Joan Batista Foguet

Joan Manuel Batista-Foguet, is since 1995 Full Professor in the Department of Methods at ESADE (University Ramón Llull), former Research Director of ESADE and is the current Director of the Survey Research Center at ESADE. He has degrees in industrial engineering (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) and in Psychology from the University of Barcelona. He also has a Masters degree in Social Sciences Data Analysis from the University of Essex and earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1982.

Since 1975, he has been lecturer and Associate Professor of Statistics at the School of Engineering (Polytechnic University), and at the Faculty of Psychology (University of Barcelona). His fields of interest include the improvement of Measurement in Social Sciences Research, with applications of multivariate statistical models and Structural Equation Models (Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Multitrait-Multimethod designs, Simplex Models, Covariance and Mean Structures, Multigroup Analysis, Multiplicative Effects) in to Survey Research, applied to Attitudinal Research, Social and Emotional Competences of individuals and of groups, Management Control Systems, Branding, Service Quality, Quality of Life, Well-Being, Schoolchildren habits, subjects on which he has been and still is Principal Investigator of various research projects, and has published various books and articles in leading journals.

Education

• Doctor Ingeniero Industrial. ETSIIB - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Master in Social Sciences Data Analysis. School of Social Sciences - University of Essex
• Licenciado en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación - Sección de Psicología. Universitat de Barcelona
• Ingeniero Industrial. ETSIIB - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Areas of interest

• Experimental and Quasi Experimental Research Designs
• Survey Research
• Questionnaire''s Improvement as a Measurement Instrument
• Multivariate Analysis
• Dependence and Interdependence Analysis
• Structural Equation Models
• Measurement and Development of Emotional Competences
• Social Sciences Methodology
• Leadership Development
• Multivariate Analysis
• Social and Emotional Competencies