Affiliation: Athens University of Economics and Business
	Email: inikol@aueb.gr

Dr. Ioannis Nikolaou is a Work & Organizational Psychologist and Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Management Science and Technology. Dr. Nikolaou has carried out his postgraduate studies (MSc, PhD) as a scholar of State Scholarships Foundation of Greece (IKY) at Manchester School of Management, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has gained wide working experience as an Assistant Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Greece at the department of Global Human Resources Solutions and as Head of the Training Department at Egnatia Bank before starting his academic career. He has written the book Managing Human Capital – Greek Case Studies (in Greek) and also published extensively (e.g. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Personality & Individual Differences, Employee Relations, Stress & Health, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Managerial Psychology, International Journal of Testing), while his research interests lay in the field of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management and more specifically in employee selection and assessment, organisational change and employee well-being. He is teaching courses at the undergraduate (Organisational Psychology and Personal Skills Development) and graduate level (Employee Selection, Leadership & Organisational Behaviour, Personal Skills Development) at Athens University of Economics and Business, while maintaining active links with the industry through consulting projects and executive training. His most recent collaborations in executive training and management consulting include companies such as Misko-Barilla, Lion Hellas, Pfizer, SEAT, Infote, Dodoni, OSE, Metaxas Diagnostics, Emporiki Bank, Kantor Management Consulting, Intracom, AB Vasilopoulos, etc. He is a member of the Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology.

Nikolaou, I., Tomprou, M., & Vakola, M. (in press). Individuals' inducements and the role of personality: Implications for psychological contracts. Journal of Managerial Psychology.

Nikolaou, I. Judge, T. (2007). Fairness reactions to personnel selection techniques in Greece: The role of core-self evaluations. International Journal of Selection & Assessment, 15, 206-219.

Tsaousis, I, Nikolaou, I, Serdaris, N & Judge, T. (2007). Does the core self-evaluations moderate the relationship between subjective well-being and physical and psychological health? Personality & Individual Differences, 42, 1441-1452.

Tsaousis, I. & Nikolaou, I. (2005). Exploring the relationship between emotional intelligence and physical and psychological health. Stress and Health, 21, 77-86.

Vakola, M. & Nikolaou, I. (2005). Attitudes towards organizational change: What is the role of employees’ stress and commitment? Employee Relations, 27, 160-174.

Vakola, M, Tsaousis, I & Nikolaou, I. (2004). The role of emotional intelligence and personality variables on attitudes toward organisational change. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 19, 88-110.

Nikolaou, I. (2003). Fitting the person to the organization: Examining the personality-job performance relationship from a new perspective. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 18, 639-648.

Nikolaou, I. (2003). The development and validation of a measure of generic work competencies. International Journal of Testing, 3, 309-319.

Nikolaou, I & Tsaousis, I (2002). Emotional intelligence in the workplace: Exploring its effects on occupational stress and organisational commitment. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. Special Issue on Emotional Intelligence, 10, 327-342.

Nikolaou, I., & Robertson, I.T. (2001). The five-factor model of personality and work behaviour in Greece. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 10, 161-186.

Tsaousis, I., Nikolaou, I. (2001) The stability of the five-factor model of personality in personnel selection and assessment. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 9, 290-301.

Nikolaou, I., Vakola, M. & Robertson, I.T. (2006). 360 degree feedback and leadership development. In R. Burke & C. L. Cooper (Eds.) Inspiring Leaders. London: Taylor & Francis.

Vakola, M., & Nikolaou, I. (2002). Organisational readiness for organisational change: The role of strategy, culture and human resource management. In F. Analoui (Ed.) The Changing Patterns of Human Resource Management (pp. 270-283). Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.

Nikolaou, I., Robertson, I.T (1999). The influence of employees’ work competencies and contextual behaviour on managers’ performance appraisals. In Jansen, P.G.W., Pepermans, R. (Eds.), Empirical studies of managerial behaviour, development and socialisation (pp. 79-94). Leuven: Acco.

Kantas, A., Kalogera, S. & Nikolaou, I. (1997). Recruitment and selection: Managerial practices and perceptions in the Greek private sector. In Pepermans, R., Buelens, A., Vinkenburg, G.J. & Jansen, P.G.W. (Eds.), Managerial Behaviour and Practices. European Research Issues. (pp. 81-90) Leuven: Acco.