachelor programs. Dr. Ean has been working in the field of mental health for more than 20 years. He had been professionally trained in trauma treatment and was accredited as a Clinical Supervisor/Consultant. Dr. Ean’s areas of research have been focusing on psychological trauma and substance misuse among most-at-risk and vulnerable populations in Cambodia. He has been working in collaboration extensively with local and international researchers and scientists to promote mental health in Cambodia from prevention to evident-based psychological interventions.
Vasiliki Efstathiou, Ph.D.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece
Vasiliki Efstathiou is a graduate of the Department of Psychology of Panteion University and holds master’s degrees in Liaison Psychiatry and in Biostatistics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Panteion University in 2018. She is a scientific associate in NKUA Medical school’ Postgraduate program “Liaison Psychiatry: Integrative care of physical and mental health” and for the past two years an adjunct instructor of Health Psychology in NKUA Department of Psychology. Her research interests focus on issues related to clinical and health psychology, such as psychodermatology, psychocardiology, treatment adherence, neuropsychiatric symptoms related to physical illnesses and suicidal behavior.
Maria Eugenia Fernandez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Researcher
Department of Psychology
Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU)
Uruguay
Associated Researcher
Department of Special Needs Education
Ghent University (UGENT)
Belgium
She has a Ph.D. in Psychology (UCU) and a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences (UGENT). Researcher at ANII, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Uruguay. Her research interests include psychopathology, substance use in adolescence, well-being and quality of life.
Claude Fernet, Ph.D.
Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières
Canada
Claude Fernet is full professor in organizational behavior at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the Université Laval, Canada. Director of the Workplace and Well-Being Research Group, his current research interests include job stress, leadership, work motivation, and employee well-being. His work has been published in management and psychology journals, including Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Work & Stress.
Hesham Gadelrab, Ph.D.
Kuwait University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology
Mansoura University, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology
Kuwait
Dr. Gadelrab is a Professor of Quantitative Psychology & Applied Statistics in Kuwait University, Kuwait and Mansoura University, Egypt. Dr. Gadelrab has many publications in both Arabic and English languages. He has worked as a research consultant and expert for many academic and civil society institutions, such as Wayne State University, Mansoura University, Umm-AlQura University, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, British University in Egypt, National Authority of Quality Assurance & Accreditation of Education (Egypt), and the International Organization of Children Protection (INOCPT). He participated in many local, regional, and international funded research projects.
Lado Gamsakhurdia, Prof.
Professor, Department of Psychology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Associate editor, Trends in Psychology, Springer
Georgia
Lado Gamsakhurdia is a professor of cultural psychology and psychological anthropology at the psychology department of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia) and explores the cultural basis of higher mental dynamics and General psychology. He is particularly interested in investigating the semiotic dynamics of proculturation, acculturation, selfhood, identity construction, humans’ adaptation to immigration, and polyculturalism. He has recently published the books with Routledge: “Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies: A Theory of Proculturation” (2021) and Springer “Theory of proculturation: Development of the self through intercultural communication” (2022). Also, he is the author of dozens of articles on the topic. Lado Gamsakhurdia is an editorial board member of various journals and also is an associate editor of the Springer journal “Trends in psychology”. He has been invited as a visiting scholar at various universities in Europe and the US.
“Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies – A Theory of Proculturation”. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429201240
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Prof. Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, D.Phil.
Professor of social psychology
University of Iceland
Iceland
My main research interests are consumer society’s values and its numerous correlates, affective (e.g. subjective well-being, identity deficits, body-dissatisfaction, shopping-addiction), behavioural (e.g. climate change action, debt, consumer behaviour) and structural (e.g. inequality, workload). My current work is particularly focused on materialistic and opposing values, neo-liberal structures, identity and its formation, as well as environmental action. I have given numerous invited talks for governmental and independent institutions as well as having appeared frequently in Icelandic media to discuss my areas of expertise.
Luis Eduardo Garrido, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Department of Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
luisgarrido@pucmm.edu.do
I am interested in the development and systematic evaluation of statistical methods that advance our understanding of human behavior and can help improve our decision-making processes. My main research focus is on latent variable methods, including dimensionality assessment methods, exploratory structural equation modeling, bi-factor exploratory modeling, and factor mixture modeling. I am also interested in the understanding and statistical modeling of response biases due to wording effects, as well as other areas of research including test construction and validation, perceived service quality, and working conditions.
Nicolas Gillet, Ph.D.
Sónia P. Gonçalves, Ph.D.
Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa (ISCSP-ULisboa)
Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas (CAPP)
Portugal
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Mark Griffiths, Ph.D.
International Gaming Research Unit
Psychology Dept
Nottingham Trent University
United Kingdom
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Naira Rafik Hakobyan, Prof.
International Scientific-Educational Center, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Deputy Director on Research Affairs, Head of the Chair of Psychology,
Editor-in-Chief of the “Katchar” Scientific Journal,
Supervisor at the Armenian Branch of the International Humanitarian Aid Organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
My research activities focus on the points of behavior addiction in the fields of social psychology and psychology of emergency situations. I specialize in the issues of work addiction in the context of social marginality. I developed the theory of social marginality in a transforming society and psychological ways of extinguishing the negative potential of marginality. I am the author of 12 monographs and methodical manuals and many scientific articles, participated in many international research programs as well. My research interests focus on addiction processes which occur in marginal social groups and transforming societies. I am the Head of the Scientific Research Project “THE PROBLEM OF THE CRISIS AND ANOMIE OF THE PERSON’S SYSTEM OF VALUES AND THE METHODOLOGY OF ITS OVERCOMING IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD” financed by the State Committee of Science, Republic of Armenia.
Michel Hansenne, Prof.
Full professor
Department of Psychology
University of Liège
Belgium
My research activities focus on personality and emotion, and their interaction, based on behavioral, biological, and psychophysiological measures. In addition, I participated in cross-cultural validation of personality questionnaire.
Bibliometric indices:
- Total number of citations: 4620 (Scopus) – 8698 (Google Scholar)
- h-index: 36 (Scopus) – 46 (Google Scholar)
- i10 index: 97 (Google Scholar)
Bashar Banwan Hasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
University of Wasit
Iraq
I received my Ph.D. in sport injuries and physical rehabilitation (healthy sciences) from Baghdad University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq. He is also has an MA in Healthy Sciences from Alexandria University, Egypt. I am an Assistant professor.
MY research and teaching interests mostly involve public health , athletes injuries, sport rehabilitation, and physiotherapy. I am currently working on a relaxation exercises project to get rid of work stress.
I am authored or co-authored many papers on public health and sport injuries.
Abderrahman Hassi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
Al Akhawayn University
School of Business Administration
Morocco
Dr. Abderrahman Hassi is Associate Professor of Management at Al Akhawayn University, Morocco. He served as a research fellow at the Colegio Unversitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF) affiliated with Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. He was also a visiting professor of Management at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. He previously taught at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada. His primary research interests include leadership, management innovation, cross-cultural management, corporate training, and case study method. Dr. Hassi’s research has appeared in the Management and Organization Review, Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management, the International Labour Review, and the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management journal, among others. He is the Editor-in-chief of the MENA Journal of Cross-Cultural Management (MJCCM) published by Inderscience. Dr. Hassi is the winner of several national and international awards in teaching, service and research.
Mari Herttalampi, Ph.D.
University of Jyväskylä
Finland
Mari Herttalampi (previously Huhtala) works as a senior lecturer at the Department of Psychology in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research interests include different factors related to well-being at work, especially focusing on sustainable practices in organizations.
Ivana Hromatko, Ph.D.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
University of Zagreb
Croatia
Ivana has a PhD in biological psychology (University of Zagreb, Croatia). Currently she works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She worked on projects funded by the Croatian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Stress and social reintegration; Biopsychosocial determinants of experience and behaviour in health and disease; Testing the evolutionary model of adaptation and health). She has collaborated with several large international teams on numerous cross-cultural projects, dealing with topics such as stress and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic, mating preferences and strategies, affective touch, disgust sensitivity, etc.
Eric Raymond Igou, Prof.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Limerick,
Republic of Ireland
Dzintra Iliško, Prof. Ph.D.
Dzintra Iliško is a professor at Daugavpils University (DU), expert in psychology and pedagogy of the Latvian Council of Science, member of the DU Promotion Council in Pedagogy, author of more than 70 scientific publications, author of several monographs and scientific editor. She was an invited speaker at 40 international scientific conferences in Latvia and regularly, acted as a member of a scientific committee at 15 international conferences. Dzintra Iliško holds Master degree in Education in the University of the West of England, Bristol, the United Kingdom in 1997; PhD in Philosophy (United States, Fordham University) in 2002; she has an diploma in Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Denmark in Adult Education. Dzintra Iliško has 27 years of experience of teaching in the University setting. She is an expert in Educational Science, Management and Psychology. She actively participates in international networks, like International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV) and since 2004 in the European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR). She serves in the editorial board of a number of prestigious Journals, like, “Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability” and „British Journal of Religious Education”. She is active in organizing international conferences and scientific events as well is actively engaged in popularization of science.
Siw Tone Innstrand, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Innstrand is also an affiliated researcher at UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces. She has been a Fulbright Scholar twice at UC Berkeley and Harvard University, Boston.
Her research interests include, among others, occupational health, health promotion, work-family balance, work engagement, workaholism and burnout, interventions, and implementation research.
Innstrand has initiated and developed ARK, which is a comprehensive implementation program to promote psychosocial work environment in academia. Currently over 19 universities and university colleges in Norway, and two in Sweden, are using ARK regularly in their systematic health, work and safety efforts.
Currently she is the WP leader in the EU project H-work – Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces. Together with 14 partners from nine different countries, she will develop and test interventions, measuring instruments, tools and models to promote mental health in Europe.
Ulker Isayeva, Ph.D.
Psychology Department
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Khazar University
Ulker Isayeva is an instructor and researcher at the psychology department of Khazar University. She has been teaching various psychology courses throughout the years including Social Psychology, Psychopathology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Biological Psychology, etc. Ulker Isayeva’s research activities included empowering organizational constructs that can lead to positive organizational outcomes in high power distant countries, women and leadership, and suicide motives among university students in Muslim countries. At the same time, she is a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at the University of Cagliari, Italy, where her main research focuses on studying clinical and genetic determinants of complex psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. She obtained her MSc degree in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York, UK.
Md. Saiful Islam, BPH
Experienced in public health, NCDs, mental health, psychometrics, and behavioral sciences. Competent in big data management and statistical analysis, along with research methodologies and project management. Published over 50 articles in reputed international journals and worked on 7 multi-country epidemiological surveys as a collaborator from Bangladesh.
Hussein Nabil Ismail, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of HRM & Strategy
Adnan Kassar School of Business – AACSB Accredited
Department of Management Studies
Lebanese American University
Lebanon
Dorthe Høj Jensen, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist (Aut. MSc Psychology)
Parttime Lecturer
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Aarhus University
Denmark
She received her Ph.D. in psychology in 2014 from Aarhus University in the area of Social and Personality Psychology. She is currently parttime lecturer and an independent researcher working with several international research groups, censor in Psychology at the Danish Universities and runs her own praxis as a Licensed Psychologist/therapist with intensive experience in underlying factors (self-development, emotional intelligence) of workaddiction and work/life balance particularly among managers and elite sports performers. She does research in Social Psychology, Health Psychology and Educational Psychology. Her work started with special focus on the role of self and identity formation and emotional intelligence in a balanced life.
María José Serrano-Fernández, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Social Psychology
Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology Facultad de Psicología
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Catalonia, Spain
mariajose.serrano@urv.cat
María José received her Ph.D. in psychology in 2014 from Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Catalonia, Spain, where she is currently an associate professor of psychology. Her doctoral thesis was on passion for work and workaholism. She is very interested in job stress, workaholism, occupational health and psychosocial risks factors concerning employee health and well-being at work. She is particularly interested in work-life balance.
Serrano-Fernández, M. J., Boada-Grau, J., Boada-Cuerva, M. i Vigil-Colet, A. (2021). Work addiction as a predictor of Anxiety and Depression. WORK: A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 68(3), 779-788. https://doi.org/1 10.3233/WOR-203411
Paul Kakupa, Ph.D. student
The University of Zambia
Zambia
Shanmukh Kamble, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Karnatak University Dharwad
India
Professor, Dept. of Psychology is specialized in Counseling Psychology, Positive Psychology and Industrial Psychology, has published more than 150 research papers in National and International Journals. Has H Index of 23 (Scopus). He was Visiting Professor of Psychology Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw Poland from 21/10/2019 to 25/10/2019. Published two book Shanmukh V.Kamble (2010)Emotional Intelligence In Organizations: Importance Of Emotional Intelligence In Indian Organizations and Shanmukh V. Kamble&Deepti B.Duggi (2010). Emotion, Relationship and Eating Patterns In Indian Couples. He has successfully guided 03 M Phil students and 13 Ph D candidates. “Individualism, Collectivism and Collectivistic Forgiveness in People of Three Religious Groups in India” (Rs. 1,80,400/-) ICSSR. New Delhi, India. 2011-2013. “The efficacy of REACH forgiveness therapy on male and female students hurt in Relationship: An Indian study 2012-14 and Values, Emotion and Action: Postgraduate Research Projects. ICSSR-ESRC (UK) PH.D Partnering Scheme with Wales and Brazil (2014-2016.) Worked as supportive supervisor and master trainer in The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Round – 7 SAKSHAM Project carried out in Karnatak University. Recipient “Smt. Aruna and Prof. S.T. Nandibewoor Gold Medal” for the achievement in the Research field 2016. Member of Positive psychology group (University of Penn. USA) and International Society for Justice Research Germany.
Ahmed Kerriche, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Psychometrics and Psychological Studies Laboratory
University of Blida 2
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Blida 2 in Algeria. My fields of research interest include educational assessment, psychometrics, test development, statistics, Mental Health, and social psychology. I am a member of the Psychometrics and Psychological Studies Laboratory. at the University of Blida 2 in Algeria.
Anna Gevorg Khachatryan, Ph.D
Ph.D in Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor
International Scientific-Educational Center, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
My research activities focus on the points of behavior addiction in the fields of social psychology. I am the author of 3 monographs and methodical manuals and many scientific articles. My research interests focus on addiction processes which occur in several social groups and transforming societies. I am the member of the Scientific Research Project “THE PROBLEM OF THE CRISIS AND ANOMIE OF THE PERSON’S SYSTEM OF VALUES AND THE METHODOLOGY OF ITS OVERCOMING IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD” financed by the State Committee of Science, Republic of Armenia.
Bettina Kubicek, Prof.
Full Professor
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Graz
Austria
Bettina Kubicek is full professor of work and organizational psychology at the University of Graz, Austria. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Vienna, Austria. Her current research interests include work intensification, flexible work arrangements and stress. Her work has been published in international journals, including Work & Stress, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and International Journal of Stress Management.
Nuworza Kugbey, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer and Clinical Health Psychologist
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya
Ghana
Dr Nuworza Kugbey holds a PhD in Psychology (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), MPhil in Clinical Psychology (University of Ghana) and BA in Psychology (University of Ghana). His research cuts across several health-related areas including physical and mental health nexus, healthy ageing, maternal mental health and adolescents’ wellbeing. He currently teaches Psychology and Public Health courses at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya-Ghana. Dr Kugbey is a 2019 Queen Elizabeth’s Advanced Scholar in Maternal and child health equity (Queen’s University, Kingston-Canada).
Bernadette Kun, Ph.D.
Bernadette Kun, PhD is a psychologist and associate professor at the Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. She is the head of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Addictions. She teaches classes related to personality psychology, clinical psychology, and the psychology of addictive disorders. Author of scientific publications in substance related and behavioral addictions, such as work addiction, exercise addiction, or gambling disorder. She has published around 50 referred papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented her work in numerous international conferences related to addictive disorders. Between 2017 and 2020 she was awarded a postdoctoral research scholarship founded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to a project investigating the psychological mechanisms of work addiction. She is a principal investigator of a Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) young researcher excellence program titled „Exploring the cognitive profiles of different addictive behaviors (work addiction, gaming disorder, and cannabis use disorder)”.
Virpi-Liisa Kykyri, Ph.D.
Virpi-Liisa Kykyri works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research interests include embodied processes of social interaction between multiple actors in clinical and consulting contexts, which she studies by using multi-modal and multi-method approaches.
Kykyri, V-L., & Puutio, R. (2021) Conflict as it happens: affective elements in a conflicted conversation between a consultant and clients. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 34(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-10-2016-0222
Salminen, S., Mäkikangas, A., Kykyri, V.-L., Saari, E.-L., & Pekkonen, M. (2021). Spouses’ Experiences of Rehabilitees’ Burnout and Recovery. Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 6(1): 4, 1–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.139
Long W. "Rico" Lam, Professor of Management
Department of Management and Marketing
University of Macau
Macau
Long W. “Rico” Lam is University Registrar and Professor of Management at the University of Macau. Rico is currently doing research on felt trust, workplace incivility and addiction, proactive behaviors, and dirty work. His research has appeared or been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, etc. His work on trust and dirty work was also published in the Handbook of Chinese Organizational Behavior in 2012. Rico is currently Senior Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Advisory Editor of Journal of Human Resource Management in Taiwan, and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Managerial Psychology, Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Trust Research and Editorial Board of the Frontiers of Business Research in China. Rico was Vice President of the Asia Academy of Management during 2013-15 and was the Conference Co-Program Chair of the 2015 Joint Conference of the Asia and Taiwan Academy of Management. Rico holds a Ph.D. in management from the University of Oregon.
Mazin Enhair Lami, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
University of Wasit
Iraq
Hannah Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
United States
Elena Lisá, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences
Comenius University in Bratislava
Slovakia
Yanina Lisun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Doctorate Student
Former Head, Department of Journalism and Advertising,
State University of Trade and Economics, Kyiv
Ukraine
Professor Yanina Lisun has over 15 years’ experience in the business, management and marketing areas. PhD in an Economics sciences. The topic of her PhD research is: «Quality of Management at the enterprises», 2008. Her research directs problems of business, media globalization, strategic partnership, social media, brand management of integrated business structures, brand management in education, digital marketing in education, mental health. She on the Editorial Board for five international journals (Poland, Turkey, Morocco, Pakistan, India). She has been on the Scientific Advisory board for 5 international conferences and has more than 50 scientific journal articles.
Fayez Mahamid, Ph.D.
An-Najah National University
Nablus
Palestine
Dr. Fayez Mahamid is an associate professor in clinical mental health counseling. He is currently lecturing at An- Najah National University in undergraduate and graduate mental health programs. Dr. Mahamid supervised several projects in the fields of mental health, group therapy, trauma intervention and psycho-social rehabilitation in Palestine, and he also served as a head of Psychology Department and vice dean of the Graduate School of Human Sciences at An-Najah University. His research focus on investigating throughout mixed-methods research designs domains and dimensions of well-being in war-affected populations, therapeutic intervention, trauma intervention, mental health, internet addiction, clinical supervisor, and school counseling.
Francesco Marcatto, Ph.D.
Post-doc researcher
Department of Life Sciences
University of Trieste
Italy
Francesco Marcatto, PhD, is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste (Italy). His primary research interests focus on work-related stress and well-being at work. He is also particularly interested in developing and validating new psychometric tools.
Jonas Masdonati, Ph.D.
Associate professor
Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Jonas Masdonati is an associate professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is director of the Research Center in Vocational Psychology and Career Counseling (CePCO, https://www.unil.ch/cepco/en/home.html) and president of the European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling (ESVDC, http://www.esvdc.org/). His research interests mainly focus on career transitions, decent work, the meaning of work, and occupational and vocational identity.
Biljana Maslovarić, Ph.D.
Associate professor
University of Montenegro
Faculty of Philosophy Nikšić
Montenegro
My work experience (over 25 years) is predominantly related to the field of education as follows: from 1992 to 1998, I was hired as a professor of social sciences (Sociology, Philosophy, Constitution and Civil Rights, Traffic psychology, etc.).From 1998 to 2001 I was an employee of the Open Society Foundation/Open Society Institute – Representative Office in Montenegro, as a coordinator of the following programs: Support for Higher Education (HESP), Arts and Culture, Publishing, Women’s Program. From 2001 to 2010 I was working as a coordinator of the Pedagogical Center of Montenegro (PCMNE), where I worked on coordination, training, certification, implementation of various programs and as an MTT (Master Teacher Trainer) of educational programs such as Reading and writing for critical thinking – RWCT; Step by step – SBS (educational child-centered methodology), Inclusive education, Publishing etc. Since 2012 I am the executive director of the NGO Pedagogical center of Montenegro. I have been an active member of the International Step by Step association (ISSA) since 2001. Also, I have been serving as the President of the Management Board of the Foundation for Active Citizenship (FAKT). In 2007 I took the position of a teaching associate at the Study Program for Preschool Education and Pedagogy.
I was appointed as Associate professor by the Senate of the University of Montenegro at 2022. I have been serving as a Deputy Dean for Science and International Relations at the Faculty from 18 September 2014 until 2020. In September 2020 I lead the study program Preschool education in Faculty of Philosophy. Since 2021, I have been working in the position of Vice Dean for Finance and Development in the Faculty of Philosophy.
Koorosh Massoudi, Ph.D.
Associate professor
Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Koorosh Massoudi is an associate professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is head of the Master’s program in Vocational Guidance and Counseling Psychology and the MAS program in Career management (https://www.unil.ch/cepco/en/home/menuinst/teaching.html), and member of the scientific board of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research-LIVES (https://www.centre-lives.ch/en). His research activities focus on work-related health and career trajectories.
Khairul Anwar Mastor, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Liberal Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia
I am a professor in personality psychology . My areas of interest are in personality structure, lexical studies of personality, personality assessment and development, personality processes and mechanism. I also have another interest in Psychology of Religion (psychology of rituals, effects of religious rituals on personality developments and emotions, assessment of religiosity and religiosity development).
Locke, K. D., Mastor, K. A., MacDonald, G., Barni, D., Morio, H., Reyes, J. A., Vargas-Flores, J. D., Ibáñez-Reyes, J., Kamble, S., & Ortiz, F. (2020). Young adults’ partner preferences and parents’ in-law preferences across generations, genders, and nations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(5) :903-920
Tracy McFarlane, Ph.D.
University of the West Indies, Mona
Jamaica
Dr Tracy A. McFarlane is a specialist in social-personality and health psychology whose research is on gender, social determinants of health, Caribbean immigrant adjustment, and stigma. Her local and regional consultancies are focused on improving well-being, interpersonal/intergroup processes, and social outcomes among members of institutions and communities.
Samson John Mgaiwa, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Faculty of Education
Mkwawa University College of Education
Tanzania
Samson John Mgaiwa is an assistant lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, working at Mkwawa university College of Education, Tanzania. His main research interests revolve around Higher Education Leadership and Management, Intellectual styles, Public Private Partnerships, Quality Assurance in Education and and industrial psychology.
Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Ph.D. student
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Ecuador
Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera is a Clinical Psychologist and Ph.D. student in Psychology, Health, and Quality of Life at the University of Girona, Spain. He is a full-time professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and an associate researcher at the Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador. He is a researcher and member of various national and international research teams in the lines of research on well-being, mental health, substance use, and psychometrics. He is a scientific popularizer with more than 80 publications in high-impact journals in Spanish and English.
Bojan Musil, Ph.D.
Bojan Musil, Ph.D., is an associate professor and researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Maribor (Slovenia). His primary research interests are cross-cultural studies of values and value orientations, personality concepts, health, educational studies, and computer-mediated communication. He presented his work at national and international scientific conferences and is (co)author of several scientific articles, chapters, and books.
Pegah Nejat, Ph.D.
Faculty of Psychology and Education
Shahid Beheshti University
Iran
I am an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at Shahid Beheshti University, Iran. Over the years, I have conducted studies on moral judgement, intergroup bias, implicit social cognition, stereotypes, self and narcissism, and empathy. I consider myself a social, moral, and cultural psychologist, and supervise the Social Psychology Lab at SBU. The three main research themes in my lab include moral psychology, intergroup perception, and implicit social cognition.
Nguyem Thi Minh Hang, Ph.D.
Jan 2022 to present: Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences (CIRSS), University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU Hanoi).
Sep 1996 to present: Associate Professor in Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, USSH.
From August 2007 to August 2022: Director of Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, USSH, VNU.
Vietnam
Taught courses: Introduction to Clinical Psychology, School Psychology, Assessment in Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Assessment and Intervention in School Settings, Psychotherapy Techniques, Intervention for children with PTSD.
Research interests includes (1) internalizing disorders of children and adolescence, (2) anxiety and depression treatment, (3) prevention of internalizing disorders, (4) Buddhism, mental health, and well-being, and (5) Buddhist psychotherapy.
Yohsuke Ohtsubo, Ph.D.
He received his Ph. D. in psychology in 2000 from Northern Illinois University, IL, USA. He is interested in various topics of evolutionary psychology, such as cooperation, reputation, and punishment. He also studies human reconciliation processes from evolutionary perspective.
Ike E. Onyishi, Prof.
Ike Onyishi holds a doctorate in organisational psychology and is a Professor and Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was Director, Centre for Policy and Research at the same university. He is a recipient of many national and international awards and was a visiting scholar/research fellow at the University of Muenster, University of Wroclaw, and Rhodes University.
His research interests cut across careers, employability, and psychological wellbeing. He has participated in many successful cross-cultural research projects. Some of his articles have appeared in reputable journals (e.g., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, Psychological Science, Journal of Management and Organizations, Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology).
Tesora Ooft, MSc
Lecturer/Adjunct Academic Employee
Faculty of Economics/Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
Anton de Kom University of Suriname
Suriname
Emrah Özsoy, Ph.D.
I am an Associate Prof.Dr at Sakarya University, Sakarya Business School. I teach courses such as behavioral sciences, social psychology, psychological problems at work, and data analysis. I focus on individual differences in the organizational context. My main research topics are dark triad, work addiction, leadership, psychometry, personality, and personality disorders. I am an author of a series of articles published locally and internationally.
Kjell Ivar Øvergård, Ph.D.
Professor of work and organizational psychology
Department of health-, social-, and welfare studies
University of South-Eastern Norway, Campus Vestfold
Norway
Kjell Ivar Øvergård has a PhD in psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is currently Head of the research group Health Promotion in Settings at USN. He has worked with cross-disciplinary applied research focusing on work and organizational psychology, human factors, and human-machine interaction for nearly 20 years. His current research interests are the relation between psychosocial work environment, individual differences, and work-related outcomes such as productivity, turnover and sickness absenteeism.
Ståle Pallesen, Prof.
University of Bergen
Department of Psychosocial Science
Norway
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Andreassen, C. A., Griffiths, M. D., Hetland, J., Kravina, L., Jensen, F., & Pallesen, S. (2014). The prevalence of workaholism: a survey study in a nationally representative sample of Norwegian employees. PLOS ONE, 9, e102446
Andreassen, C. S., Griffiths, M. D., Hetland, J., & Pallesen, S. (2012). Development of a work addiction scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 53, 265-272.
Jane Parker, Ph.D.
School of Management
Massey Business School Massey University Auckland
New Zealand
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Parker, J., (lead ed.), Baird, M., Donnelly, N. and Cooper, R. (2022). Women and work in Asia and the Pacific: Experiences, challenges and ways forward. Auckland: Massey University press.
Parker, J., Arrowsmith, J., Young-Hauser, A., Hodgetts, D., Carr, S., Haar, J. and Alefaio-Tugia, S. (2022). Perceptions of living wage impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand: towards a multi-level contextualised conceptualisation. Personnel Review, Vol. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-01-2021-0037
Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece
Vassilis Pavlopoulos received his PhD in Social Psychology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in 1992. He is a professor of Cross-Cultural Social Psychology and director of the Laboratory of Applied Cross-Cultural and Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His research interests focus on acculturation and intercultural relations, resilience processes of immigrant youth, ideologies of cultural diversity, perceived discrimination and norms of social justice, cross-cultural study of values, youth political participation and active citizenship.
María Laura Lupano Perugini, Ph.D.
Nejc Plohl
Nejc Plohl is a research and teaching assistant as well as a fourth-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Psychology, University of Maribor (Slovenia). His research work is primarily related to social, health, and applied psychology, with an additional interest in studying these areas cross-culturally.
Mikko Pohjola, Ph.D.
University of Jyväskylä
Finland
Mikko Pohjola works as a project researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He has a specialist training on Work and Organizational Psychology and a longstanding experience as an occupational health psychologist. His research interest is in social interaction in work group and consulting contexts.
Halley Pontes, Ph.D.
Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck
University of London
London
United Kingdom
Dr. Halley Pontes is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), Chartered Scientist (CSci), and Lecturer in Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. He has published over 100 refereed studies and two books on behavioral addictions. His primary research interest is related to the intersection between behavioral addictions and psychometric assessment. Dr. Pontes has won multiple international awards for his pioneering research on behavioral addictions, including the 2016 Durand Jacobs Award (McGill University, Canada) and the 2019 Early Career Research Award (Australian Psychological Society, Australia).
Rachael E. Potter, Ph.D.
Psychosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory
Centre for Workplace Excellence
Justice & Society University of South Australia, South Australia
Australia
Alan Roe, Ph.D.
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Roe A, Athelstan A. 2020. Defending Wellbeing at Work: A Case Study of Autism. In: Dundon T; Wilkinson A (eds.) Case Studies in Work, Employment and Human Resource Management. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar.
Marion K. Schulmeyer, Ph.D.
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, UPSA
Bolivia
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Ghada Shahrour, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Jordan
Philipp Sischka, Ph.D.
Research scientist
UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG
Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Luxembourg
• Quality of working life and psychosocial working conditions
• Determinants and consequences of workplace aggression (i.e., workplace bullying, mobbing)
• Scale development and assessment
• Latent variable modeling (e.g., structural equation modeling, item response theory)
• Online survey research
Jelena Sladojević Matić, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Media and Communication
Singidunum University in Belgrade
Serbia
Jelena Sladojević Matić recieved her PhD from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade – department of Psychology in 2011. Theme of her PhD was: “The concept of Shadow and its importance in the analytical therapeutic and diagnostic work” which has also been the main topic of her book „Shadow in Psychoteraphy“, published in 2018. She recieved her Master’s degree in 2003, theme: “Cognitive and emotional components of addiction diseases”. She is an associate professor at Department of Psychology, where she teaches the following classes: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Jungian Psychotherapy, Organizational Psychology and Occupational Psychology, HR Consulting. She is an Individal Member and supervisor at the International Association for Analytical Psychology. She has rich academic and practical experience in the field of psychotherapy and organizational consulting. So far, she has published many scientific papers and one book. She is interested in the fields such as organizational behavior, mental health and psychotherapy.
Rosita Sobhie, Ph.D.
Anton de Kom University of Suriname
Institute for Graduate Studies and Research
Paramaribo, Suriname/ South America
Alejandro Castro Solano, Ph.D.
Paola Spagnoli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Italy
Georges Steffgen, Ph.D.
Professor (Full)
UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG
Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
Luxembourg
• Aggression, mobbing and cyberbullying
• Emotion regulation and anger
• Health promotion at the workplace
• Quality of working life and psychosocial working conditions
Joana Story, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sao Paulo School of Business Administration, FGV
Brazil
Mark Sullman, Prof.
Department of Social Sciences
University of Nicosia
Cyprus
Liliya Sultanova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Psychology,
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Branch in Tashkent
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Ruimei SUN
University of Macau
China (Macao SAR)
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Steven Yale Sussman, Ph.D., FAAHB, FAPA, FSPR
Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research; Division of Health Behavior Research
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences (formerly Preventive Medicine)
School of Medicine; also Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Soto Street Building, 1845 North Soto Street, Room 302A, Los Angeles, CA 90032-3628
United States
Sussman, S., Lisha, N., & Griffiths, M. (2011). Prevalence of the addictions: A problem of the majority or the minority? Eval. Health Prof. 34(1), 3-56.
Sussman, S. (2012). Workaholism: A review. Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, S6:001, 10 pages.
Tanoubi Amayra, Ph.D.
Amayra Tannoubi is a PhD student in Applied Education Sciences in Physical Activity and Sports Theory at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. His research interests include high performance academic achievement and influencing factors, such as self-determination theory and academic engagement. Amayra Tannoubi is also interested in scales validation and psychometrics.
Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Ph.D.
Joy is the Executive Director of the Ateneo Center for Organization Research and Development (CORD) and an Associate Professor at the Psychology Department of the Ateneo de Manila University. She has over twenty years of practice in different areas of human resources management (HRM) and organization development (OD) including consulting work with government, business, academe, and civil society organizations. She has published in international and local journals and has also co-edited HRM, OD, and Leadership books. Joy has a PhD in Social-Organizational Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University where she also obtained her Master’s degree. She is a licensed Psychologist and a Certified Industrial/Organizational Psychologist of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP). Joy is also a board member of the OD Practitioners Network (ODPN) and co-chair of the Research in Psychology Special Interest Group of the PAP.
Julio Torales, M.Sc.
Professor and Head of Department
Medical Psychology Department
Mental Health Department
School of Medical Sciences
National University of Asunción
Paraguay
Julio Torales is Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Psychology, and Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Department of Mental Health at National University of Asunción, Paraguay. Professor Torales is a Level I Researcher of the National Council of Science and Technology of Paraguay. He has published more than 200 scientific articles, 23 books and 70 book chapters. Professor Torales has been awarded by the International Junior Chamber as “Outstanding Young Paraguayan” (in 2006); by the American Psychiatric Association as “International Fellow” (in 2013); by the World Psychiatric Association as “Honorary Member” (in 2017); and by Elsevier as “SciVal CICCO Award” of Paraguay (2022), for his scientific production.
Saryth Giovanna Valencia Gallego, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychological Studies
Human Talent Management Master’s Director UNIVERSIDAD ICESI
Colombia
Saryth Valencia is currently a professor of psychology at ICESI University, a university that ranks #1 in Colombia and #9 in Latin America according to the Times Higher Education ranking. She is the director of a postgraduate course in human talent management that combines organizational strategy with the quality of work life. His main interests are in impacting the world of companies with psychological safety programs through consulting and conducting research related to labor subjectivity.
Zahir Vally, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Psychology
United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates
Zahir Vally is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the United Arab Emirates University, and is also affiliated with Wolfson College at the University of Oxford. He conducts research in a wide variety of areas including child development, psychopathology, and psychotherapeutic interventions. Recently, he has developed a program of research that has studied problematic internet and smartphone use in Middle Eastern settings.
Germano Vera Cruz, Prof.
Full Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of Picardie Jules Verne (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), Amiens, France
Germano Vera Cruz is professor of psychology at the University of Picardie Jules Verne (France), and member of the UR 7273 CRP-CPO laboratory. He is also a data scientist. In the past, he worked as lecture/research/professor at the University of Toulouse Jean-Jaurès (France), University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada) and at Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique). He has also worked (a) as a data scientist in a North American multinational company, (b) as a correspondent journalist for Agence France-Presse, (c) as a journalist for the Mozambican newspaper Diário de Moçambique, (d) as a community organizer in a United Nations (UN) project carried out in Mozambique.
Prof. Germano Vera Cruz current research topics are:
1. The problematic uses of new technologies of communication and social interaction (“addiction” related to the use of smartphone, social media/network, online gaming, and cybersexuality); workaholism and sports addictions.
2. The uses of connected objects and their effects on health (well-being/quality of life, performance enhancement).
3. Interpersonal violence (sexual violence, intimate partner violence, violence in the context of civil war).
Ingrid Camacho Vidaurre
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, UPSA
Bolivia
Anise M. S. WU, Prof.
University of Macau
China (Macao SAR)
The publications in work and stress psychology include:
Xue Yang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Centre for Health Behaviours Research (CHBR)
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
sherryxueyang@cuhk.edu.hk
Martin Yankov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
New Bulgarian University
Department of Cognitive science and Psychology
Bulgaria
Katerina Zabrodska, Ph.D.
Katerina Zabrodska is a senior researcher at the Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, and an Assistant Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. She is also a Head of the Methodology Department at the Institute of Psychology, a member of the Evaluation Expert Panel in the Czech Grant Agency, and a member of the Academic Senate at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research lies in the intersection between Occupational Health Psychology, Positive Organizational Studies and Higher Education Studies. In particularly, she focuses on identification of personal, organizational, and social factors that influence occupational well-being and development of academic potential in the higher education sector. Most recently, she has been involved in projects addressing antecedents of organizational resilience in the public sector and occupational health among primary school teachers. She regularly publishes research addressing issues of occupational well-being, occupational stress, burnout, positive/destructive organizational cultures, and the quality of psychosocial work environments in the public sector. She is also a consultant on workplace bullying and harassment issues.
