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Dr María Isabel Montañez Juan

Dr María Isabel Montañez Juan
Assistant lecturer with a PhD
Social Psychology

Curriculum

Brief CV

Education:

  • PhD in Human Resources Psychology from the University of Valencia (2021).
  • Master's Degree in Human Resources Management from the University of the Balearic Islands (2016).
  • Degree in Psychology from the University of the Balearic Islands (2015).
  • Erasmus stay at the ISCTE-IUL University of Lisbon (2012-2013).

Work and teaching experience:

  • Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands teaching subjects such as Organizational Psychology (since 2019/20), Social Psychology of Groups and Organizations (2020/21), Psychology of Groups (2020/21), Work Psychology (since 2021/22) and Negotiation Techniques (since 2021/22).
  • Responsible for Internships of students for the Master's Degree in HR Management (since 2021/22).
  • Human resources manager in a company in the aeronautical sector (since 2020).
  • Research support technician. University of the Balearic Islands (2017-2018).
  • Psychologist in the Human Resources Department of an international hotel chain (2015-2017).

Awards for quality and dissemination of research results:

  • Ex aequo prize for the Best Master's Thesis awarded by the International Congress of Work Psychology and Human Resources. Thesis supervised by Dr. María Esther García Buades and entitled 'Job characteristics, organisational justice and job satisfaction' (2016).

Research interests:

  • Work design and work characteristics.
  • Age at work.
  • Sustainable well-being at work.
  • Happy and productive teams.

Recent publications:

  • García-Buades, M. E.; Montañez-Juan, M.; Blahopoulou, J.; Ortiz-Bonnin, S.; Chela-Alvarez, X.; Bulilete, O.; Llobera, J. (2024). Psychosocial Work Factors, Job Stress, and Self-rated Health among Hotel Housekeepers. Workplace Health & Safety. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799241282787
  • Montañez-Juan, M. I. (2024). Estrategias para la gestión de conflictos entre las partes. En M.I. Montserrat Sánchez-Escribano, I. Nadal Gómez, & I. Ordeñana Gezuraga (Eds.), Mediación Civil, Mercantil, Penal, Penitenciaria e Institucional 2022: cuestiones actuales controvertidas y reflexiones de futuro (pp. 315-334). Tirant lo Blanch.
  • Montañez-Juan, M.; García-Buades, M.E.; Peiró, J.M.; Sora, B.; Ortiz-Bonnin, S.; Caballer, A. (2023). Development and validation of the Spanish short version of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ-S). International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 97, 103501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2023.103501
  • Ortiz-Bonnin, S.; Blahopoulou, J.; Montañez-Juan, M.I.; García-Buades, M.E. (2023). Team emotional intelligence buffers the impact of negative emotions on satisfaction with the team: a multilevel study. Higher Education Research & Development, 42 (6), 1467-1481.https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2022.2152781
  • Ortiz-Bonnin, S.; Blahopoulou, J.; García-Buades, M.E.; Montañez-Juan; M. (2023). Work-life balance satisfaction in crisis times: from luxury to necessity - The role of organization's responses during COVID-19 lockdown. Personnel Review, 52(4), 1033-1050. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-07-2021-0484
  • Montañez-Juan, M.I. (2022). Work design and digitalization of the Spanish Public Administration: Towards a smart work design. Revista Vasca de Gestión de Personas y Organizaciones Públicas, 19(23), 64-73. https://doi.org/10.47623/ivap-rvgp.23.2022.03
  • Blahopoulou, J.; Ortiz-Bonnin, S.; Montañez-Juan, M.; Torrens Espinosa, G.; García Buades, M.E. (2022). Telework satisfaction, wellbeing and performance in the digital era. Lessons learned during COVID-19 lockdown in Spain. Current Psychology, 41, 2507-2520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02873-x
  • García-Buades, M.E.; Peiró, J.M.; Montañez-Juan, M.I.; Kozusznik, M.W.; Ortiz-Bonnín, S. (2020). Happy-Productive Teams and Work Units: A Systematic Review of the 'Happy-Productive Worker Thesis'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010069
  • Ortiz-Bonnin, S.; Ramis, C.; Montañez-Juan, M.I.; Manassero-Mas, M.A.; García-Buades, M.E.; Rejón-Guardia, F. (2020). Testing the relationship between team emotional intelligence and satisfaction in project teams. EDULEARN20 Proceedings, España 2020. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2020.0392
  • Montañez-Juan, M.I., García-Buades, M.E., Sora-Miana, B., Ortiz-Bonnín, S., & Caballer-Hernández, A. (2019). Work Design and Job Satisfaction: the moderating role of organizational justice. Revista Psicologia Organizações e Trabalho, 19(4), 853-858. https://dx.doi.org/10.17652/rpot/2019.4.17510
  • Montañez-Juan, M.I., García-Buades, M.E., Caballer-Hernández, A, Sora-Miana, B., Lorente-Prieto, L. (2017). Justícia organitzacional en instituts d'educació secundària: estudiant la satisfacció laboral de professors en el seu lloc de treball. Enginy. Revista del Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Balears, 20, pp.141 - 156. https://copib.es/intranet/files/12_09_1717_51_00Enginy_2017.pdf

Teaching

Office Hours

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Thesis advising

Thesis advisor during the academic year 2024-25 for the following PHD programmes:

Teaching, 5 previous years

Subject Information
10723 - Processes, Strategies and Techniques Involved in Team Performance
  • Master's Degree in Human Resource Management. Psychological and Pedagogical Intervention2023-24
11026 - Master's Thesis
  • Master's Degree in Human Resource Management. Psychological and Pedagogical Intervention2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
11027 - Practical Placements
  • Master's Degree in Human Resource Management. Psychological and Pedagogical Intervention2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
21316 - Psychology of Groups
  • Degree in Psychology (pla 2009)2020-21
  • Degree in Psychology (pla 2020)2021-22
21321 - Workplace Psychology
21326 - Organisational Psychology
21331 - Practicum
21332 - Final Degree Project in Psychology
  • Degree in Psychology (pla 2020)2023-24
21982 - Social Psychology of Groups and Organisations
22202 - Social Psychology of Groups and Organisations
  • Degree in Pedagogy (2016 syllabus)2020-21
29927 - Team and Human Resources Management
  • Degree in Hotel Management (Aff. Centre Hotel Management of the BI)2021-22
29933 - Final Degree Project
  • Degree in Hotel Management (Aff. Centre Hotel Management of the BI)2022-23, 2023-24
29968 - Negotiation Techniques
  • Degree in Hotel Management (Aff. Centre Hotel Management of the BI)2021-22, 2022-23

Research

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Psychosocial Research into Work, Human Resources and Education (I+RhETOS)
Consolidated R+D+I Group
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