Marisa Salanova Soria, Phd
Marisa Salanova Soria
Name: Marisa Salanova Soria E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Occupation: Full Professor in Social Psychology Room: HC1270DD
Phone : (+34) 964 729583 Fax: (+34) 964 729262
Interests: Positive organization psychology, healthy and resilient organizations, health, happiness and well-being at work, burnout and engagement, prevention of psychosocial factors at work.

 

Bio:

Marisa Salanova, is Full Professor on Social Psychology, specialized in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University Jaume I , Castellón, Spain. She is director of the WONT_Work Organization Network Research Team at that University (http://www.wont.uji.es ).

 

Nowadays she is the President elect of the Spanish Society of Positive Psychology (http://www.sepsicologiapositiva.es)


She has over 200 national and international publications on work-related stress, bur, tecnoestrés, addiction to work, HR development, and the latest movement of the Positive Psychology. She has published in journals of impact as Journal of Applied Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Anxiety, Stress & Coping, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior, among others.


Actively participates in competitive research projects and granted by public funds by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and Valencian Goverment. Also private fundings from consulting and advising companies on the prevention of psychosocial risks, training and HR processes, executed with R & D contracts (AENA , City of Mataró, City of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, City of Sabadell, City of Sant Boi, ENAC, Colorker, La Magdalena Hospital, Teknon Clinical Center, among others).


She is a member of the editorial board of the journals: Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Behavior, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Psicothema and Anxiety and Stress. She is associated editor of 'Revista de Psicología Social'.


Finally she is also a member of international scientific associations as EAWOP (European Association on Work and Organizational Psychology) of the HPAI (International Association of Applied Psychology) of SOHP (Society for Occupational Health Psychology) and the IPPA (International Positive Psychology Association).

 

Main English publications:

  1. Salanova, M. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2000) Exposure to Information Technologies and its relation to Burnout. Behaviour & Information Technology, 19, 385-392. Impact Index JCR = 0.413
  2. Salanova, M., Grau, R., Cifre, E. & Llorens, S. (2000). Computer training, frequency of use and burnout: the moderating role of computer self-efficacy. Computers in Human Behaviour, 16, 575-590. Impact Index JCR = 0.333
  3. Carrero, V., Peiró, J.M. & Salanova, M. (2000). Studying radical organizational innovation through grounded theory. European Journal on Work and Organizational Psychology, 9, 489-514. H-Index = 27
  4. Salanova, M., Grau, R., Cifre, E. & Llorens, S. (2000). Types of technology exposure and burnout: the moderating role of computer self-efficacy. En P. Mondelo, M. Mattila & W. Karwowski (eds.), Occupational Risk Prevention. ISBN. 84-699-1242-9. Doc. 037.
  5. Grau, R.; Salanova, M. & Peiró, J.M. (2001). Moderator effects of self-efficacy on occupational stress. Psychology in Spain, 5, 63-74. H-index: 6
  6. Agut, S., Grau, R. & Salanova, M. (2001). Technostress and Burnout among Spanish Workers: Gender differences. In C. Wilkert, E. Torkelson & J. Pryce (Eds.), Occupational Health Psychology: Europe 2001, Nothingham: I-WHO Publications. pp.28-31.
  7. Cifre, E., Salanova, M., Llorens, S. & Martínez, I. (2001). Time Pressure, Subjective Well-Being and Task Performance among Electronic Work Groups. In C. Wilkert, E. Torkelson & J. Pryce (Eds.), Occupational Health Psychology: Europe 2001, Nothingham: I-WHO Publications. pp. 58-61.
  8. Cifre, E. & Salanova, M. (2002). Multidimensionality and Bipolarity of a Spanish version of Warr´s (1990) well­being measures. Journal of Psychology, 136, 69-74. Impact Index JCR = 0.312
  9. Grau, R., Martínez, I, Agut, S., & Salanova, M. (2001). Safety attitudes and their relationship to safety training and generalized self-efficacy. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 8, 23-35. H-Index = 3
  10. Cifre, E., Salanova, M. & Martínez, M.D. (2002) (Eds.). New Information Technologies and Work Psychology: European trends towards fitting individual, job and organizational characteristics to new information technology. Colección Psique (e-psique): Castellón.
  11. Martínez, I., Cifre, E., Llorens, S. & Salanova, M. (2002). Emotions in cooperative work: an experimental lab study. In E. Cifre, M. Salanova & M.D. Martínez (Eds.). New Information Technologies and Work Psychology: European trends towards fitting individual, job and organizational characteristics to new information technology. Colección Psique (e-psique). Castellón: University Jaume I.
  12. Llorens, S. Salanova, M. & Grau, R. (2002). Training to technological change. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 35, 206-212. H-index: 20
  13. Salanova, M., Peiró, J.M. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2002). Self-efficacy Specificity and Burnout among Information Technology Workers: An extension of the Job Demands-Control Model, European Journal on Work and Organizational Psychology, 11, 1-25. H-Index = 27
  14. Schaufeli, W.B., Martínez, I., Marqués-Pinto, A., Salanova, M. & Bakker, A. (2002). Burnout and engagement in university students: A cross-national study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33, 464-481. Impact Index JCR = 0.952
  15. Schaufeli, W.B., Salanova, M., González-Romá, V. & Bakker, A. (2002). The measurement of engagement and burnout: A two sample confirmatory factor analytic approach. Journal of Happiness Studies, 3, 71-92. H-Index = 19
  16. Salanova, M., Llorens, S., Cifre, E., Martínez, I & Schaufeli, W.B. (2003). Perceived Collective Efficacy, Subjective Well-Being and Task Performance among Electronic Work Groups: An Experimental Study. Small Group Research, 34, 43-73. Impact Index JCR = 0.719
  17. Salanova, M., Cifre, E., Llorens, S., Martínez, I. & Grau, R. (2004). Towards new challenges about psychosocial risk assessment and organizational interventions. In P. Mondelo, M. Mattilla, W. Karwowski, A. Hale (Eds.). ORP'2004 International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention. Barcelona: Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya.
  18. Cifre, E. Salanova, M., Martínez, M.D., Martínez, I.M., Llorens, S. & Grau, R. (2004). Developing a new tool to assess specific psychosocial risks among Teleworkers: the RED-TT questionnaire. In P. Mondelo, M. Mattilla, W. Karwowski, A. Hale (Eds.). ORP'2004 International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention. Barcelona: Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya.
  19. Rodriguez, A., Salanova, M. & Cifre, E. (2004). Operacionalizing Flow in profesional ICT users. In P. Mondelo, M. Mattilla, W. Karwowski, A. Hale (Eds.). ORP'2004 International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention. Barcelona: Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya.
  20. Salanova, M.; Cifre, E. & Martín, P. (2004). Information Technology Implementation Styles and its relation with Workers' Subjective Well-Being. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 24, 42 – 54. Impact Index JCR = 0.566
  21. Salanova, M., Agut, S. & Peiró, J.M. (2005). Linking Organizational Resources and Work Engagement to Employee Performance and Customer Loyalty: The Mediation of Service Climate. Psychology, 90, 1217-1227. Impact Index JCR = 2.892
  22. Salanova, M., Llorens, S., García, M.; Bürriel, R., Bresó, E. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2005). Towards a Four Dimensional Model of Burnout: A Multigroup Factor-Analytic Study including Depersonalization and Cynicism. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65, 901-913. Impact Index JCR = 0.773
  23. Beas, M.I & Salanova, M. (2006). Self-efficacy Beliefs, Computer Training and Psychological Well-Being among Information and Communication Technology Workers. Computers in Human Behavior, 22, 1043­1058. Impact Index JCR = 0.808
  24. Llorens, S., Bakker, A., Schaufeli, W.B. & Salanova, M. (2006). Testing the robustness of Job Demands-Resources Model. International Journal of Stress Management, 13, 378-391. H-Index = 17
  25. Salanova, M., Bakker, A. & Llorens, S. (2006). Flow at Work: Evidence for a Gain Spiral of Personal and Organizational Resources. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 1-22. H-Index = 19
  26. Salanova, M., Grau, R. & Martínez, I. (2006) Job Demands and coping behaviours: the moderating role of professional self-efficacy. Psychology in Spain, 10, 1-7. H-Index = 6
  27. Schaufeli, W.B., Bakker, A.B. & Salanova, M. (2006). The measurement of work engagement with a short questionnaire: A cross-national study. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66, 701-716. Impact Index JCR = 0.921
  28. Bresó, E., Salanova, M. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2007). In search of the 'third dimension' of burnout. Applied Psychology: an international review, 56, (3), 460-478. Impact Index JCR = 1.574
  29. Llorens, S., Schaufeli, W.B., Bakker, A. & Salanova, M. (2007). Does a positive gain spiral of resources, efficacy beliefs and engagement exist? Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 825-841. Impact Index JCR = 0.808
  30. Martín, P., Salanova, M. y Peiró, J. M. (2007). Job demands, job resources and individual innovation at work: Going beyond Karasek's model? Psicothema, 19, 621-626. Impact Index JCR = 1.083.
  31. Schaufeli, W.B. & Salanova, M. (2007). Efficacy or inefficacy, that's the question: Burnout and engagement, and their relationships with efficacy beliefs. Anxiety, Coping & Stress, 20, 177-196. Impact Index JCR = 0.653.
  32. Salanova, M. & Schaufeli, W. B. (2008). A cross-national study of work engagement as a mediator between job resources and proactive behaviour. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19, 1, 116–131. Impact Index JCR = 0.503.
  33. Schaufeli, W.B., & Salanova, M. (2007). Work Engagement: an emerging psychological concept and its implications for organizations. In. S.W. Gilliland, D.D. Steiner & D. P. Skarlicki (Eds.), Managing Social and Ethical Issues in Organizations. Volume 5: Research in Social Issues in Management.
  34. Cifre, E., & Salanova, M. (2008). Work/Non-Work Interface: A challenge to Human Resources Management. In Ch. Wankel (Ed.) 21st Century Management. Sage: New York.
  35. Schaufeli, W.B., & Salanova, M. (2008). Enhancing Work Engagement through the Management of Human Resources. In K. Näswall, J. Hellgren & M. Sverke (Eds.). The Individual in the Changing Working Life. Pp. 380­402. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  36. Rodriguez, A.M., Schaufeli, W., Salanova, M. & Cifre, E. (2008). Flow experience among information and communication technology users. Psychological Reports, 102, 29-39. Impact Index JCR = 0.364.
  37. Rodríguez-Sánchez, A. M., Cifre, E., Salanova, M. & Aborg, C. (2008). Technoflow among Spanish and Swedish students: a Confirmatory Factor Multigroup Analysis. Anales de Psicología, 24,42-48. H-Index=0.8.
  38. Lorente, L., Salanova, M., Martinez, I. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2008). Extension of the Job Demands-Resources model in the prediction of burnout and engagement among teachers over time. Psicothema, 20, 354-360. Impact Index JCR = 1.083.
  39. Salanova, M., & Llorens, S. (2009). Exposure to Information and Communication Technology and its Relationship to Work Engagement. Revista de Trabajo y Ciencia, 32, 55-62
  40. Salanova, M., Schaufeli, W.B., Martínez, I. & Bresó, E. (2010). How obstacles and facilitators predict academic performance: the mediating role of study burnout and engagement. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 23, 53-70. Impact Index JCR =1.127.
  41. Del Líbano, M., Llorens, S., Salanova, M., & Schaufeli, W. (2010). Validity of a brief workaholism scale. Psicothema, 1, 149-156. Impact Index JCR = 1.083
  42. LeBlanc, P.; Schaufeli, W., Salanova, M., Llorens, S. & Nap, R.E. (2010). Efficacy beliefs predict collaborative practice among intensive care unit nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66, 583-594. Impact Index JCR = 1.654.
  43. Salanova, M. & Rodríguez-Sánchez, A.M. (2010) (Dirs.). Looking for the positive side of occupational health psychology at work. Castellón: Universitat Jaume I, e-psique.
  44. Salanova, M., Cifre, E., Llorens, S., Martínez, I., & Lorente, L. (in press). Psychosocial risks and positive factors among construction workers. In S. Clarke, C. Cooper and R. Burke (Eds.) Occupational health and safety: Psychological and behavioral challenges. Gower, UK.
  45. Schaufeli, W.B. & Salanova, M. (in press). How to improve work engagement? In S. Albrecht (Ed.), The Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspectives, Issues, Research and Practice (pp. 00-00). Cheltenham, UK: Edward-Elgar.
  46. Vera, M., Salanova, M. & Martín del Río, B. (2010). University faculty and work-related well-being: the importance of the triple work profile. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 8, 581-602. Impact Index N-RECS de 0.085.
  47. Salanova, M., Llorens, S. & Schaufeli, W.B. (in press). Yes, I Can, I Feel Good & I Just Do It! On Gain Cycles and Spirals of Efficacy Beliefs, Affect, and Engagement. Applied Psychology: An International Review, Impact Index JCR = 1.17.
  48. Bresó, E., Schaufeli, W.B. & Salanova, M. (2010). Can a Self-efficacy-Based Intervention Decrease Burnout, Increase Engagement, and Enhance Performance? A Quasi-experimental Study. Higher Education, . Impact Index JCR = 0.60.
  49. Rodriguez-Sánchez, A.M., Schaufeli, W.B., Salanova, M., Sonnenschein, M. & Cifre, E. (2011). Enjoying and Absorption: An Electronic Diary Study on Daily Flow Patterns. Work & Stress, 25, 1, 75-92. Impact Index JCR = 2.31. DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2011.565619
  50. Vera, M., Salanova, M. y Martín del Río, B. (2010). University faculty and work-related well-being: the importance of the triple work profile. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 8, 581-602. Impact Index N-RECS de 0.085.
  51. Salanova, M., Lorente, L., Chambel, M.J. & Martínez, I.M. (2011). Linking transformational leadership to nurses' extra-role performance: the mediating role of self-efficacy and work engagement. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67, 10, 2256–2266. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05652.x. Impact Index JCR = 1.54.
  52. Vera, M., Salanova, M. & Martin del Rio, B. (2011). Self-efficacy among university faculty: how to develop an adjusted scale. Anales de Psicología, 27, 3, 800-807 Impact Index JCR = 1,338.
  53. Rodríguez, A.M., Salanova, M., Cifre, E., & Schaufeli, W.B. (2011). When good is good: A virtuous circle of self-efficacy and flow at work among teachers. Revista de Psicología Social, 26 (3), 427-441. JCR: 0.290.
  54. Salanova, M., Cifre, E., Llorens, S., Martínez, I., & Lorente, L. (2011). Psychosocial risks and positive factors among construction workers. In R. Burke, S. Clarke, C. Cooper and (Eds.) Occupational health and safety: Psychological and behavioral challenges. Gower, UK. Pp. 295-322.
  55. Salanova, M., Llorens, S., Cifre, E. & Martínez, I.M. (2012). Teacher Well-Being. In M. Younes & A. Delle Fave (Eds.), Positive Psychology for all: Introduction, Concepts and Applications in School Age.The Cairo: The Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop.
  56. Gracia, E., Salanova, M., Grau, R. & Cifre, E. (2012). How to enhance service quality through organizational facilitators, collective work engagement and relational service competence. European Journal of Work & Organizational Psychology, 1-26. JCR= 1.489. DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2011.628793
  57. Torrente, P., Salanova, M., Llorens, S. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2012). Teams Make It Work: How Team Work Engagement Mediates Between Social Resources and Performance in Team. Psicothema, 24, 106-112, JCR= 0.939.
  58. Schaufeli, W.B. & Salanova, M. (in press). How to improve work engagement? In S. Albrecht (Ed.), The Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspectives, Issues, Research and Practice (pp. 00-00). Cheltenham, UK: Edward-Elgar.
  59. Acosta, H., Salanova, M., y Llorens, S. (in press). Building organizational trust through healthy organizational strategies. En J. Neves, y S.P. Gonçalves (Eds.), Occupational Health Psychology: From burnout to well-being. Lisbon: Edições Sílabo.
  60. Torrente, P., Llorens, S., y Salanova, M. (in press). Teams make it work: Team work engagement mediating between social resources and performance in teams. En J. Neves, y S.P. Gonçalves (Eds.), Occupational Health Psychology: From burnout to well-being. Lisbon: Edições Sílabo.
  61. Salanova, M., Lorente, L., & Martínez, I.M. (in press). The Dark and Bright Sides of Self-Efficacy in predicting Learning, Innovative and Risky Performances. Spanish Journal of Psychology, JCR: 0.704.
  62. Salanova, M., Martínez, I.M. & Llorens, S. (in press). Success Breeds Success, Especially When Self-efficacy is Related With a Causality Internal Attribution. Estudios de Psicología. JCR: 1.23.
  63. Salanova, M., Llorens, S. & Cifre, E. (in press). The Dark Side of Technologies: Technostress among Users of Information and Communication Technologies. International Journal of Psychology. JCR: 1.06. DOI:10.1080/00207594.2012.680460.
  64. Vera, M., Salanova, M. & Lorente, L. (in press). The Predicting Role of Self-efficacy in the Job-Demands Resources Model: A Longitudinal Study. Estudios de Psicología. JCR: 1.23.
  65. Lorente, L., Salanova, M. & Martinez, I.M. (in press). Developing a Job-related Self-efficacy Scale among Construction Workers. Revista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional, 30, 00-00.
  66. Llorens, S., Salanova, M. & Rodríguez-Sánchez, A.M. (in press). How is Flow Experienced and by whom? Testing Flow among Occupations. Stress and Health, .JCR: 0.789.