- Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resource Management at ESADE. - Undergraduate degree in Business Science and an MBA, 1971. ESADE, Spain. - Master in Industrial Relations, 1971. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. - Undergraduate degree in Economics, 1991. Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
Areas of research -Human Resource management in the Knowledge Society; -Work ecology; -Quality of work life
- Professor in the Department of Human Resource Management at ESADE. - PhD in Organizational Psychology/ Behaviour & Administration, 1977. University of Minnesota, USA. - MA in IR/Human Resource Management, 1976. University of Minnesota, USA. - MA in Human Resource Management, 1973. Tel Aviv University - MSc in Organisational Behaviour, 1973. Tel Aviv University - BA in Labour Studies. 1971. Tel Aviv University
Areas of Research: Organisational culture and values; -Stress and burnout; -Organisational behaviour; -Management by values; -Change management; -Cultural transformation; -Evaluation centre; -Health and safety in the workplace.
- Lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management at ESADE. - PhD in Psychology, 2007. Universidad de Blanquerna, Spain. - MA in Human Resource Management and Organisational Process Consulting, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain - Undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Education, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain - Director, University Development Service
Areas of Research: -Trust - Effectiveness
She has been a member of the IEL research group at ESADE since 2004.
Organisational Psychologist. She has worked in the human resource area since 1993. Her area of research focuses on topics related to the quality of work life, and labour health and stress as seen from an organisational and cultural perspective.
She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) and has been a member of the IEL research group at ESADE since 2001.
- Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at ESADE. - MA in Bases for Economic Analysis. Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Spain - Undergraduate degree in Economics and Business Administration. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
She has been a member of the IEL research group at ESADE since 2002.
- PhD in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), 1997. - Professor of Labour and Social Security Law at the UAB from 1993 to 1999. - In 1997, she became a Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at ESADE - Universidad Ramón Llull, where she currently carries out her teaching and research activities as professor of Labour and Social Security Law (2003) . - Member of the Generalitat's Economic and Social Council (Grup IV del Consell de Treball Econòmic i Social de Catalunya, Departament de Treball de la Generalitat de Catalunya) (2004-2005). - Arbiter for the Catalan Labour Tribunal (2006-) - Head of training in the area of Labour Law at Baker & McKenzie Advocats (2000-).
She has been a member of the IEL research group at ESADE since 2004
Caroline Straub is currently a PhD candidate in the Institute for Labor Studies, ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. Her research interest is focused on females in top management teams and their influence on a company's work-family culture. She has co-authored a publication on Work Ethical Values and holds a single authorship on work life balance issues and females career advancement.
Caroline graduated with a Master Degree on Business Administration from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. For undertaking her PhD she receives a full scholarship and she will continue her doctoral studies at York University, Canada as visiting researcher.
She has been a member of the IEL research group at ESADE since 2004.
Yingying Zhang was born and educated in China. After obtaining her bachelor in Economics at Xiamen University (China), she pursued an MBA study at ESADE (2000), where she is currently accomplishing her PhD in Management Sciences. Besides that, she has received training in different countries such as Singapore, U.K. and Denmark.
Coming from practitioner background, she is specialized in Chinese management and international comparative human reosuces management among others. After her extensive experience in different industries such as consumer goods, machinery, logistics and technology, she is currently lecturer, researcher and consultant in various themes of Management. One of her last research projects is the internationalization of Spanish firms in China from the perspective of strategic human resources, which is carried out in Institute of Labour Studies, ESADE.
She has been a member of the IEL Research Group at ESADE since 2004.
Maria José Parada holds an MBA from ESADE (2001). She also studied at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Católica Boliviana (1998). She collaborates on research projects at the Institute of Labour Studies at ESADE.
Currently, she teaches undergraduate and masters-level classes of Strategic Management and Corporate Finance at ESERP for the University of Staffordshire programme and Financial Statement Analysis and "Management in action" at Barcelona Business School. She has also worked for an American telecommunications multinational in the area of financial analysis and management control and in the finance department of a family-run wholesaler in the tourism industry.
She has collaborated with ESADE's Institute of Labour Studies since 2004
Chad Albrecht is a member of the Institute for Labor Studies and a Ph.D. candidate at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. Chad holds the prestigious IGSOC grant sponsored by the Government of Catalonia.
Chad serves as President of the ESADE Doctoral Society. His research focuses on global management, and corruption and fraud from an organizational perspective. This research line addresses how organizational corruption is perceived and perpetrated across cultures.
Chad graduated with a bachelor degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA and received his Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Equivalent to the British Master of Philosophy) from ESADE Business School in 2006.
Chad has co-authored several publications including 3 books. Chad currently teaches International Business, Human Resource Management, and Trust in Organization classes at La Salle - Universidad Ramon Llull as well as Barcelona Business School.
Chad is a member of the IEL research group since 2005.
- PhD in Psychology from the Universidad Ramón LLull, 2005. - Undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Education (Psychology) from the Universidad de Barcelona, 1983. - Consultant in Organisational Development. Master's from the GR Institute for Organizational Development & Personnel Management, Israel.
She has been a Lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management at ESADE since 1990. Since 2001, she has been a member of the research team for the Globe Project: Cultural Influences on Leadership and Organizations (the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania).
Her doctoral thesis focuses on the different organisational leadership styles between entrepreneurs and CEOs. She joined the IEL's Leadership Division in January, 2007.
