Maria Vakola, Ph.D.

member emotional intelligence consortium

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

Biography

Dr. Maria Vakola is an organisational psychologist and she is currently working as an assistant professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Maria worked as a lecturer in the UK for a number of years. She has also worked as consultant designing and implementing change and presented her work in executive seminars. Her most recent co-operations include companies such as Emporiki Bank, Vodafone, Vasilopoulos etc. Maria has published in the field of organizational behaviour and change in academic journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Communications of the ACM etc. She has also participated as co-ordinator and investigator in many European funded projects and she is a member of the American Academy of Management. She teaches organisational behaviour and change management in an undergraduate, postgraduate and executive level and she has received an award for teaching excellence from the International MBA programme of Athens University of Economics and Business.

Articles

Nikolaou, I., Vakola, M. & Bourantas, D. (in press). Who Speaks up at Work? Dispositional Influences on Employees’ Voice Behavior. Personnel Review

Nikolaou, I., Gouras, A., Vakola, M. & Bouradas (2007) Selecting change agents: Exploring traits and skills in a simulated environment. Journal of Change Management Vol 7, 3-4, pp291-313

Nikolaou, I., Tomprou, M. & Vakola, M. (2007). Individuals’ Inducements and the Role of Personality: Implications for Psychological Contracts. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 22, 649-663.

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.

Book Chapters

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.

 

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