Lecturer of the Department of Human Resource Management
Academic training
Doctora en Psicología. Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull
Màster en Investigació Psicològica. Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull
Màster en Direcció de Recursos Humans i Consultoria de Processos en les Organitzacions. Universitat de Barcelona
Licenciada en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad de Barcelona
Interest Areas
Human Resource Management (introduction of policies and organizational development)
Organizational Behaviour (people management, leadership, team management, etc.)
Management and Multiculturalism Management Skills
Research areas: trust and effectiveness; strategic management of human resources and effectiveness
Biography
She has developed her career in consultancy, education and the management of organizational projects. She is currently a researcher in ESADE's Institute for Labour Studies (IEL) and she runs the University Development and co-operation Service (SUD).
She has been a consultant in various sectors of business activity: finance ('la Caixa'); mass commodity (Chupa Chups, Sara Lee); industrial (Bher automobile group, Sony Spain, Cerestar, etc.) and also in the public sector (Hospital de Mataró, UOC, Escuela Judicial, the Public Administration School of Catalonia, etc.).
She has collaborated on projects to introduce policies on human resources (performance development, job description, salary policies, change management, continuous improvement programmes, etc.), on the development of management skills (social skills, negotiation and conflict, chairing meetings, decision-making, etc.) and multiculturalism management skills.
As for academic scientific research, she participates in various research projects and she has published articles on the strategic management of human resources and organizational effectiveness, and on trust in work teams.
In the sphere of development co-operation, she is a Visiting Professor at several Central American universities and manages the SUD, the objectives of which include the participation of ESADE students and lecturers in development co-operation projects in Latin America, and the promotion of social responsibility in professional practice.
Since 1995, she has collaborated with ESADE, where she began to work on the Senior Company Management programme and on the Cranfield research on strategic management of human resources.
Selected publications
Mach, M.; Dolan, S.L. & Tzafrir, S. (2008). The differential effect of trust on continuous team performance: An empirical test of trust model. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT. Academy of Management 2008 Annual Meeting. Anaheim (California) EUA, 08/08/2008
Dolan, S.L.; Mach, M. & Sierra, V. (2004). A Configurational Analysis of the Human Resource Contribution to firm?s bottom line results // Contribution des Ressources Humaines au succès économique de l'entreprise- Étude basée sur la Théorie Configurationnelle. Congrès AGRH 2004. AGRH - Montreal- Canada.
Dolan, S.L.; Mach, M. & Sierra, V. (2003). HR Contribution to a Firm?s Success Examined from a configurational perspective: an Empirical Study based on the Spanish Cranet Data . Iberoamerican Academy of Management - 3rd International Conference. Gertrulio Vargas-Sao Paolo- Brasil.
Dolan, S.L.; Sierra, V.; Mach, M. & Obeso, C. (2003). HRM and Organizational Effectiveness: Is HRM adding economic value to the firm? Exploratory findings based on the Spanish Cranet study. 7th Conference on International Human Resource Management. Limerick- Rep. of Ireland.
Mach, M.; Dolan, S.L. & Tzafrir, S. (2008). Trust, Culture and Team Performance: Validation of a Triaxiale Model. ISSWOV: The 11th International Conference on Work Values and Behavior. Singapore.
Mach, M.; Dolan, S.L. & Sierra, V. (2007). Exploring the Indirect & Direct Effects of Organizational Trust on Team Performance. Iberoamerican Academy of Management. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
Mach, M.; Dolan, S.L. & Tzafrir, S. (2007). Examining the impact of team Trust on team Effectiveness: An exploration of a new triaxiale model. 3rd Workshoop on Trust within and between Organizations. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mach, M.; Dolan, S.L. & Sierra, V. (2007). Multidimensional Trust Effects on Team Performance: An Organizational Trust Model Approach. EURAM 2007 Annual Conference. Paris, France.
Validity of the organisational triaxial trust model as a preditor of efectiveness. Doctorando:Mach, M.. Dirección:Simon Dolan; & Vicenta Sierra. 07/02/2007
Dolan, S.L.; Mach, M. & Sierra, V. (2005). HR Contribution to a Firm's success examined from a configurational perspective: An empirical study based on the Spanish CRANET Data. Management Revue, 16(2), 272-290.
Dolan, S.L.; Mach, M. & Sierra, V. (2004). HR Contribution to a Firm?s Success Examined from a configurational perspective: an Exploratory Study . IHRM Symposium. Paderborn, Alemania.
Mach, M.; Soler, C.; Obeso, C. & Longo Martínez, F (2000). Estudio Cranfield-ESADE Gestión estratégica de los Recursos Humans en España- Informe Ejecutivo de Conclusiones - Año 2000. ESADE1, 1-67.
