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Dr Claudia Sacramento

Claudia Sacramento

Lecturer

Work & Organisational Psychology Group

Education

  • PhD Management (Aston University, 2008) The impact of stressors and mood on innovation activities: A dual level approach
  • MSc in Work Psychology and Business (Aston University, 2003)
  • Degree in Psychology (University of Lisbon, 2000)

Work Experience

  • 2000-2001 Consultant with Con.Pro Portugal. Development of training programs on customer care. Compiling of training handbooks. Training of customer care skills, teamwork and management of conflict in organizations of different sectors (industry, commerce)
  • 2001-2002 Consultant with Egor Portugal. Training on customer care

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Hurst, G., van Knippenberg, D., Chen, J. C. H. & Sacramento, C. A. (in press). How does bureaucracy impact on individual creativity? A cross-level investigation of team contextual influences on goal orientation-creativity relationships. Academy of Management Journal.
  • Riketta, M. & Sacramento, C. A. (2008) They Cooperate With Us, So They Are Like Me: Perceived Intergroup Relationships Moderates Projection From Self to Outgroups. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 11, pp. 115-131.
  • Sacramento, C. A., Fay, D. & West, M. (2010). The impact of challenge stressors and regulatory focus on creativity: a dual level analysis. Preparing R&R for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Book Chapters

  • West, M. A. & Sacramento, C. A. Creativity and Innovation. The role of team and organizational climate. Handbook of Organizational Creativity.
  • Sacramento, C. A. & West, M. (In press) Innovation. In B. Wells (ED.) Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent. London: Sage.
  • West, M. A. & Sacramento, C. A. (In Press) Group Reflexivity. In J. Levine & M. Hogg (Eds.) Enclyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. London: Sage.
  • Richter, A., Sacramento, C. A. & West, M. A. (In press) Dissent within and among groups in organizations: Lessons for group empowerment and organizational innovation. In M. Hewstone & R. Martin (Eds.) Minority Dissent.
  • Sacramento, C. A., Dawson, J. & West, M. A. (2008) Team Creativity: More than the sum of its parts? In M. Mumford, S. Hunter & K. Beddel (Eds.) Research in Multilevel Issues (pp. 269-279) Oxford: Elsevier.
  • West, M. A & Sacramento C. A. (2006) Flourishing in Teams: Developing Creativity and Innovation. In J. Henry, Creative Management and Development, 25-43 London, UK: Sage.
  • Sacramento, C. A., Chang, S. & West, M. A. (2006) Team innovation through collabroration. In M. Beyerlein & S. Beyerlein, Advances in Intersisciplinary Studies of Work Teams: Innovation Through Collaboration, vol, 12, pp. 81-112. Oxford, UK:Elsevier.
  • West, M. A., Sacramento, C. A. & Fay, D. (2005) Creativity and innovation implementation in work groups: The paradoxical role of demands. In H. S. Choi & L. Thompson (Eds.) Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams, pp. 137-159. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • West, M. A., & Sacramento, C. A. (2004) The human work face: Building effective organizations through managing human motivation. In M. Salanova, R. Grau, I. M. Martinez, E. Cifre, S. Llorens & M. García-Renedo (Eds.), Nuevos horizontes en la investigación sobre Autoeficacia, vol 8, pp. 165-177. Castello de la Plana; Publications de la Universitat Jaime.

In Preparation/Revision

  • Martinaityte, I. & Sacramento, C. (2010). When Creativity is related to Sales: The effect of LMX.
  • Sacramento, C. A., Fay, D. & West M. A. (2010) The impact challenge stressors and regulatory focus on creativity: a dual level analysis. Preparing R&R for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process.
  • Richter, A. W., West, M. A., Sacramento, C. A. & Hirst, G. (In prep.). Inetrgroup competition and longitudinal change in group effectiveness.

Research Interests

  • Individual and team creativity
  • Team processes
  • Team Effectiveness
  • Stressors at the work place
  • Leadership and innovation
  • intergroup relations
  • Multilevel research

Professional Affiliations & Activities

  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
  • Academy of Management (AoM)
  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)