Folguera Bellmunt, Conxita

Conxita is a senior lecturer in organisational behaviour in the Department of People Management and Organisation.She holds a PhD in management Esade - Universitat Ramon Llull and a master in management development Euro-Arab Management School.She served as director of the People Management and Organisation Department 2007-2014 at Esade and as director of the Esade Educational Innovation Support Unit USIP 2002-2007. Her current research interests are in two interrelated fields:- Diversity and inclusion. Special focus on inclusion of people with disabilities in the open labour market.- Work-life balance and working time organisation.She directed the project 'El gènere en la gestió de la diversitat. Una aproximació inter-disciplinària per a la creació de materials docents adreçats a la formació en ciències empresarials i alta direcció' [Gender in diversity management. An interdisciplinary approach to the creation of educational materials aimed at senior executive business studies] with funding from the Catalan Institute for Women Generalitat de Catalunya. She is also co-author of 'Treball i vida: experiències de conciliació de la vida laboral amb la vida personal en empreses i organitzacions' [Work and life: experiences of reconciling working life with personal life in companies and organisations], funded by University Ramon Llull's Ethos Chair 2006. This work has been reviewed with a view to developing teaching materials 2008. She has published papers in the area of organisational learning and the use of ICT in learning processes together with lecturers Daniel Arenas and Josep M. Lozano, and has presented papers at several conferences on educational innovation. The book entitled 'Danone en Ultzama' 2005 MSD Award for Research in Business Ethics, written jointly with Dr Josep M. Lozano, is the result of her interest in the area of corporate social responsibility CSR and the case research method. Her interest in CSR has also been applied to the field of diversity management the core of her current research. In her role as director of the Educational Innovation Support Unit USIP, she led various projects European Higher Education Area - Bologna Process; preparation of teaching materials; use of virtual spaces mainly in joint learning projects. Her work on intercultural issues builds on her experience as a participant in the Euro-Arab Management School funded by the European Union and the Arab League, and supported by the Spanish Government. She was a member of the research team involved in the research project 'Small business training and competitiveness: building case studies in different European cultural contexts', funded by the European Commission and led by lecturer Alfons Sauquet.