Susana Leal is an Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Coimbra, under the topic of Organizational Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility, and a Master in Statistics and Information Management. She has a degree in Management. She conducts research activities on Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Leadership, Organizational Commitment, Psychological Capital, Individual Performance, Quality of Life at Work, and on Social Economy topics. She has published several book chapters, scientific papers in international journals with refereeing, papers in international and national conference proceedings with scientific refereeing. She has presented more than 50 works in international and national conferences and seminars. She lectures in undergraduate, postgraduate, and master courses of Management and is currently a full member of the Life Quality Research Center at Polytechnic Institute of Santarém. Currently, she is integrated as a researcher in two financed research projects.
Polytechnic Institute of Santarém
Santarém, Portugal
School of Management and Technology
Best Paper Award
BAI 2008 International Conference on Business and Information
Best Paper Award, BAI 2008 International Conference on Business and Information, 2008, for the paper: Rego, A.; Leal, S.; Cunha, M. Pina; Faria, J. (2008). How the Employees' Perceptions of Corporate Citizenship Predict Their Organizational Commitment. BAI 2008 International Conference on Business and Information, South Korea, July 7–9, 2008.
Best Paper Award
International Society for the Study of Work & Organizational Values
Best Paper Award, ISSWOV [International Society for the Study of Work & Organizational Values] 2018 Conference, with paper: Rego, A., Vitória, A., Ventura, A., Leal, S., Cunha, M., Valverde, C., & Lourenço, R. (2018). Do gritty leaders foster employee psychological capital? It depends on how humble they are. ISSWOV 2018 International Conference Organization 4.1: The Role of Values in the Organizations of the 21st Century, 1-4 July, Trieste, Italy.
Best Poster Award
21st European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies
Best Poster Award, 21st European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, 2 - 3 June 2022, Aveiro, Portugal, with the Poster “Leadership as Antecedent of Emotional Intelligence Skills: The moderation effects test”.
Best Paper Award
2nd Transatlantic Symposium on Sustainable Development in Higher Education
Best Paper Award, 2nd Transatlantic Symposium on Sustainable Development in Higher Education, 10 – 11 Outubro 2024, Hasselt, Bélgica, with the paper “Identification of knowledge and skills gaps related to sustainable development: Two Exploratory Studies with Higher Education Students and Teachers in Europe”.
University Lecturer
Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal
01 Jan 2000 - present