Biography
Professor Jordi Escartín is a systems thinker in organisations with a solid scientific background. He is a Visiting Professor in Organisational Behaviour and Systemic Leadership. His work sits at the intersection of organisational behaviour, coaching psychology, and systems thinking, with a particular focus on how systemic patterns shape leadership, learning, and sustainable change in organisations.
He is a leadership and organisational behaviour scholar who studies organisations as living systems, examining how patterns, paradoxes, and systemic dynamics influence leadership, learning, and organisational change.
His research and teaching focus on the following key areas:
- Leadership and organisational behaviour from a systems perspective.
- Evidence-informed coaching and developmental interventions.
- Systemic patterns in leadership, teams, and organisations.
- Translating psychological and organisational science into responsible practice.
His research has been published in over 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals, including Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Work & Stress, and European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, as well as in four academic books with established publishers such as Springer and Taylor & Francis, including Diversity and Inclusion at Work.
Professor Escartín has held academic positions at Michigan State University, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the University of South Australia, the University of Costa Rica, and the University of Barcelona, where he completed his PhD.
Methodologically, his work draws on applied psychology, organisational research, and systemic inquiry, combining empirical approaches with qualitative and experiential methods suited to the study of complex human systems.
In his scholarly and applied work, Professor Escartín develops and refines systemic approaches to leadership and organisational change, including the definition of system boundaries, the identification of patterns and leverage points, and the translation of organisational complexity into evidence-informed and organisationally meaningful pathways.
His work frequently involves the design and facilitation of multi-stakeholder dialogues that support trust-building, shared understanding, and collective sense-making, integrating technical and psychological insights into collaborative processes. He also co-creates and stewards systemic interventions and experiments that examine leverage points in organisational systems, supporting adaptive learning and the embedding of systemic thinking within institutions and initiatives.
His work contributes to advancing leadership and organisational practice by informing the design of evidence-based, systemically grounded interventions across organisational and societal contexts.
He teaches and designs learning experiences in leadership, organisational behaviour, and coaching, with a focus on developing systemic awareness, reflective capacity, and evidence-informed practice among leaders and practitioners.
Research Interests
Organisational Behaviour
Publications
Systems Intelligence and Job Autonomy in Managing Stressors and Performance: A Time-Lagged Study in Multinational Firms (Sustainability, 2025)
Working differently, performing similarly: systems intelligence and job crafting as predictors of job performance in a three-wave longitudinal study (Behavioral Science, 2025)
Mindfulness, character, and workplace happiness: the moderating role of baseline levels of employee wellbeing (Frontiers, 2024)
Perspective and Curiosity for Peace (Springer, 2024)
The making and breaking of workplace bullying perpetration: a systematic review of antecedents, moderators, mediators, and outcomes (Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2023)
The Effect of Daily Fluctuation of Abusive Supervision over Employees Positive and Negative Emotions, and Recovery Experience (The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 2022)
Blending mindfulness practices and character strengths increases employee well-being: A second-order meta-analysis and a follow-up field experiment (Human Resource Management Journal, 2021)
Dignity and Inclusion at Work (Springer Nature, 2021)
Empirical Findings on Prevalence and Risk Groups of Bullying in the Workplace (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
External Engagement
Associate Lead of the Organisational Wellbeing Lab, an applied research initiative that connects UK-based HR professionals, business leaders, and founders with MSc students and alumni from King’s College London’s Organisational Psychiatry & Psychology programme.
The lab provides partner organisations with bespoke research into workplace challenges and co-develops evidence-based wellbeing strategies, integrating organisational psychology, systemic thinking, and applied interventions.
Through this work, Professor Escartín advances the translation of psychological and organisational science into practical approaches that support healthier, more adaptive, and resilient organisations.
Jordi Escartin Professional Blog: https://jordiescartin.com/en/blog/
Company’s Blog: https://metaweaves.com/blog/
Spotlight
(2026) Podcast conversation: “Systemic Leadership with Jordi Escartín” on Evolving Leadership Development, hosted by Panos Malakoudis, Executive Coach, founder of Citium Solutions, and former Head of the Global Coaching Center of Excellence at Microsoft.