André Escórcio Soares

• BSc, MSc, PhD
• Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at University of Lincoln

The digital transformation driven by the fourth industrial revolution has the potential to increase productivity by deploying technologies that can support production flexibility and efficiency (Bai et al., 2020). However, it is also accompanied by challenges that may jeopardise the efforts of organisations aiming to embark on this process. Discuss...

Purpose: The main goal of this study was to validate the Angolan version of the PCQ-24, using samples of employees who develop their work in adverse situations and need to deal daily with different constraints in their work environment. Originality/value: Although several studies have confirmed the factorial validity of the psychological capital sc...

Although societal transformations of the division of paid work and childcare have been observed over recent decades, the arrangements of most couples still reflect traditional gendered norms, with mothers as primary caregivers and fathers as main breadwinners. This persistent gender gap disadvantages men and women, preventing them from organising w...

Background: A variety of scholars deal with change agents' role within change processes and highlight their relevance as role models in an organisation, but there are shortcomings. Objective: This study aims to enhance our knowledge on the role of women as change agents in analysing their perceived self-efficacy during change and their job satis...

Local authorities’ transport departments face extraordinary requirements regarding future mobility planning that affects and disrupts their internal business models and institutional logic in substantive ways. In this chapter, we highlight how organisational change can be implemented in local authorities to allow organisational capacity to increase...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between psychological capital profiles and internal learning in teams. The participants in this study were 480 undergraduate students. We performed a cluster analysis using the SPSS and yielded four distinct psychological capital profiles. The student profile with the highest scores in self-efficacy, opti...

RESUMO Pesquisas anteriores sobre a aprendizagem interna concentraram-se em avaliar como as taxas de aprendizagem observadas afetam as interações colaborativas entre os vários atores. Assim, agregamos valor a essa literatura ao analisar a aprendizagem interna em equipes e o papel do capital psicológico nesse processo. Este estudo tem como objetivo...

Whereas past research on internal learning has focused on evaluating how the observed learning rates affect collaborative interactions among the various actors, we extend this literature by analyzing internal learning in teams and the role of psychological capital in this process. This study aims to analyze the mediating role of the perceived team...

The implementation of innovative technologies to support the planning and implementation of new transport schemes in cities requires staff to not only gain appropriate technical capabilities but also to have the willingness to adopt innovative technologies. Taking a sociotechnical approach, focussing on the Technology-Acceptance Model (TAM), we hig...

Purpose We propose an integrative model of how leaders (individual level) effectively relate to their social networks as a whole (network level). Additionally, we focus both on the leader constructs and the followers shared constructs about those networks. Design/methodology/approach Our conceptual paper uses the integration of literature from two...

This study aims to analyze the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in the relationship between network centrality and internal learning in teams. A questionnaire was administered to 480 undergraduate students to test this relationship. The results confirmed the positive relationship between network centrality and internal learning in t...

While it is well-known that the implementation of new technologies requires appropriate technical capabilities, research has for a long time almost neglected the behavioural capabilities of organisation’s employees to adopt innovative technologies. Employees have to trust new technologies and thus, to be willing to become vulnerable when they adopt...

Establishing generalisable humour style profiles promises to have significant value for educational, clinical, and occupational application. However, previous research investigating such profiles has thus far presented inconsistent results. To determine the generalisability and value of humour style profiles, a large and geographically diverse exam...

Psychological capital and learning: the moderating role of the team structure Abstract Theoretical research points out that the learning process contributes to the development of various fields of knowledge, including organisational behavior. However, the understanding of variables that are positively related to the learning process remains limited...

O capital psicológico e a aprendizagem: o papel moderador da estrutura da equipa Resumo A investigação teórica aponta que o processo de aprendizagem contribui para a evolução de vários campos do saber, incluindo o comportamento organizacional. No entanto, a compreensão das variáveis que estão positivamente relacionadas com o processo de aprendizage...

Establishing generalisable humour style profiles promises to have significant value for educational, clinical, and occupational application. However, previous research investigating such profiles has thus far presented inconsistent results. To determine the generalisability and value of humour style profiles, a large and geographically diverse exam...

ABSTRACT This theoretical research assumes that the learning process critically contributes to organizational effectiveness. However, the understanding of variables that are positively related to the learning process remains limited. The present study aims to analyze the moderating role of the team structure in the relationship between positive psy...

A investigação teórica aponta que o processo de aprendizagem contribui para a evolução de vários campos do saber, incluindo o comportamento organizacional. No entanto, a compreensão das variáveis que estão positivamente relacionadas com o processo de aprendizagem permanece limitada. Assim sendo, o presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar a influê...

As the role of students and lecturers in higher education changes, several questions emerge about the role of each of them on students’ academic performance. This includes questions regarding the impact of the relationships between students, lecturer’s characteristics and the social environment on students’ performance. To address these questions,...

Purpose: We attempted to explain how the interactions between members influence the psychological safety of a team using social network analysis by proposing a model based on social contagion in which the psychological safety of the central member has a key role in the psychological safety of the whole team. Design/methodology: We present a theoret...

RESUMO -o empreendedorismo é a capacidade do indivíduo de transformar ideias em acção. ele inclui criatividade, inovação e risco, assim como a capacidade de planear e gerir projectos com vista a alcançar objectivos. O desafio da educação para o empreendedorismo é preparar os jovens empreendedores com uma mentalidade e um conjunto de competências fu...

We tested the effect of the relationship among the identity, image and construed external image of both the acquiring and the acquired companies on intergroup relations, during the post-acquisition phase. The case study of a post-acquisition insurance company showed that the identity was not consistent with the construed external image either for t...