Rita Gisela Berger

Senior lecturer

Researcher ID: G-2950-2011

Knowledge area: Psicologia Social

Research group:

Institut de Recerca en Educació
PsicoSAO: Grup de Recerca en Psicologia Social, Ambiental i de les Organitzacions

Teaching Innovation Groups: ORIENTA'M

Contact Information
Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology
Departament de Psicología Social, Pg. de la Vall d'Hebron, 171
933125193
ritaberger(a)ub.edu

More Information: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rita-Berger

Academic Training

Dissertation in Health at Work . Universitat Ludwig Maximilian de Munic . 13/06/1989 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching impartedi (last 5 years)

Recerca III (University Master's Degree) - Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y de los Recursos Humanos/Erasmus Mundus on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psichology(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Recerca II (University Master's Degree) - Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y de los Recursos Humanos/Erasmus Mundus on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psichology(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Recerca I (University Master's Degree) - Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y de los Recursos Humanos/Erasmus Mundus on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psichology(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Psicologia de les Organitzacions (Bachelor's degree) - Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Outdoor inicial: Endoculturació (University Master's Degree) - Gestió i Desenvolupament de Persones i Equips en les Organitzacions - Universidad de Barcelona.

Orientació (University Master's Degree) - Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y de los Recursos Humanos/Erasmus Mundus on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psichology(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Informe Professional (University Master's Degree) - Erasmus Mundus de Psicologia del Treball, de les Organitzacions i dels Recursos Humans / Erasmus Mundus on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Gestió del Coneixement (University Master's Degree) - Gestió i Desenvolupament de Persones i Equips en les Organitzacions - Universidad de Barcelona.

Curs d'Orientació (University Master's Degree) - Erasmus Mundus de Psicologia del Treball, de les Organitzacions i dels Recursos Humans / Erasmus Mundus on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Teaching Innovation Projects

La competència informacional en el grau de Psicologia . 2015 - 2021 . Ref.2015PID-UB/009 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Maria Jose Corral Lopez

Research interests

Social and labor acculturation

Leadership and wellbeing

Leadership and teamwork

Research on Work-Life-Balance

Teams/groups and innovation

Research Projects

Excellence based profiling to identify and apply tools and trainings for a better and sustainable Work-Life-Flow . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.2020-1-ES01-KA203-083282 . Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) . PI: Rita Gisela Berger

Research on Intercultural Relations & Migration . 2018 - 2022 . Ref.10001 . University of Guelph . PI: Rita Gisela Berger

Analysis of well - being in health care . 2020 - 2022 . Ref.310831 . Jugendsozialwerk Nordhausen e.V . PI: Rita Gisela Berger

Student Stress Training e-Mobile Management (SSTeMM) . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.KA203-6C6A9DC6-EN . Unió Europea . PI: John S.G. Wells

Improving management competences on Excellence based Stress avoidance and working towards Sustainable organisational development in Europe . 2017 - 2020 . Ref.588315-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-EP . Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) . PI: Rita Gisela Berger

Relevant publications

Czakert, J.P., Reif, J., Glazer, S. Berger, R. (2021). Adaptation and Psychometric Cross-Cultural Validation of a Workplace Cyberbullying Questionnaire in Spain and Germany. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking . https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0856 . ISSN: 2152-2715

Safdar, S.; Ray-Yol, E.; Reif, J.A.M.; Berger, R. (2021). Multidimensional Individual Difference Acculturation (MIDA) model: Syrian refugees' adaptation into Germany. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 85, pp. 156 - 169 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0147-1767

Berger, R.; Czakert, J.P.; Leuteritz, J.P.; Leiva, D. (2019). How and When Do Leaders Influence Employees' Well-Being? Moderated Mediation Models for Job Demands and Resources. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, p. 2788 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1664-1078

Berger, R.; Safdar, S., Spieß, E., Bekk, M., Font, A. (2019). Acculturation of Erasmus students: Using the multidimensional individual difference acculturation model framework. International Journal of Psychology, 54(6), pp. 739 - 749 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12526 . ISSN: 0020-7594

Czakert, J.P.; Berger, R. (2023). The Influence of Leadership on Employees' Work‑nonwork Interface and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review. Current Psychology . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04762-3 . ISSN: 1046-1310

Gallegos, I.; Guardia-Olmos, J.; Berger, R. (2022). Abusive Supervision: A Systematic Review and New Research Approaches. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 6, p. 64008 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.640908 . ISSN: 1138-7416

Gallegos, I.; Berger, R.; Guardia-Olmos, J.; Escartín, J. (2022). The effect of daily fluctuation of abusive supervision over employees positive and negative emotions, and recovery experience. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 25(e3), pp. 1 - 11 . https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2021.49 . ISSN: 1138-7416

Pfaffinger, K.F.; Reif, J.A.M.; Spieß, E.; Czakert, J.P.; Berger, R. (2022). Using digital interventions to reduce digitalizationrelated stress: does it work?. International Journal Of Occupational Safety And Ergonomics, pp. 1 - 16 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2022.2115234 . ISSN: 1080-3548

Graça, M.; Pais, L.; Mónico, L.; Rebelo Dos Santos, N.; Ferraro, N.; Berger, R. (2019). Decent Work and Work Engagement: A profile study with academic personnel. Applied Research In Quality Of Life, pp. 3 - 25 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-019-09780-7 . ISSN: 1871-2584

Berger, R.; Dalleue, C.A.; Franz, H.-W. (Eds.) (2022). Organisational Excellence and Resilience Stress Management as a Component of a Sustainable Corporate Development Strategy . In Management for Professionals . Springer Nature . ISBN: 978-3-030-85120-0 . https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-85120-0

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Jan-Paul Leuteritz . (2019) . Group development as a mediator of the effects of leadership style on team effectiveness in certain and uncertain team tasks (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universidad Barcelona.

Myra Kuehne . (2019) . How do Leadership Styles affect Innovation? Team Climate for Learning as Mediator of the Effect of Leadership Styles on Innovational Outcomes (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat de Bologna.

Pérez-Conesa, Francisco Javier . (2019) . Análisis del impacto sobre los empleados de las políticas de integración laboral de personas con discapacidad (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universidad Barcelona.

Inés Lora Ruiz . (2018) . Schwartz Basic Values and Transformational Leadership: A study of nurses' perceptions in Germany and United States (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat de Coimbra.

Activities (stages) and Work experience

Tramos de Investigación (sexenios): Diversas Líneas de investigación con publicaciones de impacto ISI y proyectos de investigación

Tramo de docencia