He received his Ph.D in Organizational Behavior from ISCTE in 2007 and later went to the University of Delaware for a Post-Doc. He has published in several international journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Group & Organization Management and Human Performance and is the author/co-author of four books (three of them forthcoming). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and won the Research Award (2009) from RH Magazine/Select-Vedior and the Outstanding Reviewer Award (2010) from the OB Division of the Academy of Management. His research interests focus on interpersonal relationships in the workplace, leadership, improvisation/risk taking (he is the Principal Researcher of a project funded by FCT in this area), change management and entrepreneurship.