Angel Barrasa  
 
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          Angel Barrasa (Guadalajara-Spain, 1978) received his PhD Doctor Europeus in Work and Organizational Psychology from Complutense University of Madrid with the thesis 'Integrating leadership behavior and climate perceptions in teamwork: Antecedents, structure, and influence in work groups' innovation, satisfaction, and effectiveness in organizations'. He took part in the Inter-University doctorate programme of Work and Organizational Psychology by Universities of Valencia, Barcelona, Seville, Jaume I of Castellon, and Complutense University of Madrid (awarded uninterruptedly each year 2002-2006 with quality mention by Spanish Department of Education and Science). He was active fellow of the Spanish Psychology Students’ Association CEP-PIE, Executive Board Member of the European Federation of Psychology Students’ Association EFPSA, as well at Students' Division of the International Association of Applied Psychology IAAP-SD. He was also representative at the Spanish Young Researchers' Federation FJI-Precarios.

He has been elected member for the governing body of the Faculty of Psychology and of the whole Complutense University of Madrid, and since 2007 Erasmus Coordinator and member of the Academic Commission of the Autonoma University of Barcelona. He is currently member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology EAWOP, International Association of Applied Psychology IAAP, Academy of Management AOM, and American Psychological Association APA’s divisions of International Psychology and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology SIOP, as well of the Spanish Psychological Association COP.

Angel has published in international scientific journals as International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Journal of International Business Studies, Personality and Individual Differences, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Europe’s Journal of Psychology, European Psychologist or International Journal of Psychology, as well Spanish ones as Psicothema, Spanish Journal of Psychology or Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones. He is ad-hoc reviewer at European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Psicothema, Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones, at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, International Psychology Bulleting IPB, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology SIOP Annual Conference, APA Annual Convention Program, and former associate editor of the journal European Student Psychologist.

Sponsored by the Spanish Department of Education and Science, he worked as predoctoral fellow at State University of New York at Albany, Michigan State University, and Aston University supervised by Gary A. Yukl, Steve W. J. Kozlowski, and Michael A. West, respectively. He has been member of TEAMWORK Dirección, liderazgo y desarrollo de equipos de trabajo Research Group at Department of Social Psychology of the Complutense University of Madrid since 2001, and Spanish country co-investigator of the intercultural leadership GLOBE project. He has been Invited Professor at Maastricht University and at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Since 2006 he is Assistant Professor at Department of Social Psychology of the Autonoma University of Barcelona, and member of UIM Unitat d'Investigació del Management Research Group. Since 2008 he is recognized by the Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation ANECA as 'Profesor Titular' in the state university system. His research is focused on leadership for innovation, team climate, intra-group relations, and team effectiveness.