Ioannis Nikolaou

Dr Ioannis Nikolaou is a Work & Organizational Psychologist and Professor 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 books “Organizational Psychology & Behaviour” and “Managing Human Capital – Greek Case Studies” (in Greek) and also published extensively in international peer-reviewed academic journals (e.g. International Journal of Human Resources Management, Personnel Review, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Personality & Individual Differences, Employee Relations, Stress & Health, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Managerial Psychology, etc.), 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 psychological well-being. He teaches courses in undergraduate (Organisational Psychology and Personal Skills Development) and post-graduate level (Employee Selection, Performance Appraisal and Development, Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources Management, Personal Skills Development) at Athens University of Economics and Business, while maintaining active links with the industry through Human Resource consulting projects (National Banks of Greece, Emporiki Bank, Kantor Management Consulting, Attika Bank) and executive training. His most recent collaborations in executive training and management consulting include companies, such as OTE Academy, EFG Eurobank, Ethniki Asfalistiki, Misko-Barilla, Lion Hellas, Pfizer, SEAT, Infote, Dodoni, OSE, Metaxas Diagnostics, Intracom, AB Vasilopoulos, etc. He is a member of the Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Society for Human Resource Management, European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, and also of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (www.eiconsortium.org). In parallel, he has been a member of the Board of Advisors for AIESEC (International Association of Students in Economics and Business, 2011-2012) and he is also the co-founder of the European Network of Selection Researchers (ENESER).

Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational psychology