Organizational Psychology and Evidence-Based Management: What Science Says About Practice

Chapter 1. Introduction: The gap between research and professional practice in work and organizational psychology: tensions, beliefs and options.- Chapter 2. Creativity at work: trends and perspectives.- Chapter 3. Optimism and Hope in Work Organizations.- Chapter 4. Work engagement.- Chapter 5.Ageing in Brazil and Portugal and its impact on the organizational context.- Chapter 6. Life and Career Planning: current challenges.- Chapter 7. Work/life balance in a scenario of Brazilian change: Theoretical aspects and possibilities of interventions.- Chapter 8. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 9. Innovation in organizations: main research results and their practical implications.- Chapter 10. Positive rule breaking and implications for organizations.- Chapter 11. Time Pressure, Pacing Styles and Polychronicity: Implications for Organizational Management.- Chapter 12. Cultural diversity and inclusion in organizations: State-of-the-arts and challenges.- Chapter 13. Social network analysis in organizations as management support tool.- Chapter 14. Expatriates: The multinationality of multinational and national firms.