Jose Navarro Cid

Jose Navarro Cid is a Full Professor at the Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona. He leads the PsicoSAO research group focusing on work, organizational, and environmental psychology. His teaching includes undergraduate courses in Work Psychology and Organizational Psychology at UB, as well as doctoral-level courses at ISCTE-IUL. He has coordinated multiple research projects addressing emotional influences on motivation, workplace well-being, and dynamic motivational processes.

Research interests span work motivation dynamics, affective events theory, and methodological innovations in organizational research. His work emphasizes within-person change analysis and nonlinear approaches. He has secured funding from EU institutions, Spanish government agencies (e.g., Ministerio de Ciencia), and private partners like Agbar. Supervised doctoral theses include studies on cognitive-affective engagement trajectories and academic performance profiles.

Notable collaborative projects include the EVENTS initiative (2022-2023) exploring work context adaptations and the MYDE license agreement (2014-2019) for motivational assessment tools. His research integrates quantitative methodologies with complex systems perspectives to address contemporary workplace challenges.