Vlerick Alumni Progress Coins Club: Global obligation of diversification versus the individual need for identification, an evening lecture by Prof. Smaranda Boros

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Smaranda Boros is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Vlerick Business School. She has been involved in both university education (Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania; Tilburg University, The Netherlands) and various life-long learning programmes (Babeş-Bolyai University, TIAS Nimbas Business School, The Netherlands, and FHR Lim A Po Institute for Social Studies, Suriname). As a consultant, she is specialised in embedded management development interventions.

She obtained her PhD (2007) in Psychology (cum laude) at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She holds an MA in Human Resource Management (2004), a BA in Psychology (2003), and a BA in Sociology (2004) from Babeş-Bolyai University. She is also certified in group and individual coaching and counseling from the Professional Development Institute BV (The Netherlands), The Tavistock Institute for Human Relations (Great Britain), and the Romanian Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in collaboration with Albert Ellis Institute, New York.

Her research interests focus on team dynamics (especially conflict in teams, group emotional intelligence, team creativity, and effectiveness), diversity in teams, gender and management, and organisational and group identification. She has published papers on these topics in journals such as the British Journal of Management, the British Journal of Social Psychology, the International Journal of Conflict Management, Social Psychology, the Journal of Managerial Psychology, the International Journal of Psychology, and Group Dynamics.

The Progress Coins Club aims to ignite and kindle a vibrant group of fellow Vlerick Alumni into a community that is interested in Personal, Professional & Team Development in order to survive, prosper and find happiness in a rapidly changing world. This Club provides a unique environment for sharing and leveraging each other’s specific knowledge, expertise and experience, and for staying current with the latest science, maverick insights, and proven practices on these topics. Find out more or join the Progress Coins Club here!

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