Maria Francisca Saldanha

Maria Francisca Saldanha is an Assistant Professor at CATÓLICA-LISBON School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Her research lies at the intersection of organizational behavior, strategy, and entrepreneurship, with a strong focus on human responses to adversity and ways to enhance team and leadership effectiveness.

Her primary research interests include organizational forgiveness, emotional recovery, resilience, leadership, team dynamics, and organizational justice. She investigates how individuals and teams recover from negative experiences at work, particularly through mechanisms such as expressive writing, emotional regulation, and interpersonal justice. Her work also explores how moral courage, trust, and emotional expression influence team creativity and organizational effectiveness.

The trends in her recent publications (2014–2023) show a consistent engagement with psychological and ethical dimensions of organizational life. Her articles span journals in management, business ethics, and applied psychology, reflecting interdisciplinary inquiry. Key themes include forgiveness, emotional exhaustion, moral courage, and knowledge sharing, often analyzed through relational and behavioral lenses.

She has contributed to academic discourse through peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in authoritative handbooks such as The Routledge Companion to Trust and The Oxford Handbook of Justice in the Workplace.

Maria Francisca Saldanha earned her PhD in Management from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University.

She advises on topics related to organizational resilience and effectiveness, though specific students are not listed. Her research has practical implications for enhancing workplace well-being, ethical leadership, and team innovation. She is involved in scholarly work that bridges theory and intervention, particularly in promoting positive outcomes after injustice.

She is affiliated with a research-active business school and contributes to its academic mission through teaching and publication. No specific lab or research team is mentioned, but her collaborative work suggests active participation in research groups focused on organizational behavior and ethics.