Research

Research Interest

The central question in my research is “how does one´s definition of well-being at work reflect on the actual well-being, performance and relationship with others in organization?”. In the past years, I have investigated this question in the context of larger research lines, related to wellbeing at workplace, emotions in service encounters, self-determination in service sector and, recently safety behavior in construction sector and safety training transfer. I have used a broad range of techniques, including the traditional survey methods, psychological experiments, as well as a range of statistical methods to investigate my questions. In most of my research I use quantitative methods, but I also started to grasp on qualitive analysis, as a way of complementing my findings.

Research Projects

ESTEEM (European Safety Training and Evaluation supporting European Mobility), 2018 – 2020, Granted by European Union (Erasmus+), partners: Sheffield University, Bologna University, University of Valencia, Valora Spain, IIPLE, Italy. PR: Karina Nielsen

Cooperation and Social Innovation for inclusion and Quality of Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities, 2013 – 2016, Granted by Spanish Agency of Economy and Competitiveness (I+D+i project, PSI2013-48509-P) and FEDER. PR: Vicente Martínez-Tur

Cooperation between Employees and Family Members in Centers for People with Intellectual Disabilities and its impact on Quality of Life, 2017 – 2021 Granted by Spanish Agency of Economy and Competitiveness (I+D+i project, PSI2016-78156-R) and FEDER. PR: Vicente Martínez-Tur

Trayectorias De Cambio en la Calidad de Vida Laboral de los Residentes De Medicina De Familia a lo largo del periodo de su residencia, 2013 – 2018. PR: Vicente González-Romá

Analysis of Competences, tasks and trends during the Internship for students in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, 2014 – ongoing. PR: Salvador Carbonell & Luminița Pătraș

Job market insertion for Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology Erasmus Mundus Master Alumni, 2016, PR: José María Peiro<

Peer review publications

Pătraș, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Gracia, E., Moliner, C. (2019). Why do people spend money to help people? PLoS ONE 14(3): e0213582. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0213582

Pătraș, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Estreder, Y., Gracia, E., Moliner, C., Peiró, J.M. (2018). Enhancing Performance to Improve Users’ Quality of Life in Organizations: The Role of Service Climate and “Contribution-to-Others” Wellbeing Beliefs. Research in Developmental Disability. 77, 114-123 doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2018.04.016

Martínez-Tur, V., Estreder, Y., Moliner, C., Gracia, E., Pătraș, L., Zornoza, A. (2018). Dialogue between workers and family members is related to attitudes towards self-determination. International Journal of Intellectual Disability, 43(3), 370 – 379 https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2017.1416256

Pătraş, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Gracia, E., & Moliner, C. (2017). Surface acting and exhaustion: The moderating role of eudaimonia. Stress and Health. 33 (4). 322 – 329 https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2714

Pătraș, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Moliner, C., Gracia, E. (2016). Working together through creativity towards self-determination: a longitudinal field experiment. International Journal of Psychology. 51(S1). 1036–1106. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12351′

Conferences and Congresses

Pătraș, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Hernandez, A., Vazquez, J.A. (2018) Show me more positive emotions, and I will go beyond the customer service! A diary study. ICAP, July 2018, Montreal, Canada (oral communication)

Kozusznik, B.,McWha-Hermann, I., Pătraș, L., Wiecek-Jakubek, K., Griffith, R, Brol, M. (2018) Practical Application of Research Across Borders: Competencies, Conditions, & Cooperation. ICAP, July 2018, Montreal, Canada (discussion forum)

Martínez-Tur, V., Gracia, E., Pătraș, L., Moliner, C., Ramos, J., Peiró, JM. (2018). Autonomous Teams Improve Social Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disability, SIOP, April 2018, Chicago, U.S.A. (oral communication)

Pătraș, L. (2017). Learning Psychology across the World: Southeast Asia. 1st East Asian Regional Congress of Psychology, 28 – 01 December, Hanoi, Vietnam. (organizer and moderator – round table)

Pătraș, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Gracia, E., Moliner, C., (2017). Eudaimonia Wellbeing Beliefs, Autonomy and Prosocial Spending. 1st East Asian Regional Congress of Psychology, 28 – 01 December, Hanoi, Vietnam. (oral communication)

Pătraș, L., Martínez-Tur, V., Moliner, C., Gracia, E., Estreder, Y. (2017). It’s all about others: Contribution to others as wellbeing beliefs, service climate and users’ quality of life. 18th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. 17-20 May, Dublin, Ireland. (oral communication)

Pătraș, L. (2017) Young Researchers in Work and Organizational Psychology and UN Sustainable Development Goals. 18th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. 17-20 May, Dublin, Ireland. (debate)

See the full list of peer-review publications and conferences HERE 2019