Affiliation: ESADE (Ramón Llull University)
Email: joanm.batista@esade.edu

Biography

Joan Manuel Batista-Foguet, is since 1995 Full Professor in the Department of Methods at ESADE (University Ramón Llull), former Research Director of ESADE and is the current Director of the Survey Research Center at ESADE. He has degrees in industrial engineering (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) and in Psychology from the University of Barcelona. He also has a Masters degree in Social Sciences Data Analysis from the University of Essex and earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1982.

Since 1975, he has been lecturer and Associate Professor of Statistics at the School of Engineering (Polytechnic University), and at the Faculty of Psychology (University of Barcelona). His fields of interest include the improvement of Measurement in Social Sciences Research, with applications of multivariate statistical models and Structural Equation Models (Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Multitrait-Multimethod designs, Simplex Models, Covariance and Mean Structures, Multigroup Analysis, Multiplicative Effects) in to Survey Research, applied to Attitudinal Research, Social and Emotional Competences of individuals and of groups, Management Control Systems, Branding, Service Quality, Quality of Life, Well-Being, Schoolchildren habits, subjects on which he has been and still is Principal Investigator of various research projects, and has published various books and articles in leading journals.

Articles

Iglesias, O.; Singh, J. J. & Batista-Foguet, J.M. (2011). The role of brand experience and affective commitment in determining brand loyalty. Journal of Brand Management, 18(4/5), 1-13.

Gaspar, T, Gaspar Matos, M, Batista-Foguet, JM, JL Paiz & I Leal (2010). Parent-child perceptions of quality of life: Implications for health intervention, Journal of Family Studies, 16, 2, 143-154, . FI: 1.140

Gaspar de Matos, M, Simões, C,  Batista-Foguet, JM, & Cottraux, J (2010). Facteurs personnels et facteurs sociaux associés à la perception de santé et à la perception de bonheur, dans une population adolescente non clinique. L'ENCÉPHALE.  Revue de psychiatrie clinique biologique et thérapeutique, 36, 39-45. FI: 0.421

Batista-Foguet, J.M.; Saris, W.E.; Boyatzis, R.E.; Guillén, L. & Serlavós, R. (2009). Effect of response scale on assessment of emotional intelligence competencies. Personality and Individual Differences, 46(5-6), 575-580.

Sánchez, M. & Batista-Foguet, J.M. (2008). Congruency of the cognitive and affective components of the attitude as a moderator on intention of condom use predictors. Social Indicators Research, 87(1), 139-155.

Simões, C.; Batista-Foguet, J.M.; Gaspar de Matos, M. & Calmeiro, L. (2008). Alcohol use and abuse in adolescence: Proposal of an alternative analysis . Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(3), 291-301.

Saris, W.E.; Batista-Foguet, J.M. & Coenders, G. (2007). Selection of indicators for the interaction term in structural equation models with interaction. Quality & Quantity, 41(1), 55-72.

Batista-Foguet, J.M.; Coenders, G.; Saris, W.E. & Bisbe, J. (2004). Simultaneous estimation of indirect and interaction effects using structural equation models. Metodoloski Zvezki, 1(1), 163-184.

Batista-Foguet, J.M.; Coenders, G. & Artés, M.T. (2001). Using structural equation models to evaluate the magnitude of measurement error in blood pressure. Statistics in Medicine, 20(15), 2351-2368.

Coenders, G.; Saris, W.E.; Batista-Foguet, J.M. & Andreikova, A. (1999). Stability of Three-Wave Simplex estimates of Reliability. Structural Equation Modeling, 6(2), 135-157.

Book Chapters

Saris, WE. y JM. Batista-Foguet (2010). Contactos sociales, confianza social y confianza política en Europa.  Medición y relaciones. En M. Torcal (Ed) La participación política de los españoles: dimensiones y niveles, 27-44. Madrid: CIS. Academia.

Batista-Foguet, J.M.; Boyatzis, R.E.; Guillén, L. & Serlavós, R. (2008). Assessing Emotional Intelligence Competencies in Two Global Context. In Robert J. Emmerling, Vinod, K. Shanwal & Manas K. Mandal (Ed.). Emotional Intelligence: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives (pp. 89-114). San Francisco: Nova Science Publishers.

Books

Coenders, G.; Batista-Foguet, J.M. & Saris, W.E. (2005). Temas avanzados en modelos de ecuaciones estructurales. Madrid: La Muralla. [ISBN: 694-4].