She has a PhD in Psychology: Social Psychology from the University of Lisbon. Her current research interests include Human Resource Management, employment relationships, including temporary employment, job design and stress and well-being at work. She is the author or co-author of several book or chapters in national books: Trabalhar num Call Center: Dos mitos à realidade (Editora RH, 2010); Novos Desafios para a Gestão de Recursos Humanos: O caso dos trabalhadores temporários (Editora RH, 2011); as well as papers in international journals such as Human Resource Management (2010), International Journal of Training and Development (2012), Journal of Managerial Psychology (2012), Journal of Business and Psychology (2006) and Journal of Organizational Behavior (2007).